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Planning staff unveil Walkable SLC mapping tool to show access to essential amenities
Summary
Planning staff presented 'Walkable SLC,' an interactive mapping tool that overlays 15-minute walking sheds for 15 categories of amenities at parcel and block levels; commissioners discussed data sources, slope and street-network adjustments, and potential next steps.
Planning staff demonstrated Walkable SLC at the March 26 Salt Lake City Planning Commission meeting, presenting an interactive mapping tool that visualizes access to essential amenities across the city.
“Noah Elmore, associate planner, said Walkable SLC is a tool developed by planning staff to visualize walkability to essential amenities, such as grocery stores, parks, schools.” The presentation showed 15 amenity categories, 15-minute walk sheds for each amenity, overlay heat maps that count overlapping amenities, and both block- and parcel-level summaries showing how many amenity types are within a walk shed.
Staff said they used the city’s business license…
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