Walk2Work Toolkit - Facilities and Equipment
A few low cost changes can make it easier for people to consider walking for transport.
A few low cost changes can make it easier for people to consider walking for transport.
Having maps and information readily available makes it easy for staff and visitors to find out the best routes for them to get to your workplace on foot.
Have a look at your policies and see if you can make them more walking friendly. For example:
Getting Started
A good place to start is by looking at all the travel associated with running your business and developing a plan to make your travel smarter and more cost effective.
The New Zealand Transport Agency has a simple, clear explanation of what Workplace Travel Planning it is and how to do it, with handy templates you can adapt for your workplace - see NZTA Workplace Travel Planning You can also contact your local Council for assistance.
The Walk2Work Toolkit is a resource to help businesses encourage their employees to walk to work, thus reducing absenteeism, improving employee health, and increasing productivity.
Walking is the most accessible and easy form of exercise. It doesn’t cost anything, no special equipment or training is needed, and people of all levels of fitness can walk.
Julie is a transportation planner with McCormick Rankin Cagney consultants. She is passionate about sustainable transport and sees an extraordinary opportunity to achieve better economic outcomes and more liveable cities with innovative approaches to defining and solving transportation problems.
Living Streets Aotearoa ran the 4th New Zealand Conference on walking and liveable communities on 2/3 August 2010 in Wellington.
Living Streets Aotearoa Inc
Minutes of Executive Council Meeting
held 14 June 2010
Meeting held by telephone conference call
Present: Peter Kortegast, Mike Mellor, Andy Smith, Rhys Taylor, Daphne Bell, Liz Thomas, Carina Duke, Gay Richards (took the minutes)
Living Streets Aotearoa is the New Zealand organisation for people on foot, promoting walking-friendly communities. We are a nationwide organisation with local branches and affiliates throughout New Zealand.
We want more people walking and enjoying public spaces be they young or old, fast or slow, whether walking, sitting, commuting, shopping, between appointments, or out on the streets for exercise, for leisure or for pleasure.