Children’s independent mobility in the City of Toronto, Canada
| Autor: | Timothy Ross, Guy Faulkner, Ron Buliung, Kristian Larsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Gerontology
050210 logistics & transportation Binomial regression education 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Human factors and ergonomics Poison control 021107 urban & regional planning Transportation 02 engineering and technology Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Independent walking 0502 economics and business Injury prevention Psychology human activities Built environment |
| Zdroj: | Travel Behaviour and Society. 9:58-69 |
| ISSN: | 2214-367X |
| Popis: | School travel patterns have changed over the past half-century, with more students driven and fewer walking independently. This study examines how individual, household and built environment correlates associate with school travel related children’s independent mobility in the City of Toronto, Canada. Parents and children (aged 9–13 years) completed activity-travel surveys and route mapping. Mapped routes were used to measure environmental correlates of independent walking to and from school. Separate to and from school travel models were estimated using binomial logistic regression models. Findings suggest that distance, age, gender, traffic volume and flexible parental work arrangements related to independent mobility. Getting children to walk to and from school may reduce the number of vehicles around the school, reduce safety concerns and possibly increase opportunities for independent mobility in childhood. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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