Past and present of active school transportation: An exploration of the built environment effects in Toronto, Canada from 1986 to 2006

The health benefits of walking and cycling to and from school, also called active school transportation (AST), are well documented. In the context of a declining trend in AST across the Western world, this paper examines school-travel behavior of 11-year-old children in Toronto, using multiple cros...

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Main Authors: Raktim Mitra, Elli M Papaioannou, Khandker M Nurul Habib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota 2015-07-01
Series:Journal of Transport and Land Use
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Online Access:https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/537