What is walkability?
A walkable area offers its residents a range of nearby amenities, following the “15-minute city” concept: shops and services, public transport, and green spaces. All accessible via pratical, comfortable and safe routes.
Promoting walking in a city means improving quality of life, health, and social inclusion for everyone, regardless of age, gender, or disability. It also contributes to adapting your city to climate change.
Walkability assessment
Local authorities, urban planning agencies, and transport operators.
We assess the walkability of your area by combining traditional methods (GIS analysis, field visits, public consultations) with digital tools that enhance the overall evaluation.
We deliver decision-support tools (walkability indicators by street or neighborhood, and recommendations) and support you in building your Pedestrian Master Plan.
A turnkey service that enables you to develop an effective pedestrian strategy.
Why conduct a walkability assessment?
Enhance the well-being of your residents
Enhance the well-being of your residents
Promoting walking and cycling helps improve quality of life. Besides preventing certain diseases and improving mental well-being, active mobility reduce noise and pollution and improve traffic flow. By freeing up space for green areas and shared public spaces, they make the urban environment more attractive.
The core of our diagnostic
Understanding the walkability of an area means combining objective and subjective analyses of the strengths and barriers to walking.
Through an approach based on field visits and the analysis of extensive data (open data, existing local authority data, field surveys, and surveys on residents’ perceptions), we identify the key levers for improving and promoting daily walking.
Survey in Rennes Métropole (France)
residents, aged 16 to 85, responded
streets or street segments assessed
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Our clients
Why is it important to carry out a walkability diagnostic?
It helps you understand all pedestrian-related challenges in your area and identify concrete actions to make it more walkable.
Who can benefit from this service?
Local authorities, urban planning agencies, transport operators, and associations.
Is a walkability assessment mandatory?
No. While it is not legally required, it is highly recommended to complement your accessibility action plan, carry out your Pedestrian Plan and ensure the accessibility of all pedestrians, particularly people with reduced mobility.
Can citizen data be integrated into the assessment?
Yes. Our assessment incorporates the perspectives of local residents through on-site meetings and a participatory survey (Walkable City).