Economic Value of Walkability
- Copyright
- 2018
Walking
and walkability provide a variety of benefits, including basic mobility, consumer cost
savings, cost savings (reduced external costs), efficient land use, community livability,
improved fitness and public health, economic development, and support for equity
objectives. Current transportation planning practices tend to undervalue walking. More
comprehensive analysis techniques, described in this paper, are likely to increase public
support for walking and other nonmotorized modes of travel.