The 15 US cities where it's easiest to live without a car

Baltimore's most walkable neighborhoods: Mount Vernon, Downtown, and University of MD at Baltimore

Hialeah's most walkable neighborhoods: Trojan Park, Seminola City, and Palmetto I-75 Industrial Center

Long Beach's most walkable neighborhoods: Downtown, Saint Mary, and Franklin School

Oakland's most walkable neighborhoods: Downtown, Koreatown-Northgate, and Temescal

Seattle's most walkable neighborhoods: Downtown, Pioneer Square, and First Hill

Washington, DC's most walkable neighborhoods: Dupont Circle, U-Street, and Downtown-Penn Quarter-Chinatown

Chicago's most walkable neighborhoods: Near North Side, West Loop, and East Ukrainian Village

Philadelphia's most walkable neighborhoods: Center City West, Avenue of the Arts South, and Rittenhouse Square

Miami's most walkable neighborhoods: Downtown, Wynwood-Edgewater, and Little Havana

Newark's most walkable neighborhoods: Newark Central Business District, North Ironbound, and University Heights

Boston's most walkable neighborhoods: Chinatown - Leather District, North End, and Bay Village

San Francisco's most walkable neighborhoods: Chinatown, Downtown-Union Square, and Lower Nob Hill

Jersey City's most walkable neighborhoods: Historic Downtown, Journal Square, and McGinley Square

Unsurprisingly, New York is the most walkable and public-transit-friendly city in the US.

The New York metro area has miles of bike lanes and a robust mass transportation system, including subways, buses, bike shares, and rail lines like Metro-North and the Long Island Railroad.

Many residents of Manhattan and Brooklyn are less than a 15-minute walk from a bus or subway stop. The most walkable neighborhoods are Union Square, Bowery, and NoLita, according to Walk Score.

For that reason, many New Yorkers go their entire lives without buying a car.