What is Your Home’s Walk Score?
A new website designed to assess the walkability of neighborhoods has been causing a buzz on the web lately. Designed to calculate “the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc” the site combines data gleaned from Google into one easy-to-understand score ranging from 0 to 100. Under 20 is “driving only,” around 50 has “some walkable locations” and over 90 is a “walker’s paradise.”
Plugging in a few addresses, it seems College Park’s scores range quite widely by neighborhood but none are very good. The University View got 52, City Hall 77, and South Commons 66. Some quick searching shows other well-known college towns generally rate much higher, often at or near 100. My old address in Ann Arbor got 98. Also, Silver Spring, Bethesda, Georgetown, and Dupont Circle all receive scores near 100.
What is your home’s walk score?
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