Does free public transit increase physical activity and independent mobility in children? Study protocol for comparing children’s activity between two Finnish towns with and without free public transit

Table 1 Objective public transit (PT) accessibility measures of each school in Mikkeli and Kouvola and school pairs of the study

Pair nr.	City	School id	YKR zone^a	PT stop density (PT stops per school network area)	PT trips per day	Average PT trips per day	Daily PT trips per school network area	PT trips per hour	Hourly PT trips per school network area	PT trips 07–10 am	Average PT trips 07–10 am	PT trips on weekdays	Average PT trips per weekdays
1	Mikkeli	1007	2	15	910	51	555	38	23	181	10	500	28
1	Kouvola	2011	2	10	344	31	268	14	11	65	6	172	16
2	Mikkeli	1010	41	18	1646	57	998	69	42	281	10	784	27
2	Kouvola	2023	41	14	1190	70	734	50	31	253	15	607	36
3	Mikkeli	1012	5	10	674	48	478	28	20	80	6	300	21
3	Kouvola	2029	5	9	544	49	429	23	18	110	10	290	26
4	Mikkeli	1013	5	8	400	40	313	17	13	51	5	163	16
4	Kouvola	2007	5	6	418	60	331	17	14	99	14	264	38
5	Mikkeli	1016	5	7	52	9	55	2	2	23	4	52	9
5	Kouvola	2000	5	4	107	27	75	4	3	24	6	64	16
6	Mikkeli	1006	5	12	249	16	182	10	8	50	3	138	9
6	Kouvola	2006	5	6	93	16	98	4	4	12	2	93	16
7	Mikkeli	1003	5	8	689	57	420	29	18	119	10	356	30
7	Kouvola	2026	5	5	364	46	230	15	10	66	8	158	20
8	Mikkeli	1018	0	12	172	11	123	7	5	52	3	117	8
8	Kouvola	2022	0	7	92	9	65	4	3	27	3	92	9
9	Mikkeli	1005	0	9	117	17	78	5	3	23	3	100	14
9	Kouvola	2033	0	7	169	19	127	7	5	45	5	121	13
10	Mikkeli	1022	0	8	221	18	149	9	6	71	6	162	14
10	Kouvola	2031	0	8	314	31	252	13	11	90	9	174	17

^a 2 = walking zone, 41 = intensive public transit zone, 5 = car zone, 0 = out of urban zones

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