What stats would you like to see on the Slow Ways!?

Slow Ways Support

17 July 2020 09:09 Edited

ESRI have assigned us some GeoVolunteers who have helped to set up the hub - Sofia, James and Georgia. 

There is the possibility to create some dashboards and reveal data on individual routes and also the entire network that we can use (and enjoy).

What kind of stats would you like to see?

To kick things off... I'd like to know:

• % of routes that go through different types of land (woodland, urban areas etc)
• the number of people who live within 100m, 1km and 5km of a Slow Way

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  Jane Taylor

  17 July 2020 11:44

  Don't know what is possible - but here are some thoughts, I think our objectives are :

  - stats to support launch, broadcasting Slow Ways, headline figures showing scope, reach

  - stats to support the long range political agenda of improving walking networks between towns/cities, and rural networks too, and getting walking routes integrated into urban planning policy - quality and quantity 

  - stats to show how changes over time - building programs, land use changes - influence the quality and expectations of walking networks

  So to support these aims I'd say as well as Dan's suggestions (and I don't know what's possible, some/all of these may not be feasible). 

  Assume we would gather the data at route level and aggregate for stats.

  - % of non-urban routes that are walked on roads - a broad brush indication of route quality, and need for improved off-road path networks.  The class of road would be interesting too - A, B, minor, pavement/no pavement. 

  - % of urban routes through green spaces - quality, good things

  - core stats like length and ups/downs (which depends on direction of travel).

  - bridges, crossing points.  As well as a bit of fun (which routes cross the most rivers/motorways/railways) there is a serious point about the difficulty of getting from A - B when a crossing point is needed and it is a long way out of the way.

  - on the same note - deviation from crow flies distance.

  - stats organised by country/county/region/local authority, I don't see how we are going to tackle some of the long range political aspects of improving walking networks between towns/cities without this kind of breakdown (I think this means we need to assign slow ways and the routes to political units, and not double counting).

  If I think of some more I'll add them!

   

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  Andrew Mackay

  17 July 2020 16:08 Edited

  Some initial thoughts:

  - Number or % of routes that contain two or more transport hubs ("alternative walks to public transport")

  - Stats on which routes don't contain existing national or regional trails ("unexplored or quiet routes")

  - Routes that include travel through multiple OSOpen green spaces (as a proportion or number for each route)

  - The most snail like or sinuous route

  - The most direct!

  - Something to do with night skies using the CPRE https://www.nightblight.cpre.org.uk/ maps? Especially for more remote areas and camping opportunities

   

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