Exploring Barriers and Solutions to Active Travel to School: A Case Study of River Road/El Camino del Río Elementary Students in Eugene, OR

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dc.contributor.advisorBrown, Anne
dc.contributor.authorStaben, Alex
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-30T19:31:20Z
dc.date.available2024-08-30T19:31:20Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractActive travel, or transportation modes requiring physical movement, builds physical activity into daily life, and for young children, much of their travel is to and from school. Active travel to school (ATS) improves physical, mental, and social health, as well as classroom behavior and attendance rates. However, since the 1970s, ATS has rapidly declined as more students ride to school in a vehicle. Transportation is inherently place-based; hence, this study focuses on Spanish-English dual immersion elementary school River Road/El Camino del Río (RRECDR) in the Eugene (OR) 4J school district. Like schools across the nation, very few RRECDR students use ATS. To understand why, I distributed a survey and completed follow-up interviews with parents of RRECDR students assessing 1) the barriers that factor into transportation choices and 2) what needs to change for ATS to increase among RRECDR students. Results indicate the need for a diverse multi-sector sustainable leadership team focused on ATS, increased ATS encouragement through group activities such as walking school buses (WSBs), and infrastructural improvements including crosswalk enhancements and advisory bike lanes in specific locations. Findings also suggest further research into the complex relationship between ATS and accessibility of heritage language immersion education and ATS (and active travel more generally) and the housing crisis.en_US
dc.identifier.orcid0009-0002-8275-1811
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/30013
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.subjectActive transportationen_US
dc.subjectActive travel to schoolen_US
dc.subjectSafe Routes to Schoolen_US
dc.subjectTransportation planningen_US
dc.subjectCommunity engagementen_US
dc.titleExploring Barriers and Solutions to Active Travel to School: A Case Study of River Road/El Camino del Río Elementary Students in Eugene, OR
dc.typeThesis/Dissertation

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