Abstract
Walking is a sustainable commute mode, and walkability is considered an essential sign of sustainable mobility. To date, many walkability assessment tools have been developed to assess the walkability conditions across the world. However, there is a paucity of comprehensive methods to assess current walkability tools based on walking needs and ensure all walking requirements are included. Thus, researchers and experts are unable to select the most comprehensive tool systematically. The present study attempts to develop a system to evaluate the quality of the existing tools. The instrument focuses on factors related to walking needs frequently observed in all types of walkability assessment tools. Hence, a pilot measurement quality appraisal instrument (MQAI) is developed and tested by a research team with planning and public health backgrounds. The final MQAI is tested by suitable reliability, criterion, and content validity tests. Most appraisal scales display moderate to high reliability for both audits and questionnaires. The MQAI appears as ready for use in several applications, including meta-analyses and systematic reviews. Additionally, the MQAI can be used by practitioners and planners to identify the most comprehensive and efficient assessment tools based on their needs.
Highlights
Walking is the simplest class of physical movement that benefits individual health.In addition, walking is regarded as a sustainable transport mode that benefits an individual, society, and environment [1,2,3]
The present study aims to develop a measurement quality appraisal instrument (MQAI) to evaluate walkability assessment tools based on walking needs
Several reviews were published on walkability assessment tools, and they highlighted challenges faced by extant studies [11,69,70,71]
Summary
Walking is the simplest class of physical movement that benefits individual health.In addition, walking is regarded as a sustainable transport mode that benefits an individual, society, and environment [1,2,3]. Several studies focused on identifying pedestrian needs [4,5]. These studies identified a range of factors that affect pedestrian behavior and decisions. These factors can be summarized into four main groups that include accessibility [6,7,8,9,10], safety [11,12,13,14,15,16], comfort [4,5,17,18,19], and pleasurability [4,5,20]. Tiwari [21] explored the safety concerns of an individual while accessing metro stations, and Zakaria and Ujang [22]
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