School Travel Planning: Mobilizing School and Community Resources to Encourage Active School Transportation

Buliung, Ron; Faulkner, Guy; Beesley, Theresa; Kennedy, Jacky

doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00647.x

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“…In 2005, the US Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program received over $1 billion of federal funding. 13,14 In Canada, SRTS programs have developed at a grassroots level, with limited government funding. 14 Increased walking to school might benefit overall health, but also increase collision risk.…”

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“…13,14 In Canada, SRTS programs have developed at a grassroots level, with limited government funding. 14 Increased walking to school might benefit overall health, but also increase collision risk. A recent Canadian study revealed a possible increase in walking/ cycling injuries among youth who regularly walked or cycled longer distances to school (.15 minutes), compared with those who did not walk/cycle to school.…”

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Motor Vehicle-Pedestrian Collisions and Walking to School: The Role of the Built Environment

Rothman

Macarthur

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Pediatrics

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT:Many studies have demonstrated that the built environment is related to both collision risk and walking to school. However, little research examines the influence of the built environment on the relationship between walking to school and pedestrian collision risk.WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS: Increased walking was not associated with increased pedestrian collision once the effects of the built environment and socioeconomic status were modeled. Safety was related primarily to the built environment and specifically features related to road crossing. abstract OBJECTIVES: Initiatives to increase active school transportation are popular. However, increased walking to school could increase collision risk. The built environment is related to both pedestrian collision risk and walking to school. We examined the influence of the built environment on walking to school and child pedestrian collisions in Toronto, Canada. METHODS:Police-reported pedestrian collision data from 2002 to 2011 for children ages 4 to 12, proportion of children walking to school, and built environment data were mapped onto school attendance boundaries. Collision rates were calculated by using 2006 census populations and modeled by using negative binomial regression.RESULTS: There were 481 collisions with a mean collision rate of 7.4/ 10 000 children per year. The relationship between walking proportion and collision rate was not statistically significant after adjusting for population density and roadway design variables including multifamily dwelling density, traffic light, traffic calming and 1-way street density, school crossing guard presence, and school socioeconomic status.CONCLUSIONS: Pedestrian collisions are more strongly associated with built environment features than with proportions walking. Road design features were related to higher collision rates and warrant further examination for their safety effects for children. Future policy designed to increase children' s active transportation should be developed from evidence that more clearly addresses child pedestrian safety. Pediatrics 2014;133:776-784

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“…Recent years have seen a significant increase in public funding being committed to programs and initiatives focused on both structural (e.g., street design, sidewalks) and non-structural (e.g., walk to school day, walking school bus) interventions that might enable AST. (Buliung et al 2011;Green Communities Canada 2013;Metrolinx 2011). While no longer-term revenue stream has been identified, Metrolinx, the provincial transportation authority for the GTHA, continues to support community mobilization as a way to enable walking, cycling, and transit use for school transportation.…”

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Past and Present of Active School Transportation: An Exploration of the Built Environment Effects in Toronto, Canada from 1986 to 2006

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Papaioannou

Habib

2015

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Abstract:The health benefits of walking and cycling to and from school, also called active school transportation (AST), are well documented. In the context of a declining trend in AST across the Western world, this paper examines school-travel behavior of 11-year-old children in Toronto, using multiple cross-sectional data from 1986, 1996, and 2006 Transportation Tomorrow Surveys. Results from binomial logit models suggest that school-travel distance and neighborhood built environment indeed explain some variation in the odds of AST between 1986 and 2006, and that the correlates of AST may have changed over time. Higher neighborhood block density correlated with walking/cycling in 1986. In contrast, household automobile ownership was negatively associated with AST in 2006; the effect of the built environment was relatively weak for that year. In addition, fewer children walked/cycled in 2006 compared to 1986, even when distance to school was short (<0.8 kilometers). Policy and programs should recognize the potentially changing role of travel distance to school and automobile ownership on a child's school travel outcome. Interventions in neighborhoods with high automobile ownership should specifically focus on education and encouragement to increase AST rates.

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“…Another pilot study by Mendoza and colleagues employed a cluster randomized controlled trial to investigate the impact of a five week WSB intervention on rates of active commuting and physical activity levels [22]. Most studies employed multifaceted interventions that included education, traffic enforcement and engineering improvements however a few studies utilized only one strategy (commonly walking school bus) to influence active modes of school transportation [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. Consistent with the goal of increasing rates of children's active transportation to and from school, most studies focused on reporting intermediary outcomes such as travel behavior and attitudes.…”

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“…There were two studies that explored the effect of STP interventions on student active school travel [25,26]. Buliung and colleagues conducted the first pilot study of twelve schools across four Canadian provinces [25]. Over a two year period, the proportion of children (grades K-8) who used active modes of transportation for their daily school commute was monitored.…”

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The Effectiveness of Healthy Community Approaches on Positive Health Outcomes in Canada and the United States

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School Travel Planning: Mobilizing School and Community Resources to Encourage Active School Transportation

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Motor Vehicle-Pedestrian Collisions and Walking to School: The Role of the Built Environment

Motor Vehicle-Pedestrian Collisions and Walking to School: The Role of the Built Environment

Past and Present of Active School Transportation: An Exploration of the Built Environment Effects in Toronto, Canada from 1986 to 2006

The Effectiveness of Healthy Community Approaches on Positive Health Outcomes in Canada and the United States

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