I can't afford to read the Sunday Times on-line anymore, so I missed this article except for the excerpt that appeared on Stephen Pollard's blog. But the excerpt is good enough:
According to the Sunday Times, "ministers and civil servants at the Department for Transport are drawing up a new national walking strategy...Officials want to create what they call “legible cities”, so that those on foot can find their way easily and safely.A new pavement policy will advise pedestrians in the way the Highway Code advises drivers.
David Jamieson, the transport minister, has ordered the review amid concern that people are walking a quarter less than they did in the 1970s...Jamieson said last week: "A draft national walking strategy is being prepared. We are developing a specification for research on attitudes to walking. We are reviewing and updating our technical guidance on walking."