A Space-Time Approach to Reducing Child Pedestrian Exposure to Motor-Vehicle Commuter Traffic

Reducing a child’s contact with motor-vehicles on their walk to and from school seems an intuitive approach to making walking to school a safe and attractive transportation option. Most existing approaches focus on either changing the behaviours of children and drivers, or changing features of the environment. While most prevention efforts have emphasized the importance of planning safe walking routes, recent research has suggested that the …