Ever Wonder What Your Neighborhood's Walking Score Is?

At GVF’s most recent event, its Land Use Seminar, Geoff Anderson, President & CEO of Smart Growth America was our keynote speaker. During his presentation, Geoff provided the audience with a very interesting website: WalkScore.com. When you log onto WalkScore.com and enter a specific address, it will provide you with a number between 0 and 100 that measures the walkability of that address.

As you read this, you may already know how walkable or not walkable your residential and/or place of employment neighborhood is but when you enter the specific address, in addition to the rating you receive, the website displays a Google map with the surrounding attractions, such as restaurants, shopping, which could potentially be walking distance for you. The website will also provides you with the different transit options available from that location. Once you have your Walk Score, you can also get your Energy Score, as well as several other useful information.

If you are an employer or employee that received a low walk score for your area, GVF can assist with providing services to educate employees on the different commuting alternatives available to them, such as carpooling, biking, public transit. GVF operates numerous programs, such as the Bike to Work Challenge, which encourages riders to “ditch their car” and ride their bike at least once a week to work.



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Some office locations are unable to provide on-site amenities but in an effort to be more sustainable, the company does not want all their employees leaving everyday for lunch in their single occupancy vehicles. Therefore, a company can offer a shuttle service, which could provide transportation to a local shopping center, for example. Another type of shuttle a company offers is operating it before and after work to transport employees to and from area transit centers. GVF manages several different community and corporate shuttles. For more information on these shuttles or if you are interested in starting one for your business or community, please visit http://www.gvftma.com/.