Santa Fe's Walkability

Santa Fe’s Walkability Mapping the City’s Urban Strengths CityCity ofof SantaSanta FeFe LandLand UseUse DepartmentDepartment LongLong RangeRange PlanningPlanning DivisionDivision

Photo courtesy: Trover, Creative Commons Santa Fe’s Walkability Mapping the City’s Urban Strengths

Lisa Martinez, Land Use Department Director Reed Liming, Long Range Planning Division Director Richard Macpherson, Senior Planner David Barsanti, G.I.S. Analyst Gil Martinez, Graphics Designer July, 2017

Walk Score® is a registered trademark of Redfin Real Estate, Seattle, WA. A special thanks to Aleisha Jacobson at Redfin’s Walk Score® office.

i Santa Fe’s Walkability … Defining the City’s Urban Core Santa Fe is famed for its historic buildings and narrow streets. Visitors and Measuring Walkability residents value the historic part of the city for its walkability, reflecting how towns and cities felt to residents and visitors before the dominance of the automobile. Measuring walkability and understanding the “ingredients” that are needed Since World War II, however, much of Santa Fe has reflected land development to make a place more walkable has gained increasing interest. The following patterns with more spread-out, suburban-style subdivisions and large commercial analysis shows those areas of Santa Fe that have the greatest levels of walkability tracts with over-sized parking lots. This development trend is based on the car and as measured by the nearness (usually a 5-10 minute walk) of key daily needs reflects modern development patterns found in virtually every U.S. town and city. and desires of residents, including: Schools, Parks, Grocery Stores, Restaurants, Errands, Shopping and Cultural Activities. Walkability Walk Score® is a tool used to determine which parts of Santa Fe are the most While Santa Feans may enjoy walking around their neighborhood and enjoy the walkable and therefore, from a planning standpoint, reflect the most efficient uses area where they live, “walkability” as used in this report defines those areas in which of land. These are neighborhoods and other residential areas that are within a residents are a relatively short walk from their homes to a destination such as a park, relatively easy walk of the various destinations listed above. Many of these areas school or grocery store. This type of walkability is what usually distinguishes pre- are known to residents based on personal experience, but when mapped, help to World War II city development from post-war development patterns. Americans explain the city’s strengths (walkable and more efficient) and its weaknesses (car have become increasingly interested in reclaiming much of that walkability that dependent and less efficient). It provides policy makers with a tool to determine has been lost over the decades and missing in new developments. As a result, there what is in the best interest of the city’s future when it comes to reviewing and has been increased interest in determining how walkable a place is … whether old approving new land development proposals as well as where capital improvement or new. funds, and how new facilities, might be optimized.

Recent studies have shown that many Americans are spending a larger part of their household budget on transportation in the form of cars, while housing costs have been increasing faster than paychecks and availability of well-paying jobs. As a result, many are feeling squeezed by the basic costs of daily living. Meanwhile, Americans are struggling with obesity and related health issues due, in part, to a lack of walking and adequate exercise. These are often cited as the more recent side effects of suburban land development patterns.

1 Santa Fe’s Overall Walkability

Santa Fe’s Overall Walkability Map shows the most walkable parts of Santa Fe, when all destinations for the seven categories with the separate Walk Score® measurements are combined. The map shows two primary zones of walkability, “Very Walkable” (walk scores® of 70-100) and “Somewhat Walkable” (walk scores® of 50-69).

