{"id":183304216,"date":"2010-10-23T13:50:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-23T13:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=183304216"},"modified":"2010-10-23T13:50:16","modified_gmt":"2010-10-23T13:50:16","slug":"how-walkable-are-the-streets-near-your-transit-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=183304216","title":{"rendered":"How Walkable Are the Streets Near Your Transit Stop?"},"content":{"rendered":"

from Streetsblog.net by Angie Schmitt
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At individual transit sites, however, the usefulness of the database can depend on the location. As Network blog Walkable Dallas-Fort Worth<\/a> explains, when you look closely, the areas within walking distance of a transit station don\u2019t always match what appears in the database:<\/p>\n

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Each of these TOD zones requires specific attention to detail. This gets at a broader problem preventing TOD planning from becoming smarter, and that is the ubiquitous 1\/2-mile walk circle.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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As demonstrated by Walkable Dallas-Fort Worth<\/a>, a half mile isn’t necessarily a walkable distance when the street pattern is accounted for. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The issue with the 1\/2-mile circle, intended to simulate a 10-minute walk or a popularly accepted distance to travel by foot to transit stations is that not all 10-minute walks are the same. What is the road network like within that 1\/2-mile generic circle? How many roads must be crossed? How direct is the route (yielding a more radial pattern emanating from a center of gravity or attractor \u2013 in this case the transit station)? Are there highways to be traversed? How long is the wait to cross at crosswalks, etc. etc.?<\/p>\n

As you can see (image right), what actually constitutes an acceptable walking distance is FAR, FAR smaller than the 1\/2-mile circle, because it takes a similar amount of time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Maybe, with some tweaking, this can turn into another benefit of the database: highlighting all the places where re-configuring streets can increase the area served by transit.<\/p>\n

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from Streetsblog.net by Angie Schmitt … At individual transit sites, however, the usefulness of the database can depend on the location. As Network blog Walkable Dallas-Fort Worth explains, when you look closely, the areas within walking distance of a transit station don\u2019t always match what appears in the database: Each of these TOD zones requires … <\/p>\n

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