Links

This page holds helpful links to external websites. If you have any links that you think would be useful and appropriate to any of the categories below then please email them to Jim Walker giving us a short summary of the destination organisation and the organisations url.

Functional needs:
Organisation: Description: Link:
WalkScore Walkscore automatically calculates a neighborhood’s walkability rating by identifying the distance to public services such as grocery stores and schools. It works for any street address in the United States of America and Canada, assigning points based on the distance to local amenities, using Google maps and business listings. www.walkscore.com
General:
Organisation: Description: Link:
WHO World Health Organisation Road Safety Posters http://www.who.int
ICTCT Pedestrian Group http://www.ictct.org
IFP International Federation of Pedestrians http://www.pedestrians-int.org
WALK21 International conferecne series and consultancy set up to develop and netowrk best practice which encourages more people to walk http://www.walk21.com
PPS Projects for Public Places http://www.pps.org
IPEN International Physical Activity and Environment Network http://www.ipenproject.org
ETSC - VOICE European Transport Safety Control - Vulnerable Road Users Organisations in Co-operation in Europe http://www.etsc.be
MIRACLES Multi Initiative for Rationalised Accessibility and Clean Liveable Environments http://www.civitas-initiative.org/
PROMPT Promote Pedestrian Traffic in cities http://prompt.vtt.fi
New Zealand Pedestrian Network Planning http://www.ltsa.govt.nz
WHO World Health Organisation Road Safety Legislation Database http://www.who.int
ERSO European Road Safety Observatory http://www.erso.eu
PQN Pedestrians’ Quality Needs http://www.walkeurope.org
Wikipedia Internet Encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org
SWOV Cognos Institute for Road Safety Research - Interactive Database on Mobility and Safety in the Netherlands http://www.swov.nl
Safetylit Literature on Safety http://www.safetylit.org
US Sensus Demographic Data of (nearly) all Countries in the World http://www.census.gov
OPTIMUM2 A European Project that has as its Aim the Improvement of the Accessibility of Busy Locations in Urban Areas http://www.optimum2.org