How walkable is Qadam?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Qadam has a walkability score of 11 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: almost all errands require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Damascus, which scores 33 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
22 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Qadam. The nearest grocery is أبو حبل, about 24 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for parks. It is weakest for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Abo Jamal's garden16 min
- حديقة الثريا25 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Qadam at 33.4745, 36.2845. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 69 street intersections per km², and blocks average 102 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Qadam
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Qadam. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Damascus
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Baramkeh | 3.4 km | 52 |
| Qanawat | 4.1 km | 82 |
| Sarouja | 4.8 km | 83 |
| Abu Jarash | 7.2 km | 31 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Damascus page.
Questions about walking in Qadam
Is Qadam walkable?
Not very. Qadam in Damascus has a walkability score of 11 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: almost all errands require a car.
Is Qadam more walkable than the rest of Damascus?
Qadam is less walkable than Damascus as a whole: it scores 11, against 33 for the 5 km around Damascus's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Damascus neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Damascus?
Of the 5 Damascus neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Sarouja (83), Qanawat (82) and Baramkeh (52).
How is the walkability score of Qadam calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Qadam it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.