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Bungum, Timothy J.; Clark, Sheila; Aguilar, Brenda – American Journal of Health Education, 2014
Background: Many children do not meet physical activity (PA) guidelines. One strategy that may enhance PA is to increase active transport to school (ATS) rates. Purpose: To assess the effects of an ATS intervention. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used to compare ATS and vehicle traffic rates at a school that participated in a statewide…
Descriptors: Transportation, Physical Activity Level, Quasiexperimental Design, Comparative Analysis
Sadler, Ronald A.; Ching, C. T. K. – 1975
In order to investigate the interaction of cost, quality, and efficiency in the provision of educational services in rural Nevada, synthetic cost functions were developed using a linear programming transportation model to identify optimal school district organization. Optimal school district organization was defined for specific levels of…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum, Distance