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HOW WALKABLE IS YOUR COMMUNITY
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Everyone benefits from walking. But walking needs to be safe and easy. Take a walk with your child and use this checklist to decide if your neighborhood is a friendly place to walk. If you find problems, there are ways you can make things better. Getting started: Pick a place to walk, like the route to school, a friend's house, or just somewhere fun to go. Read over the checklist before you go, and as you walk, note the locations of things you would like to change. At the end of your walk, circle an overall rating for each question. Then add up the numbers to see how you rated your walk.
1.Did you have enough room to walk safely?
Locations of problems:_________________________
2.Was it easy to cross streets?
Locations of problems:__________________________ 3.Did drivers behave well?
Locations of problems:________________________ 4.Was it easy to follow safety rules?
Locations of problems:____________________________ 5.Was your walk pleasant?
Locations of problems:________________________ How does your neighborhood stack up? Add up your ratings and decide.
How did your neighborhood rate?
Did You Find Something The next page has suggestions for making neighborhoods better places for walking that match up with the problems you identified. During your walk how did you feel physically? Could you go as far or as fast as you wanted? Were you short of breath, tired, or did you have sore feet or muscles? The next page also has suggestions about walking for exercise. |