Downtown Gardner was chosen as the study area in which workshop participants practiced their observation and analysis skills. This walk audit report serves as an example of the content, detail and recommendations contained in a typical walkability assessment.
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A safe and enjoyable walking environment is crucial to encouraging more students to walk to school and more community members to choose to walk. WalkBoston and the City of Woburn’s planning department conducted walkability assessments at five of Woburn’s public schools in the summer of 2013. The schools included:
1. Altavesta Elementary School
2. Goodyear Elementary School
3. Linscott Elementary School
4. Reeves Elementary School
5. Joyce Middle School
This report identifies issues with the existing condition of the pedestrian environment and recommends strategies and infrastructure improvements to enhance walking safety, especially for children walking to and from school. Many of the observations relate to vehicular speed, visibility for both pedestrians and drivers, and street crossings. Lower-cost solutions are emphasized, but longer-term, more costly investments are also suggested.
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WalkBoston-SchoolWalkabilityAssessments-Woburn-Summer2013
The Wakefield Town Administrator, Stephen Maio, is interested in improving the image and overall economic viability of the Greenwood Square/ Greenwood School area of Wake eld. In addition, members of the Greenwood Elementary School faculty and staff would like to revive the Walk-to- School program and make the walking routes safer for students to walk to school.
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WalkBoston-Greenwood SquareGreenwood SchoolAreaAssessment-Wakefield
WalkBoston conducted a Walk Audit training and field walk on June 24, 2013 with the Walking Group organized through the Chelsea Community Health Center. The group usually walks twice a week, varying the route to sustain interest.
The participants included adult walk group members, several of them with baby strollers, the six-year old son of one of the group members, staff from the Health Center, the City’s Planning Director and two WalkBoston staff members.
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During the summer of 2012, WalkBoston completed five walkability assessments of the pedestrian environments around five of Woburn’s public schools. Walkability assessments are commonly used in the vicinity of schools to identify problems with the pedestrian infrastructure. These problems often include discontinuous sidewalk networks, unsafe street crossings, damaged sidewalks and paths, unreliable pedestrian signals, and maintenance issues, such as crosswalks that need repainting or vegetation that has encroached on the pedestrian right of way. When a community wants to encourage more walking and biking to school, it is important that there are safe ways to do so.
This report highlights the observations that were made and makes recommendations on how to improve walking safety, especially for children walking to and from school. Many of the observations are related to vehicular speed, visibility for both pedestrians and drivers, and also predictability and consistency. While lower-cost solutions are emphasized, some longer-term more costly investments are also suggested.
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WalkBoston-SchoolWalkabilityAssessment-Woburn-Summer 2012