Schedule and Venue
12 December
8:00 am to 12 noon
Hyatt Regency (Merapi 2 and 3)

Organizer
The World Bank

Although the modal share of pedestrians in developing cities tends to be very high, pedestrian infrastructure, amenities, and services are often neglected in municipal planning and budgets.

Pedestrian planning is not always a priority, and there are few incentives to do so. Helping city planners understand the scope and extent of local pedestrian conditions, relative to other cities, would be a positive step in the right direction, as would helping them identify specific countermeasures and costs associated with improving pedestrian conditions. To this end, the World Bank has developed a Global Walkability Index, which would rank cities across the world based, in part, on the safety, security, and convenience of their pedestrian environments.

Objectives
This interactive and hands on session will provide an introduction to how Global Wakability Index can be measured and used to assist in making informed decision. This forum will

• Generate awareness of walkability as an important issue in developing cities;
• Provide city officials with an incentive to address walkability issues;
• Help city planners understand scope and extent of local pedestrian conditions, relative to other cities; and
• Provide city planners with the information necessary to identify specific pedestrian-related shortcomings, as well with recommendations for next steps.

Participants
The target group for this training would be the CAI-Asia local network coordinator, NGOs, city planner, selected people working on SUMA, STEP and other SUT projects, and others who are interested in conducting GWI research.

Session Outline

The workshop will comprise four parts.

• Introduction to the Index, Ahmedabad pilot, and field work orientation
• Field test the Index survey materials on the streets of Yogakarta by participants
• Participants reconvene at the conference meeting room and discuss findings
• Discuss and critique the Index and survey methodologies and contribute new ideas for extending the work further

Session Presenters

• Holly V. Krambeck, Parsons Brinckerhoff, USA
• Abhijit Lockre, Environmental Planning Collaborative, India
• Karam Chand Nanta, Centre for Environmental Planning & Technology, India
• Dr. Jitendra (Jitu) Shah, Country Sector Coordinator, Environment and Social Unit, South East Asia, The World Bank, Bangkok, Thailand (jshah@worldbank.org)

Contact Person

Jitu Shah
Country Sector Coordinator
Environment and Social Unit - South East Asia
The World Bank
Bangkok, Thailand
Email - jshah@worldbank.org