- ARUP: International Consultancy that are big on walking cities. Cities Alive Toward a Walking world – best practice guide drawing from international case studies to create walking friendly cities.
- Charter Institute for Highways and Transportation – UK based organisation promoting the voice of the highways and transport infrastructure profession: Planning for Walking – guide to planning for walking in UK: Designing for Walking – guide to designing streets for walking in UK
- Department for Transport UK – Local Cycling and Walking Investment Plans (LCWIP): UK based guide on how to plan, assess and execute walking friendly towns and places
- Global Designing Cities Initiative: Created the Global Street Design Guide, based on international best practice around creating healthy and sustainable cities.
- Guardian Cities – regular articles promoting sustainable and healthy cities, also often focusing on walking
- Happy City – Transforming our lives through urban design – Charles Montgomery: Excellent book that showcases both the science, research and best practice examples to creating happier healthier cities
- Healthy Streets – Lucy Saunders’ healthy streets online resources and guides to creating healthy streets, bringing together both the public health and sustainable transport world. Healthy Streets audit guides for use internationally. Healthy Streets surveys and other resources
- International Pedestrian Federation – Promotes the rights of pedestrians globally since 1963.
- Jan Gehl – Making Cities for People – Walking features heavily in the Danish architect’s books and advice: Cities for People – 2010 – great starting book for how to design streets and cities around people and walking. Public Space Life surveys – experts at reviewing the public life of streets
Jeff Speck – American Walkability guru: Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making better places - Living Streets – UK’s charity for everyday walking: campaigns and works towards creating walking cities in the UK. Lots of UK based resources, news, campaigns and guides.
- London Living Streets local campaign group – great resource for London based campaigns and updates on walking related design and resources
- NICE – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: UK based source of scientific research and policy behind healthPhysical Activity: Walking and Cycling
- PERS – Pedestrian Environment Review System: Walking audit tool to reviewing the pedestrian environment and developing recommendations
- Public Health England – England government public health department with lots of research and guides on making walking accessible for all: One you Campaign – Active 10 : 10 minute brisk walking challenge
- Ranty Highwayman – UK based blog of an urban engineer with guides and resources around urban design and walking
- Street Fight – Janette Sadik-Khan: Great book showcasing New York’s journey towards more people and walking focused streets
- The Conversation: Academic journalism on current affairs.The Conversation Cities – academic studies on walking and sustainable transport
- The Institute for Transport and Development Policy – Global NGO based in 7 countries working to design and implement high quality transport systems and policy solutions that make cities more livable, equitable, and sustainable. Lots of country specific based guides on walkability
- Transport for London – London transport authority and original home of Healthy Streets and a number of walking related guides: Tfl – Pedestrian Comfort Guide for London – good guide to measuring pedestrian comfort on any give street
- Urban Design Group – UK based but with a very global reach professional urban design resource. Regular updates in the world of walking and urban design.
- Walk21 – International organisation that promotes walking and conferences and events including the annual Walk 21 Conference.
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