Evaluating the impact of UBC’s ‘walk and roll to school week’ program on children’s active travel mode share to school
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Nasim, Usman
issued: 2020-09-11T07:00:00Z
issued: 2020
related degree: Master of Arts in Planning - MAP
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: With the rise of physical inactivity among children, there has been a decline in children’s active school travel (AST) like walking and bicycling to and from school. The school journeys are a prime opportunity for introducing children to active travel modes. To address lack of physical activity and a decline in AST among children, a variety of transportation policies and programs have been developed. The objective of this thesis is to evaluate the impact of the School Travel Planning (STP) encouragement program on children’s active travel mode share to school. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare active mode share at two elementary schools that organize a ‘Walk and Roll to School’ (WNR) week program with two control schools in Vancouver, British Columbia. The observational counts were carried out at the four study schools to collect data on children’s mode of travel to school. The counts were conducted in four waves. A difference-in-differences approach was used to estimate the intervention effect of the WNR week program. An audit of pedestrian and bicycling facilities was also conducted near the study schools to assess infrastructure barriers to AST. The results from the study suggest no significant immediate impact of the WNR week program on children’s active mode share (walking, bike, and other non-motorized modes like scooter, skateboard, and rollerblade) to school during or shortly after the WNR week. Changes in active mode share to study schools over the weeks investigated were not significantly different from those in the control schools and appeared to be primarily influenced by the weather and daylight conditions. However, because the WNR week is an ongoing annual event at the school since 2013, there could be a long-term positive effect on AST, which was present in the “before” observation and not be observed in this study. It is recommended to possibly consider implementing alternatives to STP interventions to influence children’s travel behavi…
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note: EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF UBC’s ‘WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL WEEK’ PROGRAM ON CHILDREN’S ACTIVE TRAVEL MODE SHARE TO SCHOOL by Usman Nasim B. Plan, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, 2015 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN PLANNING in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) September 2020 © Usman Nasim, 2020 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled: EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF UBC’s ‘WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL WEEK’ PROGRAM ON CHILDREN’S ACTIVE TRAVEL MODE SHARE TO SCHOOL submitted by Usman Nasim in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Planning Examining Committee: Dr. Alexander York Bigazzi, SCARP & Civil Engineering, UBC Supervisor Dr. Maged Senbel, SCARP, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Additional Supervisory Committee Members: Dr. Omar Swei, Civil Engineering, UBC Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract With the rise of physical inactivity among children, there has been a decline in children’s active school travel (AST) like walking and bicycling to and from school. The school journeys are a prime opportunity for introducing children to active travel modes. To address lack of physical activity and a decline in AST among children, a variety of transportation policies and programs have been developed. The objective of this thesis is to evaluate the impact of the School Travel Planning (STP) encouragement program on children’s active travel mode share to school. A quasi-experimental design was used to compare active mode share at two elementary schools that organize a ‘Walk and Roll to School’ (WNR) week program with two control schools in Vancouver, British Columbia. The observational counts were carried out at the four study schools to collect data on children’s mode of travel to school…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2020-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0394373
language: eng
degree discipline: Planning
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/76029