Children's Independent Mobility, School Travel, and the Surrounding Neighborhood

Duffy, Robert T.; Larsen, Kristian; Bélanger, Mathieu; Brussoni, Mariana; Faulkner, Guy; Gunnell, Katie; Tremblay, Mark S.; Larouche, Richard

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2023.12.002

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.12.002

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Children's Independent Mobility, School Travel, and the Surrounding Neighborhood

Robert T. Duffy,

Kristian Larsen,

Mathieu Bélanger

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Urban heterogeneity of the trade-offs between exposure to greenery and walking distance in children's home–school routes

Khanian,

Łaszkiewicz,

Kronenberg

et al. 2024

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Urban heterogeneity of the trade-offs between exposure to greenery and walking distance in children's home–school routes

Khanian,

Łaszkiewicz,

Kronenberg

et al. 2024

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Active but not Independent: Children’s School Travel Patterns in a Compact-City Environment in Greece

Katsavounidou,

Voutsa,

Sepetzi

2024

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<p>Children’s active travel and independent mobility, especially regarding their daily travel to and from school, is essential for their wellbeing, influencing their physical health, psychology, social and cognitive skills, as well as priming children and youth for active and sustainable mobility choices when they become adults. Although active travel and independent mobility are interrelated concepts, they are quite distinct from each other, since a child’s active travel to school, on foot or by bicycle, can also occur with an adult escort. This article investigates children’s school commute patterns in a compact-city environment, using a structured questionnaire addressed to parents of elementary school children. The empirical study was conducted in Kordelio-Evosmos, a densely populated municipality in western Thessaloniki, which has one of the highest percentages of child population among Greek cities. The survey included questions about children’s school travel patterns, parents’ own perceptions of the characteristics of the school route, and their views regarding the overall quality of the neighbourhood environment. Children’s age ranged from 6 to 12 years, with 72.82% being 9 years or over. We found that 66.5% of the children commute to school on foot; however, only 14.08% do so on their own. Parents’ decision to escort their children along the route contradicts the area’s compact-city attributes, such as short distances between home and school and mixed uses. Problematic aspects of the neighbourhood environment such as unsafe crossings, poor pedestrian infrastructure, and drivers’ illegal behaviour were found to influence parents’ decisions over their children’s travel modes.</p>

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Evaluating the Quality of Children’s Active School Travel Spaces and the Mechanisms of School District Friendliness Impact Based on Multi-Source Big Data

Lu,

Yu,

Liu

2024

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With the advancement of child-friendly urban planning initiatives, the significance of Active School Travel Spaces (ASTSs) in shaping urban development and promoting the physical and mental well-being of children has become increasingly apparent. This research focuses on 151 public primary schools in the central urban area of Lanzhou City. Utilizing the Amap pedestrian route planning API, we establish a walking route network, evaluate the paths using spatial syntax and street view recognition methods, and analyze their influencing factors using a Geographic Detector model. The results show the following: ① The overall friendliness of ASTSs in Lanzhou City is moderate, with 44% of school districts exhibiting low friendliness. ② The distribution of child friendliness in ASTS exhibits a “core-periphery” pattern. Anning District demonstrates higher friendliness compared to Chengguan District and Qilihe District, while Xigu District exhibits the lowest level of friendliness. ③ Different levels of friendliness have different tendencies for access, safety, and comfort. A high degree of friendliness favors comfort. Low friendliness has the lowest requirements for safety and comfort. ④ Population density and transportation convenience exert a significant positive impact on friendliness, while the size of the school district and the centrality of schools have a negative impact. The synergistic effects among these influencing factors notably enhance the explanatory power of friendliness.

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Children's Independent Mobility, School Travel, and the Surrounding Neighborhood

Cited by 3 publications

References 49 publications

Urban heterogeneity of the trade-offs between exposure to greenery and walking distance in children's home–school routes

Urban heterogeneity of the trade-offs between exposure to greenery and walking distance in children's home–school routes

Active but not Independent: Children’s School Travel Patterns in a Compact-City Environment in Greece

Evaluating the Quality of Children’s Active School Travel Spaces and the Mechanisms of School District Friendliness Impact Based on Multi-Source Big Data

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