Travelling to School: Transportation Selection by Parents and Awareness towards Sustainable Transportation

This study examined the factors that motivated parents to choose the mode of transportation for their children to travel to school besides investigated parents’ attitudes about their awareness towards sustainable transportation. The study found that the majority of parents used private vehicles to send their children to school were primarily influenced by the level of safety (crime and traffic). Security problems caused parents to be less interested in the campaign for sustainable transport. Despite the fact that the majority of parents were aware of the dangers of motor vehicles towards the environment and the positive effects of encouraging their children to walk and cycle to school, safety and security issues discouraged parents to support the use of sustainable transportation. The results of this study gave the true picture of urban lifestyles in terms of school transportation. In addition, parental views and concerns about safety showed the need for the improvement of public security, which was the main factor that encouraged parents to let their children walk or cycle to school.