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dc.contributor.authorRidgewell, Claire
dc.contributor.authorSipe, Neil
dc.contributor.authorBuchanan, Nick
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:32:08Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:32:08Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-08-02T07:20:19Z
dc.identifier.issn08111146
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/08111140802304793
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/30477
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates school travel from four schools in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Documented evidence reveals that far fewer children are cycling or walking to school than in previous generations, and that more and more are being driven to school by car. This shift in travel behaviour is claimed to be contributing to declining levels of physical activity in children, and the associated detrimental effects on health. Regular cycling or walking to school is held up as providing an important opportunity for children to stay active. In this study, links between school travel modes and the built environment are investigated. The study additionally investigates the role that parents play in determining the mode their children travel by. Results show that the majority of students travelled by car both to and from school. Further analysis was able to demonstrate that children in schools in different locations have different travel patterns, with those in suburban areas having higher percentages of car travel, compared to those in the inner city and in a master planned development. However, despite the influence of the built environment, the most common reasons for car use cited in parental surveys related to parental safety concerns.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom43
dc.relation.ispartofpageto57
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalUrban Policy and Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume27
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTransport Planning
dc.subject.fieldofresearchUrban and Regional Planning
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman Geography
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and Administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode120506
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1604
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1605
dc.titleSchool travel modes: Factors influencing parental choice in four Brisbane schools
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorSipe, Neil G.


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