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This paper aims to present the Erasmus + Sports “WalkingBus” project, which addresses the objective of “Encouraging a healthy lifestyle for all” with a specific focus on children by supporting walking as a means of commuting to school and other after-school activities. A walking bus is defined as a supervised group of children walking to or from school (or other premises) along a set route and picking up or dropping off “passengers” at specific points along the way. An increasing number of children do not get sufficient regular exercise because they are taken to school by car due to safety concerns, leading to adverse health outcomes not only in childhood but also in later life. In Greece, 52% of road traffic fatalities among children are pedestrians; in Italy, 24%; and in Türkiye, 41%. At the same time, in Greece, 13.8% of children aged 5–19 are obese; in Italy, 12.5%, and in Türkiye, 11.5%. The WalkingBus project aspires to address this problem in these countries. It will utilize several Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to evaluate the project’s outcomes and the overall quality of the project, based on three (3) pillars: 1) Building the fundamentals of WalkingBus, 2) WalkingBus in action, and 3) Stakeholder engagement.

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Walking vs. Riding: The WalkingBus Project Approach

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年

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  • Dimitrios Nalmpantis,
  • Evangelia Beli,
  • Iason Tamiakis,
  • Giancarlo Masi,
  • Maria Grazia Pirina,
  • Roberto Solinas,
  • Elif Kayhan,
  • Esra Erdem,
  • Ersel Aydın,
  • Eleni Anoyrkati,
  • Nefeli Dimitriadi

摘要

This paper aims to present the Erasmus + Sports “WalkingBus” project, which addresses the objective of “Encouraging a healthy lifestyle for all” with a specific focus on children by supporting walking as a means of commuting to school and other after-school activities. A walking bus is defined as a supervised group of children walking to or from school (or other premises) along a set route and picking up or dropping off “passengers” at specific points along the way. An increasing number of children do not get sufficient regular exercise because they are taken to school by car due to safety concerns, leading to adverse health outcomes not only in childhood but also in later life. In Greece, 52% of road traffic fatalities among children are pedestrians; in Italy, 24%; and in Türkiye, 41%. At the same time, in Greece, 13.8% of children aged 5–19 are obese; in Italy, 12.5%, and in Türkiye, 11.5%. The WalkingBus project aspires to address this problem in these countries. It will utilize several Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to evaluate the project’s outcomes and the overall quality of the project, based on three (3) pillars: 1) Building the fundamentals of WalkingBus, 2) WalkingBus in action, and 3) Stakeholder engagement.