Walkable communities-LEED 5.1 community resources
Striving for platinum certification in the LEED for Homes program, the Melaver residence qualifies for the points under the "Location and Linkages" section for being located within 1/2 a mile of 14 "Basic Community Resources."
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Walk Score: How Walkable is Your Hood?
Written by Nino Marchetti
as seen on www.ecogeek.org
Is your house close enough to the amenities of life to be a car free? What about your next house? A new Web site promises to help you figure out how walkable your neighborhood really is by rating how far you have to go on foot to do your errands and have a good time.
Walk Score, which is essentially a Google Maps mash up, has you enter your address. It then shows for you on a map how close a variety of services, ranging from restaurants to schools to drug stores, are in terms of realistic walking distance. This overall closeness is rated as a Walk Score through a special algorithm, with five categories from "Walkers' Paradise" to "Driving Only."
While they admit the Walk Score isn't the final say in what makes a neighborhood walkable, it's nice to see sites like this sprouting up to help us determine the right neighborhood to live in if the desire to leave your car in the garage is important.
EcoGeek's writers' houses ranged from WalkScore 15 (yeek!) to WalkScore 75 (very walkable.)
Via: Triple Pundit
See Also:
-Google Public Transit- http://www.google.com/transit
www.WalkIt.com ...limited cites, very limited. OK only 3 cities in Europe, but think about the future!