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Description
Mode of travel data collected annually from schools in Leeds, UK, to monitor sustainable travel promotion and road safety. The data includes 10 specified travel modes, such as Walk, Cycle, Car/Van, and Public Bus Service. It was last updated by the Government Digital Service on 2019-10-17.
Use Cases
Analyzing modal share for school journeys based on the 10 specified travel modes.
Monitoring progress towards sustainable travel and carbon emission reduction targets mentioned in the description.
Assessing road safety and healthy lifestyle promotion among children as described in the data's purpose.
Evaluating school travel plan compliance and response rates across Leeds schools.
Strengths
Data collection is part of a statutory duty for local authorities, suggesting an official mandate.
Includes 10 distinct, pre-defined modes of travel for consistent categorization.
Explicitly linked to climate emergency and carbon emission reduction goals declared in March 2019.
Limitations
Last updated 2019-10-17 12:02:43.335000; freshness should be verified.
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
The description notes not all schools respond, and some school response rates may be low.
Provenance
Source
Influencing Travel Behaviour Team (ITB), Leeds City Council, via the Government Digital Service.
Collection Method
Collected annually from schools via SIMS reports or Excel spreadsheets.
Time Range
Annual collection; last update recorded in 2019.
Freshness
Last updated 2019-10-17 12:02:43.335000.
Geography
Leeds, United Kingdom.
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