The aim of this master's thesis was to examine the implementation of the Walking bus (Pešbus) and Bike train (Bicivlak) projects in Slovenian primary schools and supplement the data collected by the Institute for Spatial Policies (IPoP) through the "Aktivno v šolo in zdravo mesto" program. The research included 46 primary schools that were already familiar with the Pešbus project. Data on active primary schools were obtained with the assistance of IPoP. Data on the implementation of Pešbus were collected from June 6, 2023, to June 16, 2023, using our questionnaire. We did not include Bicivlak analysis in the study due to a small sample size. We analyzed the questionnaire responses using SPSS 25. Descriptive variables were presented with frequency distributions, and numerical variables were summarized with means, minimums, and maximums. Differences between school locations and sizes in the frequency of Pešbus project implementation or the number of participating students in the Pešbus project were calculated using Fisher's exact test, as the assumptions for the intended two-way chi-square test were violated (Ei>5). One-way chi-square test was used to examine differences between expected and actual proportions regarding the frequency of Pešbus project implementation. In all tests, statistical significance was assessed at a 5% level of significance. There were no significant differences between school locations and the frequency of Pešbus project implementation (p = 0,425), although a slightly higher percentage of frequent implementation was observed in suburban schools and less frequent implementation in rural schools. Similarly, there were no statistically significant differences between school sizes and the frequency of Pešbus project implementation (p = 0,223). We also assessed the influences of school location and size on the number of participating students in the Pešbus project. Among school locations, we found a trending difference (p = 0,064); urban schools involved slightly fewer students than suburban and rural schools. Likewise, there were no statistically significant differences between school sizes in the number of participating students in the Pešbus project (p = 0,231). From an organizational perspective, we observed that most schools implemented the Pešbus project in one week (36,96%), offered 3 routes (34,78%) with lengths of 1-2 km (52,17%), and included 25-50 students (42,22%). The majority of project supervisors were school staff members. The data cannot be generalized for foreign contexts as the Pešbus study encompassed only Slovenian primary schools. However, the findings can serve as useful guidelines for the successful implementation of Pešbus in Slovenia.
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