Publications on children’s and youth mobility

Stark, J., Punz, T., Werner, L., Wedenig, R., Su, S., & Hössinger, R. (2025). Children’s preferences in urban street design: An image-based best–worst scaling experiment. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 201, 104674. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2025.104674

Stark, J., & Hössinger, R. (2025). The power of active mobility: How walking and cycling can boost well-being. Frontiers for Young Minds, 13, 1611604. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2025.1611604

Su, S., Stark, J., Fidler, M., Hössinger, R., & Susilo, Y. (2025). Exploring physiological stress of travelling by bicycle and e-scooter in bicycle lane: A comparison study through virtual reality. Travel Behaviour and Society, 41, 101107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2025.101107

Stark, J., Hössinger, R., & Ajzen, I. (2025). Explaining children’s physical activity: Experiential attitudes in the theory of planned behaviour. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 112, 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2025.03.024

Stark, J., Hössinger, R., Wegener, S., Batiajew, V., & Su, S. (2025). Children’s active mobility, physical activity and well-being. Journal of Transport & Health, 44, 102120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2025.102120

Su, S., Stark, J., Hössinger, R., & Susilo, Y. (2024). Investigating heart rate responses of children to active travel: A mixed effects modeling analysis. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 3186. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20634-2

Stark, J., & Meschik, M. (2024). On the road to safety: Examining children’s cycling skills and physical activity levels. Children, 11(12), 1556. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11121556

Stark, J., Skok, M., Müller, C., & Meschik, M. (2024). Activities and active mobility of children – At the interface of travel behavior and health research. Transportation Research Procedia, 76, 156–168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2024.05.012

Stark, J., Kaiser, S., & Aschauer, F. (2023). Active and independent mobility on the way to school: Case study of the redesign of the infrastructure surrounding Bunte Schule Währing in the city of Vienna. Children, Youth and Environments, 33(3), 152–183. https://doi.org/10.7721/chilyoutenvi.33.3.0152

Stark, J., Ruzsicska, K., & Wiesmann, T. (2021). Young pedestrians’ mobile phone use while crossing the road. Transactions on Transport Sciences, 2/2021, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.5507/tots.2021.015

Roider, O., Wegener, S., Stark, J., Judmaier, P., Michelberger, F., & Barberi, A. (2019). Merging virtual world with real-life behavior: A concept for a smartphone app to influence young people’s travel behavior. Transportation Research Record, 2673(4), 241–250. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198119837159

Stark, J., Singleton, P. A., & Uhlmann, T. (2019). Exploring children’s school travel, psychological well-being, and travel-related attitudes: Evidence from primary and secondary school children in Vienna, Austria. Travel Behaviour and Society, 16, 118–130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2019.04.003

Stark, J., Meschik, M., Singleton, P., & Schützhofer, B. (2018). Active school travel, attitudes and psychological well-being of children. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 56, 453–465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.05.007

Stark, J., Berger, W., & Hössinger, R. (2018). The effectiveness of an intervention to promote active travel modes in early adolescence. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 55, 389–402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.03.017

Kagerbauer, M., & Stark, J. (2018). Does supervision in multi-day travel surveys lead to higher quality? A comparison of two independent surveys. Transportation Research Procedia, 32, 198–205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2018.10.020

Stark, J., & Hössinger, R. (2018). Attitudes and mode choice: Measurement and evaluation of interrelation. Transportation Research Procedia, 32, 501-512. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2018.10.038

Schützhofer, B., Rauch, J., & Stark, J. (2018). The development of traffic competences – Do children need special infrastructure to be safe in traffic? Transactions on Transport Sciences, 9(2), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.5507/tots.2018.011

Stark, J., Beyer Bartana, I., Fritz, A., Unbehaun, W., & Hössinger, R. (2018). The influence of external factors on children’s travel mode: A comparison of school trips and non-school trips. Journal of Transport Geography, 68, 55–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.02.012

Stark, J., & Aschauer, F. (2018). Exploring independent and active mobility of primary school children in Vienna. Journal of Transport Geography, 68, 31–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.02.007

Schilder, J. C., & Stark, J. (2018). Web-basierte Dienste für die Mobilitätsplanung im Alltag – Nutzungsverhalten von Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen in Österreich. Internationales Verkehrswesen, 70(2), 78–81.

Stark, J; Bartana, I; Fritz, A (2015): Examining Mobility Behaviour among Youth – A Progress Report. Transportation Research Procedia, 11, 481-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2015.12.040