More surprising entries on the list include Houston and Los Angeles.
Smart Growth America’s 2023 Foot Traffic Ahead survey named three Ohio cities among the top 25 most walkable in the United States. According to a Spectrum News 1 report by Lydia Taylor, Cleveland ranked 17th, Columbus ranked 19th, and Cincinnati took the 25th spot.
The survey named New York City as the nation’s most walkable city, with Boston and Washington, D.C. close behind. Perhaps surprisingly, Los Angeles ranked #8.
The report uses real estate and rental data and factors including proximity to amenities. However, walkability measures have garnered some criticism for not always reflecting the reality of mobility in a particular neighborhood or city.
FULL STORY: Report: 3 Ohio cities among most walkable in the U.S.
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Foot Traffic Ahead: Report Reveals the Resilience of Walkable Places
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Walkable Neighborhoods Set the Stage for Upward Mobility, Study Says
New research out of the University of Virginia makes the case for walkable neighborhoods as incubators of economic mobility.
Florida Considers Legalizing ADUs
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Manufactured Crisis: Losing the Nation’s Largest Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing
Manufactured housing communities have long been an affordable housing option for millions of people living in the U.S., but that affordability is disappearing rapidly. How did we get here?
HUD Announces Plan to Build Housing on Public Lands
The agency will identify federally owned parcels appropriate for housing development and streamline the regulatory process to lease or transfer land to housing authorities and nonprofit developers.
EPA Terminates $116 Million in Grants for Reducing Emissions from Construction Materials
C-MORE grants were earmarked for industry trade groups and universities.
BART Closes $35 Million Deficit
Cost control and revenue generation measures prevented service cuts.
The New Parisian Hearse is a Bicycle
Sleek, silent, and sustainable, a green trip to the graveyard has hit the streets of the French capital.
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