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To be truly walkable, a city necessarily has an extensive network of metro subway system with densely packed subway exit stations. Then there'd be heavy pedestrian traffic and restaurants and other services. Based on the table linked below, NYC is the winner.
To be truly walkable, a city necessarily has an extensive network of metro subway system with densely packed subway exit stations. Then there'd be heavy pedestrian traffic and restaurants and other services. Based on the table linked below, NYC is the winner.
Yea, Tokyo overall is significantly more walkable than NYC for several reasons. Tokyo's walkable areas are larger and spreads the density a bit thinner--sort of like Brooklyn levels of density throughout instead of having much higher densities in one place and then much lower densities in another such as with Manhattan and Stateb Island / eastern Queens in NYC. Tokyo also has a much more extensive transit system especially when it cones to commuter lines which in Tokyo covers more area and directions and generally come at greater frequencies. Plus, the stops in the outer areas are often around a walkable neighborhood core.
Fabio asked in post #4 "What do you mean with "walkable"?"
I don't think that has been defined for this thread.
To me walkable means, you can get to all the amenities you need to live within walking distance. Parks, stores, restaurants, doctors and schools. Added bonuses for live theatre, major sporting events and cinema's.
Good transit is great, but it doesn't mean walkable since you are taking a mode of transportation to get there, no different than a car really. If they want to include transit and bicycles, the thread should be called " Best city to live without a car ". IMO
Fabio asked in post #4 "What do you mean with "walkable"?"
I don't think that has been defined for this thread.
To me walkable means, you can get to all the amenities you need to live within walking distance. Parks, stores, restaurants, doctors and schools. Added bonuses for live theatre, major sporting events and cinema's.
Good transit is great, but it doesn't mean walkable since you are taking a mode of transportation to get there, no different than a car really. If they want to include transit and bicycles, the thread should be called " Best city to live without a car ". IMO
Fabio asked in post #4 "What do you mean with "walkable"?"
I don't think that has been defined for this thread.
To me walkable means, you can get to all the amenities you need to live within walking distance. Parks, stores, restaurants, doctors and schools. Added bonuses for live theatre, major sporting events and cinema's.
Good transit is great, but it doesn't mean walkable since you are taking a mode of transportation to get there, no different than a car really. If they want to include transit and bicycles, the thread should be called " Best city to live without a car ". IMO
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Originally Posted by AFP
This would make a good thread.
Though most if not all European cities in most of their city will be seen as under the full term of "highly walkable". NYC being the most overall in the States. A few other cities can be noteworthy as "walkable cities" in their cores and downtowns. Like Chicago, Boston, DC, San Francisco, Philadelphia and maybe Seattle. Canadians would add Toronto and Vancouver. These cities are also cities with the most mass transit. Trains and buses to trams to trolley's.
So for North America outside of Mexico that gets forgotten as in North America. With NYC on Top overall. Theses cities would be my list here with the most highly walkable cores. US cities just do not stay that way outside of their cores. As we still love our Cars, SUV's and Pickup trucks. LOL.
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