EXPERT WALKER. Dan Burden, director of the organization Walkable Communities, performed two “Walkability Audits” in Tacoma to see just how pedestrian-friendly the city is. His conclusion is that Tacoma has low to moderate walkability, but has great potential.

Expert examines Tacoma’s walkability

By Meghan Erkkinen

What’s one of the most important things you can do to better your community? According to Dan Burden, director of Walkable Communities, it’s to make your town a more pedestrian-friendly, walkable place.

The city of Tacoma invited Burden to perform two “Walkability Audits” – one at the University of Washington’s Tacoma campus and the other in the St. Helens neighborhood – to see how the city could improve its pedestrian thoroughfares.

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