Environmental Correlates of Safe Walking

Researchers from the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto performed a systematic review of the literature to explore whether particular characteristics of the built environment have potential both to improve the frequency of walking for children and to reduce their risk of pedestrian injury. The authors reviewed quantitative studies, completed in urban or suburban settings in highly “motorized” countries (high number of vehicles per capita), that examined the effect of features of the built environment and walking frequency and injury in children ≤12 years of age. Specific features of the built …