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Developing a walking strategy - online survey
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Self-Assessment Survey
Local governments have different levels of funding and capacity to deliver different strategies that best meet their needs. This quick self-assessment will get you thinking about the kind of walking strategy most appropriate for your council and what you can achieve with your resources. By completing this survey online, Victoria Walks will also receive information on the walking promotion capacity of different councils. If we use this information it will only be in aggregated form and not in a way that identifies individual councils. Enter your email address in the field provided and you will be sent a message detailing your responses.
What kind of walking strategy is most suitable for our council?
1. Where is your council based?
a. Rural
b. Regional centre
c. Peri-urban
d. Outer metropolitan Melbourne
e. Inner metropolitan Melbourne
"1. Where is your council based?" is a mandatory field
2. What kind(s) of walking do you want to focus on in your strategy?
a. Recreational
b. Walking for transport
c. All kinds of walking
"2. What kind(s) of walking do you want to focus on in your strategy?" is a mandatory field
3. How much consideration does your council currently give to walking?
a. Basic planning and funding for infrastructure (e.g. compliance with engineering standards for traffic management and access)
b. Infrastructure but not systematically planned; walking reflected in some policies
c. Focus on walking in land-use and transport policies (e.g. walking is a consideration for all activity and neighbourhood centres) as well as an active behaviour change program to support walking
"3. How much consideration does your council currently give to walking?" is a mandatory field
4. Has any work already been done towards developing a walking strategy?
a. No
b. Some policies reflect the need to support and promote walking (recreational and transport)
c. We have a transport plan that includes walking
"4. Has any work already been done towards developing a walking strategy?" is a mandatory field
5. What is the likely focus of your walking strategy?
a. Just some local destinations (e.g. shops, schools) or a particular centre/town.
b. A priority network to all key destinations
c. All the municipality (including links to other forms of transport) and integration with other council priorities, such as health improvements
"5. What is the likely focus of your walking strategy?" is a mandatory field
6. How much would you expect to spend per year on the elements (infrastructure and engagement) of a walking strategy (in addition to the standard capital works program for footpath maintenance etc.)?
a. Less than $50,000 per year
b. Between $50,000 and $100,000 per year
c. More than $100,000 per year
"6. How much would you expect to spend per year on the elements (infrastructure and engagement) of a walking strategy (in addition to the standard capital works program for footpath maintenance etc.)?" is a mandatory field
What is achievable within our current council structures and resources?
7. What internal resources can your council draw on?
a. Will need some external assistance to get started (e.g. this is only one of several responsibilities for one council officer)
b. Will require some external assistance (limited number of people and/or experience)
c. Lots of in-house experience and resources
"7. What internal resources can your council draw on?" is a mandatory field
8. How interested are your councillors in supporting and promoting walking?
a. Not that interested
b. Understand it’s important
c. Actively engaged
"8. How interested are your councillors in supporting and promoting walking?" is a mandatory field
9. How interested is your local community?
a. Not that interested
b. Reasonably interested
c. Active and engaged in walking
"9. How interested is your local community?" is a mandatory field
10. Have you done any previous community consultation about walking?
a. No
b. A little, on specific infrastructure or development projects
c. Yes, quite a lot (e.g. from a recent transport strategy)
"10. Have you done any previous community consultation about walking?" is a mandatory field
11. How important is it to get buy-in across the council (such as key managers) internally?
a. Not that important
b. Somewhat important
c. Very important
"11. How important is it to get buy-in across the council (such as key managers) internally?" is a mandatory field
12. Will the councillors need a lot of evidence behind the recommendations of the strategy?
a. Not really, this isn’t a high priority
b. They will need some supporting evidence
c. Yes, they will need to see that it has been carefully thought through
"12. Will the councillors need a lot of evidence behind the recommendations of the strategy?" is a mandatory field
13. If councillors will need evidence, what sort of evidence will they require?
a. Minimal evidence required
b. Linkages to existing policies
c. Strong empirical evidence and reports of need from community
"13. If councillors will need evidence, what sort of evidence will they require?" is a mandatory field
14. How significant will external stakeholders (e.g. VicRoads, neighbouring councils) be in developing and implementing your walking strategy?
a. Not that important
b. Somewhat important
c. Very important
"14. How significant will external stakeholders (e.g. VicRoads, neighbouring councils) be in developing and implementing your walking strategy?" is a mandatory field
15. How much are you prepared to spend on this strategy?
a. No external resources
b. Less than $30,000
c. More than $30,000
"15. How much are you prepared to spend on this strategy?" is a mandatory field
16. What timeframe would you like your walking strategy to cover?
a. 1 to 3 years
b. 4 to 8 years
c. 8 years or longer
"16. What timeframe would you like your walking strategy to cover?" is a mandatory field
17. When do you need to complete the strategy?
a. 3 months
b. 6 months
c. 1 year
"17. When do you need to complete the strategy?" is a mandatory field
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