[mhays]

Seattle might never score in every category with the Phillys and Bostons due to rail and houses. But our downtown's (or greater downtown's) scale puts it higher on the list, and the pace of improvement is enormous.

Also we have significant urban nodes dotted around that don't have parallels in some cities, which might have denser vernaculars but don't have nodes in the same way.

As for transit, one point is that buses can do a lot if there are enough of them, and they have their own lanes in many places.