Date your City
#DYC An engaging tool for walkability assessments
About this process
This process belongs to Citizen engagement projects
The "Date Your City" tool by EIT Urban Mobility provides a template and method for assessing a city's walkability and streetscape. Based on common online dating app formats, Date Your City allows people to indicate what parts of the streetscape they "match with" - and which ones they don't. It creates a format for people to think about their preferences, increase their awareness on walkability and the quality of public space, and enter into a forum for actionable discussion and debate.
While there are many walking audit tools that exist, the Date your City tool is meant add a playful, easy alternative for people to get involved.
How does it work?
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Meant to be used on group walks, organisers can download, print and cut out the templates. The participants can hold the template in front of different elements that they come across during their walk and take a photo using their mobile phone - depending on if they like or don't like it. At the end of the walk, the photos can be compiled and discussed to not only assess what makes for great walkability - but also the elements that are more controversial or uncertain - and next steps for continued action.
Ready to Date your City?
- Download the templates - they are available in a white template and a blue template
- Check out our guide to help organise a successful walk
- Help us track the usage!
- Add select photos from your walk to our joint photo album
- Fill out this form to let us know you've organised a walk!
More information
Have any questions? Want to provide suggestions or feedback? We would love to hear from you. Please email us at [email protected].
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