School travel modes: factors influencing parental choice in Abu Dhabi Online publication date: Sat, 10-May-2014
by Masood A. Badri
International Journal of Education Economics and Development (IJEED), Vol. 4, No. 3, 2013
Abstract: During the 2010/2011 school year, 1,145 questionnaires were completed by parents of children attending schools. The percentage of the children actively travelling to school is almost negligible. The highest percentages of children were regularly driven to school by car or school bus. Major traffic conditions, environmental factors, distance to school, road infrastructure, walking or biking in groups, schools' efforts to educate children about active travel and preferences of parents in accompanying children to school were perceived as significantly important. The absence of an active travel culture in the community was seen as a significant factor. Parent's gender, child's gender, child's grade level, number of cars owned by the family, nationality and number of children were significantly associated with parents' decisions to allow active travel to school. Results show that Abu Dhabi needs to implement aggressive strategies to promote active commuting to school.
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Education Economics and Development (IJEED):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:
Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.
If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com
Our Blog 
Follow us on Twitter 
Visit us on Facebook