The influence of the built environment on active school travel in the Netherlands: A mode choice analysis

Studies indicate that the amount of active travel among children is decreasing worldwide. The circumstances around travel modes and routes of children and young adolescents are less known if compared to adults’ walking or cycling. There is a growing interest in mobility patterns of children to school, especially. Active School Travel (AST) is decreasing in developed nations. This study explored which structural elements in the built environment of home and school locations influence AST of Dutch students. We used multinomial logistic regressions to study the effects of built environments on wa... Mehr ...