During the Committee's meeting on 21 March 2023, Kate Joester from Living Streets Scotland said:
Everyday walking is one of the things that have the potential to be absolutely transformational, in the sense that it can move a huge number of people from a position of not being sufficiently active to get the mental and physical health benefits to a position of being sufficiently physically active… However, we have the problem that women feel less safe simply walking to work and girls feel less safe walking to school.