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作者

Jeremy D. Auerbach;Eugene C. Fitzhugh;Ellen Zavisca

来源

JOURNAL OF URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT,Vol.147,Issue4

语言

英文

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作者单位

Dept. of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523 (corresponding author). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0061-7943. Email: [email protected];Dept. of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8033-6596. Email: [email protected];Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization/Knoxville-Knox County Planning, City of Knoxville, TN 37902. Email: [email protected]

摘要

Distance between a student residence and their school is as a major barrier for active commuting while trends in school siting and residential development have increased this distance. This study conducted a cost–benefit analysis of increased thoroughfare connectivity around schools in a representative US school system. A novel metric for organizations to rank schools by their walkability is introduced, and then network optimization techniques located the new thoroughfare connections that maximized student walking and minimized the length of the new connection. The increased time of physical activity from student walking and the cost savings from busing fewer students were compared to the financial construction costs of the new thoroughfares. Results from this case study show that recent development trends are antithetical to student active commuting, that short and inexpensive new thoroughfares can increase the number of student walkers and their physical activity and reduce busing costs, traffic, accidents, and pollution. This work calls for a collaboration between planners, school officials, and developers to design neighborhoods around schools that improve the health of the community and its children. Supplemental Materials supplemental materials_up.1943-5444.0000743_auerbach.pdf (503 KB)