# US Walkability, Transit & Bike Score Extractor (`dataspryva/us-walkability-transit-and-bike-score-extractor`) Actor

Looks up Walk Score, Transit Score, and Bike Score for any US city or street address, returning each 0-100 score with its rating label and nearby amenity categories.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dataspryva/us-walkability-transit-and-bike-score-extractor.md
- **Developed by:** [Dataspryva](https://apify.com/dataspryva) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate, Travel, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.49 / 1,000 results

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Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## US Walkability, Transit & Bike Score Extractor

Walk Score rates how walkable, transit-friendly, and bikeable a US location is on a 0-100 scale. This actor looks up those three scores for any US city or street address directly from walkscore.com, with no API key, login, or account needed.

### What this actor does

- Looks up scores by city/state slug (e.g. `Seattle-WA`) or by a full street address (e.g. `123 Main St, Seattle, WA`).
- Returns the Walk Score, Transit Score, and Bike Score, each on a 0-100 scale with its human-readable rating label.
- Pulls nearby amenity categories when the page shows them, giving context for why a location scored the way it did.
- Accepts a list of multiple cities or addresses and processes them in one run.
- Any score or amenity list the page doesn't have for a given location is left out of that record.

### Output per location

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `address` | The city slug or address you supplied |
| `walkScore` | Walk Score, 0-100 |
| `walkDescription` | Walk Score's label, e.g. "Walker's Paradise", "Very Walkable" |
| `transitScore` | Transit Score, 0-100 |
| `transitDescription` | Transit Score's label, e.g. "Rider's Paradise", "Excellent Transit" |
| `bikeScore` | Bike Score, 0-100 |
| `bikeDescription` | Bike Score's label, e.g. "Very Bikeable", "Bikeable" |
| `nearbyAmenities` | Categories of nearby amenities shown on the page |
| `sourceUrl` | The walkscore.com page the record was read from |
| `recordType` | Always `walk_score` |
| `scrapedAt` | Collection timestamp |

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mode` | String (select) | `byCity` | `byCity` to look up by city/state slug, or `byAddress` to look up by street address. |
| `cities` | Array | `["Seattle-WA"]` | City/state slugs to look up, e.g. `Seattle-WA`, `New-York-NY`, `Chicago-IL`. Used by `byCity`. |
| `addresses` | Array | `[]` | Full US addresses to look up, e.g. `123 Main St, Seattle, WA`. Used by `byAddress`. |
| `maxItems` | Integer | 50 | Maximum number of records to return (1-500). |

#### Example: look up several cities

```json
{
  "mode": "byCity",
  "cities": ["Seattle-WA", "New-York-NY", "Chicago-IL"],
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

#### Example: look up specific street addresses

```json
{
  "mode": "byAddress",
  "addresses": ["123 Main St, Seattle, WA", "1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA"],
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

### Use cases

- **Relocation research** — compare walkability and transit access across cities you're considering moving to.
- **Real estate listings** — attach walkability context to a property address alongside other listing data.
- **Site selection** — screen candidate addresses for a retail or office location by how walkable and bike-friendly the area is.
- **Urban planning research** — compare walk/transit/bike scores across neighborhoods or cities at scale.
- **Content and comparison sites** — build city-ranking content using live Walk Score data.

### FAQ

**Do I need an API key or account?**
No — this reads walkscore.com's public pages directly.

**What format should a city go in?**
Use the `CityName-ST` slug format walkscore.com itself uses, e.g. `Los-Angeles-CA` or `Austin-TX`.

**Does this work outside the US?**
It's built around walkscore.com's US city and address pages; coverage outside the US isn't supported.

**Why is `nearbyAmenities` sometimes missing?**
It's only included when walkscore.com's page actually lists nearby amenity categories for that location; not every page shows one.

**Can I look up a mix of addresses and cities in one run?**
Set `mode` to whichever type you mostly need and run it twice if you need both a city list and an address list, since `mode` controls which input field (`cities` or `addresses`) the actor reads.

**How accurate are the scores?**
The scores come directly from walkscore.com's own methodology, which draws on sources like OpenStreetMap; this actor doesn't recalculate or adjust them.

**Is this affiliated with Walk Score?**
No. This actor reads walkscore.com's public pages and is not affiliated with Walk Score or Redfin.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

How to look up Walk Scores.

## `addresses` (type: `array`):

List of US addresses to look up. Format: '123 Main St, Seattle, WA'

## `cities` (type: `array`):

List of city/state slugs to look up, e.g. 'Seattle-WA', 'New-York-NY', 'Chicago-IL'.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of records to emit.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "byCity",
  "addresses": [],
  "cities": [
    "Seattle-WA",
    "New-York-NY",
    "Chicago-IL"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped records.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "mode": "byCity",
    "addresses": [],
    "cities": [
        "Seattle-WA",
        "New-York-NY",
        "Chicago-IL"
    ],
    "maxItems": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dataspryva/us-walkability-transit-and-bike-score-extractor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "mode": "byCity",
    "addresses": [],
    "cities": [
        "Seattle-WA",
        "New-York-NY",
        "Chicago-IL",
    ],
    "maxItems": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dataspryva/us-walkability-transit-and-bike-score-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "byCity",
  "addresses": [],
  "cities": [
    "Seattle-WA",
    "New-York-NY",
    "Chicago-IL"
  ],
  "maxItems": 50
}' |
apify call dataspryva/us-walkability-transit-and-bike-score-extractor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dataspryva/us-walkability-transit-and-bike-score-extractor"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/e6LDeTzJu7sTkzu3x/builds/0mL2bAEdh9lBMKeKn/openapi.json