Walkability Case Study

2.1.1. Strategies to Promote Walking and Improve Walkability
Since there are numerous benefits to improve walking conditions, different cities and governments in the world adopted various policies and plans to improve the walking environment. Despite of walking environment itself, DETR (2000) indicates that the key to encourage walking also include land use planning. There are numerous strategies adopted in different cities to improve walkability from policy formulation to improving infrastructure and initiating walking trips.
Policy Formulation
Transport for London (TfL) proposed a practice guide in 2005 aiming to improve pedestrian conditions and consider future improvement potentials to a development for Government authority to assess planning application. The criteria of a good walking network were classified as 5Cs: Connected, Convivial, Conspicuous, Comfortable and Convenient and these 5Cs are the principle criteria for assessing the quality of provision of walking (Transport for London, 2005).
The Government assessing the planning application would consider the walking condition not only the availability of pedestrian path but also aware the quality of walking and the necessary improvement to enhance the walking experience. Other measures aiming to maximise the number and proportion of trip made on foot should be considered in the new development plan.
The research in Sydney suggested that attitudes, emotions and perceptions are critical in selecting transport mode while making trips by private car would be encouraged by the choice of other citizens. The ways to educate citizens of walking as a vital mode of transport would be started in school. Increasing safety for school should be increase the number of people walking and making the route visible and