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Address by Dorothee Fierz President of the Government Council on the following
|Dorothee Fierz
Summary: The topic you are concerned with, ladies and gentlemen, is also an issue that concerns very much, a pedestrian-friendly future. For one thing, I myself am a very active person loves to walk. I walk often and I enjoy it since it gives me a chance to relax and recharge batteries. For another thing, walking is a means of transport that promotes health, does not generate either noise or exhaust fumes, and does not burn limited resources. In the title of speech I have posed a question: whether the Canton of Zurich is truly pedestrian-friendly. me turn briefly to the term itself. Pedestrian friendliness must first be examined in a cultural context. It is defined by general living conditions and habits and by the importance society gives to walking. In many cities the world, pedestrian friendliness can simply mean that it is possible to cross from one side the road to the other without getting run over. ... More
Addressing Pedestrians in Roadway Level of Service Analysis: A San José, California Case Study
|John Brazil, Bike/Ped Program Coordinator, City of San José
Summary: As city staff plan for long-term growth, they often use roadway Level-of-Service (LOS) analysis to determine transportation impacts from development. But by focusing on the movement of motor vehicles, traditional LOS analysis fails to address pedestrian facility needs. While a few cities have proposed completely eliminating LOS analysis in favor of a different model, San José has instead modified its LOS analysis to better address pedestrian, bicycle, and transit modes. This paper summarizes how San José’s Transportation Impact Policy incentives walkable, transit friendly communities by exempting certain geographic areas from LOS requirements in exchange for improvements to pedestrian, transit, and bicycling infrastructure. ... More
Advocacy for recreational walkers: The Federation of Victorian Walking Clubs (VicWalk)
|David Reid, Barbara Guerin; Federation of Victorian Walking Clubs (VicWalk) Inc.
Summary: This paper describes how a peak body is striving to provide effective advocacy for recreational walkers. A peak body representing walkers provides a channel of communication between the land managers, planners, trail designers and health experts who wish to promote walking; and the walkers themselves. VicWalk represents 10,000 walkers across eighty community based walking clubs in Victoria. Across Australia, similar State federations of walking clubs represent some 40,000 people. Founded in 1934, VicWalk's objectives include promotion of recreational walking, development and maintenance of walking tracks, dissemination of information on safety and walking routes, promotion of public land conservation and the creation of national parks; and maintenance of a search and rescue group. VicWalk has commenced a review of its operations and future direction and has identified three strategic objectives: Enhance value to members and community, Proactive representation and wider sphere of influence, Improved management and governance of VicWalk. VicWalk realises that it must demonstrate value to its members but also must demonstrate that its members contribute value to the community. To be an effective advocacy body VicWalk must be able to demonstrate that it represents a significant constituency and must develop strategic relationships. The organisation has limited resources but must become more strategic and business like. Through its three strategic objectives, VicWalk aims to achieve effective advocacy for all recreational walkers in Victoria. The results to date are encouraging. ... More
Aerobic yield during walking - a methodological example and a case study
|Erik Stigell, Golam Sajid & Peter Schantz
Summary: The medical, physiological and psychological scientific literature provide increasing amounts of information dealing with the dose-response relationship of physical activity on different variables of value in relation to health and well-being. ... More
Aerobic yield during walking a methodological example and a case study
|Erik Stigell Golam Sajid & Peter Schantz
Summary: The medical, physiological and psychological scientific literature provide increasing amounts of information dealing with the dose-response relationship of physical activity on different variables of value in relation to health and well-being. The picture that so far has emerged indicates that different variables have clearly different responsiveness to physical activity. Whereas the effects on some variables, e.g. energy expenditure, follow a linear relationship with increasing physical activity others have different levels of thresholds. E.g., it appears that lipid and cholesterol profiles demand quite extensive activity, giving rise to an aerobic yield and energy expenditure of 1200-2400 kcal/week, to be affected in a desirable fashion (Durstine et al. 2001). Furthermore, effects on longevity and type II diabetes are examples of variables indicating a need for substantial levels of physical activity and energy expenditure to attain more desirable levels of effects (Helmrich et al. 1991, Paffenberger et al. 1986). From a pedagogical point of view this body of knowledge remains rather abstract until it is translated into quantities of concrete body movements such as walking different distances. These kind of experiences within the population appear important not only from the point of view of public health, but also from a planning perspective. With such experiences the city planner and the traffic engineer can get a feeling of to what extent the environments have to stimulate to and be supportive environments for walking. ... More
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