舊金山獲評美國最適合步行的城市

With gas at $4 a gallon, there's never been a better time to live in a walkable neighborhood.

ranks 2,508 neighborhoods in the largest 40 U.S. cities to help you find a walkable place to live.

San Francisco, New York and Boston are the United States' most walkable cities, according to new rankings from Walk Score that evaluates how easy it is to live in the nation's cities and neighborhoods without a car.

, which uses an algorithm to identify those neighborhoods boasting the most amenities per person, published its ranking on Thursday and deemed San Francisco the most walkable city, with a "Walk Score" of 86 out of 100.

The top 17 neighborhoods in San Francisco are Walkers' Paradises. 90% of San Francisco residents have a Walk Score of 70 or above. 99% have a Walk Score of at least 50—and 1% live in Car-Dependent neighborhoods.

The site helps you find a walkable place to live by calculating a Walk Score for any address.

"What we see is someone calling up a broker and saying 'I want three bedrooms, two baths, a walkability score of 85, what've you got?”said Mike Mathieu, founder of the company.

Type an address, and the site generates a map showing the nearby grocery stores, cafes, movie theaters, schools and parks.

New York received a score of 83, Boston a score of 79.

Scores greater than 70 indicate neighborhoods where it's possible to get by without owning a car, while scores greater than 90 qualify communities as a "Walker's Paradise."

油價漲到了每加侖4美元，看來現在去一個適合步行的社區居住是最爲明智的選擇。

如果你想找一個這樣的社區，可以參考網站日前對美國40個主要城市2508個社區進行的一項排名。

美國Walk Score網站日前對全國各大城市及其居住區無車生活的便利程度進行了一次最新排名。評估結果顯示，舊金山、紐約和波士頓是美國最適合步行的三大城市。

在這項於本週四公佈的排行榜上，舊金山以86分（總分100分）的“步行指數”被評爲“最適合步行的城市”。Walkscore網站使用一種計算法則算出生活設施人均佔有率最高的社區。

舊金山最好的17個居住區堪稱“步行者的天堂”。舊金山90％居民的“步行指數”達到了70或者更高。99％居民的步行指數至少爲50，僅有1％的人居住的社區“離不開車”。

WalkScore網站可以計算出任何一個地址的步行指數，從而幫你找到一個適合步行的居住區。

該網站創始人邁克•馬修說：“我們經常看到有人打電話給房產中介，說‘你們有三室兩衛、步行指數爲85的房子嗎？’”

你可以在Walkscore網站任意輸入一個地址，然後系統就會爲你提交一幅地圖，上面會註明附近的商店、咖啡館、電影院、學校和公園。

紐約的“步行指數”爲83，波士頓爲79。

如果一個居住區的“步行指數”超過70，那說明這裏沒有車也可以生活，如果超過90，那就是“步行者的天堂”了。

Vocabulary:

walkable: 適合步行的