Keeping kids safe for active travel to school: A mixed method examination of school policies and practices and children’s school travel behaviour

Erika Ikeda; Suzanne Mavoa; Alana Cavadino; Penelope Carroll; Erica Hinckson; Karen Witten; Melody Smith

doi:10.1016/j.tbs.2020.05.008

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Keeping kids safe for active travel to school: A mixed method examination of school policies and practices and children’s school travel behaviour

Erika Ikeda Suzanne Mavoa

Alana Cavadino

Penelope Carroll Erica Hinckson Karen Witten

Melody Smith

Travel Behaviour and Society Vol. 21 pp. 57-68 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Oct 01, 2020
Vol/Issue: 21
Pages: 57-68
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Centre for Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts, and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom12Population, Policy and Practice, UCL Institute of Child He

Massey University

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Erika Ikeda, Suzanne Mavoa, Alana Cavadino, et al. (2020). Keeping kids safe for active travel to school: A mixed method examination of school policies and practices and children’s school travel behaviour. Travel Behaviour and Society, 21, 57-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2020.05.008

Keeping kids safe for active travel to school: A mixed method examination of school policies and practices and children’s school travel behaviour

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