[PDF][PDF] Walkability: A Review of Existing Pedestrian Indices.

PK Maghelal, CJ Capp - Journal of the Urban & Regional …, 2011 - researchgate.net
Several indices have been developed in the past two decades that quantify and evaluate the
walkability and bikeability of communities. This study reviewed 25 pedestrian indices …

The global walkability index

HV Krambeck - 2006 - dspace.mit.edu
Although a significant number of trips are made by foot in developing cities, pedestrian
infrastructure, amenities, and services are often neglected in municipal planning and …

Measuring walkability: A note on auditing methods

S Lee, E Talen - Journal of Urban Design, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This study contributes to the literature on walkability measurement by proposing a hybrid
auditing method that combines the efficiency of a GIS-based approach with the pedestrian …

Desirable streets for pedestrians: Using a street-level index to assess walkability

LA Guzman, J Arellana, WF Castro - Transportation research part D …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although walkability assessments have enjoyed recent popularity, walkability measures
usually often omitted microscale attributes and pedestrian perceptions of the built …

Walkability: a review of trends

R Shields, EJ Gomes da Silva… - Journal of Urbanism …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Street level urban design qualities for walkability: Combining 2D and 3D GIS measures

L Yin - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2017 - Elsevier
Much of the physical activity and built environment literature has focused on composite
walkability indices based on the D variables–design, density, diversity, destination …

Urban walkability considering pedestrians' perceptions of the built environment: a 10-year review and a case study in a medium-sized city in Latin America

J Arellana, M Saltarín, AM Larrañaga, V Alvarez… - Transport …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Numerous methodologies measuring walkability have been developed over the last years.
This paper reviews the Walkability Index (WI) literature of the last decade (2009–2018) and …

Walkability scoring: Why and how does a three-dimensional pedestrian network matter?

J Zhao, G Sun, C Webster - Environment and Planning B …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous walkability scoring systems are all based on road networks, even though roads are
not designed for pedestrians. To calculate an accurate walking score, we need pedestrian …

Walk score® and its potential contribution to the study of active transport and walkability: A critical and systematic review

CM Hall, Y Ram - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Walk Score® index has become increasingly applied in studies of walking and
walkability. The index assesses the “walking potential” of a place through a combination of …

Walkability: what is it?

RH Lo - Journal of urbanism, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
In order to understand walkability, it is important to consider how pedestrians are defined
and the discourses that shape the development of pedestrian space. This paper examines …