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New Zealand pedestrian profile

This profile aims to make visible the extent and importance of pedestrian activity and injury in New Zealand. Its focus is on walking as a transport mode, and it aims to provide an accessible overview to those who plan our communities and manage our roads.

An overview of pedestrian activity and injury in New Zealand


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