Study measured the \u0022walkability\u0022 of schools in Metro Vancouver and highlighted which areas need improvements to walking and biking routes.
“If you’re able to facilitate kids being independent and being active in their neighbourhoods, it could have a lifelong impact on their health, the health of the community and the planet,” Barr said.
“All students should have safe active transportation options for getting to school,” Erin Rennie, a regional planner with Metro Vancouver, wrote in an email. “This analysis just tells us how we might begin to prioritize that work from a social equity perspective.” “You’d have to get down on the ground, ideally with kids with you, and walk those areas,” Barr said. She added the report helps to “figure out where further investigation is needed at a more local level.”
“The approach they took makes sense because typically these investments are made at the municipality level or school district levels,” said Kate Hosford, a PhD candidate at SFU’sThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.She said the report was “a great starting point” and called it “a practical approach to thinking about how we would prioritize investments in the region.
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