Table 2 Features and simulated results for four scenarios with different school location and catchment area policies
From: Using an agent-based model to simulate children’s active travel to school
Scenario | Scenario features | Simulated results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
School location | Definition of catchment area | Children walking to school (%) | Percent distribution of children by distance to school (in miles) | |||||
<0.25 | 0.25-0.5 | 0.5-1 | 1-2 | > = 2 | ||||
Baseline (B) | Evenly distributed | Children attend nearest school | 10.9 | 2.2 | 5.8 | 23.9 | 59.5 | 8.7 |
S1 | Randomly located across the whole city | Same as baseline | 8.4 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 17.8 | 42.9 | 32.3 |
S2 | The city is divided to four school zones of equal size, and the school is randomly located within the zone | Attend school within the same zone | 8.2 | 1.9 | 4.9 | 15.7 | 40.9 | 36.6 |
S3 | Same as S2 | Same as baseline | 9.5 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 19.0 | 49.3 | 24.3 |