measurement

Planning for walking PQ196 March 2015

Submitted by ellen.blake on Mon, 30/03/2015 - 00:36

The attached is an article recently published in Planning Quarterly 196 March 2015 (without it's nice photos sorry) on Planning for walking - time to make strides in measuring performance. The article sets out and proposes a new approach to measuring walk performance in local authority plans to enable a more rapid change to walk mode share and improve walkability, by making walking more visible.

Region (NZ): 
National level
Topics: 
Walkability
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goals
funding
barriers
walkability
accessibility
Planning
performance measures
measurement
motivations

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