Urban sprawl and increasing population density in urban centers create the challenge to
finding ways of sustainable transportation solutions that preserve the convenience of …

Active travel is enthusiastically promoted in the Western world due to its clear and
demonstrated individual and collective benefits. While active travel has been shown to be …

The concept of urban 'walkability'has come to occupy a key role at the nexus of a series of
multidisciplinary fields connecting urban design and planning to broader issues of public …

Walkability has been defined as the extent to which the urban environment is pedestrian
friendly. By measuring it, planning professionals may be able to address the quality of the …

The walkability of urban streets (WoUS) benefits public health and urban livability, but there
is still no consensus on the quantitative and comprehensive evaluation of walkability …

Transport planning is gradually shifting targets towards modifying the pedestrian
streetscapes that favor walking and enhance urban sustainability. We cannot be optimistic …

This paper investigates the impact of street network connectivity on pedestrian volume.
Street network connectivity measured in most current studies captures only the metric …

Abstract Development of non-motorized modes of transportation has recently become a
common trait among urban planners toward sustainable transportation, and walkability has …

Car dependency and associated car modal share is increasing in the vast majority of
metropolitan areas throughout the world, and an important contributory factor lies in the lack …

Walkability has emerged as not only a set of indexes and metrics but a normative discourse.
This review of walkability studies draws on English, Spanish and Portuguese literatures, as …