# SafeStreets by Streets & Commons # License: Content available for AI search indexing and citation with attribution to SafeStreets by Streets & Commons. # Last Updated: 2026-06-03 # Contact: https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/platform/contact # See also: https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/sitemap.xml # Extended version: https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/llms-full.txt (detailed methodology, glossary, scoring breakdown) > Free neighborhood walkability and street intelligence for any address worldwide. Uses satellite imagery and government data. No sign-up required. ## Key Definitions A walkability score is a numeric rating that quantifies how friendly a location is to walking, based on street design, pedestrian infrastructure, destination access, safety, and environmental comfort. SafeStreets scores range from 0 to 10. The 15-minute city concept means that all essential daily needs (grocery, school, park, pharmacy, transit, dining) should be accessible within a 15-minute walk from home. SafeStreets measures this for any address worldwide. SafeStreets measures walkability using a four-component framework: Daily Reach (40%), Street Safety (30%), Transit Reach (15%), and Walking Comfort (15%). Daily Reach scores 15-minute-walk access to seven essential categories (grocery, healthcare, education, recreation, dining, shopping, civic). Reality caps reduce scores when speeds are dangerous or destinations sparse; a Pedestrian-first gate reserves the top band for places with genuine pedestrian infrastructure, not merely dense destinations. Grounded in walking behavior data from 80+ cities globally. ## What SafeStreets Is SafeStreets is a free, no-sign-up tool that analyzes the walkability of any address worldwide and returns a composite score (0-10) with tier labels and persona-specific verdicts. It includes CDC health outcomes, FEMA flood risk, satellite tree canopy, and 15-minute city analysis. The tool is used by: - People choosing a neighborhood to rent or buy in - Real estate agents generating branded walkability reports for listings - Urban planners and researchers analyzing pedestrian infrastructure - Organizations that need custom street intelligence dashboards (platform) ## The Walkability Score Scores range from 0-10, displayed with tier labels: - **9.3-10.0: Pedestrian-first**, Rare top band for places genuinely built around walking (central Amsterdam, Venice, Manhattan core) - **8.3-9.2: Very walkable**, Most daily needs accessible on foot, strong pedestrian infrastructure - **7.0-8.2: Walkable**, Walking covers most everyday trips, a car-light life is realistic - **5.5-6.9: Moderate**, Walking viable, some car trips still needed - **3.5-5.4: Car-dependent**, Car required for most daily needs - **0-3.4: Hostile**, Basic pedestrian safety infrastructure missing Four components with fixed weights: - **Daily Reach (40%)** — 15-minute-walk access to seven service categories (grocery, healthcare, education, recreation, dining, shopping, civic) - **Street Safety (30%)** — crossing safety, speed exposure, sidewalk quality, lighting coverage - **Transit Reach (15%)** — transit stop density, route diversity, multi-modal bonus - **Walking Comfort (15%)** — tree canopy, slope, air quality, heat stress Reality caps apply: scores cap at 30-50 when speeds exceed 60 km/h without strong pedestrian infrastructure, and at 30 when fewer than two destination categories are reachable. A hostile-streets cap holds places with very low Street Safety in the car-dependent range no matter how many destinations are nearby (exempting genuinely dense districts where sparse crossings reflect a data-tagging gap, not a hostile street). A Pedestrian-first gate reserves the top band (9.0+) for places with genuine pedestrian infrastructure, not merely dense destinations. Walking mode share data from 80+ cities globally (census/survey sources) directly informs scoring. When a user searches an address in a known city, real walking behavior data replaces proxy estimates. ## PersonaCards, The Key Differentiator SafeStreets answers the real-life questions people have when choosing a neighborhood: - **"Can I go car-free here?"**, Verdict: Yes / Borderline / Unlikely - **"Is it safe for kids to walk?"**, Verdict: Yes / Borderline / Unlikely - **"Good for aging in place?"