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
… of walkability using Walk Score® is inconsistent. Twenty-nine papers do not exclusively
relying on Walk Score® as a single measurement of walkability … of walkability. In 33 studies the …

Walk score™ as a global estimate of neighborhood walkability

LJ Carr, SI Dunsiger, BH Marcus - American journal of preventive medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
Walk Score uses data provided by the Google™ AJAX Search application program interface
… a score of “walkability.” The Walk Score algorithm calculates a score of walkability based on …

Built environment attributes and their influence on walkability

F Fonseca, PJG Ribeiro, E Conticelli… - International Journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… , such as ratios and spatial score tools. In turn, attributes … in walkability assessments. This
paper provides additional insights into how built environment attributes influence walkability

[HTML][HTML] Validation of Walk Score® for Estimating Neighborhood Walkability: An Analysis of Four US Metropolitan Areas

DT Duncan, J Aldstadt, J Whalen, SJ Melly… - International journal of …, 2011 - mdpi.com
… The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity of Walk Score for assessing neighborhood
walkability based on several GIS (objective) indicators of neighborhood walkability for a …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between walk score® and perceived walkability in ultrahigh density areas

MJ Koohsari, GR McCormack, A Shibata, K Ishii… - Preventive medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
… the relationships between Walk Score® and perceived walkable environmental attributes
in … between Walk Score® and perceived walkable environment. We found that Walk Score® …

Factors influencing subjective walkability

L Rodrigue, K Manaugh, A El-Geneidy, J Daley… - Journal of Transport and …, 2022 - JSTOR
… Next, the presence of ground level uncovered parking lots had a negative and statistically
significant effect on leisure walking scores with segments that had at least one scoring 0.65 …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial pattern of the walkability index, walk score and walk score modification for elderly

J Horak, P Kukuliac, P Maresova, L Orlikova… - … International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
… This method is expanded in a new synthetic walkability index [42] where many types of …
The dominant representative of accessibility-based walkability indices is Walk Score (WS) [65,68]…

Validation of Walk Score for estimating access to walkable amenities

LJ Carr, SI Dunsiger, BH Marcus - British journal of sports medicine, 2011 - bjsm.bmj.com
… 4194 walkable amenities in the 13 Walk Score categories. … Walk Scores. Results Significant
correlations were identified between Walk Score and all categories of aggregated walkable

The influence of walkability on broader mobility for Canadian middle aged and older adults: An examination of Walk Score™ and the Mobility Over Varied …

JA Hirsch, M Winters, PJ Clarke, N Ste-Marie… - Preventive …, 2017 - Elsevier
Walk ScoreWalk Score™ and the MOVES we developed a linear regression models, which
included MOVES and each subdomain as the dependent variables, Street Smart Walk Score

Contributions and Limitations Walk Score® in the Context of Walkability: A Scoping Review

JA Brown, KD Curtin, M Thomson… - Environment and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
… This scoping review examined how researchers utilized Walk Score ® in walkability
limitations of Walk Score ® are addressed relative to socio-ecological aspects of walkability. …