Safe Routes for Children: What They Want and What Works

Paul Osborne
Sustrans
York, UK

Citation: Osborne, Paul (2005). "Safe Routes for Children: What They Want and What Works." Children, Youth and Environments 15 (1): 234-239. Retrieved [date] from http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/

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Abstract

This paper summarizes some of the key trends in children’s travel, health and social behavior, and the influence of the city environment, particularly on the school journey. It draws on examples of safe routes in Denmark, the United Kingdom and the United States, and includes a summary of policy and practice in the United Kingdom, with particular emphasis on lessons for other countries wishing to improve the environment for children and young people.

Keywords: safe routes to schools, school travel plans, Sustrans, child obesity