Studies & Research

The global movement to create safer, healthier, and more joyful streets for children is also grounded on the work of researchers and professionals.

They study different aspects that contribute to our understanding of active transportation and how our built environments can be better and safer places for kids and their people.

Temitope Adepoyibi, Helen Dixon, Heather Gidding, Richard Taylor, Belinda Morley. “Trends and determinants of active school travel among Australian secondary school students: national cross‐sectional data from 2009 to 2018,” Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (2022). URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13315

Gemma Simón-i-Mas and Jordi Honey-Rosés. “A global overview of Bike Bus: A journey toward a child-friendly city.” International Journal of Sustainable Transportation (2024). URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2024.2432654

Alison Stenning and Sally Watson. “Children see streets differently.” IPPR Progressive Review (2024). URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/newe.12405

Deirdre M. Harrington, Farid Bardid, Katherine Cory, James Dixon, Sarah Dodd, Neil Ferguson, Jennifer J. Roberts, and James Bonner. “(Two) Wheels on the Bus: Road User Perceptions of a Bike Bus and How This Links to Addressing Global Health Challenges.“ Journal of Physical Activity and Health (2024). URL: https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0219

Gemma Simón-i-Mas, Sara Martín Bautista, Jordi Honey-Rosés. “A Global Survey of Bike Bus Initiatives.” Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2024). City Lab Barcelona. URL: https://ddd.uab.cat/record/283387

Laurie Berrie, Zhiqiang Feng, David Rice, Tom Clemens, Lee Williamson, Chris Dibben. “Does cycle commuting reduce the risk of mental ill-health? An instrumental variable analysis using distance to nearest cycle path” International Journal of Epidemiology (2024). URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyad153

Zahra Tavakoli, Shabnam Abdollahi, E. Owen D. Waygood, Antonio Páez, Geneviève Boisjoly. “Traffic danger’s potential impact on children’s accessibility,” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment (2024). URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2024.104370.

Shannon Sahlqvist, Karen Lim, Venurs Loh, Jenny Veitch, Jo Salmon, Anna Timperio. “Understanding parental support for infrastructure and policy changes that encourage active travel among children.” Journal of Transport & Health (2024). URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2024.101932

Bruce Appleyard. “The meaning of livable streets to schoolchildren: An image mapping study of the effects of traffic on children's cognitive development of spatial knowledge,” Journal of Transport & Health (2017). URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2016.08.002