London Papers
London Conference Final Comments
Rodney Tolley
Summary: It does seem to me we are at a very interesting time as far as researching walking is concerned. There is an explosion of interest, but as yet not an explosion of funding and resources. But I think we are beginning to understand much better the what issues are, and for me, if we are trying to look at an agenda for a future research programme we should look no further than the results of the Delphi survey that CAST has just completed on the opinions of Europes walking experts on what walking in Europe will be like by 2010. Some of you will be familiar with the results of that, they have been alluded to at this conference and they will be in the Proceedings when they come out later in the year. ... More
A perspective from the European Commission
Paul Hodson
Summary: Walking is a means of transport (the hidden mode of transport) Walking is also an indicator of the success and sustainability of a city. A city that tourists want to walk around, where children walk to school, where the shopping streets are crammed with people is a city that is doing well. But walking is so natural and normal that it is easily forgotten in policy making. What is the role of public authorities, major employers etc? For example, how important are infrastructure investment, traffic regulation, the promotion of travel awareness (cultural change), the encouragement of short distances between people’s homes and the public and private facilities that they need to use? ... More
Best practice to promote and secure walking
Mike Sharp Belinda de la Cour Lund
Summary: 1 Introduction A growing interest in European countries to promote cycling and walking in urban areas increases the demand for examples of good practice to promote and secure bicycle and pedestrian traffic. As a part of the European research project ADONIS (Analysis and development of new insight into substitution of short car trips by cycling and walking) a catalogue, Best practice to promote cycling and walking, presenting more than 100 examples from Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain and Belgium has been worked out. This paper deals with examples of best practice to promote walking together with information about the catalogue as a whole. ... More
Liveable Cities
Jan Gehl
Summary: Walking is a mode of transport. It brings people quietly and cleanly around in the city. It takes up little street space and is good for health and fitness. Few arguments can be put forward against inviting people to walk as much as possible in their cities. It's good for the cities, the air, the resources and the people. Beyond transportation walking is certainly a potential recreational activity. Going for a promenade. Walking for the joy of it. And surely walking is nearly always a social activity as well. While walking you are close to buildings, vegetation and other people. You have the time and the short distances, which enables you with your senses to see objects, details and indeed other people. ... More
London 2000 Conference Final Comments
Ian Napier
Summary: The thought that I had, and we were talking at lunch about this and you brought it up again; is the idea that this is not rocket science. Apart from being a pedestrian advocate, I am also a professional in the field of planning for pedestrians, an urban designer and a planning consultant. And very often I feel a bit of a charlatan because what we are doing in pedestrian planning is certainly not rocket science; it is just common sense. It is so self evident what we are talking about, how important walking is, how it stacks up in health terms, how it stacks up in economic terms and ecological terms and what have you. ... More
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