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Trans. Planning Journal
| Title | Built Environment Impacts on Children’s School Travel: Empirical Analysis of Elementary School Students in Taipei Wenshan District |
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| Author | Jen-Jia Lin, Hsiao-Te Chang |
| Summary | The purpose of this study is to empirically analyze the influences of built environments on children’s school travel. Based on the empirical findings, local governments can develop urban planning strategies to encourage children to go to school independently or by walking. The study chose the students of three elementary schools, Chinan, Jingmei, and Xinhwa, in Taipei, Wenshan District, as samples and used questionnaire surveys. The sample data was analyzed using the nested logit model. The results of this study indicate that mixed land use, mode diversity and length percentage of sidewalks encourage children to go to school independently or by walking, while block size, road width and number of intersections discourage children from going to school independently or by walking. Furthermore, building density and vehicle density encourage children to leave school independently or by walking, but block size and road width dis-courage children from leaving school independently or by walking. |
| Vol. | 37 |
| No. | 3 |
| Page | 331 |
| Year | 2008 |
| Month | 9 |
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