Background The child active transportation literature has focused on walking, with little
attention to risk associated with increased traffic exposure. This paper reviews the literature …

Active travel to school has declined during the last 50 years in North America. During the
last decade, the children's active school transportation (AST) literature has grown. This …

Walking and bicycling to school (active school transportation, AST) has been in decline for
decades in North America and globally with the rise of automobility. This cross-sectional study …

Active school transportation (AST) benefits children’s health. Social factors, including low-income,
visible minority status, and immigration have been associated with more AST. However…

OBJECTIVES: Initiatives to increase active school transportation are popular. However,
increased walking to school could increase collision risk. The built environment is related to both …

Background Child pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions (PMVCs) have decreased in Canada
in the past 20 years. Many believe this trend is explained by the rise in automobile use for all …

Objectives To estimate the proportion of children living within walking distance who walk to
school in Toronto, Canada and identify built and social environmental correlates of walking. …

… Morgan Slater and Linda Rothman contributed to the conceptual framework, study design,
acquisition, analysis and interpretation of the data and drafting and critical revision of the …

Objective To investigate annual and seasonal trends in physician office and emergency
department (ED) visit rates for pediatric concussion in Ontario between 2003 and 2013. Study …

Background Pedestrian incidents represent an increasing proportion of serious injuries
resulting from motor vehicle collisions in Canada. However, few studies have examined the …