evaluating the factors affecting student travel mode choice
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Evaluating the Factors Affecting Student Travel Mode Choice A Methodology to Prioritize Safe Routes to School Programs. Meead Saberi, Portland State University [email protected]. Introduction to Safe Routes to School: Health, Safety and Transportation Nexus. Traffic congestion around schools - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Evaluating the Factors Affecting Student Travel
Mode Choice
A Methodology to Prioritize Safe Routes to School Programs
Meead Saberi, Portland State [email protected]
Introduction to Safe Routes to School: Health, Safety and Transportation Nexus
• Traffic congestion around schools• Motor vehicle emissions polluting the environment • Less physical activity• Growing epidemic of obesity
Goal:Increase number of children walking and bicycling safely to school
Introduction to Safe Routes to School: Health, Safety and Transportation Nexus
Make routes safer for children to walk and bicycle to school
Encourage more children to walk and bicycle to school
Why SRTS?U.S. National Household Travel Survery (2001)
and EPA (2003)
15%
8%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
2001 2003
Year
Walk
ing/B
ikin
g t
o S
chool
U.K. Department of Transport
62%
52%
46%
48%
50%
52%
54%
56%
58%
60%
62%
64%
1993 2003
Year
Walk
ing/B
ikin
g t
o S
chool
Why SRTS?
Danish Transport Research Institute
60
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
2002
Year
Walk
ing/B
ikin
g t
o S
chool
Why SRTS?
Why SRTS?Transportation Research
Center of Iran
47
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
2008
Year
Walk
ing/B
ikin
g t
o S
chool
Objectives
Identify and study the factors influencing the travel behavior of Iranian students traveling to and from
school.
Prioritize Safe Routes to School programs
Presenting some cross-country comparison
Background
Factors affecting student travel behavior
Non-urban factors:gender, age, grade, ethnicity, income, household type, auto ownership, school size, social/cultural norms
Urban factors:land use patterns, availability of sidewalks, population and employment density, job mix, jobs and residence balance, school location, travel time, travel distance, travel cost, school centeredness within neighborhoods, accessibility, neighborhood safety, traffic safety
Methodology
Selected factorsage, gender, grade, household income, school size and whether students attended a neighborhood school
Data collectionStudent travel survey7,443 students in 78 schoolsMashhad, IranFebruary and March 2008
Study Area
Mashhad, IranPopulation: 2,427,316 (2006)Area: 204 km² (78.8 sq mi)Density: 30,803 /sq mi
Portland, ORDensity: 4,199 /sq mi
London, UKDensity: 12,331 /sq mi
Copenhagen, DenmarkDensity: 15,218 /sq mi
New York CityDensity: 27,147 /sq mi
7.3 times denser than Portland
2.5 times denser than London
1.1 times denser than NYC
2 times denser than Copenhagen
Student Travel Survey
Write your age, gender, grade
What travel mode do you often use to get to school and return home from school: parents’ car, carpooling, school bus, public bus, taxi, walking alone, walking in group, biking alone and biking in group
Determine the reasons for not walking or biking to or from school
Age
12 9 11 7 10 9 11 8 12 15 14
4644 40
37 3627 22
18
31 2919
11 2
3 410 12
16
20 20
25
42 46 47 53 50 54 55 59
37 36 42
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Age
Walking/Biking
Public Transit
School bus
Car
Gender
12 10
38
22
7
17
4251
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Female Male
Gender
Walking/Biking
Public Transit
School Bus
Car
Household Income
5 10 165
30
51
11
11
13
79
50
19
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Low Middle High
Level of Income
Walking/Biking
Public Transit
School bus
Car
Neighborhood School
814
14
49
10
1468
23
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Yes No
Neighborhood School
Walking/Biking
Public Transit
School Bus
Car
Age and Gender (Girls)
11 10 10 9 9 11 14 10 14 14 15
46 49 51 47 4534 28 29
41 38 28
0 1 12 1
4 3 8
11 1415
43 40 38 43 45 52 55 53
34 34 41
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Age
Walking/ Biking
Public Transit
School Bus
Car
Age and Gender (Boys)
13 9 12 6 10 8 8 5 1017 12
4640 31
30 2721 14
710
84
11
34 7
16 23
23
3737
42
4150 54 60 56 55 55
65
44 38 42
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Age
Walking/ Biking
Public Transit
School Bus
Car
BarriersBarriers to Students Walking and Biking
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
Safety
Far Distance
Social/Cultural Abnormalities
Fear of Traffic
High Speed of Vehicles
Dangerous Intersections
Heavy Backpack
Not Enough Time
No Sidewalk or Bike Lane
Afterschool Activities
Persons
Male
Female
Conclusions
Students with higher level of income
Students who attend not neighborhood schools
Female students
High school students
STRT programs are encouraged to be prioritized for following students:
Acknowledgment
Mohammad R. Rezaeian, University of Semnan
Dr. Mohammad R. Ahadi, University of Semnan
Dr. G. Ali Shafabakhsh, University of Semnan
Dr. Robert Bertini, Portland State University
Questions?
Thank you