Comments on: Walking in LA with Google Maps, Walkscore

By: Siel

Siel — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:43:54 +0000

Jessica — Great meeting you! Are you aware that yr biz card doesn’t actually have yr name on it?! Meaning not even yr first name! Just something I noticed –

liz — I do have to say I’m v. jealous of you south SM people’s access to TJs. They need to open another one closer to me!

By: liz

liz — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:07:10 +0000

In Santa Monica, the Pico medians are planted nicely… I’m not sure if I’ve seen any major changes in the 3 years I’ve lived here, but as long as I’m close to a drugstore, a TJ’s, farmers market, parks, coffee shop, and a good bus line, it can remain ugly and functional and I’m happy. (walk score= 80, but they should add 5 points if one of the things you can walk to is a Trader Joe’s!)

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:25:29 +0000

Hi there! I met you at BlogHer and wanted to check out your site. I love this idea of Google “walking” maps. We could use that in Chicago for sure.

By: Siel

Siel — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:03:34 +0000

Well the Burbank Bus has been there for a while — The prob is that all the other local transit agencies that connect to it aren’t up yet :(

liz — Isn’t there a Pico beautification effort? Have you seen good things come out of that or is that to come? (or just not happening?)

By: liz

liz — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:52:34 +0000

This is great resource for the carfree! the list of neighborhoods is interesting– definitely makes sense that Bel Air is at the bottom, but in general, I think how close you are to a major boulevard may be more salient than the actual neighborhood. I live off of Pico and while it’s not charming–with its mattress stores and semi-vacant strip malls– it’s very functional for a walker.