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Walk Score and Health Outcomes 5 Jun 2013 | 01:43 am
Walking is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to stay healthy. A study by the University of Utah showed that the average person in a walkable neighborhood weighs 6-10 pounds less than someone in an...
It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 29 May 2013 | 06:59 pm
Walk Score is about helping people find great places to live, work and play. It’s about what’s outside the four walls of a home or business, being close to the people and places you love, having tran...
New Walk Score Android App 29 May 2013 | 06:45 pm
By popular demand we’re happy to announce that Walk Score has finally come to Android devices! After all, mobile users now represents ~30% of all visits to Walk Score and we expect our mobile traffic ...
Portland Tops New Bike Score Ranking 13 May 2013 | 04:00 pm
In celebration of a Bike to Work Week and National Bike Month, we’ve updated our ranking of Most Bikeable Large U.S. Cities. Portland narrowly edges out hilly San Francisco for the top spot, with Denv...
Walk Score Now On 20,000+ Real Estate Sites 29 Apr 2013 | 10:19 pm
Walk Score is growing! Earlier this year we launched our first ranking of Canadian cities and neighborhoods and just last week extended our international footprint to Australia. We’ve also been busy a...
Walk Score Ranks Australia’s Most Walkable Cities 24 Apr 2013 | 01:56 am
With a Walk Score of 63, Sydney tops our first ranking of Most Walkable Australian Cities and Suburbs. To arrive at this ranking, we rated the walkablity of more than 100 Australian cities and 3,000 s...
Top 10 U.S. Cities to Travel Car-Free 18 Apr 2013 | 03:43 pm
Car-free trips might be the travel industry’s next big trend. Explore a destination by foot, rent a bike for a few hours, zip across town thanks to public transit and take a day-trip excursion via car...
Ladies Roll at 2013 National Women’s Bicycling Forum 17 Apr 2013 | 10:59 pm
Energy. Action. Gear. Business. Politics. Networking. All were on display at the 2nd annual National Women’s Bicycling Forum in Washington, DC this March. I first heard about the National Women’s Bicy...
ChoiceMaps: A New Way to Measure Neighborhoods 11 Apr 2013 | 07:01 pm
It’s great to see more cities adopting plans with goals around access to neighborhood amenities. For example, Washington DC’s new sustainability plan has a goal of having 75% of residents within a 5 ...
Boost Your Child’s Education: Walk or Bike to School 2 Apr 2013 | 04:19 am
Guest post by Anne Taylor Hartzell, Hip Travel Mama blogger Everyone knows the benefits of exercise–but did you know that your child’s exercise regimen actually impacts how well they perform in class?...
