Walk Score

Walk Score measures the walkability, transit accessibility, and bikeability of any address in the United States and Canada. The Walk Score API returns Walk Score, Transit Score, and Bike Score for any geographic location, supporting real estate platforms, commute calculators, urban planning tools, and location intelligence applications. The Public Transit API provides detailed transit data including nearby stops, route networks, and supported cities, enabling comprehensive transportation accessibility analysis.

Walk Score publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Cities API, Routes API, Scores API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Walkability, Transit, Bikeability, Location, and Real-Estate.

The Walk Score catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Walk Score’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, signup flow, and 4 more developer resources.

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38.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

4 APIs

WalkabilityTransitBikeabilityLocation Real-Estate Urban Planning Transportation

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 38.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 16.5 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 6.2 / 20

Access Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 13

Contract Governance 1.6 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Walk Score Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Signup

Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: walk-score
name: Walk Score
description: Walk Score measures the walkability, transit accessibility, and bikeability of any address in the United States
  and Canada. The Walk Score API returns Walk Score, Transit Score, and Bike Score for any geographic location, supporting
  real estate platforms, commute calculators, urban planning tools, and location intelligence applications. The Public Transit
  API provides detailed transit data including nearby stops, route networks, and supported cities, enabling comprehensive
  transportation accessibility analysis.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/walk-score.png
tags:
- Walkability
- Transit
- Bikeability
- Location
- Real-Estate
- Urban Planning
- Transportation
tags_raw:
- Walkability
- Transit
- Bikeability
- Location
- Real Estate
- Urban Planning
- Transportation
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/walk-score/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: walk-score:walk-score-cities-api
  name: Walk Score Cities API
  description: Supported cities list
  humanURL: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/api.php
  baseURL: https://api.walkscore.com
  tags:
  - Cities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/walk-score-cities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/api.php
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/walk-score/refs/heads/main/json-schema/walk-score-score-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/public-transit-api.php
- aid: walk-score:walk-score-routes-api
  name: Walk Score Routes API
  description: Transit route details
  humanURL: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/api.php
  baseURL: https://api.walkscore.com
  tags:
  - Routes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/walk-score-routes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/api.php
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/walk-score/refs/heads/main/json-schema/walk-score-score-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/public-transit-api.php
- aid: walk-score:walk-score-scores-api
  name: Walk Score Scores API
  description: Walk Score, Transit Score, and Bike Score for locations
  humanURL: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/api.php
  baseURL: https://api.walkscore.com
  tags:
  - Scores
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/walk-score-scores-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/api.php
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/walk-score/refs/heads/main/json-schema/walk-score-score-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/public-transit-api.php
- aid: walk-score:walk-score-stops-api
  name: Walk Score Stops API
  description: Transit stop search and details
  humanURL: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/api.php
  baseURL: https://api.walkscore.com
  tags:
  - Stops
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/walk-score-stops-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/api.php
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/walk-score/refs/heads/main/json-schema/walk-score-score-schema.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/public-transit-api.php
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/walk-score-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/walk-score-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/walk-score-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/walk-score
- type: Website
  url: https://www.walkscore.com
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/api.php
- type: Documentation
  url: https://walkscore-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/api-sign-up.php
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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