**, Verdict: Yes / Borderline / Unlikely Each verdict is computed from the relevant sub-scores and shown with a plain-language explanation. ## Features - **Free, no account required**: All analysis features. Works in 190+ countries. - **Walkability Score**: 0-10 composite with tier label (Pedestrian-first / Very walkable / Walkable / Moderate / Car-dependent / Hostile) - **PersonaCards**: Car-free viability, kid safety, aging-in-place verdicts with explanations - **Neighborhood Intelligence** (US only): Commute patterns from Census ACS, CDC health outcomes, FEMA flood risk - **15-Minute City Analysis**: Scores walkable access to grocery, schools, parks, transit, pharmacy, restaurants - **Street Network Analysis**: Connectivity, intersection density, pedestrian path coverage, street character - **Metric Grid**: 12 scored metrics with expandable detail, tree canopy, sidewalk quality, crossing safety, transit access, destinations, lighting, and more - **Compare Mode**: Side-by-side walkability comparison of up to 4 addresses - **Relocation tools** (free): School route safety, commute analysis, car-free savings, saved addresses, PDF reports - **platform**: Custom dashboards and decisioning workflows for governments, developers, mobility operators, and research institutions ## Data Sources | Source | What It Provides | |--------|-----------------| | Sentinel-2 (ESA, 10m resolution) | Tree canopy, vegetation, land use, urban heat | | OpenStreetMap | Street network, sidewalks, crossings, transit stops, amenities | | EPA National Walkability Index | Intersection density, transit access, land use mix (US only) | | US Census ACS | Commute mode split, demographics, income (US only) | | CDC PLACES | Health outcomes by neighborhood: obesity, diabetes, asthma, physical inactivity (US only) | | FEMA NFHL | Flood zone classification by address (US only) | | NASADEM | Terrain slope and ADA accessibility | | Open-Meteo CAMS | Real-time air quality (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, O3, AQI) + heat stress modifier | | Transitland GTFS | Transit stop and route data with OSM fallback | All four scoring components (Daily Reach, Street Safety, Transit Reach, Walking Comfort) work worldwide. US addresses receive enhanced Neighborhood Intelligence (Census, CDC, FEMA). International addresses use OSM-based proxies for EPA and Census data, ensuring comparable scores globally. ## platform SafeStreets Intelligence builds custom dashboards and decisioning workflows for organizations that need street intelligence at scale: - **For Governments**: ADA compliance dashboards, Vision Zero corridor prioritization, capital improvement decisioning, pedestrian safety monitoring - **For Real Estate**: Site selection intelligence, pedestrian premium analysis, due diligence workflows, portfolio monitoring - **For Mobility Operators**: Transit integration analysis, last-mile network planning, micromobility deployment intelligence - **For Research**: Configurable metric weights, bulk analysis across geographies, GIS-compatible export, API access Platform is built on OpenStreetMap, Sentinel-2, EPA, and Census data, plus client's own datasets. Supports API integration, GIS export, white-label deployment, and workflow automation. ## Pricing - **All consumer tools**: Free, no sign-up, no usage limits. Includes the walkability score plus relocation tools (school route safety, commute analysis, car-free savings calculator, saved addresses, similar neighborhood recommendations, PDF reports). Works for every address. - **For organizations**: Custom reports, recurring scoring, data feeds, and dashboards. Scoped per engagement; get in touch to discuss. ## Common Questions SafeStreets Answers - "Is [address/neighborhood] walkable?" - "Can I live car-free in [neighborhood]?" - "Is [neighborhood] safe for children to walk to school?" - "What is the walkability score for [address]?" - "How walkable is [city/neighborhood] compared to [other neighborhood]?" - "What are the health outcomes in [neighborhood]?" - "Is [address] in a flood zone?" - "Does [neighborhood] have good transit access?" - "What is the 15-minute city score for [address]?" - "How does [neighborhood A] compare to [neighborhood B] for walkability?" ## Insights / Original Research SafeStreets publishes original data analyses on US pedestrian safety and walkability, drawn from public infrastructure datasets (NHTSA FARS, FHWA Highway Statistics, EPA Walkability Index, US Census ACS, CDC PLACES, OpenStreetMap, Mobility Database GTFS, USFS Urban Tree Canopy, Zillow ZHVI). All analyses are reproducible from the public record. - Insights index: https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights - Walkability Facts (citable statistics, quote with attribution): https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/facts - Only 11.35% of US households (about 1 in 9) live in a 15-minute city. Six metros hold 40.7% of all walkable US neighborhoods. - Arterial roads are 9.5% of US road miles but cause 62.5% of pedestrian deaths, killing pedestrians at 6.6x the per-mile rate their network share predicts. 