Healthy Streets Southwark: Changing streets to improve public health

Outcomes Measures Street is changed How the street looks Short-term and functions Medium-term People’s attitudes to the What people think of street change the street Long term People walk, cycle and dwell How people are more in the street using the street The methodology focuses on measuring the following: 1. [...] 21 Healthy Streets Southwark: Changing streets to improve public health What was the impact? How the streets look and function To understand whether the project changed the way streets in the project areas look and function, a HSCD was completed for 12 streets inside the three project areas and for four streets in the two control locations. [...] The score on this street stayed the same because, while the temporary footway widening is likely to have delivered benefits to people in parts of the street, these benefits were not sufficient to improve the street at its worst point, which determines the score. [...] 35 Healthy Streets Southwark: Changing streets to improve public health Conclusion The project improved the way streets in the three neighbourhoods look and function in relation to the Healthy Streets Indicators, improving the experience for people using these streets. [...] The mission of the unit is to investigate the individual and combined effects of these factors and to develop and evaluate strategies to prevent these diseases and their consequences.