Walkability of local streets based on sustainable local neighborhood development model: case of Amir Khoy Local Street

In today's world, walkability is considered as one of the most important issues in the sustainable development of neighborhoods, which is shifting from the qualitative form to the quantitative form. Walkability is one of the first and most important preconditions for increasing neighborhood sustainability. Accordingly, this article introduces a quantitative method for measuring walkability in local streets and measures a local sample on this basis. The process of measuring local street walkability using the LEED.ND model is carried out in three general stages. The first step, which is part of the process requirements, consists of three variables of “main building entrances”, “building height to street width ration”, and “sidewalk continuity”. The second stage, which has a rating of one to twelve, includes ten variables: “sidewalk distance from the building”, “entrance distance”, “openings’ status”, “closed crust”, “parking”, “sidewalks”, “height of residential units”, “height to street width ratio”, “speed of riding”, and “crossings”. The third stage, which is two-point, consists of two variables of “arboriculture” and “trees’ shade”. According to the surveys, the local Amir Street has failed to get the passing points from these stages, and is in poor and undesirable condition in terms of sustainability.