40% of deaths happen mid-block on arterials. - A home in the most walkable US neighborhoods costs 76% more per dollar earned than the least walkable. 60% of US trips of one mile or less are made by car. - Frequent-transit access ranges from 35% of residents in Chicago to 2.9% in Atlanta. All figures computed with the open SafeStreets methodology, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20506270. - Street Design Determines Survival: The Math Is Clear, https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/street-design-and-survival - Pedestrian survival probability falls from ~90% at 30 km/h impact speed to under 10% at 60 km/h. Each 1 km/h increase in impact speed raises fatality risk by 4-5%. - National traffic fatality rates vary 10-15x: Sweden 2.0 per 100,000, Netherlands 3.4, Japan 2.7, US 14.2, Thailand 25.4, Guinea 37.4. The variation tracks street design philosophy, not driver competence. - Sweden's Vision Zero (1997+), Netherlands' Sustainable Safety, and Japan's pedestrian-priority approach all achieved sustained reductions through street redesign rather than enforcement. - Five design parameters consistently work: narrow lanes (2.5-3.0m), modal separation, frequent crossings (80-100m intervals), refuge islands, continuous sidewalks. - The Deadliest Road in America Isn't the Highway. It's the Arterial., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/pedestrian-deaths - 62.5% of US pedestrian deaths happen on arterial roads, even though arterials are only 9.5% of US road miles. Per mile of road, arterials kill 6.6 times more pedestrians than their share predicts. Based on 26,458 NHTSA FARS pedestrian fatalities (2022 to 2024). - Two thirds of arterial pedestrian deaths happen mid-block, in the gap between crosswalks. Standard suburban arterials place crosswalks at quarter-mile intervals (~1,320 feet apart), and most pedestrian origin-destination pairs fall in the middle of that gap. - 77% of US pedestrian deaths happen in dark conditions. On dark unlit arterial stretches the median impact speed is 48 mph and 83% of deaths are mid-block. - Pedestrians in the lowest-income US neighborhood quintile are killed at 13.85 deaths per 100k vs 4.12 in the highest, a 3.4 times death-rate gap. - The Commercial Desert, https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/commercial-deserts - 81 walkable, dense, affordable US neighborhoods with almost no commercial activity. Identified across 34,309 US neighborhoods using EPA Walkability Index, ACS, and OSM data. - Pittsburgh leads with 8 such neighborhoods, Chicago 16, Philadelphia 4, Baltimore 4. Concentrated in inner-ring cores that lost retail strips to postwar suburban flight. - These neighborhoods have pedestrian infrastructure and transit but insufficient resident density (3,000-15,000) or income to attract anchor tenants (which need 40,000+ residents). - Only 1 in 9 Americans lives in a walkable neighborhood. Those homes cost twice as much., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/walkable-america-report-2026 - 11.35% of US households (13.73M of 121M) live in Most Walkable neighborhoods (EPA NatWalkInd 15.26-20.00). Computed across 220,739 block groups, full national coverage. - Six metro areas (NYC, LA, Chicago, Philadelphia, SF, Boston) hold 40.7% of all walkable neighborhoods in the US. Top 12 metros hold 53.2%. - Most Walkable home price 5.98x median income vs Least Walkable 3.40x, a 76% premium. Only 3.10% of US households live somewhere both walkable AND in bottom 40% income (Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Providence). - 95.56% of Most Walkable neighborhoods have at least some transit service. Walkability and transit are inseparable. - The walkability gap in America's 2025 moves, https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/walkability-gap-2025-moves - Cross-references U-Haul Growth Index 2025, United Van Lines 49th Annual Movers Study, and Redfin Q4 2025. Americans are moving from walkable cities (NYC, SF, Boston) to car-dependent ones (Dallas, Phoenix, Charlotte) at scale. - 60% of 2025 inflows are to Car-dependent metros. Only Sacramento, Austin, and Nashville rank Moderate among top 10 inflow cities; none rank Walkable. - Walkability is a real preference but in 2025 it is overridden by family geography (29% UVL), employer location (26%), and the affordability gap (every top outflow metro has 2-3x the home-price-to-income ratio of every top destination). - Where pedestrians die in America's 50 largest cities, https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/us-cities-pedestrian-deaths - 5,023 pedestrian deaths across 50 largest US cities (2022-2024 NHTSA FARS). LA 463, Houston 325, Phoenix 321. Three