Towards an interdisciplinary science of transport and health: a case study on school travel

Susan Hodgson, Anil Namdeo, Vera Araujo-Soares and Tanja Pless-Mulloli

Journal of Transport Geography, 2012, vol. 21, issue C, 70-79

Abstract: This paper was conceptualised and informed by discussions at the 2nd Workshop in a UKTRC funded series on ‘Social Impacts and Equity in Transport’. Presentations made by a range of stakeholders as well as a specially commissioned play stimulated our thoughts on how to encourage better interaction between health and transport researchers. We chose school travel as a case study as it exemplifies two key aspects of the wider transport and health debates; (i) the increasing trend towards reliance on car travel, described here in the context of sedentary lifestyles, traffic congestion, pollution, and parental attitudes, and (ii) school travel occurs at a critical life-stage during which behaviour patterns are formed that are likely to be influential in later life, thus making it an important target point for interventions.

Keywords: Transport; Health; Sustainability; Behaviour change; Transport choice; Health behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.01.011

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