Evers Cody, Boles Shawn, Johnson-Shelton Deb, Schlossberg Marc, Richey David
Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Blvd., Eugene, OR 97403, .
University of Oregon, 147B Hendricks Hall, 1209 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA 97403.
J Transp Health. 2014 Jun;1(2):108-115. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2014.03.003.
Walking rates to school remain low for U.S. children in large part due to parent concern for child safety. Little research has investigated the specific features of streets and intersection networks that parents associate with safe walking networks for children. To investigate which aspects of the child walking environment lead to parental concern, parent volunteers conducted an audit of streets leading to seven elementary schools in a suburban school district. Parents were most likely to feel concern about streets that lacked sidewalks or had sidewalks with obstructions. Wheelchair-accessible routes were seen as appropriate for walking children. Parents expressed concern over safety at intersections, particularly those involving large streets; traffic controls did not mollify their concern.
美国儿童步行上学的比例仍然很低，很大程度上是因为家长担心孩子的安全。很少有研究调查家长认为与儿童安全步行网络相关的街道和交叉路口网络的具体特征。为了调查儿童步行环境的哪些方面会导致家长的担忧，家长志愿者对一个郊区学区通往七所小学的街道进行了评估。家长最有可能对没有人行道或有人行道障碍物的街道感到担忧。无障碍轮椅通道被认为适合儿童步行。家长对交叉路口的安全表示担忧，尤其是那些涉及主干道的交叉路口；交通管制并没有减轻他们的担忧。
