Study Reveals World’s Most Walkable Cities
Study Reveals World’s Most Walkable Cities
15 Oct 2020 By Damian Carrington Read More: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2...alkable-cities Study: https://pedestriansfirst.itdp.org Quote:
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Why is weather never taken into account when discussing walkability? Surely San Francisco is more walkable than New York in summer and winter.
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Bogota? I found it to be extremely autocentric. Maybe it eas the areas I was in?
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I am told that places like South Philly are a walker's paradise but the visual monotony kills it for me. Is there a more depressing visual combo than red brick and gray skies? People here like to count curb cuts and measure setbacks to determine walkability, like any of that means anything to the average person. |
Maybe it means walkability in a practical sense.
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What?! You crazy for that one. What better antitode to the gloom than a cozy red brick (or yellow or brown or any other earthen hue)? https://i.pinimg.com/originals/dc/f2...4c9de728fc.jpg https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/543035667554624477/ |
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Lima, Peru is very walkable after you take a 40 minute taxi ride (not just a random taxi, but a pre-approved known safe taxi cab company) through sketch ball walkable areas from the airport to miraflores. then it's somewhat safe to walk around in the bubble with a lot of heavily armed police.
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My downtown Toronto neighbourhood has a Walk Score of 92, a Ride Score of 86, and a Bike Score of 99. Seems about right as I have to walk 3 blocks if I want to use the subway. Grocery stores are 2 blocks away. The quality of the public realm is quite low (2m wide concrete sidewalks, crappy landscaping, ugly utility poles, overhead wiring, etc.) Overall, it's passable.
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https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/ser...971944/enhance https://www.walkscore.com/score/sanfrancisco-ca I don't feel the need to move to Bogata. |
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SF does have those hills though. I can't ignore those either. I don't mind them as a visitor, but I think that they might get old if I lived there. But it would be worth it. |
If you lived there they'd get easy, not old. Pedestrians in hilly cities tend to get at least marginally fit.
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There's something very reassuringly inevitable about a brick city under a heavy november sky. One of my favorite looks. |
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LA's pattern is parallel major streets lined with business separated by blocks of dense residential. Cars may be driving fast on the major streets depending on the area and that's more unpleasant than curb cuts to me. But if you're without a car and you walk 3 blocks from your residential neighborhood to the bus on the major street, I don't think that part is that bad because you spend most of your walk in a quiet residential neighborhood. |
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Many of LA's major arterials don't have curb cuts. They have solid streetwalls with parking in rear via access road. Melrose, LaBrea, Beverly, etc are this way: https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0836...data=!3m1!1e3?
In residential areas there's not enough traffic in and out of driveways for it to be a major issue. As a pedestrian I'd rather have curb cuts, driveways and off street parking than have people park all over the sidewalk like they do in South Philly. I mean, if rowhouse neighborhoods offered substantially higher density than standard LA multifamily neighborhoods like this, then you could make a case for them, but the densities are comparable, so why compromise? You can have high density, off street parking and SFH like landscaping in the heart of the city. |
Walk it for long distances in LA is hit and miss, but the improvements are noticeable. And if you're not walking long distances and instead walking for everyday conveniences, there are lots of good choices with more coming all the time.
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Also, this study is stupid. Venice is the most walkable city, period. Bogota is super autocentric, except in the small historic core. |
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