@article{096b0f2e59dd4999830ddafe29adece0,
title = "Walking School Bus Program Feasibility in a Suburban Setting",
abstract = "A walking school bus (WSB), a group of children walking to school under adult supervision, has social, environmental, and public health benefits. Although WSBs may require a certain neighborhood density and street configuration to recruit and organize groups, our spatial analysis showed that when 20% of students living near their school join WSBs, those students could form an adequately sized WSB group. Our parent survey showed that about 40% of parents were likely to allow their children to walk to school if a friend accompanies them. Thus, we conclude that WSBs are feasible in a low-density suburban neighborhood setting.",
keywords = "Safe routes to school, child pedestrians, public health, traffic safety, transportation, walkability",
author = "Bumjoon Kang and Chunyuan Diao",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the students, parents, teachers, and staff of the Sweet Home Central School District who gave generously their time for this effort. This study was made possible in part by a larger project conducted by the research team at the UB Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab (UB Food Lab), the principal investigator Dr. Samina Raja, and co-investigator Dr. So-Ra Baek. We thank funding support from a Safe Routes to School Grant to the town of Amherst and the 3E grant on Built Environment, Health Behaviors, and Health Outcomes from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was made possible in part by funding from a Safe Routes to School Grant to the Town of Amherst and the 3E grant on Built Environment, Health Behaviors, and Health Outcomes from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2018.",
year = "2022",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1177/0739456X18817353",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "42",
pages = "365--374",
journal = "Journal of Planning Education and Research",
issn = "0739-456X",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "3",
}