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How  Walkable Is Hatboro?


Pitrone - Walking Checklist
P O Box 711
Hatboro, PA 19040

john@pitrone.com

Rating scale
1 = good
0 = bad
 
How did your walk rate? Add your rating scale. Total points ______
26-30 Excellent
21-25  Very good
16-20 Good
11-15 Needs work
5-10 Needs attention now

1.Did you have enough room to walk safely?
 0 or 1 ___ Sidewalks or paths started and stopped
 0 or 1 ___Sidewalks were broken or cracked
 0 or 1 ___Sidewalks were blocked with poles, signs, dumpsters, etc.
 0 or 1 ___No sidewalks, paths, or shoulders
 0 or 1 ___Too much traffic
 0 or 1 ___Something else?_____________________________

Locations of problems:_____________________________________________________ 

2.Was it easy to cross streets?
 0 or 1 ___Road was too wide
 0 or 1 ___Traffic signals made us wait too long or did not give us enough time to cross
 0 or 1 ___Needed striped crosswalks or traffic signals
 0 or 1 ___Parked cars blocked our view of traffic
 0 or 1 ___Trees or plants blocked our view of traffic
 0 or 1 ___Needed curb ramps or ramps needed repair
0 or 1 ___ Something else?________________________________

Locations of problems:_____________________________________________________ 

3.Did drivers behave well?
0 or 1 ___Backed out of driveways without looking
0 or 1 ___Did not yield to people crossing street
0 or 1 ___ Turned into people crossing streets
0 or 1 ___ Drove too fast
0 or 1 ___ Sped up to make it through traffic lights or drove through red lights
0 or 1 ___ Something else?________________________________

Locations of problems:_____________________________________________________ 

4.Was it easy to follow safety rules?
0 or 1 ___Cross at crosswalks or where you could see and be seen by drivers? 
0 or 1 ___Stop and look left, right, and left again before crossing streets? 
0 or 1 ___Walk on sidewalks, or shoulders (if no sidewalks), facing traffic?
0 or 1 ___Cross with the light?

Locations of problems:_____________________________________________________ 

5.Was your walk pleasant?
0 or 1 ___Some unpleasant things: 
 0 or 1 ___ Needs more grass, flowers, or trees
0 or 1 ___ Scary dogs
0 or 1 ___ Suspicious activity
0 or 1 ___ Not well lit
0 or 1 ___ Dirty, lots of litter or trash
0 or 1 ___ Something else?____________________________

Locations of problems:_____________________________________________________ 
 
 

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