Abstract This paper analyses the way students travel to school and examines the influence of environmental conditions on travel patterns. More specifically, it studies how topographic changes affect the likelihood of choosing cycling as a transport mode. We use mode choice data on students' home-to-school commuting trips from a previous study by Muller et al. (2008). The results show that models perform better when they account for the topographic conditions of the urban environment. We included this information in the model by introducing the “energy exerted” variable, which significantly improves the model and the results. The implications of this study are manifold; it guides the consolidation or expansion of school-based transportation network planning in Germany and prompts further analysis of active transportation systems, such as bike, pedelec and e-bike sharing systems. Overall, transportation policy should seek to foster active transportation, as it provides the greatest benefits for society and has a direct impact on people's well-being, while notably reducing the negative environmental and socioeconomic impacts of motorized transport.

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丘陵城市环境中活跃的学校交通分析：以德累斯顿为例

摘要 本文分析了学生上学的方式，并考察了环境条件对出行方式的影响。更具体地说，它研究了地形变化如何影响选择骑自行车作为交通方式的可能性。我们使用了 Muller 等人先前研究中关于学生从家到校通勤旅行的模式选择数据。(2008)。结果表明，模型在考虑城市环境的地形条件时表现更好。我们通过引入“施加的能量”变量将这些信息包含在模型中，这显着改进了模型和结果。这项研究的意义是多方面的。它指导德国​​校本交通网络规划的整合或扩展，并促使进一步分析主动交通系统，如自行车、电动自行车和电动自行车共享系统。总体而言，交通政策应寻求促进主动交通，因为它为社会提供最大利益，对人们的福祉产生直接影响，同时显着减少机动交通对环境和社会经济的负面影响。