Walk Audit Tips & Tools

Many people feel unsafe on high-risk corridors, but aren’t aware of the specific features of the road design that create an unwelcoming environment. A walk audit is an opportunity for elected officials, agency staff, and community members to understand why a road is unsafe. These tools provide easy-to-follow steps and tips for walk audits.

Mark Fenton's Tips on Leading a Walk Audit

This one-page tool from walk audit extraordinaire Mark Fenton provides tips on walk audit participants, distance, route, and content.

Active Living Research’s MAPs-Mini Tool

This short, 15-question tool scores features of street segments and crossings that provide safety and comfort. MAPs-Mini scores are related to the levels of physical activity on a street.

Did You Know?

It is not about running on a treadmill… It is about using the body that we have in the way that it was designed, which is to walk often, run sometimes, and move in ways that where we physically exert ourselves regularly… in our daily lives. – The Lancet

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