Very Walkable (most or all daily trips can be made on foot) – Santa Fe’s “Very Somewhat Walkable (some daily trips can be made on foot) – Santa Fe’s Walkable” areas include: “Somewhat Walkable” areas include: • Downtown & Surrounding Neighborhoods – This includes some of the • Downtown & Surrounding Neighborhoods – As you move further away Downtown & Eastside Historic District, as well as the entire Don Gaspar and from the city’s historic core and close-in neighborhoods (for example, west side Westside-Guadalupe Historic Neighborhoods. “Very Walkable” areas also of Casa Solana) walkability remains but at a lower level, where only some of the extend south to Cordova Road. daily trips can be conveniently made on foot. • St. Michael’s Drive Corridor – Both sides of St. Michael’s Drive between • Cerrillos Road & Triangle Area (Casa Alegre, Casa Linda, San Mateo/2nd Cerrillos Road and Pacheco Street which closely aligns with the city’s Mid-Town Street/Pacheco Street Area) LINC (local innovation corridor). • St. Francis Drive Corridor (from Cordova to Zia Road) – On the east • Cerrillos Road Corridor / Area Neighborhoods – The residential areas side of St. Francis including some of the Mateo Heights subdivision; as well as on both sides of Cerrillos Road between Camino Carlos Rey and Richards apartments and condominiums between Zia and Siring Roads. Avenue. • South St. Michael’s Drive Area (Plaza del Sur, South Ridge and Thomas • Airport Road – Includes a Small area between Jemez Road and Cerrillos Heights Neighborhoods) Road along the south side of Airport Road. • Camino Carlos Rey Neighborhoods (Bellamah, La Resolana, Vista del Sol) • Airport Road / Southside Neighborhoods (Las Acequias, Vista Alegre Apts., Rancho Zia MHP) Walkability by Destination

The following series of maps shows walkability (or, “walkshed”) within Santa Fe based on the specific destination that people travel to daily: schools, parks, restaurants, shopping, grocery stores, daily errands and cultural activities. The walkshed color (zone) shows the area surrounding a destination that is within a 5-10 minute walk. Ideally, these walksheds would include as many homes, apartments and residents as possible.

2 Santa Fe – Overall Walkability

285 To Santa Fe Very Walkable – 9,000 residents (10% of city population) 84 Hyde MON TE Ski Basin SERE NO Somewhat Walkable – 19,000 residents (23% of city population) SANTA FE Memorial NATIONAL Total Residents Within Walkable Zones - 28,000 Residents (33% of city population) FOREST State Park Future Roads 475

City Limits SAN TA FE ESTAT ES SANGRE

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0 1 2 Miles Copyright:© 2014 Esri 3 Schools Santa Fe – Schools Walkability Santa Fe’s various elementary, middle and high schools may 285 contain the best coverage To Santa Fe Very Walkable (27,000 residents, 32% of city population) 84 Hyde of walkability of the various MON TE Ski Basin SERE NO Somewhat Walkable (21,500 residents, 26% of city population) SANTA FE Memorial destinations within Santa Fe Total Residents Within Walkable Zones – 48,500 residents (58% of city population) NATIONAL (see map) due to the fact that FOREST State Park schools (especially elementary Future Roads 475 schools) are often placed in City Limits

SAN TA FE School Site ESTAT ES SANGRE or near the center of larger SAN TA FE DE CRISTO SU MMIT City Schools C 599 A HYDE PARK MOUNTAINS VISTA ESTATE S M EN CAN TAD A neighborhoods and master- I Las Campanas NO LA R SIER RA DE L TIERR NO RTE planned communities. As a D A D VISTA R S GR AN DE SANTA FE A N IND IAN K RID GE R result, schools often have a fairly A NW Quadrant A NATIONAL P P LAS C A M FOREST E D LO S C ERR OS even geographic distribution. CO LO RA DO S C Y CANADA BISHOPS LODGE RD AN CHA

A H J The reason why schools show A De Vargas CASA E D SO LA NA MallASEO D PER Nichols E P McClure A ESTAN CIA L PR IMERA L varying walk scores, or no walk T Reservoir

