Originally Posted by
cerewa
It wouldn't surprise me if out there in Finland you have breathable air in every community. But I'll bet there are many people who live with no easy walking access to certain services (hardware store, restaurant, library, food store, clothing store).
True enough. I have to admit that after re-reading the article and visiting the scoring web site I understand a bit better what is meant by "walkable" in this context. I was thinking more in the lines of whether there's infrastructure to support safe walking - sidewalks, zebra crossings, under/overpasses, traffic lights and such. Stuff we take for granted around here (city planners have to take pedestrian and bike traffic into account).
And I agree with the article about Google Maps not necessarily being up to date. My home area scored abysmally low - because the stores, restaurants, libraries and cinemas we have seem to be missing from the Google database.
--J