Streets Ahead Evaluation Report

The final report of the three-year VicHealth project highlights the significant gains in awareness of active travel at local government levels and the strategies that helped reduce some barriers, and identifies the changes needed to reduce others.

Towards active and independently mobile children

Despite clear evidence of the fundamental health benefits to children who undertake regular physical activity, research has found a dramatic decline in children walking to school on their own.

Children's active transport and independent mobility in urban and rural Victoria

This research is the Australian component of an international project on children’s active travel and independent mobility.

Nothing but fear itself

This evidence review from a group of national experts looks into 'parental fear' as a determinant impacting on children's physical activity levels and independent mobility, as well as the sources of fear.

Active transport: adults (an overview of recent evidence)

This report explains the prevalence, trends and determinants of active travel, and the effectiveness of interventions aimed at increasing active travel. It will assist in the process of translating government policies and individual preferences into practice.

Active transport: children and young people (an overview of recent evidence)

In recent decades, substantial changes in Australian lifestyles, urban environments and transportation systems have led to changed physical activity patterns among children. Active transport, in particular, has declined dramatically in countries, including Australia, where car travel has become the predominant form of personal mobility.

Walktober Fact Sheet

Walktober links a number of walking events throughout Victoria and generates discussion about bigger issues including urban planning, liveable communities and neighbourhood safety - all of which impact walking.

"How times have changed" - active transport literature review

There are many studies which report on how children get to and from school and negotiate their neighbourhoods, but very few explore in detail the cultural context in which children’s independent mobility has been curtailed. This paper by Dr Lisa Thomson moves beyond current modes of thinking and explores how this cultural shift has come about. 

Streets Ahead: Supporting children to get active in their neighbourhoods

Streets Ahead builds on the learnings from VicHealth’s Walking School Bus program. Inspiration and information for the councils and their communiies who are pioneering Streets Ahead and supporting children to get active in their neighbourhoods.

Lively Neighbourhoods: Inspirational Stories from Victoria's Walking School Buses

A Walking School Bus program can have far-reaching effects on the participants, the schools and the wider community.