1) The document analyzes the walkability of Market Street in San Francisco using LEED ND walkability criteria, public life surveys, and Walk Score tools. 2) It finds that LEED ND results and public surveys show Market Street is most walkable in the Retail District, and less walkable moving east and west from there, with the Octavia area being the least walkable. 3) In contrast, Walk Score rates the entire Market Street area as highly walkable, with scores over 90 out of 100.

1. How Walkable is Market Street?
American Planning Association, National Conference, Los Angeles
Prepared by Hadasa Lev, April 14, 2011

2. San Francisco California
2.5 miles

3. How Walkable is Market Street?
How do we Measure Walkability?
Data Tools Results
Walkability
Results ‐ A
Walkability
Results ‐ B
Walkability
Results ‐ C

5. LEED FOR Neighborhood Development
Walkable Streets Prerequisite – 4 sections
A. For 90% of B. At least 15% of street
building frontage, a frontage has a minimum
principal functional building height- to-street-
entry on the front width ratio of 1:3 (1 foot
façade faces a public of building height for
space…. every 3 feet of street
width).
C. Continuous D. No more than 20% of
sidewalks are the street frontages
provided along both within the project are
sides of 90% of faced directly by garage
streets or frontage. and service bay
Sidewalks, must be openings.
at least 8 feet wide
on retail or mixed-use
blocks and at least 4
feet wide on all other
blocks.

6. LEED FOR Neighborhood Development
Walkable Streets Credit 1 – 16 sections
A. At least 80% of B. At least 50% of C. At least 50% of the total D. Functional entries
the total linear feet of the total linear feet of linear feet of mixed-use and to the building occur
street-facing building street-facing building nonresidential street-facing at an average of 75
façades in the project façades in the project building façades in the feet or less along
is no more than 25 is no more than 18 project is within 1 foot of a nonresidential or
feet from the property feet from the property sidewalk or equivalent mixed-use buildings
line. line. provision for walking. or blocks.
E. Functional entries F. All ground-level G. If a façade extends
to the building occur retail, service, and along a sidewalk, no
at an average of 30 trade uses that face a more than 40% of its
feet or less along public space have length or 50 feet,
nonresidential or clear glass on at least whichever is less, is
mixed-use buildings 60% of their façades blank (without doors or
or blocks (items d and between 3 and 8 feet windows).
e are cumulative). above grade.
H. Any ground-level I. On-street J. Continuous sidewalks K. If the project has
retail, service, or parking is are available along both ground-floor dwelling
trade windows must provided on sides of all streets within units, the principal floor
be kept visible a minimum the project. New of at least 50% of those
(unshuttered) at night; of 70% of sidewalks, must be at least units must have an
this must be both sides 10 feet wide on retail or elevated finished floor
stipulated in the of all mixed-use blocks and at no less than 24 inches
CC&R or other streets. least 5 feet wide on all above the sidewalk
binding documents. other blocks. grade.
L. In mixed-use projects, 50% or M. At least 40% of all N. 75% of new O. 70% of new P. At-grade crossings
more of the total number of office street frontage within residential-only nonresidential and/or with driveways
buildings include groundfloor retail the project has a streets within the mixed-use streets account for no more
along 60% of the length of the minimum building- project are within the project are than 10% of the
street-level façade; 100% of height-to-street-width designed for a designed for a target length of sidewalks
mixed-use buildings include ratio of 1:3 (1 foot of target speed of speed of no more within the project.
groundfloor retail….along at least building height for every no more than 20 than 25 mph….
60% of the street-level façade; 3 feet of street width). mph.

7. LEED for Neighborhood Development
LEED ND Walkable
Streets Criteria
(Score out of 12)
Zone 5 Octavia Zone 4 Civic District Zone 3 Mid-Market Zone 2 Retail Zone 1 Financial District
Tenderloin District

8. Zone 1 Financial District

9. Zone 2 Retail District

10. Zone 3 Mid‐Market/Tenderloin

11. Zone 4 Civic District

12. Zone 5 Octavia

14. Zone 5 Octavia Zone 4 Civic District Zone 3 Mid-Market Zone 2 Retail Zone 1 Financial District
Tenderloin District

15. 100 97
92 100

19. San Francisco
How Walkable is Market Street? Conclusions
• The results from LEED ND are more aligned with the Public Life Survey.
• According to the Walkability section of LEED ND and the Public Life Survey, Market Street is most
walkable in the Retail District and gradually less walkable to the east and west of that district with
Octavia (at the far west) being the least walkable.

20. San Francisco
How Walkable is Market Street? Conclusions
• According to Walk Score, Market Street is a “ Walkers Paradise” throughout the entire project site
with score above 90 out of 100 in all 8 areas.

21. San Francisco