Comments on: How walkable is your neighborhood? http://raincityguide.com/2007/09/17/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: EconE http://raincityguide.com/2007/09/17/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/#comment-181999 EconE Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:16:04 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/09/17/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/#comment-181999 I did a blog entry regarding walkscore for the condo's I live in... you can read it here... http://2200life.blogspot.com/2007/08/location-location-location.html I did a blog entry regarding walkscore for the condo’s I live in…

you can read it here…

http://2200life.blogspot.com/2007/08/location-location-location.html

]]> By: Jillayne Schlicke http://raincityguide.com/2007/09/17/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/#comment-181515 Jillayne Schlicke Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:09:19 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/09/17/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/#comment-181515 The Master Builders Assoc will always argue against builders paying more money for anything. They are a trade organization and their main purpose is to thwart any legislation (city, county, state) that might take more money from its member's pockets, and to steer the topic of conversation toward the ultimate "higher cost" to the end purchaser. The Master Builders Assoc will always argue against builders paying more money for anything. They are a trade organization and their main purpose is to thwart any legislation (city, county, state) that might take more money from its member’s pockets, and to steer the topic of conversation toward the ultimate “higher cost” to the end purchaser.

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2007/09/17/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/#comment-181488 Dustin Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:31:13 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/09/17/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/#comment-181488 Reba, Back in my previous life as a transportation planner/engineer, I actually built an tool called TEEM (<a href="http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=QSl&q=wsdot+tdm+teem&btnG=Search" rel="nofollow">TDM Effectiveness Estimation Model</a>) that created a pretty specific definition of "walkability" for the entire Pudget Sound. (I still have a bunch of interesting GIS maps we used in the project!). When I first saw walkscore.com, I must say that I was a bit disappointed because they are really using a limited set of data to determine walkability. Nonetheless, it is definitely interesting that they were able to get such broad coverage. Very cool stuff. Reba,

Back in my previous life as a transportation planner/engineer, I actually built an tool called TEEM (TDM Effectiveness Estimation Model) that created a pretty specific definition of “walkability” for the entire Pudget Sound. (I still have a bunch of interesting GIS maps we used in the project!).

When I first saw walkscore.com, I must say that I was a bit disappointed because they are really using a limited set of data to determine walkability. Nonetheless, it is definitely interesting that they were able to get such broad coverage. Very cool stuff.

]]> By: magnolia44 http://raincityguide.com/2007/09/17/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/#comment-181475 magnolia44 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:55:01 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/09/17/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/#comment-181475 hmm.. we have sidewalks here already and they recently have upgraded them and are still in process. The upgrades include the slope for handicap access I believe. hmm..
we have sidewalks here already and they recently have upgraded them and are still in process. The upgrades include the slope for handicap access I believe.

]]> By: Flotown http://raincityguide.com/2007/09/17/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/#comment-181462 Flotown Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:06:38 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/09/17/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/#comment-181462 There is no way the City can get a better deal given the public bid process There is no way the City can get a better deal given the public bid process

]]> By: Team Reba Real Estate » A follow up to this west side-walk story… http://raincityguide.com/2007/09/17/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/#comment-181436 Team Reba Real Estate » A follow up to this west side-walk story… Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:38:22 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/09/17/how-walkable-is-your-neighborhood/#comment-181436 [...] Back in August these two articles were written about how the City of Seattle is going to go about adding sidewalks to areas of the city that have not had them.  I wrote this article on RainCityGuide along with some commentary I had been sent from the Master Builder’s Association.  Check it out. [...] [...] Back in August these two articles were written about how the City of Seattle is going to go about adding sidewalks to areas of the city that have not had them.  I wrote this article on RainCityGuide along with some commentary I had been sent from the Master Builder’s Association.  Check it out. [...]

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