Oliver, MBadland, HMavoa, SWitten, KKearns, REllaway, AHinckson, EMackay, LSchluter, PJ2014-12-102014-12-1020142014International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2014, 11:70. DOI:10.1186/1479-5868-11-701479-5868https://hdl.handle.net/10292/8219Active transport (e.g., walking, cycling) to school (ATS) can contribute to children's physical activity and health. The built environment is acknowledged as an important factor in understanding children's ATS, alongside parental factors and seasonality. Inconsistencies in methodological approaches exist, and a clear understanding of factors related to ATS remains equivocal. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of associates of children's ATS, by considering the effects of daily weather patterns and neighbourhood walk ability and neighbourhood preferences (i.e., for living in a high or low walkable neighbourhood) on this behaviour.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.AdolescentChildCross-sectional studiesDemographyEnvironment designFamily characteristicsFemaleGeographic Information SystemsHumansMaleMotor activityNew ZealandParentsResidence characteristicsSchoolsSocioeconomic factorsTransportationWalkingJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.1186/1479-5868-11-70