title: Barriers to and facilitators of walking and bicycling to school: formative results from the non-motorized travel study.
abstract: Barriers to and facilitators of walking and bicycling to school were explored through 12 focus groups made up of fourth- and fifth-grade students and their parents who lived near their respective schools. The barriers and facilitators reported by parents and children generally fell into one of three categories: intrapersonal and interpersonal characteristics of parents and children, environmental characteristics of the neighborhood, and environmental and policy characteristics of the school. Findings indicate that a supportive environment is a necessary but insufficient condition to increase walking and biking to school. Initiatives to increase active school travel may need to include multiple levels of intervention to be effective.
authors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7461, USA.
authors: Kathryn N
authors: KN
authors: Ahlport
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Linnan
authors: Amber
authors: A
authors: Vaughn
authors: Kelly R
authors: KR
authors: Evenson
authors: Dianne S
authors: DS
authors: Ward
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D001642:Bicycling / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009657:North Carolina; D011640:Public Policy; D012574:Schools; D012931:Social Environment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014195:Travel; D016138:Walking / Q000523:psychology*