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Does your city have a well-connected street grid that promotes walking or a far-flung network of streets that are designed only for cars?  Do lots of people in your city walk to work or ride their bikes to work?  Do your downtown and surrounding neighborhoods have a dense street network that promotes walking and biking?  Is your city filled with expressways that restrict urban vitality by separating neighborhoods?

Top 10 Cities With the Most Urban Streets (2014)

  1. Boston, MA
  2. San Francisco, CA
  3. Portland, OR
  4. Seattle, WA
  5. Washington, DC
  6. Philadelphia, PA
  7. Pittsburgh, PA
  8. New York, NY
  9. Minneapolis, MN
  10. Detroit, MI

The full list of urbanSCALE ratings for Streets for all 100 cities (10 being the most urban Streets and 1 being the least urban Streets):

Rank City State Streets urbanSCALE Score
1 Boston MA 10.0
2 San Francisco CA 9.5
3 Portland OR 9.2
4 Seattle WA 9.0
5 Washington DC 8.9
6 Philadelphia PA 8.8
7 Pittsburgh PA 8.7
8 New York NY 8.2
9 Minneapolis MN 8.0
10 Detroit MI 8.0
11 Baltimore MD 7.6
12 Miami FL 7.5
13 Madison WI 7.5
14 Chicago IL 7.3
15 Oakland CA 7.3
16 Long Beach CA 7.1
17 Houston TX 7.0
18 New Orleans LA 6.9
19 Santa Ana CA 6.8
20 St. Paul MN 6.7
21 Jersey City NJ 6.7
22 Los Angeles CA 6.6
23 Sacramento CA 6.6
24 Newark NJ 6.6
25 Tucson AZ 6.5
26 Milwaukee WI 6.5
27 St. Petersburg FL 6.5
28 Denver CO 6.4
29 Cincinnati OH 6.4
30 Fresno CA 6.4
31 Buffalo NY 6.4
32 Scottsdale AZ 6.4
33 Boise ID 6.2
34 Norfolk VA 6.1
35 Hialeah FL 6.1
36 San Diego CA 6.0
37 Honolulu HI 6.0
38 Tampa FL 6.0
39 Lincoln NE 5.9
40 San Antonio TX 5.9
41 Anaheim CA 5.9
42 San Jose CA 5.8
43 Glendale AZ 5.8
44 Las Vegas NV 5.8
45 Atlanta GA 5.7
46 Columbus OH 5.7
47 Albuquerque NM 5.7
48 Cleveland OH 5.6
49 El Paso TX 5.6
50 Dallas TX 5.6
51 St. Louis MO 5.5
52 Gilbert AZ 5.5
53 Chula Vista CA 5.5
54 Corpus Christi TX 5.5
55 Stockton CA 5.5
56 Colorado Springs CO 5.5
57 Mesa AZ 5.5
58 Reno NV 5.4
59 Omaha NE 5.4
60 Phoenix AZ 5.4
61 Plano TX 5.3
62 Chandler AZ 5.2
63 Austin TX 5.2
64 Fort Wayne IND 5.2
65 Riverside CA 5.1
66 Toledo OH 5.1
67 Birmingham AL 5.1
68 Bakersfield CA 5.1
69 Garland TX 5.1
70 Indianapolis IN 5.0
71 Memphis TN 5.0
72 Lubbock TX 5.0
73 Baton Rouge LA 5.0
74 Tulsa OK 5.0
75 Laredo TX 5.0
76 Fort Worth TX 4.9
77 Orlando FL 4.9
78 Wichita KS 4.8
79 Durham NC 4.8
80 Kansas City MO 4.8
81 Charlotte NC 4.7
82 Raleigh NC 4.7
83 Lexington KY 4.7
84 Winston-Salem NC 4.7
85 Arlington TX 4.6
86 Greensboro NC 4.5
87 Nashville TN 4.5
88 Henderson NV 4.4
89 Fremont CA 4.4
90 Louisville KY 4.3
91 Oklahoma City OK 4.3
92 San Bernardino CA 4.1
93 Anchorage AK 4.1
94 Irving TX 3.8
95 Jacksonville FL 3.7
96 Irvine CA 2.3
97 Virginia Beach VA 2.3
98 Aurora CO 1.4
99 North Las Vegas NV 1.3
100 Chesapeake VA 0.8
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