Living Streets Aotearoa Inc.

International Links

See also points of view, international walking organisations, international conferences, walking and health

Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? Examining the Evidence (Transport Research Board USA) http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=4536
http://trb.org/publications/trnews/trnews237activity.pdf (3 page summary)
http://trb.org/publications/sr/sr282.pdf (269 page report)
Hamilton Baille (UK) report on Streets and the Public Realm pdf/Building_for_Health.pdf (our copy - 341K pdf)
http://www.hamilton-baillie.co.uk/papers/Building for Health.pdf (original - 6.5M pdf)
Vatican: THE PASTORAL CARE OF ROAD USERS - see particularly section III The Vatican
2007 Benchmarking Report “Bicycling and Walking in the U.S.” http://www.thunderheadalliance.org/benchmarking.htm
UK Sustainable Development Commission: Transport, health & environment http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/publications.php?id=501 
http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/publications.php?id=542
The University of Sydney Centre for Physical Activity and Health: Tools to measure the walkability and cycleability of the local environment http://www.cpah.health.usyd.edu.au/research/facts.php
Interview with Salt Lake City mayor and green innovator Rocky Anderson (potential for smart growth and intelligent transport to contribute to Climate Protection). http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2007/02/06/anderson/index.html?source=daily
See also http://www.slcgreen.com/
Surface Transportation Policy Project (USA) - a diverse, nationwide coalition working to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices that enhance the economy, improve public health, promote social equity, and protect the environment. The second link is to a report on transport costs in the USA. http://www.transact.org/

http://www.transact.org/report.asp?id=224

Assessing health impact of projects (World Health organisation) http://www.who.int/hia/en/
UK Department for Transport - Travelling to school: action plan UK Department for Transport website (large pdf file)
International Labour Office - staggered hours schemes ILO office website (pdf file)
Victoria Transport Policy Institute (online TDM Encyclopaedia), numerous other transport related articles. http://www.vtpi.org/, http://www.vtpi.org/tdm
Smart Growth BC report: Promoting Public Health Through Smart Growth. This report explains how our built environment shapes our transportation choices, and in turn, human health. It reviews the existing research for a range of transportation-related health impacts on seven public health outcomes: Physical Activity and Obesity, Air Quality, Traffic Safety, Noise, Water Quality, Mental Health and Social Capital. http://www.smartgrowth.bc.ca
Smart Growth website (5M pdf)
Copy of report on our site (5M pdf)
North Carolina bicycle network: Research Pays Off - Bikeways to Prosperity: Assessing the Economic Impact of Bicycle Facilities http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=6006
National center for bicycling & walking (USA) http://www.bikewalk.org/
Sustrans sustainable travel site (UK) - see particularly page on active travel (& health) http://www.sustrans.org.uk/
http://www.sustrans.org.uk/default.asp?sID=1090848020203&pID=
UK Dept of Transport - Promoting walking as a healthy and more preferable option to the motor car for short journeys. http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_susttravel/documents/divisionhomepage/031342.hcsp
Article in New Scientist: Stopping the slaughter of innocent pedestrians - cars could be re-engineered to make them safer for pedestrians. But will car owners be willing to pay? New Scientist (You get the first few paragraphs, only subscribers can get the whole article for free).
Bay Area (USA) Rapid Transit station access guidelines (quite a lot on pedestrian access, but there is a big pdf file to download) http://www.nelsonnygaard.com/articles/article_bartaccess.htm
The study on pedestrian behavior in urban space (part of a Master's thesis at the University of Washington). http://depts.washington.edu/dmgftp/publications/pdfs/mouse_class/chapter2.pdf  (800K pdf file)
http://depts.washington.edu/dmgftp/publications/pdfs/mouse_class/mousePDF.html
International Walk to School http://www.iwalktoschool.org/
Rod Tolley - providing for pedestrians (in Melbourne, but applies much more widely) http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/...
copy of pdf file on this site
Sydney - walking the streets - interesting places http://www.walksydneystreets.net/
Sydney - travel planner http://www.131500.info/newJourney.asp
Sydney - City Rail http://www.cityrail.info/index.jsp
Summary of (USA) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Pedestrian and Bicycle Research and Program Activities http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bikeped/pedbiketrb2005.htm
Two legs good, four wheels bad - article about Jan Ghel http://afr.com/articles/2004/12/02/1101923262069.html
Urban Ecology http://www.urbanecology.org
Active living by design (USA) http://www.activelivingbydesign.org
Smart Growth Online (USA) http://www.smartgrowth.org/Default.asp
Living roofs http://www.livingroofs.org
http://www.blackredstarts.org.uk/pages/greenroof.html
UK Department of Transport white paper future of transport http://www.dft.gov.uk/strategy/futureoftransport/
Bibliographies from the Institute of Urban Planning, School of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham, U.K. See particularly section on walking and pedestrian strategies. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe/planbiblios/
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe/planbiblios/bibs/sustrav/refs/03/
Life Between Buildings - Using Public Space by Jan Gehl http://www.rudi.net/bookshelf/classics/lifebetweenbuildings/index
Psychology & child pedestrian accidents http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/Psychology/Roaduser/Roaduser.html
Walking as art http://guardian.curtin.edu.au/cga/art/
Project for public spaces http://www.pps.org
New Urbanism website http://www.newurbanism.org/pages/532096/index.htm
BBC online discussion pages: speed bumps, intelligent speed policing http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ican/speedbumps

