Consider Bike Scores When Buying a Home in Foster City
We all know the mantra when looking to buy a new home, Location, Location, Location. When buying a home location is what matters most — and for good reason, too In fact, the concept of Walk Score was created just for that purpose. Dedicated to the idea that “less time in the car means more time for the things you love,” Walk Score, developed in 2008, has made it easier for home buyers to find a home that is closer to the activities and places they love. Foster City has a high walk score of 83 so it’s a good guess that the new bike scores they’ve just developed, will be just as high. Foster City has no hills, loads of bike paths and is very bicycle friendly.
Providing ratings from 0 to 100 to determine a neighborhood’s walkability, buyers can decide if the area they are considering is more Car-Dependent, Very Walkable, a Walker’s Paradise, or somewhere in-between. If you are searching for a home, you will also enjoy visiting tools such as Transit Score which helps in calculating the cost of your commute and the even newer Bike Score!
Bike Score was introduced this week in honor of Bike to Work Week and suggests areas that are best suited and not so desirable for bike riding. Considering such issues as hills and bike lanes, along with “road connectivity” and a town’s biking population, communities have been rated using the same type of scoring system, with 70-100 being named Very Bikeable. Topping that list were Minneapolis, Portland, and San Francisco, seen above in the picture to the left.
The goal of Bike Score is to help cities measure and then improve their bicycling ridership. Check it out and see where your town rates by clicking here. If you would like more in-depth information about places where you can walk and ride in our local community, please contact me.
Want to live near the Bay Trail that rings Foster City? Here’s what’s for sale right now to help you find the, just right home.
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$899,000 : 62 Williams Ln, Foster City3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$1,298,000 : 835 Arcturus Ci, Foster City4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$1,288,000 : 133 Shooting Star Is, Foster City3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$748,000 : 887 Sextant Ct, Foster City3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$998,000 : 951 Laguna Ci, Foster City4 beds, 2 full baths
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$998,000 : 781 Coronado Ln, Foster City3 beds, 2 full baths
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$1,725,000 : 389 Tampa Ct, Foster City4 beds, 4 full baths
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$1,308,000 : 223 Puffin Ct, Foster City4 beds, 4 full baths
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$1,199,000 : 619 Waterbury Ln, Foster City3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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$1,278,000 : 602 Bridgeport Ln, Foster City3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
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