From: Environmental determinants of active travel in youth: A review and framework for future research
 | Associations with active travel behaviour | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample Age | Youth | Children | Adolescents | ||||||
Direction of Association | Negative | None | Positive | Negative | None | Positive | Negative | None | Positive |
Characteristics of the neighbourhood | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Provision of facilities |  |  | [35] |  |  | [25]F | |||
   Personal safety |  |  | [35] |  |  |  | |||
   Road safety |  |  |  | [34] M | [34]F |  | [36]F | [25] | |
   Social interactions |  |  | [29] |  |  |  |  | [36]F | |
   Facilities to assist active travel |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||
   Urban form and street design |  |  | [29] |  | [45] |  |  | [45] | |
   Aesthetics |  |  | [35] |  |  |  | [36] |  |  |
Characteristics of the destination and surroundings | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Destination characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   School size |  | [42] |  | [47] |  |  |  |  |  |
Characteristics of surroundings | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Urban-rural status | [48] | [30] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   Facilities assist active travel |  |  |  |  | [38] |  |  |  |  |
   Urban form |  |  |  |  |  | [38] |  |  |  |
   Visibility |  |  |  |  |  | [38] |  |  |  |
Characteristics of the route | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Length | [52] |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||
   Road safety |  |  | [54] |  |  |  |  |  | |
   Urban form & topography |  |  |  | [40] | [40] |  | [40] | [51] | [51] |