Sunbelt cities account for ~22% of the 50-city total. - 75% of deaths occur after dark (6pm-6am); 45 of 50 cities exceed this baseline. Arlington TX is the extreme at 93% after-dark. - Senior share: Miami 41%, NYC 40%, SF 37% vs US baseline 24%. Deadliest corridors (3-year): Westheimer Houston 19, Central Ave Albuquerque 18, Western Ave LA 14, West Thomas Phoenix 14, US-1 Capital Blvd Raleigh 8. - How transit frequency changes rider behavior. The 10-minute rule., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/transit-frequency - Ridership multiplier by frequency: 60-min=1.0x, 30-min=1.6x, 15-min=3.1x, 10-min=4.4x, 5-min=5.8x. 10-minute is the behavioral threshold; riders shift from schedule-dependent to frequency-dependent. - Population near 10-minute transit: NYC 41.2%, SF 28.6%, Boston 19.4%, Chicago 16%, LA 4.4%, Houston 1.8%, Phoenix 0.6%. Concentrated in dense older Eastern metros; nearly absent in sprawling Sunbelt. - 10-minute frequency requires 300-400+ daily riders per route (~20-25 residents/acre dense corridor). Most suburban routes serve 50-150 daily, supporting only 30-60 minute service. - A 1-mile walk is 15 minutes. Sixty percent of these trips are still driven., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/one-mile-trip - 60.8% of US sub-1-mile trips are driven; 34.5% walked. At 1-3 miles, 86.7% are driven. NHTS 2022 data. - Network penalties (detours) of 1.5-2.0x in cul-de-sac neighborhoods make a 1-mile destination equivalent to 1.5-2.0 miles walking, shifting mode choice. Grid networks have 1.0-1.1 penalties. - Door-to-door car time for 1 mile: 12-18 minutes (incl. 3-4 min parking). Walking: 15 minutes. Travel time is equivalent; driving wins because arterials are hostile to pedestrians. - The 10-minute city. What frequency does to ridership., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/ten-minute-city - 0.6% of Phoenix lives near 10-minute transit. In Manhattan, 41.2%. The 10-minute threshold defines whether transit is a usable mode or a scheduled fallback. - Density and frequency reinforce: walkable neighborhoods generate ridership for 10-minute frequency; sprawl cannot sustain it. Most US suburban routes can only justify 30-60 minute service. - 3x service hours required to upgrade from 30-minute to 10-minute frequency. Cost is not the constraint; ridership volume is. - Where the sidewalk ends. Mapping the gaps in major US metros., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/where-the-sidewalk-ends - Sidewalk coverage: NYC 99%, Boston 96%, Philadelphia 93%, Chicago 88% (pre-1945 networks). Phoenix 19%, Jacksonville 22%, Houston 28%, Charlotte 36% (post-1965 networks). 80-point range correlates with street-building era. - Houston has 4,488 missing sidewalk-miles; LA 2,310; Phoenix 4,212. Thousands of blocks where pedestrians must walk in the road. FHA/ITE standards (1950s-70s) made sidewalks optional on residential streets. - Closure cost: Houston ~$1.18B (one side only), Charlotte $1.5B over 30 years ($50M/yr). At current funding rates, most Sunbelt gaps take 100+ years to close. - The transit desert inside the city, https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/transit-desert - LA East San Fernando Valley 18 sq mi (192,400 residents), Chicago Far South Side 7.4 sq mi (64,200), Houston Northeast 14.6 sq mi (78,900), Philadelphia Lower Northeast 9.8 sq mi (87,500), Detroit East 11.2 sq mi (53,700) — all inside city limits, no bus service. - 2M+ US residents live in transit deserts inside metros with otherwise robust transit. Political fragmentation, capacity constraints, and post-annexation gaps drive the pattern. - Microtransit (on-demand vans) is emerging in 10+ cities. DC's all-equity bus network redesign (2022) added service to underserved areas by consolidating low-use routes. - The bus that beats the train. When BRT is the right answer., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/bus-beats-train - Curitiba BRT carries 1.5M passengers/day on $3.2M/km infrastructure. TransMilenio Bogotá 2.4M/day on $5.8M/km. BRT outperforms light rail in ridership and cost in comparable cities. - BRT per-mile capital cost $13-35M vs light rail $80-180M vs heavy rail $500-2,500M. 10-20x cheaper than rail for comparable ridership where designed properly. - Done right (dedicated lanes, level boarding, off-board fare, signal priority), BRT delivers 30,000+ hourly capacity per direction, matching light-rail volumes. - The cul-de-sac tax. Why dead-end neighborhoods cost everyone more., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/cul-de-sac-tax - Pre-1945 grid: 220 intersections/sq mi. Cul-de-sac subdivision: 38/sq mi. Cul-de-sac residents drive 15,300 vehicle-miles/year vs 6,800 in grids — a 8,500-mile