Understanding and mapping institutional impediments to walking and bicycling to school: A case study of Hillsborough County, Florida

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2074, 2008, Pages 3-11

  Steiner, Ruth L ^a   Bejleri, Ilir ^a   Wheelock, Jennifer L ^a   Boles, Gene ^a   Cahill, Maria ^a   Perez, Benito O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CASE-STUDIES; EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT; FISCAL YEARS; FLORIDA; INSTITUTIONAL IMPEDIMENTS; MODES OF TRAVELS; NEIGHBOURHOOD; SAFEST ROUTES; SCHOOL PROJECT;

TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

EID: 61349109402     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2074-01     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Special Report 282: Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity? Examining the Evidence. Transportation Research Board and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2005.
2. Butler, K., S. Handy, and R. G. Patterson. Planning for Street Connectivity: Getting from Here to There. American Planning Association, Planning Advisory Service, 2003.
3. Travel and Environmental Implications of School Siting. EPA Report 231-R-03-004. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., Oct. 2003. www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/pdf/school-travel.pdf.
4. Dellinger, A. M., and C. E. Staunton. Barriers to Children Walking and Bicycling to School-United States, 1999. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 51, No. 32, 2002, pp. 701-704.
5. Starnes, E., J. Stein, L. Crider, I. Audirac, and A. Pither. Home-to-School Transportation Study: Executive Summary. Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1992.
6. Appleyard, B. S. Can't Get There from Here: The Declining Independent Mobility of California's Children and Youth. Surface Transportation Policy Project, Transportation and Land Use Coalition and Latino Issues Forum, 2003.
7. Wang, Y. C., S. L. Gortmaker, A. M. Sobol, and K. M. Kuntz. Estimating the Energy Gap Among U.S. Children: A Counterfactual Approach. Pediatrics, Vol. 118, No. 6, 2006, pp. 1721-1733. www.rwjf.org/ portfolios/resources/researchdetail.jsp?id=3249&iaid=138.
8. Obesity in Florida: Report of the Governor's Task Force on the Obesity Epidemic. Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, 2004.
9. Safe Routes to School. FHWA, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. www.safety.fhwa.dot.gov/saferoutes/index.htm. Accessed July 25, 2007.
10. Steiner, R. L., L. B. Crider, and M. Betancourt. Safe Ways to School: The Role in Multimodal Planning. Systems Planning Office, Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, 2006. www.dot.slate.fl.us/research-center/ Completed-Proj/Sunmmy-PL/FDOT-BD545-32-rpt.pdf.
11. Tsai, J., and M. Miller. Integrated Planning for School and Community. In Transportation Research Record: Jourtuil of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1922, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2005, pp. 111-117.
12. Smart Growth Schools Fact Sheet. National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2005. www.nationalt.rast.org/issues/schools/schools-smartgrowth- facts.pdf.
13. Weihs, J. ISSUETRAK: State. Acreage Policies. Council for Educational Facilities Planners International, Scottsdale, Ariz., 2003. www.cefpi.org/research.html.
14. Irmsher, K. School Size. Report 113, Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, Ore., 1997. Accessed March 10,2005 from ERIC Digest, ERIC No. ED414615.
15. McMillan, Tracy. Walking and Urban Form: Modeling and Testing Parental Decisions about Children's Travel. PhD dissertation. University of California, Irvine, 2003.
16. Sjolie, A. N., and F. Thuen. School Journeys and Leisure Activities in Rural and Urban Adolescents in Norway. Health Promotion International, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2002, pp. 21-30.
17. McMillan, T. E., K. M. Day, M. G. Boamet, M. Alfonzo, and C. Anderson. Johnny Can Walk to School, Can Jane? Examining Sex Differences in Children's Active Travel to School. Children, Youth, and Environment, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2006, pp. 75-89.
18. The Quality Link: Florida School District Transportation Profiles, School Year 2002-2003. Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee, 2004.
19. Powell, D. L. Managing Florida's Growth: The Next Generation. Florida State University Law Review, No. 231, 1993, pp. 223-339.