Comments on: How walkable is your address?

By: Sally Trombly

Sally Trombly — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:05:05 +0000

oh yeah… I live at 147 E. 9th St. Apt.2. Right behind the Old Town Playhouse. Big old Victorian home that has 4 units inside. It was built in the 1880′s and divided into apartments in the 1950′s. The owners live on the ground level. Their ultimate goal is to renovate and transform the house back into a single family home.

By: Sally Trombly

Sally Trombly — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:54:39 +0000

91 out of 100 baby! Woo-hoo! Go me!

I’ve lived downtown for about 3-years now. Love it.

By: GLHowe

GLHowe — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:50:55 +0000

I emailed Walk Score awhile back about the model and distances slightly greater than a mile. A reply is below. Basically, the model is designed for the average person, as Peter mentioned, a measly .25 mile. I met an elderly woman walking her errands yesterday and she was easily a mile from her house in slab town--need more like her! But my score is higher due to a couple of locations nearby, although they are a pain in the arse to walk to...ever try walking Garfield Ave?

"Thank you for your feedback. We really appreciate it! When we were building Walk Score, we did a lot of research into distances that an average person is willing to walk. Most people draw the line at .25 miles with willingness to walk decreasing with distances up to 1 mile. That is why we chose 1 mile as our limit. Good for you that you are willing to walk farther! It won't change your Walk Score, but businesses greater than 1 mile from your location will still appear in Walk Score. You may have noticed this if you expand your results to show all businesses."-- Best, Aleisha

Thanks for comments. Keep them coming. And contact walk score with suggestions. They are seeking input.

By: Evan Smith

Evan Smith — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:39:30 +0000

I was shocked to get a score of 69 – below the TC average. Sorry, but I don’t buy it. While I am in full agreement that it could (and should) be better, I guess I’m questioning the model.

By: aastricker

aastricker — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:30:33 +0000

I only scored 63 and I walk EVERYWHERE!!! It makes me question why people who are living in neighborhoods with higher scores aren’t walking. Also, if you don’t put a street address in, it gives you a score of 98 and defaults at an addy on State between Cass and Union. I wish it would let me choose which amenities I wanted. Just because I can walk to a place doesn’t mean I want to. I should be able to priotritize the things I want to walk to.

By: P Spaulding

P Spaulding — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:19:25 +0000

My address in the old westside of Ann Arbor gets an 86… when I was living in Portland Oregon my address had a walk score of 96… and my front door featured a Streetcar stop.
Generally for something to be highly walkable for the average person, it needs to be reached in about 5 minutes… about a quarter mile.