Examining the transport to school patterns of New Zealand adolescents by home-to-school distance and settlement types
Scholarship on active transport to school has largely focused on children, (large) urban areas, the umbrella term of “active transport” which considered walking and cycling together and without taking into account walking and/or cycling distance. This research examined adolescents’ patterns of transport to school in diverse settlement types and in relation to home-to-school distance in the Otago region of Aotearoa New Zealand. Patterns of transport to school by home-to-school distance, and across school locations, are described for a sample of 2,403 adolescents (age: 15.1 ± 1.4 years; 55% females) attending 23 out of 27 schools in large urban areas (n = 1,309; 11 schools), medium urban areas (n = 265; three schools), small urban areas (n = 652; four schools) and rural settings (n = 177; five schools). Empirical data were collected through an online survey, in which adolescents reported sociodemographic characteristics, travel to school, and perceptions of walking and cycling. Home-to-school distance was measured on the shortest route determined using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based network analysis. Transport to school patterns differed significantly by home-to-school distance and across settlement types. Profiles of different transport user groups showed significant variability in sociodemographic characteristics, family factors, average distance to school, self-reported physical activity, and perceived health. Initiatives to promote active transport and reduce reliance on car transport to school, whether to improve health and the environment or to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, need to pay closer attention to the settlement types, distance to school, and characteristics of different transport user modes.
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- © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Mandic, Sandra
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0000-0003-4126-8874
- García-Bengoechea, Enrique
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0000-0003-2899-8047
- Hopkins, Debbie
- Coppell, Kirsten
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0000-0003-0996-2874
- Smith, Melody
- Moore, Antoni
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0000-0001-7738-2308
- Keall, Michael
- Ergler, Christina
- Sandretto, Susan
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0000-0001-6106-1032
- Wilson, Gordon
- Kidd, Gavin
- Flaherty, Charlotte
- Mindell, Jennifer S
- Stephenson, Janet
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0000-0003-1454-524X
- King, Kimberley
- Spence, John C
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0000-0001-8485-1336
- Publication Date: 2023-5
Language
- English
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- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 101585
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Serial:
- Journal of Transport & Health
- Volume: 30
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 2214-1405
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22141405
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Adolescents; Nonmotorized transportation; School trips; Travel behavior; Trip length; Urban areas
- Geographic Terms: New Zealand
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;
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- Accession Number: 01879306
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 17 2023 9:01AM