New York, San Francisco, Boston among most walkable cities 
10,000-plus websites generating Walk Scores
By Inman News, Thursday, July 21, 2011.
New York is the most walkable of America's 50 largest cities, and Jacksonville, Fla., is the least, according to the latest rankings compiled by Walk Score.
Walk Score uses an algorithm that generates a walkability score based on the accessibility of attractions and services like restaurants, shopping, schools, parks and libraries.
The algorithm can generate a walkability score for an individual address based on its proximity to nearby amenities. To rank cities and neighborhoods, Walk Score samples the walkability of individual city blocks, weighting grid points by population density so that rankings reflect where people actually live.
Cities and neighborhoods are ranked on a scale of one to 100, with locations scoring between 90 and 100 considered to be a "Walkers' Paradise."
Walk Score estimates more than 10,000 websites are now using Walk Score's neighborhood data, up 250 percent from a year ago.
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