Objectives: To investigate both the Walk Score? and a self-reported measure of neighborhood walkability ("Perceived Neighborhood Walkability") as estimators of transport and recreational walking among Americans.Methods: The study is based upon a survey of a nationally- representative sample of 1224 American adults. The survey gauged walking for both transport and recreation and included a self-reported measure of neighborhood walkability and each respondent's Walk Score?. Binary logistic and linear regression analyses were performed on the data.Results: The Walk Score? is associated with walking for transport, but not recreational walking nor total walking. Perceived Neighborhood Walkability is associated with transport, recreational and total walking.Conclusions: Perceived Neighborhood Walkability captures the experiential nature of walking more than the Walk Score?.
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