Children's route choice during active transportation to school: difference between shortest and actual route.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study is to increase our understanding of environmental correlates that are associated with route choice during active transportation to school (ATS) by comparing characteristics of actual walking and cycling routes between home and school with the shortest possible route to school.

Methods

Children (n = 184; 86 boys, 98 girls; age range: 8-12 years) from seven schools in suburban municipalities in the Netherlands participated in the study. Actual walking and cycling routes to school were measured with a GPS-device that children wore during an entire school week. Measurements were conducted in the period April-June 2014. Route characteristics for both actual and shortest routes between home and school were determined for a buffer of 25 m from t

SUBMITTER: Dessing D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4830076 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature