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Map Walkability Index 2015

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About this Item

Title

  • Walkability Index 2015

Summary

  • The Walkability Index dataset characterizes every Census 2010 block group in the U.S. based on its relative walkability. Walkability depends upon characteristics of the built environment that influence the likelihood of walking being used as a mode of travel. The Walkability Index is based on the EPA's previous data product, the Smart Location Database (SLD). Block group data from the SLD was the only input into the Walkability Index, and consisted of four variables from the SLD weighted in a formula to create the new Walkability Index. This dataset shares the SLD's block group boundary definitions from Census 2010--from metadata file.

Names

  • United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Sustainable Communities, cartographer

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Sustainable Communities, 2015-12-23.

Headings

  • -  Walking--United States--Maps
  • -  Pedestrian areas--United States--Maps
  • -  Employment--United States--Maps
  • -  Population density--United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Geospatial data
  • Digital maps
  • Data sets
  • Vector data

Medium

  • datasets

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3701.E63

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2025189889

Online Format

  • compressed data

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Chicago citation style:

United States Environmental Protection Agency. Office Of Sustainable Communities, Cartographer. Walkability Index. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Sustainable Communities, -12-23, 2015. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2025189889/.

APA citation style:

United States Environmental Protection Agency. Office Of Sustainable Communities, C. (2015) Walkability Index. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Sustainable Communities, -12-23. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2025189889/.

MLA citation style:

United States Environmental Protection Agency. Office Of Sustainable Communities, Cartographer. Walkability Index. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Sustainable Communities, -12-23, 2015. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2025189889/>.