A Reservoir R I Municipal O Downtown RD score, is due to “Block Length” N Recreation R O D Y LA S N BARR IO LA A LO MAS C Complex CAN AD A and “Intersection Distance” Regional CERR O D EL SO L T R Landfill S E CIELO IV LU MBR E A R as measured by Walk Score®. ED E AM F South Capitol VETERANS MEMORIAL HWYAL TA State Complex W N CASA A LIN D A Schools surrounded by, or near, S MIRACERROS CASA ALEGRE CERRILLOS RD MATE O 599 Agua Fria HGTS WILDERNESS neighborhoods with shorter GATE SANTA FE S Traditional Village T NATIONAL block lengths and shorter MICHAELS DRHospital Siler Rd Santa Fe Medical FOREST Area University Complex OLD PECOS TRAIL intersection distances have ST of Art & Design IA ST SIRINGO RD FR A IN LA RESOLANA DE VAR G AS A F HEIGHTS U BELLAMAH higher scores in the vicinity. U R CANDELERO COTTONW OOD G VILLAGE A

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0 1 2 Miles Copyright:© 2014 Esri 4 Parks Santa Fe Parks Walkability Santa Fe’s various city parks contain more dispersed walkability coverage in the city Very Walkable - (31,000 Residents, 37% of City Population) and serve about half the city’s 285 Somewhat Walkable - (16,000 Redidents, 19% of City Population) To Santa Fe 84 residents (47,000) within a Hyde MONTE Ski Basin Total Residents Within Walkable Zones – 47,000 residents (56% of city population) SERENO SANTA FE Memorial reasonable walking distance. NATIONAL Future Roads This is similar to the size of FOREST State population within reasonable City Limits Park School Site 475 walking distance of the city’s SANTA FE City Parks ESTATES SANGRE

SANTA FE DE CRISTO SUMMIT schools, but somewhat less. C 599 HYD E PARK MOUNTAINS A VISTA ESTATES M ENCANTADA I Las Campanas N O Neighborhoods with some L A SIERRA DEL R TIERR NORTE D A D VISTA R S GRAND E of the strongest walkability SANTA FE A N IND IAN K RIDGE R A NW Quadrant A NATIONAL P P LAS C A M to various city parks include: FOREST E LOS CERROS D COLORADOS

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westside neighborhoods – A De Vargas CASA E D SOLANA O D P MallASE ER Nichols McClure E P A ESTANCIA L PRIMERA L Casa Solana, Barrio La Cañada T Reservoir

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R I and Casa Alegre; Southside Municipal O Downtown RD N Recreation R O D Y LAS N LOMAS BARRIO LA A Complex CANADA C Regional CERRO DEL neighborhoods – Bellamah and SOL T R Landfill S E CIELO IV LUMBRE A R ED E South Capitol Candelero as well as the historic AM F VETERANS MEMORIAL HWYAL TA State Complex N CASA W A LINDA S MIRACERROS neighborhoods on the south CASA ALEGRE CERRILLOS RD MATEO HGTS 599 Agua Fria WILDERNESS GATE SANTA FE S and east side of downtown. Traditional Village T Hospital NATIONAL MICHAELS DR Siler Rd Santa Fe Medical FOREST Area University Complex OLD PECOS TRAIL ST of Art & Design IA ST SIRINGO RD FR A IN LA RESOLANA DE VARGAS F HEIGHTS A U BELLAMAH U R CANDELERO COTTONWOOD G VILLAGE A

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0 1 2 Miles Copyright:© 2014 Esri 5 Grocery Stores Santa Fe rocery Store Walkability Grocery stores are often limited to major roads where large 285 To Santa Fe national chains locate for Very Walkable – 26,000 residents (31% of city population) 84 Hyde MON TE Ski Basin SERE NO easiest access by the greatest Somewhat Walkable – 9,000 residents (11% of city population) SANTA FE Memorial NATIONAL number of cars. In these cases, Total Residents Within Walkable Zones 5,000 residents (4% of city population) FOREST State walkability is achieved by the Park Future Roads proximity of residential areas 475 City Limits

SAN TA FE and neighborhoods often on the ESTAT ES School Site SANGRE SAN TA FE DE CRISTO SU MMIT same side of the largest roadway, C 599 A HYDE PARK MOUNTAINS VISTA ESTATE S M EN CAN TAD A I Las Campanas NO as pedestrian crossings of these LA R SIER RA DE L TIERR NO RTE D A D VISTA R S GR AN DE roadways is seen as less safe and SANTA FE A N IND IAN K RID GE R A NW Quadrant A NATIONAL P P therefore not attempted as often. LAS C A M FOREST E LO S C ERR OS D CO LO RA DO S

