Boston among the U.S.'s top 3 walkable cities

Walk Score has published their 2015 rankings for the U.S.'s most walkable cities with populations of more than 300,000. Boston comes in at #3, behind New York City and San Fransisco. Perfect for pedestrians, this Walking CIty has a total Walk Score of 80. 

Boston's top walkable neighborhoods are as follows:

 

Rank	Neighborhood	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	North End	98	100	76	10,107
2	Chinatown	98	100	79	7,621
3	Bay Village	98	100	75	1,246
4	Beacon Hill	97	100	77	8,960
5	Downtown Crossing	97	100	82	949
6	Back Bay	97	98	88	21,929
7	Downtown	95	100	83	2,307
8	West End	95	100	83	5,951
9	South End	95	97	82	29,990
10	Fenway	93	99	89	22,682

 

VIEW THE COMPLETE RANKINGS HERE

How the rankings are calculated: Walk Score analyzed over 10 million locations and computed more than 2 billion walking routes for 2,500 U.S. cities using the Street Smart Walk Score algorithm. The algorithm incorporates walking routes, depth of choice, pedestrian friendliness, population and neighborhood data.