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Walk the Talk. Talk the Walk. THE GLOBAL WALKABILITY INDEX. Holly Krambeck, PB Abhijit Lokre, EPC & CEPT Karam Chand Nanta, CEPT Jitendra Shah, The World Bank BAQ -- December 2006. Introduction. Often, in cities in developing countries:. Significant proportion of trips made on foot
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Walk the Talk Talk the Walk THE GLOBAL WALKABILITY INDEX Holly Krambeck, PB Abhijit Lokre, EPC & CEPT Karam Chand Nanta, CEPT Jitendra Shah, The World Bank BAQ -- December 2006
Introduction Often, in cities in developing countries: • Significant proportion of trips made on foot • High pedestrian fatality and injury rates • Impeded social and economic mobility • Poor urban air quality • Opportunity costs for lack of quality pedestrian infrastructure
Project Rationale Despite very high pedestrian modal shares and high pedestrian fatality and injury rates in World Bank client cities, pedestrian infrastructure, amenities, and services are often overlooked in municipal planning and budgets. 5. Full-Scale Pilot
Challenges to Walkability • If there were no arguments against improving pedestrian infrastructure, planning, and policy, then everyone would do it… • Affordability • Impact on traffic speed • Required expertise • Perceived winners and losers problem
Project Objectives • Generate awareness of walkability as an important issue in developing cities; • Provide city officials with an incentive to address walkability issues; • Help city planners understand scope and extent of local pedestrian conditions, relative to other cities; • Ultimately, provide planners with a set of toolsto help them effectively address pedestrian issues.
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Index Development • Existing tools for measuring non-motorized transport • Evaluation of established econometric methods for compiling indices. • Consultations with experts from a multitude of fields, including urban planning, pedestrian planning, transportation engineering, urban transport policy, pedestrian safety, accessibility for disabled persons, urban design, and economics. • Comments from field testers in Washington, Chicago, Ahmedabad, Manila, Beijing, and Delhi.
Index Components • Safety and Security 2) Convenience and Attractiveness 3) Policy Support
Extended Survey Materials While the Global Walkability Index serves to raise awareness of walkability as an important issue, it is too general for use in devising an investment or policy strategy. Supplemental Extended Survey Materials have been developed that enable cities to pinpoint specific infrastructure and policy needs, in addition to deriving the simple Index ranking.
INITIATIVES IN AHMEDABAD • Bus Rapid Transit Project • Sabarmati River Front Development Project • Integrated Street Development Project • Pedestrianization of the old city area • Kankaria Lake Front Development Project
Motorized vehicles Public Amenities Buses Pay and Park Areas OLD CITY PEDESTRIANIZATION Paved pedestrian Areas
For more information… • Walkability materials, presentations • http://www.cleanairnet.org/caiasia/1412/article-60499.html • Jitu Shah: jshah@worldbank.org • Holly Krambeck: hkrambeck@gmail.com • Abhijit Lokre: abhijitlokre@gmail.com