Children’s Route Choice During Active Transportation to School: Difference Between Shortest and Actual route

The purpose of this study is to increase the understanding of environmental correlates that are associated with route choice during active transportation to school (ATS) by comparing characteristics of actual walking and cycling routes between home and school with the shortest possible route to school.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-016-0373-y
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/14795868
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2016 Dirk Dessing et al.
• Authors:
  • Dessing, Dirk
  • de Vries, Sanne I
  • Hegeman, Geertje
  • Verhagen, Evert
  • Van Mechelen, Willem
  • Pierik, Frank H
• Publication Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-11
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Volume: 13
  • Publisher: BioMed Central
  • ISSN: 1479-5868
  • Serial URL: http://www.ijbnpa.org/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Activity choices; Bicycle travel; Route choice; Routes; School children; Walking distance
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01603128
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 9 2016 12:04PM