How walkable is your neighborhood?

Here is a simple way to find out how walkable your neighborhood or community might be.

Just type your address into walkscore.com and check out the results.

While there are some variables it doesn't (or can't) measure, it is a helpful tool if you are traveling somewhere new, looking to move, or just want to learn more about your immediate surroundings. Here is the web link:

http://www.walkscore.com/

I hope to post more regularly, especially since I will be on sabbatical in the coming year and working on my book on walking.

First Steps . . .

Greetings.

This is a new blog on human ambulation—that is, walking.

I plan to explore this most ordinary but extremely revealing activity in relation to the physical landscape, aesthetics and art, politics, pedestrian practices, the wilderness, urban design, the body, environmental issues, philosophical thought and literature, among numerous other areas.

I hope to focus, too, on sauntering, strutting and strolling in Philadelphia, where presently I live. In the process, I would like to share some of my own stories and experiences from the world of walking. I love to walk and have published a few articles on the subject. I'm also currently writing a book on ambulation and motility, so it seemed like a natural progression to blog about it as well.

Entries will follow soon. Please stayed tuned. Thanks for checking in. And feel free to offer comments, suggestions and other feedback as the blog unfolds.