The past decade has seen a surge of interest in the walkable neighborhood, motivated by
environmental, health, economic, and communitarian goals. We take stock of this literature …

Pedestrian route choice (PRC) is influenced by a wide range of factors, yet an
understanding of the trends, patterns, and findings of PRC research is a gap in the literature …

The built environment characteristics associated with walkability range from neighborhood-
level urban form factors to street-level urban design factors. However, many existing …

Reid Ewing (ewing@ arch. utah. edu) is a professor of city and metropolitan planning at the
University of Utah, chair of the Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, and a …

The potential environmental and health benefits of active transportation modes (eg walking
and cycling) have led to considerable research on the influence of the built environment on …

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 …

Many cities in China have undergone rapid urbanization and are experiencing a decline in
residents' physical activity levels. Previous studies have reported inconsistent findings on …

Despite growing numbers of studies on planning walkable neighborhoods, few have
included people with diverse abilities across the age spectrum. This article demonstrates a …

Increasing interest in urban livability demands that geographers and planners more
precisely define what constitutes a livable streetscape, a fundamental building block of …

Urban planners and designers believe that the built environment at various geographic
scales affects pedestrian activity, but have limited empirical evidence at the street scale, to …