School Walk: Family-friendly neighbourhood planning
When you think of your neighbourhood, chances are the community spaces that come to mind include your street, the local park, and the neighbourhood school. This isn’t surprising: an elementary school is typically a centerpiece of a neighbourhood and it becomes a focal point for travel twice a day for children and parents. Whether by walking, driving, or taking the bus, the trek to school is a fixture of neighbourhood life and, as such, can influence how a community is understood and planned.
This movement between home and school links community planning with public health, in the context of active transportation and physical activity. At Civicplan, we wanted to get at this central point through the design and development of an engagement tool that records how and where people walk/wheel to school. Read more about School Walk.
