Table 4 Intervention categories and corresponding interventions
Interventions | Examples for specific BE changes for each intervention |
|---|---|
Park and playground interventions | |
1. Park renovations | Upgrading paths, adjusting seating areas, adding walking trails, greenery, barbecue or picnic areas, equipment, lighting, and a fenced leash-free area for dogs |
2. Playground renovations | Installing new components (play equipment, seating, additional safety surfacing, and waste facilities), removing existing components |
3. Park & playground renovations | A combination of interventions 1 and 2 |
4. Exercise equipment | Introducing outdoor exercise equipment/fitness equipment/family fitness zones |
5. Introducing a new (pocket) park | Redesigning existing green spaces into pocket parks to increase seating areas and walking trails |
6. Multi-component green initiatives | Replacing vacant land with new public park, redesigning existing parks, landscaping, planting flower bulbs in front yards, constructing wall gardens, greening streets, adding a greenway |
Interventions aimed at walking and cycling | |
7. Improving walking environments | Adding new sidewalks, walking paths, crosswalks, pedestrian crossing signs/signals, median islands, four-way stops, safe routes to schools, in-pavement crosswalk lighting. Renovating/repairing walking paths, repainting crosswalk lines, filling gaps in the sidewalk network |
8. Improving cycling environments | Installing cycle lanes, e.g., striped cycle lanes, separated bicycle paths, on and off-street/road bike lanes and new cycle lanes/trails. Adding bicycle boulevards, providing cycling-related facilities (bike storage/parking), improving cycling traffic (signs and crossings) |
9. Improving walking & cycling environments | Improving crosswalks, sidewalks, bike parking, installing traffic calming features (raised platforms, zebra crossings) and parking bays, creating safe places to walk. Adding off-road paved paths, adding new walking and cycling routes |
10. Greenway & trail | Adding/extending a greenway, introducing/extending a trail, renovating/extending a railway to a multi-use trail |
11. Traffic free bridge | Adding new pedestrian and cycle bridges |
12. Improving infrastructure system | A combination of adding routes for walking and cycling, rail-infrastructure, bike parking, street improvements. A combination of adding a new avenue, parking lots, on-road walking and cycling road. Construction of an off-road guideway for buses, with a parallel path for walking and cycling |
13. Multi-component initiatives for active travel | Wayfinding, improving crossings, sidewalks and from/to school environments, traffic calming measures, altered drop off/pick-up zones, creating parking bays, cycle lanes and pedestrian overpasses. Adding painted crosswalks, introducing and improving signage, parks, and bike racks, extending a walking path in conjunction with a subway expansion project |
Community-based interventions | |
14. Increase density | Population density, service/job density, recreation facility density and residential density |
15. Availability & accessibility of destinations | Increase number and accessibility of destinations, land-use mix, public transit availability/accessibility, sport facility availability, reduce distance to parks |
16. Street network initiatives | Changes in street connectivity and road characteristics |