Travel to School and Housing Markets: A Case Study of Sheffield, England

Ed Ferrari and Mark A Green
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Ed Ferrari: Department of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, England
Mark A Green: Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, England

Environment and Planning A, 2013, vol. 45, issue 11, 2771-2788

Abstract: How children travel to school is at the centre of a complex set of interrelated issues with significant policy implications. This paper reviews the relation of patterns of travel to school to concerns about public health, school choice, urban form, and residential housing markets. The spatial relations between pupils' homes and the schools that they attend provides the basis of an analytical framework that links local neighbourhood characteristics, school performance, and house prices to the distance and mode of travel to school and the level of ‘excess commuting’ in the urban system. A unique analysis of several integrated micro-datasets from Sheffield, UK, suggests that, while there are high levels of excess commuting, there remains a complex interrelationship between housing and neighbourhood characteristics, school performance, and commuting patterns. There are differences between the pictures for primary schools and secondary schools. Policies aimed at promoting transport efficiency and those promoting school choice are likely to remain in tension.

Keywords: school travel; housing markets; excess commuting; urban form; school choice; active transport to school (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1068/a45423

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