WHY DON'T CHILDREN WALK TO SCHOOL?

One of the community goals in Kirkland, Washington's Comprehensive Plan is a balanced transportation system that provides reasonable alternatives to single occupant vehicles. School officials have been working with the City of Kirkland traffic engineering staff to solve traffic congestion problems for several years. School officials responsible for parking lot traffic management realize that congestion is caused mainly by parents driving children to school. It is this contradiction of automobile traffic congestion around a "walking" school that led the city and school to further investigate the travel habits of Peter Kirk Elementary School students.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full conference proceedings available on CD-ROM only.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Godfrey, D
  • Mazzella, T
  • Cabrera, I
  • DAY, S
• Conference:
  • Harmonizing Transportation and Community Goals - The Challenge for Today's Transportation Professional. ITE International Conference
  • Location: Monterey, CA
  • Date: 1998-3-1 to 1998-3-4
• Publication Date: 1998-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Parking lots; Pedestrians; School children; Students; Walking
• Geographic Terms: Washington (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian age
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00751478
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1998 12:00AM