Walk Score helps people find walkable places to live or invest in by utilizing a comprehensive program that evaluates addresses and their proximity to amenities to provides a rating between 0 – 100.<\/p>\n
How does it work?<\/strong><\/p>\n For each address, Walk Score analyzes hundreds of walking routes to nearby amenities such as stores, restaurants, parks, schools, medical offices etc. The closer the amenity the higher the points.<\/p>\n Maximum points are given to amenities within a 5-minute walk (.4 kilometres) and a degeneration function is used to give points to amenities that are further away.\u00a0 No points are given to amenities that take more than thirty minutes to walk to.<\/p>\n Walk Score calculates the walkability of a neighbourhood and focuses on how easy it is to live without heavily relying on the use of a car rather than how pleasant an area is for walking.<\/p>\n Walk Score also measures pedestrian friendliness by analyzing population density and road metrics like block length and intersection density. Several Data sources are utilized including Google, Education.com, Open Street Map, the U.S. Census and Localeze.<\/p>\n The following is a list that defines the terms that coincide with Walk Score\u2019s point system:<\/strong><\/p>\n Walker’s Paradise Daily errands like food shopping and going to the cleaners<\/p>\n do not require a vehicle.<\/p>\n Very Walkable Most errands can be completed on foot.<\/p>\n Somewhat Walkable Some errands can be completed on foot.<\/p>\n Car-Dependent Most errands require a vehicle.<\/p>\n Car-Dependent Almost all errands require the use of a vehicle.<\/p>\n Daily errands can be accomplished on a<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>90 – 100<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n70\u201389<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n50\u201369<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n25\u201349<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n0\u201324<\/strong><\/p>\n