Children’s Independent Mobility (CIM) is a measure of the level of a child’s freedom to explore and move about his or her local neighbourhood without direct adult supervision. Children have suffered a significant loss of independent mobility since the 1970s. The choice of independent mobility for children’s travel to school can be predicted by a...

This paper describes the current levels of children’s active transport and independent mobility to and from school; examines associations between distance and transport methods and explorings the socio-demographic factors, including sex and urban classification, influencing transport options.