Active Transportation Safety Features around Schools in Canada
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Active Transportation Safety Features around Schools in Canada
The purpose of this study was to describe the presence and quality of active transportation safety features in Canadian school environments that relate to pedestrian and bicycle safety. Variations in these features and associated traffic concerns as perceived by school administrators were examined by geographic status and school type. The study was based on schools that participated in 2009/201...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10115711