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This paper analyses how students travel to school and discusses the influence of the environmental aspects to shape their travel patterns. More specifically, it analyses how topographic changes and weather affect the likelihood to prefer cycling as modal choice. The authors use data from a previous study from Müller et al. of students’ commute-to- school mode choices. The results show that models perform better when taking into ac- count the topographic conditions of the urban environment. The influence of the variable energy notably improves the results. It is worth noting that the implications of this study are manifold, like the implications of consolidation or expansion of the school network planning, or the active transportation analysis, such as bike sharing systems, and even pedelecs and e-bike sharing systems. In overall, transport policy should seek to foster active transportation, which provides the greatest benefits for the society as a whole.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB10 Standing Committee on Transportation Safety Management.

19-01218

English

20p

2019

Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Maps; References (33) ; Tables

Bicycle commuting; Commuting; Hills; Mode choice; Nonmotorized transportation; School trips; Students; Travel behavior

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2019 Paper #19-01218

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 7 2018 9:31AM