Tuesday, July 19, 2005
School transport modes: the impact of the built environment
A recent study1 carried out in Brisbane looked at the impacts of various factors that influence a child’s ‘school travel modes’; or in plain English, how they get to school.

While it threw up few surprises, that namely child safety (“stranger danger”), child safety on the road, distance and time were the main proximate reasons, it did conclude that the built environment remains an important factor in influencing people’s choices. It also revealed that even now, policy makers are not getting it right and allowing consumer choice to produce perverse outcomes. Full article >>

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