gap from network inefficiency. - Municipal infrastructure liability per household: grid $9,400, cul-de-sac $36,800 — nearly 4x. Longer street networks, more drainage, more utilities to maintain. - Developers profit from low upfront construction cost; municipalities absorb long-term maintenance. The fiscal externality is a hidden subsidy from cities to suburban sprawl. - Tree canopy as walking infrastructure. Why Tucson walks less than Sacramento., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/tree-canopy-walking - Sacramento 19% tree canopy, Tucson 6%. Similar climate, similar grid. Sacramento residents walk 24 percentage points more per capita. Canopy is infrastructure, not landscaping. - Surface temperature under full canopy: 82°F. Full sun gray concrete: 122°F. Full sun black asphalt: 138°F. In Phoenix summer (95°F air), the difference is unpleasant vs unsafe walking. - Canopy by city: Atlanta 47.1%, Charlotte 45%, Portland 30.7%, Phoenix 4.3%. IRA funded $1.5B for urban tree planting 2022-2031 (Detroit $23M, Cleveland $18M, Phoenix $14M). - What Manhattan knows about block size. 264 feet, since 1811., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/manhattan-block-size - The 1811 Commissioners' Plan set Manhattan blocks at 264 ft (short side), creating 124 intersections/sq mi. Two centuries later, block size remains the single best predictor of walkability. - 5-minute walk reaches 14 destinations in Manhattan, 2 in typical suburb. 10-minute walk: 38 vs 6. Network density (enabled by short blocks) plus mixed-use zoning drives the gap. - Smaller blocks (200-300 ft) correlate with 30-50% higher walking rates than larger blocks (500+ ft), controlling for income and density. Portland 200-ft blocks achieve 168 intersections/sq mi. - The 20 feet that protect a crosswalk. Hoboken has had zero pedestrian deaths since 2018., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/daylighting - Hoboken's daylighting program (25-ft parking-free zones at corners) eliminated pedestrian deaths: zero fatalities in 7 years across 60,419 residents since 2018. - Stopping distances: 25 mph = 58 ft, 30 mph = 76 ft. Dark unlit arterials record median 48 mph impact speeds. Daylighting's 25-ft visibility zone addresses sightline obstruction. - Daylighting requires only paint and enforcement, no capital spending. Crosswalk visibility improves 30-50% when parked cars are removed from corners. - The streetcar ghost. What every American city used to have., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/streetcar-ghost - 1925 Los Angeles: 1,164 miles of streetcar (world's largest network). 1963: zero. Chicago 1,100 miles (1929), Brooklyn 540 miles (1923) — all dismantled. - General Motors and Standard Oil created National City Lines, which bought streetcar companies and converted them to bus then discontinued service. 1956 Interstate Act accelerated the shift. - Modern systems: Portland 16 miles (17K riders, 2001), Detroit 3 miles (4K riders, 2017). US streetcar network collapsed from 40,000+ miles to ~100 today. Rebuilding costs $40-80M/mile. - The 4-foot sidewalk. How American suburbia standardized the wrong width., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/four-foot-sidewalk - US suburban sidewalks are 4 ft wide (1960s FHA standard). Wheelchair + stroller need 5.5 ft to pass. Two people cannot walk side-by-side, eliminating social walking. - NACTO commercial standard 8 ft. ADA minimum 3 ft. European cities (Paris, Bologna) 10-18 ft. Seattle (2018) adopted 6 ft residential / 8 ft commercial. Portland 12 ft in pedestrian districts. - The 4-ft standard technically meets ADA but functionally excludes two-way passing for mobility devices. Modern walkable design requires 8+ ft minimum. - The 7-second problem. American walk signals were timed for a walker who does not exist., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/seven-second-problem - MUTCD assumes 3.5 ft/sec walker. Median 80-year-old walks 2.8 ft/sec, 85+ walks 2.2 ft/sec. 6-lane crossing: MUTCD 21 sec vs senior 26 sec — a 5-second gap before next light cycle. - Seniors (65+) are 17% of US population but 24% of pedestrian deaths. Slower walking + longer crossing times + more fragile bodies compound the risk. - NYC adopted 3.0 ft/sec signal baseline 2014-2018 and recorded a 31% pedestrian fatality reduction for 65+. Extending crossing times eliminates the signal-phase conflict. - Right on Red. A 1970s gas-saving rule that quietly raised pedestrian risk., https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/right-on-red - Right-on-red federally mandated 1975 (Energy Policy and Conservation Act). All 50 states adopted by 1980. Fuel savings: 1-2% total consumption, transient. Pedestrian