Streets for people: Design for active travel among children and youth. This project aims to determine what street characteristics are critical for child-friendly urban environments that encourage chil

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Streets for people: Design for active travel among children and youth. This project aims to determine what street characteristics are critical for child-friendly urban environments that encourage children and adolescents to walk or bike places, and parents to allow their child to do so. This project expects to generate new knowledge about how streets can be improved to better encourage and support walking and biking among young people. Expected outcomes include practical, actionable evidence for planners about optimal street design to best support sustainable travel among a vulnerable population group. This should provide significant benefits to the community via provision of safer, more inviting streets that support shifts to active travel, contributing to physical activity and environmental gains.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 4207 - Sports Science and Exercise. Lead: Prof Anna Timperio