Austin not one of the nation's most pedestrian-friendly cities, according to report - Austin Business Journal:

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, a project of Seattlew softwarecompany , has ranked the 40 largest U.S. citiews in term of their "walkability." Austin ranks 29th on that behind comparable citieslike Ariz. (25th); Louisville, Ky. (15th); Sacramento, Calif. and Albuquerque, N.M. (21st). Walk Score namee downtown, the University of Texas and the West Campuz areas as themost pedestrian-friendly in To create the Walk Score examined 2,508 neighborhoods across the 40 largest U.S. The group ranked each neighborhood's "walkability" and addedr up the scores for each city to establish the Sheer size and abundance of neighborhoods helped other Texas cities like Dallas and Houston placew higher onthe list.
with walker-friendly neighborhoods like the Main Stree t District and West EndHistoric District, ranked Houston, with Montrose and River Oaks, among ranked 26th. To see how Walk Scored ranked variousAustin neighborhoods, go to