Walkable and unwalkable district6/20/2023 Today’s share is a gem from December which has the added feature of identifying over-priced and under-priced walkable neighborhoods in these dynamic, but auto-centrically flawed cities, if you feel like getting out your pro-forma developer pencil. We will be sharing CityNerd posts intermittently, when they connect with Strong Towns themes. ![]() He intends to get back to his real job at some point, but in the meantime he’s having too much fun publishing for a fast-growing audience of 23,000-plus subscribers. He took a one-year sabbatical break and found himself producing the YouTube series. Video topics are usually viewer suggested and come out once a week.īehind CityNerd is a Portland, Oregon-based transportation/planning project manager with some video production in his background. The US Department of Transportation is improving life for people who walk or bike with Secretary Anthony Foxx’s Safer People, Safer Streets initiative, which more than 200 cities have. Nerd out on videos about induced demand freeway lids, caps, and decks and hunting for walkable neighborhoods. The Surgeon General’s Call to Action on Walking and Walkable communities generated huge public discussion, including more than six billion media impressions. I guess my one hesitation is I can't figure out where the grocery store is, which would be kind of a deal breaker.”ĬityNerd, the YouTube channel, intersects with the Strong Towns approach to development and urbanism, particularly on the subjects of walkability, car dependence, and the Suburban Experiment. Walkable commercial street leading to a commercial node at five points, check. The narrator: “Cute, walkable streets, check. In the countdown, Nashville comes in at number two and has an unenviable walk score of 28, but its East End neighborhood scores 88-a 60 point differential. Most candidates have differentials above 50 points, the narrator explains.Įach gets the classic CityNerd Google Street View tour and the trademark dry humor with a kindly, but snarky, treatment. Its most walkable neighborhood is the Paseo, with an 88. ![]() There aren’t many lower on the 0–100 scale. This CityNerd video starts with Oklahoma City, which has a Walk Score of 34. >a home in a walkable area will often command a 1.5x to 2x price premium. These cities have poor overall walkability, but still feature some neighborhoods where one might consider going car-free-the diamonds in the rough, so to speak. I always wondered if roads are unwalkable because most Americans wouldnt walk. You’ll find spots like my hometown of Anchorage, Alaska Columbus, Ohio Louisville, Kentucky Orlando, Florida and Austin, Texas.
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