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ican/CLUB16
 
Rodney Tolley on Planning for Pedestrians Department of Infrastructure, State Government of Victoria, Australia
Safety in numbers: more walkers and bicyclists, safer walking and bicycling http://ip.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/3/205
Comparison of walking/cycling policies in US, Germany & Netherlands. http://ncbwforum.infopop.cc/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=943603&f=34060193&m=946604073&r=946604073#946604073

http://policy.rutgers.edu/tpi/articles.html

http://www.vtpi.org/AJPHpucher.pdf

Clean air society of Australia & New Zealand http://www.casanz.org.au/
Project for public spaces (US) - Health and community issues http://www.pps.org/issue_papers/Health_and_community_design.htm
UK Dept of Transportation papers on walking http://www.local-transport.dft.gov.uk/consult/walking/pdf/discussion_paper.pdf

http://www.local-transport.dft.gov.uk/consult/walking/pdf/goodpractice.pdf

UK Parliamentary report: Living Places: Cleaner, Safer, Greener http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmodpm/673/67302.htm

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmodpm/673/673.pdf

UK Dept of Transportation consultation paper: On the move: by foot http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_localtrans/documents/page/dft_localtrans_022857.hcsp

http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_localtrans/documents/pdf/dft_localtrans_pdf_022857.pdf

Travel plan for the Borough of
Telford & Wrekin (England)
http://www.telford.gov.uk/Environment/Transport/ltp_full.htm
Victoria Transport Policy Institute (a Canadian online encyclopaedia with many useful facts and studies, many highly relevant to pedestrian advocacy) http://www.vtpi.org/

 

EU site for research into sustainable transport, includes comparisons between cities and recommendations for more effective strategies to help pedestrians http://www.cordis.lu/transport/home.html
Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety, Inc. (PEDS) http://www.peds.org/
Perils for Pedestrians http://www.pedestrians.org/
Walking school bus - USA http://www.walktoschool-usa.org/wsb/
Washington State Department of Transportation walking site http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/walk/
Washington State Department of Transportation bicycling site http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/bike/
Leisure walks around Brighton, England (Celia wants a similar listing for our site) http://www.thisisbrightonandhove.co.uk/brighton__hove/leisure/walks/
Internet discussion group http://www.flora.org/pednet/
Internet discussion group http://www.ava.org/walklist.htm