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Kansas City is the 42nd most walkable large city in the US with 459,787 residents.

Kansas City has some public transportation and does not have many bike lanes.

The most walkable Kansas City neighborhoods are Old Westport, Downtown Loop and Crossroads.

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Kansas City is a Car-Dependent city

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Most errands require a car in Kansas City.

Kansas City is the 42nd most walkable large city in the US with a Walk Score of 34.

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Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Old Westport	92	48	70	1,191
2	Downtown Loop	87	70	67	5,089
3	Crossroads	87	62	69	830
4	Plaza Westport	86	46	76	1,734
5	Hanover Place	83	51	77	2,463
6	Valentine	83	48	79	1,155
7	Volker	81	41	65	3,780
8	South Plaza	80	48	76	2,518
9	Southmoreland	80	51	74	2,772
10	West Plaza	80	41	68	3,850
11	Roanoke	79	46	77	535
12	Park Central-Research Park	79	51	78	861
13	River Market	79	66	73	1,345
14	Broadway Gillham	78	54	79	1,054
15	Morningside	77	45	75	1,465
16	Westside North	75	51	56	1,930
17	North Hyde Park	71	53	77	1,680
18	Independence Plaza	71	46	61	2,594
19	Crown Center	70	60	65	520
20	Pendleton Heights	70	42	58	3,625
21	Union Hill	70	57	74	795
22	Greenway Fields	68	43	75	827
23	Paseo West	68	60	72	774
24	Forgotten Homes	67	51	68	526
25	Longfellow	66	56	74	1,958
26	Parkview	66	53	70	1,570
27	Western 49-63	66	48	62	3,294
28	Eastern 49-63	64	47	62	3,313
29	Oak Meyer Gardens	63	45	60	1,154
30	South India Mound	62	38	48	5,467
31	Westwood	62	36	56	576
32	Wornall Homestead	62	44	66	844
33	Holmes Park	62	44	56	853
34	Scarritt Point	62	36	47	5,115
35	Lykins	60	42	47	4,937
36	Columbus Park	59	54	69	1,386
37	Central Hyde Park	58	51	69	1,572
38	Key Coalition	58	47	54	1,579
39	Armour Hills	58	44	66	2,324
40	Santa Fe	57	46	56	2,009
41	Sheffield	57	39	48	2,836
42	Waldo	57	41	60	15,392
43	Countryside	57	45	60	1,245
44	Sunset Hill	55	41	54	647
45	Westside South	55	47	55	1,233
46	18th & Vine and Downtown East	54	46	59	1,317
47	Oak Park Northwest	54	46	49	2,693
48	South Hyde Park	51	50	59	2,181
49	Coleman Highlands	51	46	55	594
50	Country Club	50	42	62	723
51	East Community Team North	49	35	36	3,352
52	Western Hills	49	37	52	1,992
53	North India Mound	49	32	39	5,161
54	Citadel	48	44	60	1,320
55	Ivanhoe Northeast	47	46	41	792
56	Oak Park Southwest	47	44	48	1,944
57	Manheim Park	47	48	56	1,355
58	Neighborhood United For Action	46	44	58	1,147
59	Sterling Acres	45	37	38	890
60	Loma Vista	44	26	48	2,722
61	Squier Park	44	49	57	674
62	Red Ridge South	43	25	38	2,653
63	Crestview	43	28	49	3,456
64	Palestine West and Oak Park Northeast	43	44	42	1,138
65	Wendell Phillips	42	44	47	1,754
66	Winnwood	42	20	45	2,428
67	Jefferson Highlands	42	24	34	2,335
68	Oak Park Southeast	42	43	44	1,689
69	Holiday Hills	42	16	36	599
70	Palestine East	42	41	35	985
71	Ivanhoe Southeast	42	45	47	1,165
72	Ivanhoe Southwest	41	48	52	1,502
73	Beacon Hills	41	51	60	613
74	Crossgates	41	23	38	1,805
75	Blenheim Square - Research Hospital	41	42	58	1,354
76	Hawthorne - Picture Hills	40	26	38	1,292
77	Country Club District	40	40	58	646
78	Blue Hills	40	43	45	5,359
79	Armour Fields	39	41	62	1,988
80	Platte Ridge	39	28	53	2,409
81	West Blue Valley	39	36	33	1,792
82	Linwood Homeowners - Ivanhoe	39	49	49	1,496
83	East Blue Valley	38	33	36	2,259
84	Ingleside	38	44	37	908
85	Knoches Park	38	41	35	1,715
86	South Blue Valley	37	39	32	1,664
87	Fairwood and Robandee	37	21	41	3,573
88	Country Lane Estates	37	26	30	1,652
89	Washington Weatley	37	43	40	1,974
90	Linden Park	36	25	38	841
91	Bridlespur	36	25	35	1,269
92	Vineyard Northwest	36	38	27	817