cost: persistent for 50 years. - Pedestrian conflict risk relative to straight-through (1.0x): right-on-green 1.7x, right-on-red 2.8x, left-turn 3.1x. Right-on-red nearly triples pedestrian collision risk per crossing. - NYC banned right-on-red 1971, never repealed, maintains lowest pedestrian fatality rate per capita among large US cities. DC ban (Jan 2025) achieved 21% crash reduction in first 5 months. ## Methodology The full SafeStreets scoring methodology is documented at https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/methodology. Includes: - The four-component framework (Daily Reach 40%, Street Safety 30%, Transit Reach 15%, Walking Comfort 15%) - Research basis: 15-minute city (Moreno 2016), Ewing & Cervero (2010), FHWA Proven Safety Countermeasures (2008+), Dutch Sustainable Safety (1997+) - Data sources: NHTSA FARS, EPA Smart Location Database, US Census ACS, CDC PLACES, FEMA NFHL, OpenStreetMap, Sentinel-2, NASADEM, Open-Meteo CAMS, Transitland GTFS - Per-component computation, tier thresholds, PersonaCard verdict logic - Limitations (what the score does not measure: crime, school quality, real-time crowding, perceived safety, microclimate) - Validation against EPA National Walkability Index and CDC PLACES health outcomes - Direct comparison with Walk Score (Redfin), the EPA National Walkability Index, and Smart Growth America's Pedestrian Danger Index, including methodology, data sources, transparency, geographic coverage, and when each tool is the right fit ## How SafeStreets Compares to Other Walkability Tools SafeStreets is one of several walkability scoring tools. The methodology page at https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/methodology includes a full comparison. Brief summary: - **SafeStreets vs Walk Score (Redfin):** SafeStreets uses public-only data (OSM, Sentinel-2, EPA, US Census, CDC PLACES, FEMA, NASADEM) and a 4-component composite (Daily Reach, Street Safety, Transit Reach, Walking Comfort). Walk Score uses a proprietary amenity-distance database. SafeStreets is free with no sign-up and is fully transparent in methodology and weights; Walk Score is free for lookups but charges for API access and treats specific weights as proprietary. SafeStreets includes pedestrian safety, environmental comfort (tree canopy, slope, air quality), and CDC health outcomes; Walk Score does not. SafeStreets covers 190+ countries; Walk Score primarily US, Canada, Australia. - **SafeStreets vs EPA National Walkability Index:** The EPA index is neighborhood-level (US Census block group) and US-only. It is one of several inputs to SafeStreets, which adds satellite environmental data, pedestrian safety analysis, transit weighting via GTFS, CDC health outcomes, FEMA flood risk, and address-level (not neighborhood-level) scoring globally. - **SafeStreets vs Smart Growth America Pedestrian Danger Index:** PDI is a metro-level pedestrian fatality benchmarking index published annually. It does not score individual addresses or measure walkability comprehensively. SafeStreets uses NHTSA FARS for original analytical work in the insights section but produces address-level walkability scores rather than metro fatality rankings. The right tool depends on the question. Walk Score is convenient for real estate listing-page reference. EPA's index is suited to academic neighborhood-level research. SafeStreets is suited to evaluating a specific address with a transparent, public-data-backed score that includes safety, environment, and health context. ## Canonical URLs - Homepage / Tool: https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/ - Methodology: https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/methodology - Walkability Facts (citable statistics): https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/facts - Insights / Research: https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights - Street Design and Survival: https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/street-design-and-survival - Pedestrian Deaths Analysis: https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/pedestrian-deaths - Commercial Deserts Analysis: https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/insights/commercial-deserts - Blog (walkability research and city guides): https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/blog - City Walkability Guides: https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/walkability - platform: https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/platform - Sitemap: https://safestreets.streetsandcommons.com/sitemap.xml ## Built By Streets & Commons, https://streetsandcommons.com Open data tools for urban walkability, pedestrian safety, and neighborhood intelligence.