A Summary of Walkers and Walking in the Perth Metropolitan Region

摘要: In the development of recently published strategic plan, Perth Walking: The Metropolitan Region Pedestrian Strategy, Transport WA commissioned research to look into walking practices people resident in localities throughout metropolitan Perth. Not least amongst reasons for conducting survey was recognition inadequacy current methodologies that fail collect indepth data relating components multi-modal journeys. To obtain a thorough understanding behaviour, questions were asked separated information undertaken recreation from transport. Additional soughtinformation identifying key barriers, enablers and motivators walking. ensure adequacy sample composition all local government areas, region divided twenty-two groups adjacent suburbs. frame comprised 1510 residents aged 16 over. conducted during September 1999, at time mild spring weather, covering seven-day period prior survey. It is considered findings conclusions be drawn them are significant both providing encouraging increased walking-trip activity keeping with local, national international policies protocols. They should particular interest decision-makers adopted inclusion walking-related decision-making processes. Language: en