TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Suitability of commuting by bicycle to Arizona elementary schools
JO  - American journal of health promotion
A1  - Sisson, Susan B.
A1  - Lee, Sung Moon
A1  - Burns, Elizabeth K.
A1  - Tudor-Locke, Catrine
SP  - 210
EP  - 213
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
N2  - PURPOSE: To determine the biking suitability (i.e., bikeability) of and prevalence of biking in 14 elementary schools representing two extremes of bused students (2.4% vs. 53.6%). METHODS: Street segments (within 0.25-mile radius of school) were scored for bikeability. Bikes in racks per school student population established biking prevalence. Mann-Whitney U-test compared bikeability and prevalence of biking between groups. RESULTS: A total of 12.5 +/- 2.2 streets per school were assessed. Thirteen schools scored very good (< 3.0) and one scored fair (4.0-4.9). Median bikeability score was 0.69 for the low-busing schools and 0.53 for the high-busing schools (nonsignificant). Median biking prevalence was 3.1% in the low-busing schools and 1.3% in the high-busing schools (p < .05). CONCLUSION: Streets surrounding schools were adequate for biking. Biking prevalence was significantly higher in low-busing schools but was relatively low in both low- and high-busing schools. Other factors, including intraindividual, social, school, and community, likely contribute to choice of biking to school.
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SN  - 0890-1171
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -