Findings from research on active transportation to school and implications for safe routes to school programs

O Stewart - Journal of Planning Literature, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
This literature review identified common factors associated with active transportation to
school (ATS). It used a conceptual framework of a child's commute mode to school to classify …

Urban form relationships with youth physical activity: implications for research and practice

JV Loon, L Frank - Journal of planning literature, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
This article summarizes and synthesizes empirical research on relationships between youth
physical activity and urban form across several disciplines, for a planning audience. It …

Promoting walking and bicycling: assessing the evidence to assist planners

A Forsyth, KJ Krizek - Built environment, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
How can people be encouraged to walk or cycle more? This article draws on the results of
over 300 well-designed empirical studies to provide guidance on how specific strategies can …

Can built and social environmental factors encourage walking among individuals with negative walking attitudes?

K Joh, MT Nguyen, MG Boarnet - Journal of Planning …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
We investigate whether the design of the built environment encourages walking above and
beyond individuals' attitudes toward walking. With data from a regional travel survey, we use …

State-of-the-art review: preventing child and youth pedestrian motor vehicle collisions: critical issues and future directions

MS Cloutier, E Beaulieu, L Fridman… - Injury …, 2021 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Aim To undertake a comprehensive review of the best available evidence related to risk
factors for child pedestrian motor vehicle collision (PMVC), as well as identification of …

The built environment and the incidence of pedestrian and cyclist crashes

E Dumbaugh, W Li, K Joh - Urban Design International, 2013 - Springer
This study applied negative binomial regressions to understand how the characteristics of
the built environment may affect the incidence of crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists …

Food, physical activity, and health deserts in Alabama: the spatial link between healthy eating, exercise, and socioeconomic factors

JM Lane, BA Davis - GeoJournal, 2022 - Springer
Regions with limited access to fresh foods have been associated with socioeconomic factors
such as minority ethnic populations, lower incomes, higher poverty levels, elderly …

Installation of speed humps and pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions in Toronto, Canada: a quasi-experimental study

L Rothman, A Macpherson, R Buliung, C Macarthur… - BMC Public Health, 2015 - Springer
Background Evidence related to the effectiveness of speed humps on reducing pedestrian-
motor vehicle collisions (PMVC) has been conflicting. The purpose of this study was to …

National Safe Routes to School program and risk of school-age pedestrian and bicyclist injury

C DiMaggio, S Frangos, G Li - Annals of epidemiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Purpose Safe Routes to School (SRTS) was a federally funded transportation
program for facilitating physically active commuting to and from school in children through …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of state safe routes to school-related laws on active travel to school policies and practices in US elementary schools

JF Chriqui, DR Taber, SJ Slater, L Turner, KMG Lowrey… - Health & place, 2012 - Elsevier
This study examined the relationship between state laws requiring minimum bussing
distances, hazardous route exemptions, sidewalks, crossing guards, speed zones, and …