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Citation |
Zhou H, Yang J, Hsu P, Chen S. J. Transp. Saf. Secur. 2010; 2(1): 14-27. |
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(Copyright © 2010, Southeastern Transportation Center, and Beijing Jiaotong University, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group) |
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Abstract |
A Safe Route To School (SRTS) survey on students' travel modes for parents and students was conducted at 18 schools (16 elementary and 2 middle schools) in Pinellas County, Florida. A new diagnosis approach was used to pin down the factors significantly affecting students' travel modes, especially safety and security factors. The analysis was conducted in multiple perspectives, including (1) overview perspective that gives the general statistical information of each potential factor, (2) forward direction perspective that explores the cause-effect (how walking/biking rates change as different factor's levels change), and (3) backward direction perspective used to identify the similar properties of the student group with the same travel mode (walking/biking). Multiperspective diagnosis analysis identified different factors that significantly affect the walking/biking rate for different groups of students. Generally, students living in different distance intervals are subject to different barriers. Security and safety remain the primary factors of concern for parents to allow their children to walk or bike to school, especially for those living at short walkable distances. The other significant subjective variables include grade levels, school attitudes, enjoyment, healthy, allowable grade level, and student's attitude. |