Comments On: Score your walkability by Lisa Sorg

Re: Score your walkability

Lisa Sorg, Indy Editor — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:17:02 -0500

Thanks for both of those comments, as they are excellent. I also think walkscore has one other shortcoming: the safety of neighborhoods.
Posted by Lisa Sorg, INDY Editor

Re: Score your walkability

Greg Garneau — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:23:19 -0500

Further to Jack's comment: Currently the City of Durham collectively might deserve a "needs to improve" noting these stats from our Pedestrian Plan http://www.bikewalkdurham.org/plansdocs/pedplan.html

Sidewalk Mileage. Durham has approximately 1,124 miles of road and 409 miles of sidewalks, which makes for a ratio of approximately one mile of sidewalk to 2.7 miles of road (.36:1 miles sidewalk to road).
Posted by Greg Garneau

Re: Score your walkability

JackWarman — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:47:20 -0500

I'm glad that you provided the caveat that most scores for our area are likely to be mediochre. I've seen a number of conversations about the WalkScore site in a variety of bike/ped/non-car fora, and there are a number of shortcomings in the site.
Posted by JackWarman