Walkable Neighborhoods

More surprising entries on the list include Houston and Los Angeles.

February 1, 2024 - Spectrum News 1

More evidence of the public health benefits of walkable neighborhoods.

August 22, 2023 - University of New Hampshire

Generation Z is leading a new push toward walkable communities, according to a recent survey by the National Association of Realtors.

July 3, 2023 - Realtor Magazine

New research out of the University of Virginia makes the case for walkable neighborhoods as incubators of economic mobility.

November 11, 2019 - University of Virginia

Richard Driehaus attests to the importance of intentional, context-oriented design on the neighborhood level.

June 16, 2019 - Crain's Chicago Business

The Houston Chronicle shares the views in the most walkable sections of the city of Houston.

December 8, 2018 - Houston Chronicle

Mills 50, just northeast of Downtown Orlando, has been reborn as the city's Main Street and has helped spur development, investment, and interest in Orlando's urban core.

March 5, 2018 - Modern Cities

If electric vehicles are the future, can gas stations be re-imagined into centers promoting exercise and healthy eating?

February 16, 2018 - Modern Cities

Years of subtle changes to land use and zoning have slowly become the invisible forces that shape our behavior, whether we realize it or not.

February 13, 2018 - Modern Cities

Will 2018 signal the end of the latest real estate cycle as we know it?

February 8, 2018 - Modern Cities

Building on 2009's Transit Corridor Ordinance, Houston's Walkable Places Committee is creating a process for specific neighborhoods to adopt new rules emphasizing walkability.

November 14, 2017 - The Urban Edge

If Los Angeles residents approve the $120 billion sales tax measure in November, focusing on walkable communities and offering fast, frequent transit service will be critical to its success.

August 9, 2016 - Los Angeles Times - Opinion

The debate about whether Millennials prefer urban or suburban misses a big, important point: what Millennials really prefer is possible in either setting.

June 8, 2016 - Ben Cummins

How will millennial homebuyers change suburbia, or will they? Realtors observe that millennials relocating from the city look for parts of their urban lifestyle, e.g., walkable neighborhoods, yet they also have traditional suburban tastes.

March 1, 2016 - Marketplace

A new social media-fueled engagement effort is shedding light on the policies that make it hard to build walkable, mixed-use infill in communities around the country.

February 25, 2016 - Strong Towns

A new regional transit oriented development initiative in Seattle will focus on affordable housing and walkable communities. The Executive's Transit Station Housing and Development Initiative will partner King County and Sound Transit.

October 2, 2015 - The Urbanist

A study titled "Walking, obesity and urban design in Chinese neighborhoods" finds that the population with least access to walkable neighborhoods in China—namely, the middle class, are suffering the worst of the country's growing obesity problem.

November 19, 2014 - CityLab

A meta-analysis published in Housing Policy Debate finds that extensive studies in recent years support positive claims about walkable neighborhoods.

August 16, 2014 - Better Cities & Towns

Jillian Glover writes of her new perspective on what makes a city welcoming and safe for young families—the newest perspective, in fact. She's a new mother.

July 9, 2014 - Sustainable Cities Collective

Micheline Maynard writes about an AASHTO study showing that the share of American families who don't own cars had been declining since 1960 but stopped in 2007 at 8.7%. By 2011, it had budged up to 9.3%. She suggests four reasons for the reversal.

October 12, 2013 - Forbes