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Best Practices: Guidelines for Designing a Healthier Arvada
Advisory Services Panel - Healthy Communities
Arvada , Colorado March 2013
Walking and Biking
Guideline: Encourage a refined mix of
land uses that integrates a range of
potential destinations to maximize
regular walking and biking.
• Recommendation: New developments
should be specifically targeted to diversify
land use mix.
Recent study from Australia: “In
neighborhoods with different types of
destinations (a shop, newsagent, delicatessen,
DVD store, post office, supermarket) people
walked an additional 5.8 minutes per week for
each one present. If they had access to local
recreational destinations (e.g., a park, a sports
field, a beach), people walked an additional 21
minutes per week for each type available.”
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