Cities with the highest percentage of pedestrian commuters (downtown, major, park)

[ckhthankgod]

List of U.S. cities with most pedestrian commuters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[DANNYY]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

List of U.S. cities with most pedestrian commuters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I am not at all surprised by this list, nor am I surprised about the region this list mostly refers to.

[clean_polo]

Originally Posted by OmShahi

I am not at all surprised by this list, nor am I surprised about the region this list mostly refers to.

It's funny to see a lot of smaller cities make it and some bigger cities left out.

[DANNYY]

Originally Posted by clean_polo

It's funny to see a lot of smaller cities make it and some bigger cities left out.

It's embarrassing to even praise your region for new developments and act like it's the best when it doesn't even make the lists for the simplest things.

Come on people, facts are facts. I know some people are going to go like "Yeahhh well, our downtown is attracting more people, meaning there's going to be more pedestrians and stuff soon". Total BS.

Haha anyways that's just my $.02 on this.

With my other city (Chicago) I still find it embarrassing to see so many smaller cities take the lead. Hmmm, but I will give credit where it's due, Cambridge is an example for all these bigger cities to learn from!

[Thomas R.]

Originally Posted by clean_polo

It's funny to see a lot of smaller cities make it and some bigger cities left out.

Yeah I think things like this is why I realized the term "walkable", as used here, has little to do with walking. Columbia, South Carolina is less dense than Jacksonville, Florida but is in the top 5.

City-Data has a list for smaller towns. College towns often come out high on this, possibly because young people have more energy and less money.

//www.city-data.com/top2/h39.html

[clean_polo]

Originally Posted by Thomas R.

Yeah I think things like this is why I realized the term "walkable", as used here, has little to do with walking. Columbia, South Carolina is less dense than Jacksonville, Florida but is in the top 5.

City-Data has a list for smaller towns. College towns often come out high on this, possibly because young people have more energy and less money.

//www.city-data.com/top2/h39.html

Good point, I agree.

[jayp1188]

Yea, obviously lots of college towns like Cambridge, Ann Arbor, Berkeley, Madison, New Haven, etc., are going to be on the list. A lot of college kids don't have a car, not always by choice, but simply because they either don't have a car or there is just no parking available for students on campus. Also, college kids don't generally have to go very far since campuses are so compact.

[ckhthankgod]

Also, on the wikipedia page, it states that military towns also usually get high mark on this, but I think for the most part, it's going to be college towns or cities where a major university/strong college influence is present.

[creeksitter]

My guess is that Columbia is high on the list as a result of relative poverty + poor public transit. But I hope someone will refute me and discuss how it's a result of good city planning or layout.

[creeksitter]

From the Columbia forum I see it may be a result of parking policies at USC - no place to park or very expensive. Also there's a military base in town.