Tag: bike score

April 11, 2013

Seattle-based Walk Score releases yet another awesome urban analysis tool: ChoiceMaps

Seriously, is Walk Score the coolest urban web site on the planet? First they revolutionized the way people look at the walkability in their city with Walk Score. Then they applied that work to housing and revolutionized the way people look for a place to live. If they stopped there, most people would probably have…
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tagged: bike score, choice maps, walk score
February 22, 2013

Seattle’s bike commute hot spots

Do you live in a bike commuting hot spot? The Seattle Times’ Gene Balk (AKA: FYI Guy) published an interactive map today displaying bike-to-work rates according to neighborhood. Unlike the map we posted last spring showing BikeScore’s bike commuter map (see attached), the Times map attempts to organize the data by neighborhood segment. “North University”…
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tagged: bike score, commuting, seattle times
May 14, 2012

Seattle gets a Bike Score of 64, ranks 7th in nation

Bike Score has landed. Developed in Seattle by the makers of Walk Score, Bike Score analyzes several factors to determine how bikeable an area is. Parts of the city that have a good balance of bicycle facilities, relatively flat terrain, destinations and existing bicycle commuters score well. Averaging all areas of the city together, Seattle…
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tagged: bike score, walk score