Can you get there from here? This project is looking at how to measure street connections based on the idea that long blocks and few intersections may cut down on the destinations that can be reached via foot or bicycle. The researchers are using Portland, Oregon as their model and readily available data to calculate measures such as the length of blocks, the density of intersections and streets in a given area, and the ratio of street segments to intersections. The researchers are then seeing what these measures mean for people walking or biking, by computing values for neighborhoods surveyed such as “pedestrian route directness,” a ratio between walking distance to a destination and the direct distance. The end result will be a set of recommendations to planners across the country describing which easily-calculated measures are most useful in determining whether street connections are sufficient for ease of bicycling and walking.