SEATTLE, Wash. -- Seattle was ranked as the sixth most walkable city of the 50 largest cities in the US, according to Seattle-based WalkScore.com which rates neighborhoods, cities and states to determine how walkable they are.
The site found New York as the nation’s most walkable city, followed closely by San Francisco. Boston, Chicago and Philadephia were the other states that triumphed above Seattle in the walkability category.
Walk Score has developed an in-depth ranking methodology for determining the walkability of an area. They consider the people, public spaces, pedestrian design and other factors that contribute to the ease of walkers.
After taking into account all of the different walkability aspects, Walk Score arrives at a score between 0 and 100, with 90-100 being a “Walker’s Paradise - Daily errands do not require a car” and 0-24 being “Car-Dependent – Almost all errands require a car.”
Seattle’s score was 73.7, making it “Very Walkable – Most errands can be accomplished on foot.” While the city was placed in the second tier of the ranking system, individual neighborhoods around town scored much higher.
The top three walkable neighborhoods in Seattle were Denny Triangle, with a Walk Score of 98, and South Lake Union and Belltown, which both received the high score of 97.
For the entire list of Seattle neighborhoods and their Walk Scores, click here. Visit WalkScore.com to read more about the full study.
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