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More than 100 desire paths

More than 100 desire paths

Summary

Shortways or desire paths is one of many projects of the Greener Trondheim program. Cities become better when they are walking friendly. Theese paths usually represents the shortest or the most easily navigated route between an origin and destination, and the width and severity of its surface erosion are often indicators of the traffic level it receives. Now the city has more than 100 paths.

There is a major health aspect to this as well – both in terms of health and the environment. An overall goal is to work for zero growth by finding other solution for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.

The paths are very popular among walkers.

 

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Key facts

Main target group: Both younger and older people (i.e. intergenerational)

Sector(s): Urban development

Desired outcome for older people:
Be mobile

Other issues the Age-friendly practice aims to address:
  • Accessibility
  • Healthy behaviours (e.g. physical activity)

Contact details

Name: Turid Helle

Email address: turid.helle@trondheim.kommune.no

Age-friendly practice in detail (click to expand):

Engaging the wider community

Project lead: Local authorities

Older people’s involvement: Older people helped to implement the age-friendly practice

Moving forward

Has the impact of this age-friendly practice been analysed: Yes

Was the impact positive or negative:
Positive

Looking back

Challenges:
The challenge with the shortcuts in Trondheim is that many of them are in the terrain, so we must use compensation measures so they are well suited for older people. This means things like handrails, lights, and benches to rest on. It was not possible to walk the paths for the elderly people. Now a lot of them are possible to walk also for a lot of the elderly people.