Abstract This study comprehensively describes travel behavior to various destinations among adolescents from Germany aged 11–15 years and how this varies according to residential location type and adolescents' socio-demographics. Overall, more than a half of adolescents use active transport modes to reach school and non-school destinations. Prevalence of passive transport modes was higher in girls compared to boys, on the way to and from school compared to non-school destinations, and for longer distances. Adult accompaniment occurred predominantly to non-school destinations, was higher in girls compared to boys and was associated with passive travel. In the future, active travel promotion programs should especially consider girls' needs to prevent low levels of active travel. Additionally, improvements in the public transport infrastructure are recommended to enable a shift to a healthy and sustainable travel behavior in adolescents.

    Highlights More than 70% of adolescents actively travel to non-school destinations. To non-school destinations, prevalence of cycling is higher in boys than in girls. Public transport is mainly used in rural areas on the way to and from school. Adult accompaniment is higher in girls than in boys and related to passive travel. Urbanization and travel distance are crucial for transport mode choice.


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    Titel :

    Adolescents' travel behavior in Germany: Investigating transport mode choice considering destination, travel distance, and urbanization


    Beteiligte:
    Marzi, Isabel (Autor:in) / Beck, Franziska (Autor:in) / Engels, Eliane (Autor:in) / Renninger, Denise (Autor:in) / Demetriou, Yolanda (Autor:in) / Reimers, Anne K. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2023-08-25




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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