This study reports that students who walk both to and from school accrue the most minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
This article reviews research on the association between physical activity among school-aged children and academic outcomes.
This article focuses on the relationship between the built environment, travel behavior, and public health outcomes.
Adoption and maintenance of healthy lifestyles by substituting walking or biking for short trips currently taken by car could simultaneously improve health and reduce oil consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.
This study examines the association between traffic-related pollution and childhood asthma among 208 children in 10 communities in Southern California.
School proximity to students matters. Students with shorter walk and bike times to school are more likely to walk or bike.
Walking and cycling are dangerous ways to get around American cities. Walking and cycling can be made safer, demonstrated by the lower fatality and injury rates in the Netherlands and Germany.
Using objective measurement to investigate the physical activity patterns of children by mode of travel to school, this study reports that children who walk to school are significantly more active than those who travel by car.
Because of travel behavior differences, school location has an impact on air emissions.
This page with shared use agreements allows the user to explore this community health strategy to assist partners make change at the local level.
This research study examines the social, educational, and psychological correlates of weight status in an adolescent population of 4,742 male and 5,201 female public school students in the 7th, 9th, and 11th grades.
Key Takeaway: Short bouts of physical activity like walking may be associated with improved concentration among some children.
This article reviews research about involvement in a regular physical activity program and academic performance with a focus on associated changes of cognitive or psychomotor function.
Most people think of New Jersey as an urban place -- after all, it has the highest population density in the country. There are many dense urban cities and suburban communities, but there are also large rural areas with small towns and open spaces. Contrary to what you might initially think, there are lessons to be learned in New Jersey about Safe Routes to School in rural settings.
USDOT Secretary Anthony Foxx has issued a challenge to mayors and elected officials: take action to support safety for bicyclists and pedestrians of all ages.
To help policymakers avoid crossing constitutional boundaries, we distilled thelegal concepts most relevant to formulating policies aimed at preventing obesity; police power; allocation of power among federal, state, and local governments; freedom of speech; property rights; privacy; equal protection; andcontract rights.
At the end of May, the current transportation law MAP-21 will expire unless Congress acts. Leaders in the House and Senate are currently wrestling over their options, with Congress likely to extend the current law until at least July and possibly through the rest of the year.
The role of the National Center is to build the capacity of schools, districts, community partners and government agencies to organize their human and financial resources around student success.
There is no doubt that good walking and biking infrastructure is essential to successful Safe Routes to School programs. However, many communities already have “the bones” of adequate infrastructure, especially around established community-based schools in suburban and urban communities, or through completed Safe Routes to School-funded engineering projects.
This resource contains four Model Policies for California for establishing joint use agreements, with schools, cities, indoor and outdoor facilities.