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Congratulations Ann Arbor, MI: third best walking city in the US

Prevention magazine voted Ann Arbor, MI the third best walking city in the US.

Read about it on Ann Arbor’s getDowntown Blog

Not surprising at all, considering the number of walkers we have who hail from Ann Arbor.

Congratulations Ann Arbor!

The magazine rates a city based on “more residents walking to work and more parks per square mile“

The top ten cities:

  1. Cambridge, MA
  2. New York City
  3. Ann Arbor, MI
  4. Chicago, IL
  5. Washington, D.C.
  6. San Francisco, CA
  7. Honolulu, HI
  8. Trenton, NJ
  9. Boston, MA
  10. Cincinnati, OH

In defense of Portland, OR – my city – we’re bike crazy

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 at 10:44 am and is filed under walking spaces. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “Congratulations Ann Arbor, MI: third best walking city in the US”

  1. Clarence Says:
    March 5th, 2008 at 10:48 am

    Wow, maybe we should get someone out there this summer to enlighten everyone as to the reasons why Ann Arbor is so ped friendly.

  2. Ben Parzybok Says:
    March 5th, 2008 at 11:10 am

    Hi Clarence - I bet Ann Arbor would be interested in that – these guys would be a great contact: http://getdowntown.org/

    http://streetfilms.org is really cool, by the way. You do great work.

  3. Clarence Says:
    March 5th, 2008 at 11:24 am

    Thanks! We try to provide tools for everyone to use to motivate and enlighten their fellow citizens. Although the last few months have had some really great numbers we are still trying to get the word out for people to please use the videos to advocate for change. So we appreciate the linkage.

    I posted a quote on GetDowntown. Maybe later this summer I can find a window to come out for a few days.

  4. Edward Vielmetti Says:
    March 13th, 2008 at 11:09 am

    Thanks Clarence – happy to make local Ann Arbor film maker connections for you. @ascalon and @mitten on walker tracker would be good people to know.

    As for why the city is good to walk in, best reason is http://www.umich.edu . The U of Michigan and the city grew up around each other, and there are a number of near to town neighborhoods where housing is good and it’s possible to walk to work. My hike is about 30 minutes, or about 15 minutes on the bus, close enough to make walking a good alternative when it’s not too icy.

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