Calculate the walkability of any address

Posted on June 10, 2009
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I’ve added a link under “Tools” to “Calculate a Property’s Walk Score.” The link is to Walk Score, a site where you can enter a property address and calculate its “walkability.” From the site’s “how it works” page:

Walk Score helps people find walkable places to live. Walk Score calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. Walk Score measures how easy it is to live a car-lite lifestyle—not how pretty the area is for walking.

The Walk Score calculator produces a Google map while it’s creating the score, and that map’s mashed up with businesses, services, schools etc. in the area. In the example below, you can see that the White House is in a very walkable neighborhood:

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