93	Ruskin Heights	35	24	38	3,997
94	Oldham Farms	34	25	37	908
95	Big Shoal	34	26	40	1,184
96	Marlborough Heights - Marlborough Pride	33	41	36	3,457
97	Sherwood Estates	33	27	41	1,573
98	Lea Manor	33	31	39	1,887
99	Antioch Acres	32	28	38	1,738
100	Sherrydale	32	20	40	1,807
101	East Community Team South	32	40	33	3,965
102	South Town Fork Creek	32	39	42	1,339
103	River View	31	28	37	1,550
104	Hickman Mills	31	20	42	2,046
105	Sterling Gardens	31	29	30	913
106	Swope Park Campus	31	40	49	1,251
107	Martin City	31	-	31	1,083
108	Colonial Square	31	25	31	765
109	Red Bridge North	30	23	40	1,086
110	Chaumiere	30	23	31	1,632
111	Willow Creek	29	31	45	3,511
112	Winnwood Gardens	29	14	36	817
113	Ashland Ridge	29	38	28	1,274
114	Davidson	28	28	43	4,463
115	Glenhaven	28	19	47	1,161
116	Briarcliff - Claymont	27	25	33	2,572
117	The Coves	26	26	34	3,997
118	Cooley Highlands	26	23	30	1,626
119	Coves North	26	28	35	7,409
120	River Forest	26	22	27	1,400
121	Woodson Estates	25	-	28	818
122	Central Blue Valley - Park Tower Garde	25	31	22	1,351
123	Timber Valley	25	-	25	530
124	North Town Fork Creek	25	40	47	3,166
125	Foxcroft and Glen Arbor	25	23	32	846
126	Briarcliff West	24	14	27	710
127	Meadowbrook Heights	24	6	31	3,911
128	Eastwood Hills West	24	25	27	1,439
129	Stratford Estates	24	25	34	1,934
130	Vineyard	23	36	40	2,536
131	Fairlane	23	30	30	4,924
132	Prairie Point-wildberry	23	27	46	2,907
133	Park Plaza	23	25	37	2,453
134	Self Help Neighborhood Council	23	39	34	1,498
135	Bonne Hills	23	36	37	1,931
136	Stratford Gardens	22	32	45	615
137	Kirkside	22	19	34	1,531
138	Bannister Acres	22	22	32	1,462
139	New Mark	22	10	37	4,761
140	Woodbridge	21	-	26	766
141	Foxwoods-carriage Hills	21	15	33	844
142	Swope Parkway - Elmwood	21	33	37	2,226
143	Lakeview Terrace	20	19	25	958
144	Gashland	20	16	33	5,350
145	Eastwood Hill East	20	28	25	3,787
146	Terrace Lake Gardens	20	7	27	1,498
147	Fairway Hills	19	14	27	2,240
148	Foxtown East	19	32	33	847
149	Riss Lake	19	36	22	2,631
150	Verona Hills	19	12	32	1,852
151	Legacy East	19	38	37	1,010
152	Lewis Heights	18	27	25	795
153	Chouteau Estates	18	18	23	1,862
154	Blue Hills Estates	18	0	27	1,570
155	Noble and Gregory Ridge	18	34	27	1,869
156	Maple Park West	17	12	29	2,013
157	Romanelli West	17	35	39	742
158	Country Valley - Hawthorn Square	16	15	25	1,414
159	Maple Park	16	18	26	1,381
160	Hickman Mills South	16	16	39	1,797
161	Nashua	15	3	31	4,132
162	Linden Hills and Indian Heights	15	33	44	2,081
163	Park Forest	15	22	38	3,515
164	Robandee South	15	4	29	1,364
165	Stayton Meadows	14	27	23	2,481
166	Ridgefield	14	16	26	4,975
167	Mission Lake	13	11	25	3,095
168	Ruskin Hills	13	5	34	2,696
169	Calico Farms	13	1	20	1,927
170	Royal Oaks North	13	12	35	1,238
171	Blue Vue Hills	12	14	21	1,544
172	Hill Haven	12	19	21	1,903
173	Parkdale - Walden	12	25	29	3,689
174	Royal Oaks	12	12	28	1,355
175	Marlborough East	12	36	21	1,335
176	North Blue Ridge	12	32	25	961
177	Ravenwood-Somerset	11	5	30	3,306
178	Park Farms	10	23	24	3,022
179	Breen Hills	10	26	31	3,490
180	East Swope Highlands	10	26	27	853
181	Western Blue Township	10	22	19	999
182	Leeds	10	35	29	642
183	Winnetonka	10	19	24	1,232
184	White Oak	9	7	25	2,460
185	Gracemor-randolph Corners	8	17	30	3,432
186	Little Blue Valley	8	8	21	3,741
187	Longview	7	-	17	2,803
188	Barry Harbour	7	18	20	3,850
189	Line Creek - Northern Heights	7	17	23	2,116
190	St. Catherine's Gardens	7	2	20	2,896
191	Brown Estates	6	25	22	720
192	Vineyard Estates	6	32	32	739
193	Richards Gebaur	5	-	26	837
194	Clayton	4	14	17	4,249
195	Unity Ridge	4	0	15	661
196	Oakwood	4	30	29	515
197	Hidden Valley	3	36	24	1,268
198	Platte Brook North	3	19	26	2,507
199	Highview Estates	3	1	20	1,902
200	Hillcrest	2	10	17	577

