How walkable is your neighborhood?

Just found out about a site called Walk Score today. It uses Google Maps data to calculate a walkability score for any address based on how close it is to services like grocery stores, restaurants, schools, etc. For instance, my house got a “walker’s paradise” 91 (out of 100), while my work got only a 63. Still, not bad for San Diego.

It’s a simple but powerful idea; now I have a benchmark to use when deciding between hotels on vacation or (eventually) deciding which house to buy. Perhaps it’ll encourage more neighborhoods to become walkable…

Posted by Chris in Environment, Technology on August 2nd, 2007 Edit this page's grammar and spelling with Emend.

2 Responses to “How walkable is your neighborhood?”

  1. Deana, on August 3rd, 2007 at 7:09 am Said:

    House gets a 52 out of 100. Not so great. It’s also not very…discerning. It points out that we have a theater within walking distance! But the theater is the Red Barn Adult Theater. Not one I’d really want to walk NEAR let alone walk TO.

    And my work gets a walk score of 20/100. So this site is just depressing. Sigh.

  2. deb, on August 4th, 2007 at 11:39 am Said:

    My house gets a 65 out of 100. Most things are within half a mile; not too bad.

    My work, on the other hand, gets a 2. That’s right, a big whopping 2. And that only because there’s a touristy little market a couple miles down the road. Guess it’s not calibrated for farmland. :)

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