Monday, 28 April 2008
Who knew that walkable neighborhoods were so All-American? The Brady Bunch house gets an astonishing Walk Score of 80, according to the site’s blog.
Yet America’s landscape has changed for the worse since then: adults’ daily walking trips have fallen by nearly half just within my lifetime. Restoring just one or two daily walking trips to everyone’s lives could cut CO2 emissions by the equivalent of 16 coal power plants — and help Americans lose three billion pounds of fat. [Dashka Slater in NYT].
Also of interest: how well are you living up to the Charter’s principles? (I got to trumpet a rare 100, which led to several accusations of cheating. However, I do go to my building’s outdoor movie nights, which, with nearly 40 units, should count as a block party — and about as good as we’ll get on a state highway.)
Tuesday, 29 April 2008 at 11:32
Great site. My place has a walk score of 88. Suck on THAT, Bobby Brady!
Sunday, 11 May 2008 at 6:09
My walk score is 45… I was rather upset with it. And I was surprised to know that there is another score called drive score to evaluate my house. I found the way to calculate it online at Fizber site (http://drivescore.fizber.com/ ). I’ve got much better results – 83.
Sunday, 11 May 2008 at 17:06
Well, I’d say that a “drive score” kind of (no, actually completely, totally) defeats the purpose of encouraging walking for daily trips. Walking is good for you. Driving is bad for you, for your city, and for the world.