Impact of the Safe Routes to School Program on Walking and Bicycling

McDonald, Noreen C.; Steiner, Ruth; Lee, Chanam; Smith, Tori; Zhu, Xuemei; Yang, Yizhao

doi:10.1080/01944363.2014.956654

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“…28,29 Safe Routes to School programs have been effective in increasing walking and bicycling to and from school. 30,31 The present finding that boys had more minutes per day of physical activity than girls, not only overall but also in each location, indicates that gender disparities must be addressed in all settings. Active Physical Education 32 is an example of a setting-specific evidence-based intervention shown to provide similar amounts of physical activity for both genders.…”

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Locations of Physical Activity as Assessed by GPS in Young Adolescents

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To compare adolescents' physical activity at home, near home, at school, near school, and at other locations.METHODS: Adolescents (N = 549) were ages 12 to 16 years (49.9% girls, 31.3% nonwhite or Hispanic) from 447 census block groups in 2 US regions. Accelerometers and Global Positioning System devices assessed minutes of and proportion of time spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in each of the 5 locations. Mixed-effects regression compared MVPA across locations and demographic factors. RESULTS:Forty-two percent of adolescents' overall MVPA occurred at school, 18.7% at home, 18.3% in other (nonhome, nonschool) locations, and 20.6% near home or school. Youth had 10 more minutes (30% more) of overall MVPA on school days than on nonschool days. However, the percentage of location time spent in MVPA was lowest at school (4.8% on school days) and highest near home and near school (9.5%-10.4%). Girls had 2.6 to 5.5 fewer minutes per day of MVPA than boys in all locations except near school. CONCLUSIONS:Although a majority of adolescents' physical activity occurred at school, the low proportion of active time relative to the large amount of time spent at school suggests potential for increasing school-based activity. Increasing time spent in the neighborhood appears promising for increasing overall physical activity, because a high proportion of neighborhood time was active. Increasing youth physical activity to support metabolic health requires strategies for increasing use of physical activity-supportive locations (eg, neighborhoods) and environmental and program improvements in unsupportive locations (eg, schools, homes).

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“…Per trip rates of fatality for walking and bicycling were equivalent to passenger vehicles. Programs such as Safe Routes to School have highlighted the need to systematically make walking and bicycling safer for children and recent studies have proven the effectiveness of the program in decreasing injuries and increasing walking and bicycling (DiMaggio and Li, 2013;McDonald et al, 2014;Ragland et al, 2014). North Carolina received an allocation of $31million from the federal government through the SRTS program for 2005 to 2012 or approximately $3.9 million annually (National Partnership for Safe Routes to School, 2014).…”

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Assessing multimodal school travel safety in North Carolina

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McGrane

Rodgman

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Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…The growth of Safe Routes to School programs and funding is in direct response to these trends (Chillón et al 2011, McDonald et al 2014b). In California, 54 percent of students are driven each day, even though 62 percent live within a bike-able two miles of their school (Safe Routes to School National Partnership 2008).…”

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School Siting and Walkability: Experience and Policy Implications in California

Vincent¹,

Miller²,

Dillon³

2017

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The relationship between K-12 school siting, transportation, and land-use patterns is garnering increased attention from the planning and public health fields, as well as policymakers. Essentially, new schools are sited in locations far from where students live that lack pedestrianoriented street characteristics, which contributes to low-density development ("sprawl") and inhibits students from walking or bicycling to school (i.e., "Active School Commuting" or ASC). In California, the relationship between school siting, transportation, and land use is an especially salient issue for state policymakers. Goals on improving school siting outcomes to promote child and community health, efficient land-use development, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions have been integrated into recent state laws. However, it is unclear what policy fixes are needed to catalyze integration of local planning efforts around school siting. The relationships between school siting and location, urban form, and walkability are insufficiently examined to guide policy and program efforts-be they in California or other states. In particular, two knowledge gaps exist: the proportion of new school sites that are considered walkable, and what state-level policy changes might combat these so-called "sprawl schools" and promote ASC. To fill these gaps and guide policymakers, this paper: summarizes the research literature on school siting and healthy communities, paying particular attention to ASC findings; measures the walkability of new 2 schools sites in six high-growth California counties; and describes recent policy activity by California state agencies to improve ASC vis-à-vis improving local school siting decisions. We conclude with recommendations for planners and policymakers-especially those in California-to grapple with the relationships between school siting and healthy community outcomes and how to structure appropriate state policies or reforms.

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Impact of the Safe Routes to School Program on Walking and Bicycling

Cited by 111 publications

References 26 publications

Locations of Physical Activity as Assessed by GPS in Young Adolescents

Locations of Physical Activity as Assessed by GPS in Young Adolescents

Assessing multimodal school travel safety in North Carolina

School Siting and Walkability: Experience and Policy Implications in California

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