Seattle Ranks #6 "Most Walkable City"

By wesa
July 21st, 2008 @ 3:23 PM daily agenda

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Walk Score has ranked Seattle #6 (behind San Fran, NYC, Boston, Chicago, and Philly) in the nation, with an average neighborhood score of 72. Metblogs touched on this last year, before the nationwide mortgage slowdown really hit. The City Council and Mayor Nickels have been pushing for urban development in the city center, which will ultimately drive up the walk score in many neighborhoods.

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  1. DJC Green Building Blog » Blog Archive » Seattle is walkable; task force to make city ‘green building capital’ meets tomorrow (pingback) on July 23rd, 2008 @ 4:19 pm

    [...] Portland, check out the Seattle Weekly here. For more on urban development visit Seattle MetBlogs here, and  Sightline’s has more here with some pertinent [...]



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