Travel-to-school mode choice modelling and patterns of school choice in urban areas

Müller, Sven; Tscharaktschiew, Stefan; Haase, Knut

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2007.12.004

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“…Applying the discrete choice modelling, Müller et al (2008) investigate area level factors influencing pupil"s mode choice and state that " [journey] distance strongly influences the travel-to-school mode choice, students switch from modes appropriate for short distances like cycling to modes appropriate for longer distances like public transport". Marshall et al (2010) also employ a multinomial logit model and find that when a child"s school is close to home (approximately 1 mile) the likelihood that they will walk increases, but "the odds of walking decline rapidly at longer travel distances: for travel distances greater than 1.6km" .…”

Section: Factors Affecting Travel Behaviour Of the Journey To Schoolmentioning

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“…As a result, it is likely that the children and their parents take advantage of the school choice policy (and so are usually not eligible for free bus travel) and that this school is outside of practical walking and cycling distances of 1-1.5 miles (Müller et al 2008;van Sluijs et al 2009) and therefore are increasing nationwide VMT and CO2 emissions. Overall, several studies have been conducted that investigate the "success" of "school choice", but one area that does not appear to have been widely explored is the impact that the parental choice agenda has on travel patterns and the resulting impacts.…”

Section: School Choice Policy and Its Impact On Travel Behaviourmentioning

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Quantifying the transport-related impacts of parental school choice in England

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Citation: VAN RISTELL, J. ... et al., 2013. Quantifying the transport-related impacts of parental school choice in England. Transportation, 40 (1) 2 ABSTRACTSchool travel is becoming increasingly car-based and this is leading to many environmental and health implications for children all over the world. One of several reasons for this, is that journey to school distances have increased over time, a trend that has been reinforced in some countries by the adoption of so-called "school choice" policies, whereby parents can apply on behalf of their child(ren) to attend any school, and not only the school they live closest to. This paper examines the traffic and environmental impacts of the school choice policy in England. It achieves this by analysing School Census data from 2009 from the Department for Education. Multinomial logit modelling and mixed multinomial logit modelling are used to illustrate the current travel behaviour of English children in their journey to school and examine how there can be a significant reduction in vehicle miles travelled, CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption if the "school choice" policy is removed. The results suggest that if all children attended their nearest school, this would result in reductions in their personal mobility, vehicle miles travelled and CO 2 emissions.The model shows that when school choice was replaced by a policy where each child only travelled to their "nearest school" several changes occurred in English school travel. VMT fell by over 3.6 million miles per day. The reduction in vehicle miles travelled could lead to less congestion on the roads during the morning rush hour and less cars driving near school gates. Mode choice changed in the modelled scenario. Car use fell from 32% to 22%. Bus use fell from 12% to 7%, whilst NMT saw a rise of 17%. With more children travelling to school by walking or cycling the current epidemic of childhood obesity could also be reduced through active travel.

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Section: School Choice Policy and Its Impact On Travel Behaviourmentioning

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Quantifying the transport-related impacts of parental school choice in England

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“…More importantly, in regards to private motor vehicle as an alternative mode to/from school, several previous studies examined that identified private motor vehicles are car (Muller et al, 2008;Fyhri and Hjorthol, 2009;Zwerts et al, 2009).Therefore, children from low income household tend to do active transport due to private car unavailability (McMillan, 2006;McDonald, 2008). Meanwhile in eastern Asian countries, it is clear that motorcycle plays an important role in daily life even though it is not popular in western countries (Hsu et al, 2003;Chang and Wu, 2008).…”

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Promoting Active Transport in Students’ Travel Behavior: A Case from Yogyakarta (Indonesia)

Irawan¹,

Sumi²

2011

JSD

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School active commute has decreased in the last few decades. This occurrence resulted not only in increasing congestion and pollution, but also in decreasing children's physical health. This study aims to understand students' travel behavior on school commute by finding the factors influencing travel mode choice. A multinomial logit model was used to explain the students' travel behavior in Yogyakarta, a city which is dominated by motorcyclists. A number of 878 students were selected classifying into children (6-12 years old) and adolescents (13-18 years old). Empirical results showed that distance from home to school is the critical factor in determining active commute. However, factors of age, gender, and characteristics of students' household also play an important role in shaping students' travel behavior. Finally, to revive active commute, several appropriate policies such as bike to school program or synchronization of work and school start/end time were proposed in this study.

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“…The environmental determinants of active travel in youth summarized the characteristics influencing parental safety concern as the following six travel obstacles and behavioral reasons (1) personal and road safety; (2) social interactions between students, teachers, and parents; (3) facilities to assist active travel; (4) urban form and street design; (5) general aesthetics and (6) weather (Panter, Jones, & Sluijs, 2008). At the same time, a study by Schlossberg M found weather to be a key variable in types of student travel (Schlossberg et al, 2006) and sought for the government to offer convenience in response to the travel needs of students during weather conditions that hinder walking and bicycle use (Müller, Tscharaktschiew, & Haase, 2008).…”

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Assessment of Parent’s Anxiety within Safety of Children: Primary schools in the upper southern part of Thailand

Sattanon

Upala²

2017

E-BPJ

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The objectives of this paper are to investigate the parental anxiety within the safety of children travel to school and examine the student's self-help abilities. The 1,105 questionnaires were sent to caretakers through pupils. The results indicated that their worries at the high level mainly about the school setting, traffic volume, weather, security management, and facilities. Additionally, these worries are different from socio-economics, family's characteristic and physical environment. Furthermore, the gender, family incomes and grade of students cause a greater level of safety concern. Finally, the needs to improve the school are (1) Traffic management, (2) Safety Zone and (3) Facilities.

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Travel-to-school mode choice modelling and patterns of school choice in urban areas

Cited by 154 publications

References 13 publications

Quantifying the transport-related impacts of parental school choice in England

Quantifying the transport-related impacts of parental school choice in England

Promoting Active Transport in Students’ Travel Behavior: A Case from Yogyakarta (Indonesia)

Assessment of Parent’s Anxiety within Safety of Children: Primary schools in the upper southern part of Thailand

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