title: Walk Score(TM), Perceived Neighborhood Walkability, and walking in the US.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate both the Walk Score(TM) and a self-reported measure of neighborhood walkability ("Perceived Neighborhood Walkability") as estimators of transport and recreational walking among Americans.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study is based upon a survey of a nationally-representative sample of 1224 American adults. The survey gauged walking for both transport and recreation and included a self-reported measure of neighborhood walkability and each respondent's Walk Score(TM). Binary logistic and linear regression analyses were performed on the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Walk Score(TM) is associated with walking for transport, but not recreational walking nor total walking. Perceived Neighborhood Walkability is associated with transport, recreational and total walking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Perceived Neighborhood Walkability captures the experiential nature of walking more than the Walk Score(TM).
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Hunter College - City University of New York, New York, NY, USA. ptuckel@hunter.cuny.edu.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tuckel
authors.affiliation: Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, Hunter College - City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Milczarski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004779:Environment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011998:Recreation; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016138:Walking; D055815:Young Adult