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Economic Value of Walkability

Author(s) -

Todd Litman

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

transportation research record journal of the transportation research board

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.624

H-Index - 119

eISSN - 2169-4052

pISSN - 0361-1981

DOI - 10.3141/1828-01

Subject(s) - walkability , public transport , equity (law) , business , transport engineering , environmental planning , environmental economics , built environment , public economics , geography , economics , engineering , political science , civil engineering , law

This paper describes ways to evaluate the value of walking (the activity) and walkability (the quality of walking conditions, including safety, comfort and convenience). 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.

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