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Table 2 Average distance, time duration and speed of GPS tracks between home and school

From: Active transport between home and school assessed with GPS: a cross-sectional study among Dutch elementary school children

Mode of transport

 

Mean ± SD

Median

Walking

Distance (meter)

357 ± 264

288

N = 362

Duration (minutes)

6.9 ± 8.9

4.2

 

Average speed (km/h)

4.1 ± 1.3

4.1

 

Max speed (km/h)

9.9 ± 2.4

10.1

Cycling

Distance (meter)

624 ± 383

560

N = 281

Duration (minutes)

8.4 ± 9.1

4.9

 

Average speed (km/h)

6.8 ± 3.8

5.6

 

Max speed (km/h)

19.2 ± 4.8

17.4

Motorized transport

Distance (meter)

2941 ± 4208

1176

N = 169

Duration (minutes)

42.3 ± 72.8

7.4

 

Average speed (km/h)

10.6 ± 7.8

9.1

 

Max speed (km/h)

53.6 ± 18.6

48.8

  1. Description: N represents the number of tracks recorded for the different modes of transport.