Objectives

This Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) guideline - Planning for Walking:

• describes the characteristics of pedestrian journeys

• lists the benefits of walking,

• identifies factors that discourage walking and how they can be overcome,

• summarises the legal framework that applies to pedestrians,

• outlines the way that plans and strategies for pedestrian travel are developed.

Methodology

Guidance document.

Key Findings

Guidance document, not a research report.

Keywords

Walking, pedestrian travel

Comments

This is a summary document. The full document is also available on the CIHT website. These guidelines are complemented by another CIHT document, Designing for Walking (see below).

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