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Planning for walkability. Lisa Sakshaug Tyréns AB, Sweden. Planning and design to increase walking. Funded by Swedish Transport Administration Participants : SLU, LTU, Trivector , Tyréns , Vectura. Aim of the project
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Planning for walkability Lisa SakshaugTyréns AB, Sweden
Planning and design toincreasewalking Funded by Swedish Transport Administration Participants: SLU, LTU, Trivector, Tyréns,Vectura
Aimof the project To get more people to walk, and enable safe and secure walking all year round. Aim: Findoutwhathas positive and negative effects on the choice towalk
Whyplan for pedestrians? From www.fhi.se • Walking is a mode of transport! • Everybodywalks – the mostequal mode of transport • Infrastructure bill aims at sustainablegrowth • Public healthpolicy – physicalactivity • Attractive public space
Benefits ofwalking Helth- health benefit is greater than the environmental and travel time benefits - physically and mentally for the individual Environmeltal- 15 % of all car trips woulddisappearif all journeysshorterthan 1 km were by foot. Traveltime- in urban areas, flexibility and reliability Hydén, Nilsson och Risser 1998
Sharethatoftenwalk to: Luleå Båstad
How common is it thatyourefrain from walkingbecauseof … for frequentwalkers
How far do people walk? • In manycountries50-80 % of all foot-journeysare 1 km or shorter. (EU-projekt, Hydén m.fl 98) • A largequestionnairewithwalkingcommutersin Stockholm show that the median distance is 2,5 km – around 30 minutes. (Schantz 2006) • The nearest road is not alwaysfirstchoise. (Berglund & Jergeby, 1992, Sauter 2006)
Criteria for a successful pedestrian network: 1. connectivity 2. linkage with other modes 3. fine grained land use patterns 4. safety 5. quality of path 6. path context (Southworth 2005) 7. meeting otherpeople 8. placestostop by, rest, observe, play etc along the path (Berglund 2011)
Guide topedestrian planning – howtocreate a walkablesociety http://publikationswebbutik.vv.se/shopping/ShowItem____6110.aspx