How Walkable Is Hatboro?
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Pitrone - Walking Checklist
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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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