Walkability within the Waterloo Region

 The Region of Waterloo provides a nice interactive map of walkability in the Region

  

The website provides a brief description of how the walkability index is calculated. 

"Walkability rankings are relative to neighborhoods in Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo. The ratings combine 4 neighborhood characteristics: 1) Residential density 2) Number of intersections 3) Variety of places to visit and 4) Design of retail stores."

A walkability rating is calculated and assigned to each cell on the map.  It looks to me that each cell represents 100 X 100 metres on the ground. The higher the walkability rating of the cell, the darker the shading of green.   

Downtown Kitchener is shown to be the most walkable district in the Region.   It is affirming to note that the spatial extent of this green district is very close to that of My 15 Minute City.  

The added benefit of this map is that it shows variations, although rather coarsely, in walkability within DTK.