Final Report

The Pedestrians' Quality Needs Project (PQN) established what people need to choose to walk. The summary provides an understanding of those needs and how they can be met and supported by policy.

The PQN Final Report consists of 7 parts available below as follows:

As well as the final report the PQN project yielded some other useful source documents, such as the Country Reports, Short Term Scientific Mission report and a sources study. These are available under 'Background Documents'

 

References to the PQN Final Report 

If you use the PQN Final Report (as a whole), please refer to it in your references list as follows:

Methorst R., Monterde i Bort H., Risser R., Sauter D., Tight M. & Walker J. (Eds.) (2010) Pedestrians' Quality Needs. Final Report of the COST project 358, Cheltenham: Walk21.

If you want to refer to an individual articles of the report, please refer to it in your references list as (use names and title as headed in the article concerned):

Name X., Name Y. & Name Z. (2010) Title. In: Methorst R., Monterde i Bort H., Risser R. Sauter D., Tight M. & Walker J. (Eds.) (2010) Pedestrians' Quality Needs. Final Report of the COST project 358, Cheltenham: Walk21.

The PQN final report (as a whole) can be referenced as:
Final Report
Title:

Executive Summary
Author:

Rob Methorst, Hector Monterde-i-Bort, Ralf Risser, Daniel Sauter, Miles Tight and Jim Walker
Document Summary: This report contains an overview of the results of the PQN project. It is Part C of the Final Report - Executive Summary. In its paper version this report includes a CD-ROM that holds all parts of the Fianl Report plus additional files (Country Reports, STSM report, Literature survey and the Data availability survey).
Download: PQN Final Report [short].pdf
Final Report
Title:

Part A - Introduction and Conceptual Framework
Author:

Rob Methorst
Document Summary: This part includes the introduction to the project, its objectives and the conceptual framework that is used
Download: PQN Final Report part A.pdf
Final Report
Title:

Part B.1 - Functional Needs
Author:

Hector Monterde et al
Document Summary: This report contains the results of Working Group 1 Functional Needs
Download: PQN Final Report part B1.pdf
Final Report
Title:

Part B.2 - Perceived Needs
Author:

Ralf Risser et al
Document Summary: This report contains the results of Working Group 2 Perceived Needs
Download: PQN Final Report part B2.pdf
Final Report
Title:

Part B.3 - The Future of Walking
Author:

Daniel Sauter et al
Document Summary: The report contains the results of Working Group 3 Durability and Futire Prospects
Download: PQN Final Report part B3.pdf
Final Report
Title:

Part B.4 - Measuring Walking
Author:

Daniel Sauter et al
Document Summary: The report contains the results of the PQN project Measuring Walking, that Daniel Sauter carried out in the framework of the PQN project. The project focussed on on data availability in European Countries.
Download: PQN Final Report part B4.pdf
Final Report
Title:

Part B.5 - Policy Process
Author:

Rob Methorst
Document Summary: This report contains the results of Working Group 4 Coherence and Integration.
Download: PQN Final Report part B5-nw.pdf
Final Report
Title:

PQN Glossary of terms
Author:

Rob Methorst
Document Summary: This file contains descriptions and definitions of concepts used in the PQN project.
Download: PQN Glossary of terms.pdf
Final Report
Title:

PQN Abbreviations

Author:

Rob Methorst
Document Summary: This file contains abbreviations as they were used in the context of the PQN projects, and their meanings.
Download: Abbreviations PQN nov10.pdf