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The neighborhoods surrounding A H J A De Vargas CASA E downtown as well as those D SO LA NA MallASEO D PER Nichols E P McClure A ESTAN CIA L PR IMERA L T Reservoir A Reservoir

on both sides of Cerrillos, St. R I Municipal O Downtown RD N Recreation R O Francis and St. Michaels Drive, D Y LA S N BARR IO LA A LO MAS C Complex CAN AD A Regional CERR O D EL SO L T R enjoy good walkability to grocery Landfill S E CIELO IV LU MBR E A R ED E AM F South Capitol stores. VETERANS MEMORIAL HWYAL TA State Complex W N CASA A LIN D A S MIRACERROS CASA ALEGRE CERRILLOS RD MATE O 599 Agua Fria HGTS WILDERNESS GATE SANTA FE S Traditional Village T NATIONAL MICHAELS DRHospital Siler Rd Santa Fe Medical FOREST Area University Complex OLD PECOS TRAIL ST of Art & Design IA ST SIRINGO RD FR A IN LA RESOLANA DE VAR G AS A F HEIGHTS U BELLAMAH U R CANDELERO COTTONW OOD G VILLAGE A

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0 1 2 Miles Copyright:© 2014 Esri 6 Restaurants Santa Fe Restaurants Walkability Dining out in America has become a daily routine and 285 a much bigger part of the To Santa Fe Very Walkable – 12,000 residents (14% of city population) 84 Hyde MON TE Ski Basin American household budget SERE NO Somewhat Walkable – 19,000 residents (23% of city population) SANTA FE Memorial during recent decades. Many NATIONAL Total Residents Within Walkable Zones ,000 Residents (7% of city population) restaurants, like grocery stores, FOREST State Park Future Roads are located along or very near 475 major roadways, but there are City Limits SAN TA FE School Site ESTAT ES SANGRE SAN TA FE DE CRISTO areas such as Canyon Road that SU MMIT C 599 A HYDE PARK MOUNTAINS VISTA ESTATE S M EN CAN TAD A I contain restaurants in walkable Las Campanas NO LA R SIER RA DE L TIERR NO RTE D A D locations for those living in VISTA R S GR AN DE SANTA FE A N IND IAN K RID GE R A NW Quadrant A the Downtown & Eastside NATIONAL P P LAS C A M FOREST E LO S C ERR OS D CO LO RA DO S Historic District. Downtown C BISHOPS LODGE RD Y CANADA AN CHA

A H J and the surrounding area also A De Vargas CASA E D SO LA NA MallASEO D PER Nichols E P McClure A ESTAN CIA L PR IMERA L T Reservoir

contain many restaurants that A Reservoir R I Municipal O Downtown RD may serve a large visitor and N Recreation R O D Y LA S N BARR IO LA A LO MAS C Complex CAN AD A Regional CERR O D EL tourist population, but are SO L T R Landfill E S V CIELO A I LU MBR E D R also walkable from residential E E AM F South Capitol VETERANS MEMORIAL HWYAL TA State Complex W N CASA A LIN D A areas immediately surrounding S MIRACERROS CASA ALEGRE CERRILLOS RD MATE O 599 Agua Fria HGTS WILDERNESS Downtown. GATE SANTA FE S Traditional Village T NATIONAL MICHAELS DRHospital Siler Rd Santa Fe Medical FOREST Area University Complex OLD PECOS TRAIL ST of Art & Design IA ST SIRINGO RD FR A IN LA RESOLANA DE VAR G AS A F HEIGHTS U BELLAMAH U R CANDELERO COTTONW OOD G VILLAGE A

