Understanding modal choice for the trip to school

Linking modal choice to motility: A comprehensive review

“…Many researchers postulate that modal choice should not only be studied based on objective measurements, but should also take into account subjective aspects (e.g. Fyrhi and Hjorthol, 2009;Kajita et al, 2004;Lang et al, 2011;Hine and Scott, 2000;Bamberg et al, 2003;Van Acker et al, 2010). Therefore, a realistic framework of modal choice should not only consider economic aspects, but also factors from transport geography and social psychology.…”

Factors associated with bicycling to high school: insights from Davis, CA

“…Guided by current research findings, we divided this category of factors into peer-influences, parental-influences, and community influences, all of which have been identified as important for youth travel behavior (Pucher et al, 1999;McMillan, 2005;Orsini and O'Brien, 2006;McDonald, 2008;Lang et al, 2011). Teenagers might be especially influenced by the opinions and actions of their friends and schoolmates, more so than younger children and adults.…”

“…However, the research on school travel mirrors the policies in leaving important gaps: most studies focus on elementary students and rather than high school students (e.g. McMillan, 2005;Lang et al, 2011), and most focus on walking rather than bicycling (e.g. Kerr et al, 2007).…”

Guest editorial: special section on child and youth mobility – current research and nascent themes

“…Four of the six articles are closely aligned with the quantitative tradition in transportation geography (Emond and Handy, 2012;Mitra and Buliung, 2012;Susilo and Waygood, 2012;McDonald, 2012). Adding to the emerging interest in the qualitative study of transport processes (see Lang et al, 2011), the pieces by Tranter and Sharpe (2012) and Fusco et al (2012) demonstrate what we can learn by studying transport processes using the lens of critical and/or cultural geography.…”