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Abstract
Lately, there is an increasing focus on school travel due to the rising levels of childhood obesity and a DROP in children walking to school in the past 50 years. Active school travel (AST) provides an opportunity to engage children in healthy behaviors by increasing physical activity. Multiple factors affect the transport to and from school, either active or passive travel. This research examines the factors influencing primary school students’ mode choice using the findings of parents’ questionnaires, in-class discussions, one-on-one interviews, and urban design measurement tools for assessing macro and micro scale-built environment aspects. Around 500 students between third and sixth grades from four primary schools in Alexandria and their parents participated in this study. Site selection considered diversity to explore the various factors that influence parents’ perception and decision and measured urban form on school travel. Binary Logistic regression models were used to investigate how parent and child perceptions of barriers impact active school travel behavior and identify significant AST predictors. The results showed that distance, social/cultural norms, neighborhood safety, and parents’ perceptions of the urban form are the most influencing factors for active school travel. Accordingly, the results confirmed the significance of parents’ perceptions and the spatial structure of school travel routes. So, encouraging AST depends on creating a safe and accessible environment. Therefore, the recommendation is to include both objective and perceived environmental elements in improving mode choice to increase healthy behaviors among children. Keywords: Active school travel, Physical activity, Macro-scale built environment, Micro-scale built environment, Perceptions, Alexandria.