What's your walk score?

[Trek420]

My 'hood's a 58 out of possible 100 Type in your address and find out how "walkable" your neighborhood is. I assume walkable is also bikeable.

http://walkscore.com

[Blueberry]

Mine's a 60. Not bad - actually, I thought it would be higher. There are lots of folks 'round here affiliated with the university who are car free. Not easy, but do-able.

CA

[blondiebiker]

Mine's an 86! Woohoo!

[LBTC]

ouch. 23. and, yet, I walk to work most days, and do a good amount of whatever shopping I can during my lunch breaks, walking, of course.

I guess I consider walkable a bit farther than they do.

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[mimitabby]

mine is a 45!! nothing nearby except a minimarket; lots of hills, nearly no sidewalks

[Eden]

wow! 89 out of 100

We did pick this neighborhood partially for its proximity to lots of businesses and downtown and partially because we could afford it.

It looks like the score is based on amenities within walking distance, and I'm willing to walk pretty far, so put in my walkable distance and I bet the score would be even higher. A "short" walk for us is about 4 miles round trip. Much longer than that and I usually prefer to bike.

[kelownagirl]

Mine is 7/100 That is not a typo. Funny I can ride to work and to the grocery store easily. Probably wouldn't want to walk it tho - too steep.

[extra-vert]

Walk Score: 89 out of 100 — Very Walkable - excellent! I just got back from a big walk.

[sgtiger]

34

There are a lot of businesses within walking distance, but it's on a busy highway with strip malls everywhere. Definitely not scenic.

ETA: New neighborhood is a lowly 14. Not too many businesses within walking distance, I guess. What the heck do they consider walking distance anyway? I do think it's very bike-able though. There are some busy roads with loads of places to shop, dine, etc. within five miles. I'm really excited about the huge new Asian grocery store that's nearby.

[ilima]

My 'hood's a 58 out of possible 100 Type in your address and find out how "walkable" your neighborhood is. I assume walkable is also bikeable.

http://walkscore.com

If this is the same test I did before, it assumed I was on flat ground and distances as the crow flies. I scored pretty good because I'm only about a mile to the grocery, drug store, etc. Trouble is, that drugstore is 1000' down (and back up) a very steep & wooded slope.

[maillotpois]

If this is the same test I did before, it assumed I was on flat ground and distances as the crow flies. I scored pretty good because I'm only about a mile to the grocery, drug store, etc. Trouble is, that drugstore is 1000' down (and back up) a very steep & wooded slope.

Same for me - and it gave me an 82. We're close to town, but it's a pretty big hill back up to our house. My daughter can walk it, but she can't bike it. I can bike it, but I really wouldn't bike with groceries.

[shootingstar]

Ours is 85. Yes, people come to our neighbourhood to walk, bike and hang out in the park, waterside area.

I found it funny that according to the rating, we were close to..a medical library. It must be a private medical library or the hospital library which only hospital staff can use because I'm not aware of any other one. We are 15 min. walk from Vancouver's main Central library that looks like the Roman Colseum.

We live at the foot of 30 kms. bike and pedestrian path. Here I am way down on the bike below on the path, a photo taken from our balcony.

http://www3.telus.net/public/hjbecke...s/image018.htm

True we are 5 min. walk from closest coffee shop, another 10 min. elsewhere still tons more other cafes..and restaurants..the community centre is 5 min. away ...so is doctor, dentist, my bank, etc. 15 min. walk to commuter train. Next year we will have another commuter train station in a different direction that will take you out to the airport from downtown. That train bridge...will feature a bike path deck....

This is why we like to live not far from downtown or in downtown. Remember we see mountains and ocean while we are downtown.

No question, to move from Toronto to suburbs in Vancouver would have been abit of a mistake.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

We live at the foot of 30 kms. bike and pedestrian path. Here I am way down on the bike below on the path, a photo taken from our balcony.

http://www3.telus.net/public/hjbecke...s/image018.htm

Oooohhh what beautiful bike paths you have!!! I love that photo of you looking so tiny and happy way down there!

Here are our luxurious "bike paths" in rural New York state- two lane highways with often virtually no shoulders at all- look in back of me, it's rather typical for around here. Lots of potholes too. That's our driveway on the left.... ....and people kid me about wearing screaming yellow jerseys...
my road

[tygab]

gah. apparently, mine is a 0 as in zero.

But the walk score apparently does not take into account the fact that I could bike to lots of places with fresh local food (in the interest of disclosure, I have not actually shopped this way yet), and can easily run to town hall and the library (which I have done). And that there is a multi use trail network in the woods behind my house. Scoring seems highly geared toward urban areas with businesses.

[colby]

Darn, the maps are old... my street's not on it. We've been on real google maps for something like a year now.

I picked a nearby street that is on the map, and it scored a 23. Doesn't really take into account that within a mile is the farmer's market in summers, there are decent sidewalks and walking paths (and bike lanes), the few bus stops we do have are within reasonable walking distance (half a mile at most) and it's really pretty flat here. That said, there are some things you can't get within our few mile radius, either, and said public transportation isn't very extensive at all. But hey, we have a home depot now... that's pretty handy for walkers, right?

Someone just needs to come up with a Cycling Score site now...