Related Research

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School Travel Planning

The School Travel Planning documents, newsletters, and other related media have been moved to its new dedicated page here.

Research Documents

Between February and March of 2008 Green Communities Canada contracted Informa Market Research to conduct an in-depth survey of Ontario Active & Safe Routes to School practitioners, to determine: indicators and barriers of success; impacts on local objectives; future needs over the next 10 years; Green Communities future role in the Ontario program; and policy and funding needs.

• Executive Overview (Adobe PDF)
• Detailed Findings (Adobe PDF)

Children's Independent Movement in the Local Environment

Children's Independent Movement in the Local Environment: Roger Mackett, Belinda Brown, Yi Gong, Kay Kitazawa and James Paskins. University College London. Published in Built Environment, Vol. 33 No. 4, pages 454-468, 2007. This paper documents the University College London's CAPABLE (Children's Activities, Perceptions And Behaviour in the Local Environment) study that explored the independent behaviour of children. This link will take you to the paper abstract. Only subscribers to the site can access the full text: www.atypon-link.com

Active & Safe Routes to School: Ontario Evaluation - Summary Report (Adobe PDF). Conducted by Informa and commissioned by Green Communities Canada. For copies of the full document please contact us via email.

Child- and Youth-Friendly Land Use and Transportation Planning Guidelines – Executive Summary (Adobe PDF) . Prepared for Ontario by the Centre for Sustainable Transportation. For the full Guidelines document and other related publications please visit cst.uwinnipeg.ca

The Impacts of Cars on Children (MS Word)
Compiled by Dr. Catherine O'Brien of the York Centre for Applied Sustainability, York University, in Toronto.

KidsWalk: Then and Now (MS Word)
A Paper by Christina Kober, Clemson University, 2004, inspired by the Safe Routes to School program in the U.S.

Noise impacts on children (MS Word)
Noise: A danger to our children. - Arline L. Bronzaft

Small Steps/Large Rewards: A Community Based Social Marketing Research Project (MS Word)
Executive Overview and Conclusions and Recommendations. Conducted by Informa Market Research for Greenest City.
Full report (Adobe PDF)

Ontario Walkability Study (MS Word)
Executive Summary, Walkability Study, Provincial Report, York University's Centre for Sustainability.
Full report (Adobe PDF)

Parent Attitudes (MS Word)
Executive Summary, Parent Attitudes and Travel Behaviour Regarding the Trip to School, Dr. Catherine O'Brien.
Full report (Adobe PDF)