Background Active school transport (AST) is a promising strategy to increase children's
physical activity. A systematic review published in 2011 found large heterogeneity in the …

Active commuting to school has been recognized as a potential avenue to increase physical
activity in children and adolescents. However, active commuting to school has declined over …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: Increasing walking and bicycling to school has
been a national policy goal since Congress created the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) …

This study examines the effects of built environment features, including factors of land use
and road network, on bicyclists' route preferences using the data from the city of Seattle. The …

Although the built environment and certain psychosocial factors are related to adolescents'
active commuting to and from school (ACS), their interrelationships have not been explored …

Background The lack of physical activity and increasing time spent in sedentary behaviours
during childhood place importance on developing low cost, easy-toimplement school-based …

Problem: Childhood obesity has been an epidemic particularly in high-income countries.
There is a considerable volume of data and studies depicting the rising number of obese …

Context As children's lifestyles have become increasingly sedentary, active school travel can
be a relatively accessible way to increase their daily physical activity. In recent years …

Introduction: This study is aimed at filling part of the knowledge gap on bicycling safety in the
built environment by addressing two questions. First, are built environment features and …

Active Transportation to School (ATS) offers numerous health benefits and is considered an
affordable option, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods. The US Centers for Disease …