A Walkability Survey in Hong Kong

Abstract

A walkability survey was conducted in Hong Kong as a first step towards helping city planners understand scope and extent of existing pedestrian conditions and to identify specific pedestrian-related shortcomings. The methodology for the survey was taken from The Global Walkability Index (GWI) and Asian Development Bank/ Clean Air for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia), and improved slightly to suit the local situation in Hong Kong. It is found that more than fifty percentage of people are satisfied with the existing pedestrian facilities in the city and those who are not happy feel the need of improvements in street lighting; clean, weather proof and wider foot paths; reducing road traffic and speed; removal of obstacles along the walking paths and more crossing points. Among the nine variables that were evaluated in the field observational survey, walkways in commercial areas have the best infrastructures and level of service, including provision of facilities for the physically disabled. There is plenty of room for improvement in other areas, in particular the industrial areas.

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