New Zealand pedestrian profile

An overview of pedestrian activity and injury in New Zealand

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Contents

1.   Why a New Zealand pedestrian profile?

2.   Key point summary

• 2.1   The importance of walking
• 2.2   Pedestrian activity in New Zealand
• 2.3   Pedestrian injury on New Zealand roads
• 2.4   Ensuring the future of walking as a transport mode

3.   Information sources, definitions & limitations

• 3.1   “Trips”, “walk trips” and “journeys”
• 3.2   Limitations of CAS for this analysis
• 3.3   Pedestrian activity in New Zealand
• 3.4   Pedestrian injury on New Zealand roads
• 3.5   Hospital discharge data & social cost statistics
• 3.6   Importance of walking; ensuring the future of walking

4.   Setting the scene — the importance of walking as a transport mode

• 4.1   An essential mode for those with limited access to motor vehicles
• 4.2   An efficient and sustainable mode for short journeys
• 4.3   An integral part of most public transport journeys
• 4.4   When we step out of our cars, we are all pedestrians
• 4.5   Beyond transport — the economic, health & social benefits of walking

5.   Overview of pedestrian activity in New Zealand

• 5.1   Extent of our pedestrian activity
• 5.2   Nature of our pedestrian activity
• 5.3   Who walks?
• 5.4   Why we walk
• 5.5   Trends in pedestrian activity

6.   Overview of pedestrian injury on New Zealand roads

• 6.1   Extent of the problem
• 6.2   Who gets injured?
• 6.3   Where and when are pedestrians injured?
• 6.4   Why speed and pedestrians don't mix
• 6.5   Auckland study — provides insight into circumstances of child pedestrian injury
• 6.6   Pedestrian injury trends

7.   Ensuring the future of walking as a transport mode

• 7.1   Do we want a culture that walks?
• 7.2   A ‘walkable’ community for 50,000 people for the cost of a kilometre of motorway
• 7.3   Ackowledgements

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Page created: 10 November 2008