A Powerful Measure of Urban Health: the Stroller Index

Governing, April 2013

By: Mark Funkhouser, e.Republic

https://www.governing.com/gov-institute/on-leadership/col-stroller-index-measure-urban-fiscal-health-livability.html
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age-friendly communities

This article proposes that the number of people seen walking with strollers may be a useful way to judge community health. This behavior suggests that the community is a good place to raise children, meaning it is safe, clean, attractive, and walkable. It also briefly mentions the similarities between age-friendly communities and those with high stroller index scores.