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Eating & Drinking

There are about 1,550 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Kansas City.

People in Kansas City can walk to an average of 0.3 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in 5 minutes.

Westport Flea Market-Bar-Grill

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thumbnail for Lulu's Thai Noodle Shop Lulu's is one of the cities most popular Thai restaurants. It isn't exactly to our tastes, but we can understand why others love it so dearly. #walkshop

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Kansas City has Some Transit

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Public Transit Routes

Kansas City has some public transportation and about 66 bus lines.

Transit Time

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Kansas City has about 9 car shares from RelayRides and Zipcar.

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Michael's Fine Clothing For Men

Hamburger Mary's

Cigar Box

Nikki Goodson

We own a house in Merriam, KS, but I'm so glad we're renting it out and getting to know other parts of Kansas City. We lived in Waldo for about 18 months and now we're in Hyde Park. We sold our second car and try to bike as many places as possible!

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Kansas City is Somewhat Bikeable

Minimal bike infrastructure.

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thumbnail for Volker After a nice meal you can walk further and visit some wonderful landscaping in the Volker and Valentine neighbourhoods.

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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Hamburger Mary's

thumbnail for Sidewalks Many roads in #southhydepark have sidewalks on both sides.

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St James Catholic Church

Gillham Park walking trail

Gillham Park Playground

thumbnail for Street Parking Street parking on both sides of the street is typical in #southhydepark due to there being few (and small) garages. It does make it tough to drive a moving van down. ;)

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