School Walk is an engagement process that helps neighbourhoods promote and increase walking and wheeling to school. Developed by Civicplan on the award-winning engagement platform, PlanLocal, School Walk helps develop a picture of how a neighbourhood currently walks to school, then turns the knowledge into actions to help communities get active.
The process involves 4 stages:
1. ASK a school how they walk or wheel to school
Parents and children at the school fill out a survey about their current walking and wheeling to school habits as well as drawing their route to school on a map.
2. ANALYZE the results
The results of the survey are analyzed to better understand the walk and wheel school environment including producing a heatmap uncovering the most popular routes to school.
3. AUDIT the routes
Once the most popular routes and pinch points are identified, an on-the-street audit can be designed to help confirm locations in need of further investigation and potential infrastructure improvements.
