Children’s Cycling Trends, Accessibility to and Utilisation of Urban Facilities in Selected Australian Urban Environments

摘要: Children's travel is an integral component of overall transport demand in Australian cities. The mode choices children and their parents impact not only traffic flows around schools, but also children's mental, physical social health. Despite cycling being a healthy, safe, affordable space/energy efficient transport, current bicycle shares for the journey-to-school are low Australia. Previous research has identified that amongst other socio-economic built form factors, distance important determinant use transport. This paper uses sample broader CATCH/iMATCH survey data to explore stated revealed preferences bicycles. During 2011-2012, approximately 350 nine selected primary schools across Rockhampton, Brisbane, Melbourne Perth, completed attitudinal surveys wore global positioning systems (GPS) units diaries four days. A segment these used role terms accessibility destinations its association with preferences, especially cycling. results include shares, distances by bicycle, mapping school neighbourhood populations using GIS, reported attitudes towards findings show disconnect between behaviour, despite considerable potential most neighbourhoods. Tentative explanations provided as why differences exist, which have implications policy programs.