Increase Walkability

Citywide Walk Score®
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Increase Walkability

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San Antonio’s citywide Walk Score® has gotten progressively worse since 2010 and raises the issue of a measurement of accessibility that is not limited to walking.

As San Antonio's sprawl has persisted and population has grown, several neighborhoods persist as "walkable neighborhoods." The top 5 "most walkable" neighborhoods in San Antonio according to Walk Score® are:

  1. Downtown
  2. King William
  3. Tobin Hill
  4. Arsenal
  5. Five Points

Because Walk Score® measures walking routes to nearby amenities, this particular measure will be discontinued after 2021. SA2020 will work with the City of San Antonio's Department of Public Works to determine reliable measures for increasing connectivity for all San Antonians, including but not limited to sidewalk accessibility and eliminating sidewalk gaps.

Citywide Walk Score

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Increase citywide Walk Score® by 20% (53 by 2020)

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YearValueMargin of Error
201044
201141
2012--
201334
201434
201536
201638
201738
201838
2019--
202035

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walkscore.com

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San Antonio

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Walk Score® measures the walkability of any address using a patented system. For each address, Walk Score® analyzes hundreds of walking routes to nearby amenities. Points are awarded based on the distance to amenities in each category. Walk Score® also measures pedestrian friendliness by analyzing population density and road metrics such as block length and intersection density. Data sources include Google, Factual, Great Schools, Open Street Map, the U.S. Census, Localize, and places added by the Walk Score® user community.
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