Refining the grain: using resident-based walkability audits to better understand walkable urban form

Marc Schlossberg, Deb Johnson-Shelton, Cody Evers and Geraldine Moreno-Black

Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 2015, vol. 8, issue 3, 260-278

Abstract: Researchers use measures of street connectivity to assess neighborhood walkability, and many studies show a relationship between neighborhood design and walking activity. Yet, the core connectivity measures are based on constructs designed for analyzing automobile mobility - the street network - not pedestrian movement. This article examines the effect of a finer-grained characterization of street connectivity and illustrates the idea using parent ratings of street and intersection walkability for children throughout a suburban school district in Oregon. Several policy and practice recommendations are presented, including a discussion that extends Michael Southworth's foundational representation of streets and the walkable city using a refined, more pedestrian-centered approach to visualizing connectivity and walkable urban form.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2014.990915

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