Walk Score, Environmental Quality and Walking in a Campus Setting

A small amount of campus walkability research has considered facility layout and environmental quality. The aim this paper is to use a Walk Score Urban Design Quality assess investigate the impact Score, quality other streetscape features on walking activity. This optimizes method based frequency, variety, distance students’ from public facilities. total 157 street segments Weijin Road Campus Tianjin University in China were selected Scores through GIS field audits. effect pedestrian volume was examined by negative binomial regression. We found that transparency, furniture, number buildings noise level have positive activity, while enclosure building basic color show relationship with volume. results will be used propose strategies improve promote