Morning and Afternoon Travel Mode Comparison
Figure 41: Morning and Afternoon Travel Mode Comparison. Numbers above the bars show percentages of each mode.
STUDENT TRAVEL TALLY: NEW YORK MILLS SCHOOL – SECONDARY AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Question – How did you arrive at school today? How do you plan to leave for home after school? The student travel tally for the secondary and high school students recorded 639 trips in the morning and 580 in the afternoon. This is a large sample size that will have a degree of statistical significance. Travel mode results from the student travel tally do not match up well with the travel mode results from the parent survey which is likely a reflection of the more advanced maturity level of these students. All modes keep essentially the same shares between morning and afternoons with no shift from the family vehicle in the morning to other modes in the afternoon as is typically seen in other schools often with younger students. According to the tally results seen in Figure 42 the combined rate of walking and biking to school in the morning was three percent (three percent walking, zero percent biking). This combined rate however then decreased to just two percent in the afternoon (two percent walking, zero percent biking). These figures
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