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.

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

Source: Paths for All

Tags: Connect with nature

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recommended daily physical activity for children 1-5 years

Source: UK physical activity guidelines

Tags: Behaviour change

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

Source: Scottish Women's Budget Group

Tags: Behaviour change

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of adults met the guidelines for Moderate or Vigorous Physical Activity (SHeS 2023)

Source: Scottish Health Survey (SHeS)

Tags: Physical, mental and social health

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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

Tags: Physical, mental and social health

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Climate and environmental protection

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

Tags: Climate & Environment

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trips to the outdoors involved walking which is 86% of all trips to the outdoors (SPANS 2020)

Source: Scotland's People and Nature Survey

Tags: Community & participation

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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

Tags: Physical, mental and social health

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of soot pollution in the air was reduced outside a school in London through banning parents dropping children off by car

Source: Evening Standard

Tags: Active Travel

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Climate and environmental protection

of adults view climate change as an immediate and urgent problem (SHS 2022)

Source: Scottish Household Survey

Tags: Climate & Environment

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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

Tags: Community & participation

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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

Tags: Active Travel

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