Associations between the streetscape built environment and walking to school among primary schoolchildren in Beijing, China

Wang, Xiaoge; Liu, Ye; Zhu, Chunwu; Yao, Yao; Helbich, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2022.103303

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“…Somewhat unexpected was the negative relationship between the pavement ratio and AST. Some earlier studies had reported a positive relationship between the presence of pavements and people's active travelling (Wang et al, 2022, Eldeeb et al, 2021. However, two Dutch studies found limited support that the presence of pavements is crucial in explaining active travel mode choice, which may be because of the omnipresence of cycle paths and sidewalks (Ton et al, 2019, Helbich, 2016.…”

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Adolescents' environmental perceptions mediate associations between streetscape environments and active school travel

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Liu

Yao

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Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

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Adolescents' environmental perceptions mediate associations between streetscape environments and active school travel

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Yao

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Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

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“…The choice of travel mode of school-age children can be affected by gender, age, or both [ 29 , 30 ]. Among household and family member factors, household income, household transportation ownership, whether someone is accompanied, car ownership, and parental commuting attributes all affect parental pick-up and drop-off decisions and children’s choice of travel mode [ 31 ]. Using Hangzhou City as an example, Tang found that students’ satisfaction with the traffic conditions in the neighborhood and the built environment have significant effects on secondary school students’ choice of travel mode to/from school [ 32 ].…”

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Influences of the Built Environment on Rural School Children’s Travel Mode Choice: The Case of Chengdu

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Since the reform and opening up of China, the rural built environment has changed dramatically. There is a need to understand how such changes have impacted rural children’s school travel mode choice to design the built environment and plan schools accordingly. This paper combines field measurement methods and questionnaires to obtain data on rural children’s school travel behavior and uses the multinomial logit (MNL) model to investigate the impacting factors. The results show the following insights: Age has a significant positive impact on children’s choice of bicycles and buses. The improvements in road layout and facility conditions are significantly and positively associated with children’s choice of electric bicycles for school. There is a significant positive correlation between a good and safe public environment and children’s choice of cycling. Furthermore, distance from home to school has a significant impact on the choice of children’s school travel mode: the greater the distance to school, the higher the probability that children will choose motorized modes of travel such as buses and private cars. This study provides empirical data and evidence in designing rural transport systems for school children based on their preferences concerning built environment factors.

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“…In the existing literature, research on personal factors mainly includes age ( 11 – 14 ), gender ( 13 , 15 – 18 ), race ( 19 – 21 ), etc. Family factors mainly include family income ( 22 – 25 ), family car ownership rate ( 26 – 29 ), family driver's license ownership rate, parents' convenience of transportation ( 12 , 30 , 31 ), parents' attitude toward students' travel ( 16 , 32 – 34 ), number of brothers and sisters ( 32 , 35 ), parents' education level ( 20 , 29 ) and other family factors. The impact of travel characteristic factors on students' choice of commuting mode is mainly reflected in travel distance ( 36 – 42 ) and travel duration ( 28 , 40 ).…”

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“…Obviously, compared with measurable objective factors, children's subjective perception of the environment is equally related to their learning behavior ( 34 ). In summary, the common factors impacting children school travel mode choices in the existing research include residential density ( 46 – 48 ), residential location ( 49 , 50 ), pedestrian facilities ( 28 , 51 ), travel safety ( 29 , 52 ), etc.…”

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The built environment impacts on route choice from home to school for rural students: A stated preference experiment

Han

Wang

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Front. Public Health

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IntroductionRural roads and built environment in China have been developed enormously, but it is not clear whether these roads fulfill the needs of school children as they need to travel long to school every day.ObjectiveIt is crucial to understand the influencing factors of their travel mode choices to better design future country roads and built environment, aiming to promote physical activities of school children in a safe built environment.MethodThis study thus attempts to explore the impacts of rural built environment attributes on children's school travel mode preferences. Eight rural built environment attributes are considered: distance from home to school; the number of intersections passed on the way to school; whether there are sidewalks/bicycle lanes; the traffic speed of school access routes; whether there are separation facilities between motor vehicles and non-motor vehicles; whether there are traffic lights and zebra crossings; availability of greenery such as lawns, flower ponds and street trees and whether there are shops on the way to school and at the school gate. Six hundred and thirty eight valid questionnaires were obtained through face-to-face interviews with school-age children in villages. A multinomial logit model was estimated to unravel the preferences and choices of rural school-age children in different models of school travel using the stated choice data.ResultsAll the eight attributes have significant impacts on rural children's school travel choices on foot, bicycle, electric bicycle or motorbike. And four rural road design attributes have significant effects on rural children's school travel by private cars. A travel path with pavements or bike lanes, few intersections, low traffic speeds, greenery and shops can facilitate children's school travels on foot or by bike. The conclusions can provide reference for the further upgrading planning, designing and construction of rural roads, as well as enriching the theory and practice of child-friendly villages construction.

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Associations between the streetscape built environment and walking to school among primary schoolchildren in Beijing, China

Cited by 33 publications

References 86 publications

Adolescents' environmental perceptions mediate associations between streetscape environments and active school travel

Adolescents' environmental perceptions mediate associations between streetscape environments and active school travel

Influences of the Built Environment on Rural School Children’s Travel Mode Choice: The Case of Chengdu

The built environment impacts on route choice from home to school for rural students: A stated preference experiment

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