Annals of epidemiology
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Annals of epidemiology · Jun 2016
Comparative StudyNational Safe Routes to School program and risk of school-age pedestrian and bicyclist injury.
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) was a federally funded transportation program for facilitating physically active commuting to and from school in children through improvements of the built environment. There is evidence that SRTS programs increase walking and bicycling in school-age children, but their impact on pedestrian and bicyclist safety has not been adequately examined. We investigate the impact and effects of the SRTS program on school-age pedestrian and bicyclist injuries in a nationwide sample in the United States. ⋯ Implementation of the SRTS program appears to have contributed to improving traffic safety for school-age children in the United States.