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0 1 2 Miles Copyright:© 2014 Esri 7 Errands Santa Fe - Errands Walkability Daily errands often include trips to the nearest drugstore or ¤£285 To Santa Fe other smaller convenience store. Very Walkable – 22,500 residents (27% of city population) ¤£84 Hyde MON TE Ski Basin SER EN O Common personal and household Somewhat Walkable – 25,500 residents (30% of city population) SANTA FE Memorial NATIONAL items are often found in these Total Residents Within Walkable Zones - 48,000 Residents (57% of city population) FOREST State locations that require daily or Park Future Roads frequent trips. The Errands «¬475 City Limits

SAN TA F E Walkability Map includes many ESTATES School Site SANGRE SAN TA F E DE CRISTO SU MMIT of the areas already shown C «¬599 HYDE PAR K MOUNTAINS A VISTA ESTATE S M EN CAN TA DA I Las Campanas NO as walkable on other maps. LA R SIER RA D EL TIERR NO RTE D A D VISTA R S GR AN DE However, the Errands map adds SANTA FE A N IND IA N K RID GE R A NW Quadrant A NATIONAL P P the hospital and medical office LAS C A M FOREST E LO S CERR O S D CO LO RA D OS

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area along St. Michaels Drive A H J A De Vargas CASA E east of St. Francis Drive. Medical D SO LAN A MallASEO D PER Nichols E P McClure A ESTAN CIA L PR IMERA L

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offices and the hospital can be R I Municipal O Downtown RD N Recreation R O destinations for frequent trips D Y LA S N BARR IO LA A LO MAS C Complex CAN AD A Regional CERR O D E L SO L T R from home. Landfill S E CIELO IV LU MBR E A R ED E AM F South Capitol VETERANS MEMORIAL HWYAL TA State Complex W N CASA A LIN D A S MIRAC ERR OS CASA ALEGRE CERRILLOS RD MATE O «¬599 Agua Fria HGTS WILDERNESS GATE SANTA FE S Traditional Village T NATIONAL MICHAELS DRHospital Siler Rd Santa Fe Medical FOREST Area University Complex OLD PECOS TRAIL ST of Art & Design IA ST SIRINGO RD FR A IN LA RESOLANA DE VA RG AS A F HEIGHTS U BELLAMAH U R CANDELERO COTTONWOOD G VILLAGE A

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0 1 2 Miles Copyright:© 2014 Esri 8 Shopping Santa Fe - Shopping Walkability Shopping usually occurs at major national chain ¤£285 To Santa Fe department stores, but also Very Walkable – 11,500 residents (14% of city population) ¤£84 Hyde MON TE Ski Basin SER EN O occurs at smaller, locally-owned Somewhat Walkable – 19,500 residents (23% of city population) SANTA FE Memorial NATIONAL stores and boutiques. Shopping Total Residents Within Walkable Zones - 31,000 Residents (37% of city population) FOREST State for items such as clothing and Park Future Roads appliances may not have the «¬475 City Limits

SAN TA F E frequency of the “daily errand” ESTATES School Site SANGRE SAN TA F E DE CRISTO SU MMIT for personal or household items, C «¬599 A HYDE PAR K MOUNTAINS VISTA ESTATE S M EN CAN TA DA I Las Campanas NO but consumer purchasing does LA R SIER RA D EL TIERR NO RTE D A D VISTA R S GR AN DE account for nearly 70% of the SANTA FE A N IND IA N K RID GE R A NW Quadrant A NATIONAL P P American economy, so larger LAS C A M FOREST E LO S CERR O S D CO LO RA D OS

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retail purchases are fundamental A H J A De Vargas CASA E to modern daily life. D SO LAN A MallASEO D PER Nichols E P McClure A ESTAN CIA L PR IMERA L

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0 1 2 Miles Copyright:© 2014 Esri 9 Cultural Activities Santa Fe Cultural Activities Walkability Entertainment in its various forms (theaters, art galleries, museums, sport venues, etc.) Very Walkable – 10,000 residents (12% of city population) plays a significant role in the Somewhat Walkable – 8,000 residents (10% of city population) 285 To Santa Fe 84 Hyde life of our cities. The degree to MONTE Ski Basin Total Residents Within Walkable Zones – 18,000 residents (22% of city population) SERENO SANTA FE Memorial which they can be put in close NATIONAL proximity to residential areas Future Roads FOREST State Park City Limits allows for greater walkability 475 School Site and less car dependency for SANTA FE ESTATES SANGRE

