ArticlePreventive medicine reports
School-travel by public transit: Rethinking active transportation.
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- Pooled it
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- Systematic Review of Active Travel to School Surveillance in the United States and Canada.Journal of healthy eating and active living · 2023Article
- Sociodemographic and Built Environment Associates of Travel to School by Car among New Zealand Adolescents: Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Keeping kids safe for active travel to school: A mixed method examination of school policies and practices and children's school travel behaviour.Travel behaviour & society · 2020Article
- Associations between Public Transport Accessibility around Homes and Schools and Walking and Cycling among Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- A Scoping Review of Children and Adolescents' Active Travel in Ireland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Does free public transit increase physical activity and independent mobility in children? Study protocol for comparing children's activity between two Finnish towns with and without free public transit.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Intention to use light-rail transit in Houston, Texas, United States: Findings from the Travel-Related Activity in Neighborhoods study.International journal of sustainable transportation · 2020Article
- Predictors of healthier and more sustainable school travel mode profiles among Hong Kong adolescents.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Article
- Assessment of direct and indirect associations between children active school travel and environmental, household and child factors using structural equation modelling.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Article
- Evidence synthesis - Where are children and adults physically active and sedentary? - a rapid review of location-based studies.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2019Review
- Understanding child and parent perceptions of barriers influencing children's active school travel.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Impact of new rapid transit on physical activity: A meta-analysis.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Review
- Does parental support influence children's active school travel?Preventive medicine reports · 2017Article
- Does Activity Space Size Influence Physical Activity Levels of Adolescents? - A GPS study of an urban environment.Preventive medicine reports · 2016Article
- Destinations That Older Adults Experience Within Their GPS Activity Spaces Relation to Objectively Measured Physical Activity.Environment and behavior · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundWalking and cycling to school is a source of physical activity (PA). Little is known about public transit use for travel to school and whether it is a physically active alternative to car use for those who live too far to walk. PURPOSE: To describe school-trip characteristics, including PA, across travel modes and to assess the association between PA with walk distance.
methodsHigh school students (13.3 ± 0.7 years, 37% female) from Downtown Vancouver wore accelerometers (GT3X+) and global positioning systems (GPS) (QStarz BT-Q1000XT) for 7 days in October 2012. We included students with valid school-trip data (
resultsStudents accrued 9.1 min (±5.1) of trip-based MVPA, which was no different between walk and transit trips (
conclusionsPublic transit use can contribute meaningfully toward daily PA. Thus, school policies that promote active school-travel should consider including public transit.
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