[HTML][HTML] Spatial multicriteria decision analysis for Walking School Bus target development strategies

A Hayes, JYT Wang, A Nikitas - Journal of Transport & Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Around the world there has been a decline in the mode share of walking to
school. This is the result of many factors influencing the mode choice decisions of parents for …

Sustainable school commuting–understanding choices and identifying opportunities: A case study in Dublin, Ireland

JA Kelly, M Fu - Journal of Transport Geography, 2014 - Elsevier
Travel to primary or secondary school during term constitutes a significant portion of the
early morning flows of people on a transport network within all developed nations. Where …

Walking school bus line routing for efficiency, health and walkability: A multi‐objective optimisation approach

JYT Wang, Z Wu, Y Kang, E Brown… - Journal of Multi …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Walking School Bus (WSB) has been recognised as an innovative solution to
promote walking to school, bringing a wide spectrum of benefits, including: health benefits …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring parental perceptions about school travel and walking school buses: A thematic analysis approach

A Nikitas, JYT Wang, C Knamiller - … research part A: policy and practice, 2019 - Elsevier
Establishing a less car-oriented mobility ethos through initiatives targeting, among others,
children's travel to school could be a key for unlocking the potential for a more sustainable …

Mode choice for school trips: long-term planning and impact of modal specification on policy assessments

A Ermagun, TH Rashidi, ZA Lari - Transportation research …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past decade, policy makers and researchers in various disciplines have
increasingly focused on school trip behavior. Active transportation modes have been …

Children's travel to school: discrete choice modeling of correlated motorized and nonmotorized transportation modes using covariance heterogeneity

GF Ulfarsson, VN Shankar - Environment and Planning B …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Children's school travel mode is changing, especially away from walking and bicycling and
towards private automobiles. Simultaneously we see warning signs from a public health …

Walking school buses in the Auckland region: A longitudinal assessment

D Collins, RA Kearns - Transport Policy, 2010 - Elsevier
This article examines the development of walking school buses (WSBs) in Auckland, New
Zealand, drawing on five annual surveys. Longitudinal analysis reveals sustained growth in …

An exploratory analysis of factors that encourage students to choose sustainable modes in travelling to schools: evidence from Victoria, Australia

F Apriandy, S Sugiarto, Y Darma… - Transportation …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Travelling using sustainable modes, such as active transport and public transport, improves
students' well-being and mental health, and bolsters sustainability. This study aims to …

Investigating the subjective and objective factors influencing teenagers' school travel mode choice–An integrated choice and latent variable model

M Kamargianni, S Dubey, A Polydoropoulou… - … Research Part A: Policy …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, we apply Bhat and Dubey's (2014) new probit-kernel based Integrated Choice
and Latent Variable (ICLV) model formulation to analyze children's travel mode choice to …

Effect of public transportation in reducing passenger car trips to schools in Al-Khobar–Dhahran metropolitan area, Saudi Arabia

NT Ratrout, U Gazder, KJ Assi - Transportation letters, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
School trips comprise a major portion of daily vehicular demand on urban road networks.
Dependence on cars for school trips can induce congestion on a routine basis. In this study …