Residential car dependency is a significant challenge to achieving sustainable urban mobility, especially in suburban areas. Its negative impacts include energy consumption, land-use inefficiency, public health, deepening socio-economic polarization, all hindering the transition to resilient and inclusive urban mobility. This research focuses on Prague's suburban areas, specifically exploring the relationship between accessibility to primary educational amenities and parental transport behaviour, measured through both car dependency and public transport (PT) use frequency. Urban planning concepts like the 15-minute city or Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) aim to address car dependency by improving access to essential services and amenities, but their real-world impact on transport behaviour, particularly in suburban environments, is still not fully understood. This study adds new insights by examining parental travel behaviour using travel diaries and regression models, focusing on how proximity to primary educational facilities correlates with both car and PT used in the Prague suburban area.
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