The decline in active school transportation (AST): A systematic review of the factors related to AST and changes in school transport over time in North America

L Rothman, AK Macpherson, T Ross, RN Buliung - Preventive medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Active travel to school has declined during the last 50 years in North America. During the last
decade, the children's active school transportation (AST) literature has grown. This …

Parental barriers to active transport to school: a systematic review

MJ Aranda-Balboa, FJ Huertas-Delgado… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives We aimed to systematically review parental barriers towards children and
adolescents' active transport to school (ATS) in the scientific literature and to provide a …

[HTML][HTML] The neighborhood social environment and physical activity: a systematic scoping review

MM Kepper, CA Myers, KD Denstel, RF Hunter… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Investigating the association of the neighborhood social environment on
physical activity is complex. A systematic scoping review was performed to (1) provide an …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-continental comparison of the association between the physical environment and active transportation in children: a systematic review

S D'Haese, G Vanwolleghem, E Hinckson… - International journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Background The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the relationship
between a wide range of physical environmental characteristics and different contexts of …

[HTML][HTML] A cross-sectional study of demographic, environmental and parental barriers to active school travel among children in the United States

P Chillón, D Hales, A Vaughn, Z Gizlice, A Ni… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Background Promoting daily routine physical activities, such as active travel to school, may
have important health implications. Practitioners and policy makers must understand the …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated conceptual model of environmental needs for New Zealand children's active travel to school

M Smith, E Ikeda, G Hawley, S Mavoa, J Hosking… - Journal of Transport & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Active school travel (AST) is important for child and environmental health. In
New Zealand, AST has declined over recent decades and is relatively low compared to …

School walkability index: Application of environmental audit tool and GIS

S Lee, C Lee, JW Nam, M Abbey-Lambertz… - Journal of transport & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Active school travel is an important way to promote children's physical activity,
but it requires supportive environments that can safely and comfortably accommodate …

[HTML][HTML] Children's active school travel: Examining the combined perceived and objective built-environment factors from space syntax

A Ozbil, D Yesiltepe, G Argin, G Rybarczyk - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Increasing active school travel (AST) among children may provide the required level of daily
physical activity and reduce the prevalence of obesity. Despite efforts to promote this mode …

Playability: built and social environment features that promote physical activity within children

A Timperio, J Reid, J Veitch - Current obesity reports, 2015 - Springer
The role of neighbourhood built and social environments in shaping children's physical
activity has received increasing interest over the past 10 years. We reviewed recent …

Perceived physical environment and active transport in adolescents: A systematic review

L Klos, T Eberhardt, C Nigg, C Niessner… - Journal of Transport & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Perceptions of the physical environment influence adolescents' active transport.
However, it is unclear which characteristics of the environment are most important for …