SANTA FE DE CRISTO SUMMIT their use. C 599 HYD E PARK MOUNTAINS A VISTA ESTATES M ENCANTADA I Las Campanas N O L A SIERRA DEL R TIERR NORTE D A D The Southside Library in Tierra VISTA R S GRAND E SANTA FE A N IND IAN K RIDGE R A NW Quadrant A NATIONAL P P Contenta and the Regal Cinemas LAS C A M FOREST E LOS CERROS D COLORADOS

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in the Zafarano District are A H J A De Vargas CASA E D SOLANA O D P the centers of walkable areas MallASE ER Nichols McClure E P A ESTANCIA L PRIMERA L T Reservoir

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beyond the Downtown and St. I Municipal O Downtown RD N Recreation R O D Y LAS N Michaels Drive areas. LOMAS BARRIO LA A Complex CANADA C Regional CERRO DEL SOL T R Landfill S E CIELO IV LUMBRE A R ED E South Capitol AM F VETERANS MEMORIAL HWYAL TA State Complex N CASA W A LINDA S MIRACERROS CASA ALEGRE CERRILLOS RD MATEO HGTS 599 Agua Fria WILDERNESS GATE SANTA FE S Traditional Village T Hospital NATIONAL MICHAELS DR Siler Rd Santa Fe Medical FOREST Area University Complex OLD PECOS TRAIL ST of Art & Design IA ST SIRINGO RD FR A IN LA RESOLANA DE VARGAS F HEIGHTS A U BELLAMAH U R CANDELERO COTTONWOOD G VILLAGE A

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While Santa Feans throughout the city may enjoy walking around their neighborhood and may thoroughly enjoy the area where they live, “walkability” as used in this report defines those areas in which residents are just a relatively short walk from their homes to a destination such as a park, school, grocery store, etc. Still, many residential areas appear to be car-dependent. Attempting to retro-fit many or all neighborhoods and residential areas into “walkable zones” is not the goal of this report, nor should it be a guiding goal of the city government. Often, a walkable zone is created only by a confluence of a number of factors: Higher residential density, one or more major roadways bisecting or bordering an area and previously established centers of activity.

There are no quick solutions to adding areas or neighborhoods to those that already enjoy some level of walkability as shown on the maps in this report. Simply adding higher density infill residential development to an existing developed part of the city does not guarantee that an area, not currently in a walkable zone, will suddenly become walkable. However, the city can actively work to achieve the following:

1. Master-Planned Areas – Encourage and ensure that newly developing large master-planned areas (i.e. Tierra Contenta, Las Soleras) are “walkable”by requiring higher-density residential and commercial development throughout the master-planned areas as construction occurs.

2. Existing Walkable Zones –Improve and enhance those areas that are already “walkable” by focusing capital improvements in the public realm (i.e. streets, sidewalks, crosswalk striping, parks and other pedestrian enhancements) that strengthen already defined walkable zones.

The Overall Walkability map shows the city’s urban core, or to use a human anatomy analogy … central nervous system. If cities are the drivers of American culture and the economy, then walkable zones within a city can be considered the core of a city’s culture and economy. The city should use the Overall Walkability Map to continually focus efforts to improve all aspects of the public realm which includes attention and improvements to parks and streetscapes in the walkable zones as experienced by pedestrians; not to the exclusion of other parts of the city, but to enhance and build on the city’s areas of urban/walkable strengths.

While master-planned areas are generally laid out, financed and built by private developers, the city can require densities, parks, street networks and streetscapes that will create the foundation for new walkable areas as the city expands. Concurrently, the city can be ensuring that a substantial part of its own capital improvement planning and budgets are being used to help improve those already existing walkable zones.