Adolescents' perceptions of school neighbourhood built environment for walking and cycling to school |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Surveying, University of Otago, 310 Castle Street, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand;2. School of Sport and Recreation, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand;3. Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand;4. AGILE Research Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand;1. Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Milan, Largo A. Gemelli 1, 20123 Milan, Italy;2. Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale Messina, Italy;1. Department of Health Education and Promotion, Student Research Committee, School of Heath, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran;2. Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;3. Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran;1. Centre de Recherche en Santé Publique (CReSP), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada;2. Department of Planning and Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran;3. Institut National de La Recherche Scientifique, 385, Rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, H2X 1E3, Québec, Canada;1. Technische Universität Dortmund, Faculty of Spatial Planning, Department of Transport Planning, 44227 Dortmund, Germany;2. SSR – Schulten Stadt- und Raumentwicklung, Kaiserstr. 22, 44135 Dortmund, Germany;1. Iran University of Science & Technology, School of Civil Engineering, Transportation Planning Department, Tehran, Iran;2. Tarbiat Modares University, Civil & Environmental Eng. Faculty, Transportation Planning Department, Tehran, Iran;3. St. Olavs University Hospital, Clinic of Substance Use and Addiction Medicine, Department of Research and Development, Box 3250 Sluppen, 7006 Trondheim, Norway |
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| Abstract: | Walking is a more common transport mode to school than cycling among adolescents in many countries worldwide. Adolescents' and their parents' have different perceptions of walking versus cycling to school. This study compared adolescents' perceptions of school neighbourhood built environment characteristics for walking versus cycling to school. Adolescents familiar with their school neighbourhoods (n=411; age: 15.0 ± 1.2 years; male: 31.3%) from six secondary schools in Dunedin, New Zealand completed an online survey about their travel to school and perceptions of their school neighbourhood environments for walking and cycling to school. Overall, 32.8% of adolescents walked to school, and only 1.2% cycled. More adolescents reported sufficient footpaths than cycle paths (77.9% vs 42.3%) in their school neighbourhoods. Compared to walking, adolescents reported that their school neighbourhood environments provided less support for cycling to school, including fewer crossings/signals for cyclists versus pedestrians (52.8% vs 69.3%), fewer street lights (cycling vs walking; 57.9% vs 70.3%) and fewer destinations within easy cycling versus walking distance from their school (65.5% vs 50.4%) (all p<0.05). Active transport users perceived lower traffic volume, higher traffic speed, and fewer hilly streets along the walking and cycling routes to school than motorised and mixed transport users (all p<0.05). Future active transport interventions in school neighbourhoods need to be tailored to address walking- and/or cycling-specific barriers, including built environment and traffic safety in a local context. |
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| Keywords: | Active transport Walking Cycling Perceptions School neighbourhood Adolescents |
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