Planning, design & safety

This section provides links to a number of policy and guidance documents including Designing Streets, National Planning Framework, STAG and the Scottish Road Safety Plan. The Place Standard toolkit allows users to identify what is important to them in that local place and the Town Centre and Health Streets toolkits help practitioners to design areas recognising the travel hierarchy.

People from an ethnic minority

are 25% more likely to be a casualty than white pedestrians

Source: Pedestrian casualties higher among BAME people and in poor areas

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A quarter of adults in Scotland

state that their ability to participate in outdoor recreation is limited by a long-term illness, health problem or disability

Source: Scotland?s People and Nature Survey: underrepresented groups

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of Scottish adults said being able to walk to local shops was important when choosing where to live

Source: Paths for All

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Climate and environmental protection

the extra number of pupils that could be travelling to school actively if they are involved in 2 behaviour change interventions at school

Source: Sustrans

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of women were dissatisfied or very dissastified about safety on walking or wheeling routes

Source: Scottish Women's Budget Group

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reported taking more visits to the outdoors than pre-pandemic

Source: Enjoying the Outdoors - Monitoring the impact of Coronavirus and social distancing - Wave 3 survey results

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serious long-term health conditions prevented by every day walking, wheeling and cycling in the citites that take part in the Walking and Cycling Index

Source: The Walking and Cycling Index

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of disabled people would find fewer cars parked on the pavement useful to walk or wheel more.

Source: Walking for everyone

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Equality Diversity and Inclusion

in green space use were sustained, and possibly exacerbated, during movement restrictions

Source: Green space positively influences health and well-being

Tags: Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion

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of females reported letting people know what their travel plans were when walking

Source: National Travel Attitudes Study: Wave 8

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20 minute neighbourhoods

are places that are designed so residents?can meet their day-to-day needs within a 20 minute walk of their home

Source: 20 minute neighbourhoods in a Scottish context

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Climate and environmental protection

of 16 - 74 year olds in employment travelled to work on foot (Census 2022)

Source: Scotland's Census

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