Increasing active travel to school: Are we on the right track? A cluster randomised controlled trial from Sydney, Australia

The World Health Organization’s Health Promoting Schools Framework: A Cochrane Systematic Review and Meta Analysis

“…Summary details of the types of interventions are presented in Table 3. [28,31,34,46,54,64,68,69,72,73,81] and eight in middleor low-income countries (China [56,79,84], India [55], Mexico [38,49], Egypt [80] and Tanzania [67]). Thirtyfour studies focused on physical activity and/or nutrition.…”

Healthy Urban Environments for Children and Young People: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies

“…Fifteen primary studies (Boarnet et al, 2005a(Boarnet et al, , 2005bBuliung et al, 2011;Deehr and Shumann, 2009;Fitzhugh et al, 2010;Garrard and Crawford, 2010;Hinckson and Badland, 2011;Mammen et al, 2014aMammen et al, , 2014bMcDonald et al, 2013;Morrison et al, 2004;Moudon and Stewart, 2012;Parker et al, 2013;Wen et al, 2008) in relation to 12 interventions were identified which aimed to increase the level of active travel amongst children and young people.…”

“…The majority of primary studies examined the impact of multicomponent programmes which included: Safe Routes to School (Boarnet et al, 2005a(Boarnet et al, , 2005bDeehr and Shumann, 2009;McDonald et al, 2013;Moudon and Stewart, 2012); School Travel Plans (Buliung et al, 2011;Hinckson and Badland, 2011;Mammen et al, 2014aMammen et al, , 2014b; Ride2School (Garrard and Crawford, 2010), and; Central Sydney Walk to School Research programme (Wen et al, 2008). Primary studies in relation to single component interventions included the addition of a bike lane in an urban area (Parker et al, 2013), retrofitting an urban greenway/ trail (Fitzhugh et al, 2010), and introduction of a traffic calming scheme (Morrison et al, 2004).…”

Post-suburban transformation in the functional urban region of Budapest in the context of changing commuting patterns

“…Transport research has focused on the mode choice of commuters (Asensio, 2002;Bhat, 1997;Zhang, 2004) and its effects on traffic congestion, infrastructure networks and the environment. The health consequences of commuting have also been extensively researched (Punpuing & Ross, 2001;Wen et al, 2008;Guell et al, 2012;Voss & Sandercock, 2010).…”

“…Several studies have focused on the travel behaviour of students concentrating on mode choice (Wilson, Wilson & Krizek, 2007;Wilson et al, 2010;McMillan, 2007;Morris, Wang & Lilja, 2001), and there is rich research literature on the health consequences of travelling to school by car (Hillman, 1997;Cooper et al, 2003;Wen et al, 2008;Voss & Sandercock, 2010). Previous research on the relationship between urban form and students' commuting emphasised mainly the influence of urban form on transport mode choice at neighbourhood scale (Schlossberg 2005, McMillan 2007, Larsen et al 2009, Lin & Chang 2009, while studies on the potential linkage between the location of homes and schools versus school commuting are few in number (see, for example, Marique et al 2013).…”