Pedestrians First: A New Tool for Walkable Cities

With the urban share of the world’s population expected to increase to 70 percent by 2050, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy http://www.itdp.org/ is introducing a new tool to help governments, city planners, NGOs, and developers make cities more equitable, healthy, safe, and vibrant. The simple solution? Walkability.

The new tool, Pedestrians First: Tools for a Walkable City http://itdp.org/walk will facilitate the understanding and the measurement of the features that promote walkability in urban environments around the world at multiple levels. With a better global understanding of walkability, and more consistent and frequent measurement of the walkability of urban environments, decision-makers will be empowered to enact policies that create more walkable urban areas.

https://www.itdp.org/pedestrians-first-walkability-tool/