Planning, design & safety

This section provides links to a number of policy and guidance documents including Designing Streets, National Planning Framework, STAG and the Scottish Road Safety Plan. The Place Standard toolkit allows users to identify what is important to them in that local place and the Town Centre and Health Streets toolkits help practitioners to design areas recognising the travel hierarchy.

is the total length of Scotland's National Walking and Cycling Network

Source: Scotland?s National Walking and Cycling Network, 2019 Evaluation Report

Tags: Physical, mental and social health

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Climate and environmental protection

of Scottish adults said being able to walk to local shops was important when choosing where to live

Source: Paths for All

Tags: Climate & Environment

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Equality Diversity and Inclusion

of adults met the guidelines for Moderate or Vigorous Physical Activity (SHeS 2022)

Source: Scottish Health Survey (SHeS)

Tags: Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion

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of females reported letting people know what their travel plans were when walking

Source: National Travel Attitudes Study: Wave 8

Tags: Behaviour change

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say they support actions to encourage more people to walk or cycle instead of driving a car to reduce the UK?s carbon emissions.

Source: Public back action to encourage cycling and public transport

Tags: Physical, mental and social health

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serious long-term health conditions prevented by every day walking, wheeling and cycling in the citites that take part in the Walking and Cycling Index

Source: The Walking and Cycling Index

Tags: Physical, mental and social health

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the number of healthy years of life added to the nation by the network of paths in England and Wales

Source: Ramblers

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20 minute neighbourhoods

are places that are designed so residents?can meet their day-to-day needs within a 20 minute walk of their home

Source: 20 minute neighbourhoods in a Scottish context

Tags: Behaviour change

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of National Cycle Network exists in Scotland

Source: Sustrans Scotland

Tags: Behaviour change

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reported taking more visits to the outdoors than pre-pandemic

Source: Enjoying the Outdoors - Monitoring the impact of Coronavirus and social distancing - Wave 3 survey results

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of people regularly or occasionally cycled in 2022

Source: Monitoring Cycling in Scotland (Cycling Scotland)

Tags: Behaviour change

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Equality Diversity and Inclusion

the percentage of people from minority ethnic backgrounds in Scotland that have access to a bike

Source: Cycling Scotland

Tags: Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion

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