Walk Score Releases Public Transit Data

November 5, 2009
By: Drew Meyers
Author's Website: http://www.zillow.com

For those who were using Walk Score’s real estate tile, you now have public transit data on your website (for the 40 cities covered) as a result of the addition of transit data to Walk Score.

You can learn more over on the Walk Score Blog.

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  • Helping people find a home in a walkable neighborhood near transit is the "greenest" feature you can offer on a real estate site.

    It also makes great investment sense. Check out this Denver post article that shows homes within 1/2 mile of light rail appreciated 17% while the rest of the Denver housing market fell 7%:
    http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10850014

    There's also a study showing that 1 point of Walk Score is worth as much as $3,000 depending on the metro area:
    http://www.good.is/post/how-a-neighborhoods-wal...
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