Phila. Meaninglessly Ranked Again

Walkers in Philadelphia have had it pretty tough over the last couple years. Sure, a recent survey ranked Philadelphia tied for 15th in the country in walkability, but what about the constant ups and downs of walking in this city.

While Philly’s ranked 15th this year, that’s up from 86th last year! Oh, what beautiful changes the city has made over the last 365 days to improve its walkability — things had been slipping from the previous year’s ranking of 31st. So, yeah. Philadelphia’s wild walkability ratings suffered through The Great Concrete Drought Of 2006, but now we are 15th and hopefully won’t have our sidewalks abducted by aliens anytime soon.

Trenton was eighth.

Philly’s the 15th most-walkable city … but watch your step [Daily News]