Children's independent mobility in the City of Toronto, Canada

被引：47

作者：

Buliung, Ron N. ^{[1
]}

Larsen, Kristian ^{[2
]}

Faulkner, Guy ^{[3
]}

Ross, Timothy ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Toronto Mississauga, Dept Geog, 3359 Mississauga Rd North, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada

[2] Hosp Sick Children, Child Hlth Evaluat Sci, Peter Gilgan Ctr Res & Learning, 686 Bay St,11th Floor, Toronto, ON M5G0A4, Canada

[3] Univ British Columbia, Sch Kinesiol, DH Copp Bldg 4606,2146 Hlth Sci Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada

来源：

TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIETY | 2017年 / 9卷

关键词：

School travel; Children's independent mobility; Walking; Built environment; GIS; SCHOOL TRAVEL MODE; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; SOCIAL-ENVIRONMENT; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; SAFE ROUTES; URBAN FORM; WALKING; NEIGHBORHOOD; COMMUNITY; JOURNEY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.tbs.2017.06.001

中图分类号：

U [交通运输];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0823 ;

摘要：

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. (C) 2017 Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：58 / 69

页数：12

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