Pedestrian Connectivity

The Pedestrian Connectivity indicator is a measure of the density of street intersections, availability of sidewalks or paths, and how closely intersections are spaced. The indicator assesses how easily residents can navigate their neighborhood using active transportation. Active transportation includes walking, biking or any method of travel that requires human energy. Higher numbers are better than lower numbers. Higher numbers mean that there are more intersections per square mile. A high number of intersections per square mile is usually related to having a well-connected grid of streets and smaller block sizes. Data are available through the EPA’s Smart Location Database.

The built environment affects travel behavior. Pedestrian connectivity is related to the number of walking trips taken by residents and increased physical activity. Pedestrian Connectivity is in the Transportation domain.

Neighborhood Indicator Value Ranksort descending
Nicollet Island - East Bank 465.3 1
University of Minnesota 427.8 2
Loring Park 374.1 3
Cedar Riverside 309.6 4
Elliot Park 281 5
East Isles 253 6
Marcy Holmes 223 7
Prospect Park - East River Road 217.1 8
North Loop 214.4 9
Lowry Hill 203.1 10
Lind - Bohanon 184.4 11
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) 184.4 11
Midtown Phillips 183.8 13
Shingle Creek 180.4 14
Cedar - Isles - Dean 177.8 15
St. Anthony West 176.3 16
Bottineau 171.6 17
Kenny 168.1 18
Holland 167.7 19
Camden Industrial 165.6 20
Powderhorn Park 160.9 21
St. Anthony East 158.4 22
Downtown West 154 23
Ventura Village 152.9 24
Page 152.8 25
Beltrami 152.7 26
Folwell 150.7 27
Lowry Hill East 148.7 28
Keewaydin 147.6 29
Logan Park 147.1 30
Sheridan 145.8 31
Minnehaha 144.4 32
Armatage 140.8 33
Audubon Park 140.7 34
Downtown East 140.6 35
Northrop 139.8 36
Lynnhurst 139.1 37
Webber - Camden 135.1 38
Hale 135.1 38
Waite Park 133.6 40
Windom Park 133 41
Cleveland 132.5 42
Hawthorne 131.4 43
East Harriet 130 44
Field 124.4 45
Victory 124.3 46
Cooper 124 47
Hiawatha 123.7 48
Morris Park 120.9 49
Kenwood 120.6 50
East Calhoun (ECCO) 120.6 50
Central 120.2 52
Wenonah 119.7 53
Willard - Hay 118.3 54
Diamond Lake 118.1 55
Linden Hills 116.1 56
Jordan 114.7 57
Longfellow 112.9 58
Near - North 111.7 59
Whittier 110.9 60
Harrison 109.1 61
Bancroft 108.3 62
Bryant 107.9 63
Fulton 105.9 64
Phillips West 104.9 65
Corcoran 101.4 66
Northeast Park 101.1 67
Tangletown 100.3 68
Standish 100.2 69
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) 99.1 70
Bryn - Mawr 97.9 71
Lyndale 95.4 72
West Calhoun 90.3 73
Ericsson 88.4 74
Howe 88.2 75
Regina 88.1 76
Seward 87.6 77
East Phillips 86.6 78
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 85.3 79
King Field 83.6 80
McKinley 78 81
Windom 67.2 82
Como 59.1 83
Marshall Terrace 55.8 84
Columbia Park 51 85
Humboldt Industrial Area 44.5 86
Mid - City Industrial 41.7 87

Key Citations:
1. Ewing R, Cervero R. Travel and the built environment: a meta-analysis. Journal of the American Planning Association. 2010;76:3(2010):265-294.

2. Frank L., et al. Many pathways from land use to health: associations between neighborhood walkability and active transportation, body mass index, and air quality,” Journal of the American Planning Association. Winter 2006;72(1):75-87.