Walkable? Cleveland?

There are many great beginning points about walkable neighborhoods in this article by Freshwater Cleveland:

Walkthisway

Some of the scores granted to Cleveland neighborhoods by Walkscore are ridiculously high.

Walkscore seems to equate a relatively high number of pedestrians with 'walkablity.'
That's classic "correlation-not-causation" analysis.

The Playhouse Square neighborhood where I work receives a 98 out of 100!

This despite the fact that E 14 is a MAJOR cut-through for automobiles avoiding E 9th.

I've suggested to Cleveland that indeed Playhouse Square could be a fantastic walking district but will not be until E 14th auto traffic is re-routed to E 18th where it belongs. This is a no-brainer.

Quick Map of E 14th to E 18th Reroute


No one yet is going 'full bore' about walking neighborhoods in Cleveland.

That means NO CARS. Cleveland's leaders remain firmly convinced that more cars = greater viability.

I've been trying to get some support started to make certain old neighborhoods, (built before cars,) retro-fitted to eliminate them altogether.

Cleveland is always trying to attract people to the city, mostly building adult playgrounds for suburban tourists.

How many people around the US would come to Cleveland if it built and supported several car-free neighborhoods?

As far as I know, not other US city has attempted this.

How about it CLE?