In an effort to understand how changes in mobility are associated with the spread of the coronavirus, distinguished professor Robert Noland used mobility data from Google correlated with estimates of the effective reproduction rate, a measure of viral infectiousness, in “Mobility and the Effective Reproduction Rate of COVID-19,” published in the Journal of Transport and […]
Bikeshare use in New York City dropped substantially during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, but by summer of 2020 had largely recovered to pre-pandemic levels. The patterns of usage, however, have changed. In “Changes in the Pattern of Bikeshare Usage Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic,” published in the January 2021 issue of Transport […]
A new paper by Bloustein School doctoral candidate Sicheng Wang and Distinguished Professor Robert B. Noland looks at the elasticities of demand for ride-hailing service provider DiDi in Chengdu, China. Ride-hailing is frequently used for social, leisure, and recreational trips to destinations such as retail stores, restaurants, and sports and entertainment facilities. This is […]
Noland, Robert B. 2019. Trip patterns and revenue of shared e-scooters in Louisville, Kentucky. Transport Findings Abstract Data on shared e-scooters in Louisville, Kentucky are analyzed. The data includes check out times, trip duration, and trip distance. Patterns in usage are evaluated and suggest that e-scooters are probably not being used for commute trips, but […]
Noland, R.B. and Zhou, Y. 2017. “Has the Great Recession and its Aftermath Reduced Traffic Fatalities?” Accident Analysis and Prevention. 98: 130-138. Abstract An analysis of state-level data from 1984 to 2014 provides evidence on the relationship between economic recessions and US traffic fatalities. While there are large reductions associated with decreases in household median […]
Noland, R.B. 2017. “A rejoinder to the critique of ‘Costs and Benefits of a Road Diet Conversion‘.” Case Studies on Transport Policy. 5(1): 102-104. Abstract This is a rejoinder to a critique by Le Vine (2017) of an evaluation of the costs and benefits of a road diet (Noland et al., 2015), previously published in […]
Noland, R.B., Weiner, M.D., Klein, N.J., and Puniello, O.D. 2017. “An Evaluation of Transit Procurement Training.” Evaluation and Program Planning. 61: 1-7. Abstract We evaluated a training course called “Orientation to Transit Procurement”, designed and conducted by the National Transit Institute. This course is designed to provide Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grantees an overview of […]
Noland, R.B., Weiner, M.D., DiPetrillo, S., and Kay, A.I. 2017. “Attitudes towards transit-oriented development: Resident experiences and professional.” Journal of Transport Geography. 60: 130-140. Transit-oriented development (TOD) provides highly efficient access to transit facilities and, when implemented in concert with streetscape changes, improves neighborhood walkability. In some regions, TOD has generated controversy, seen as impinging […]
Will people pay for better infrastructure after a natural disaster? San Jose, CA – March 1, 2016 – When Superstorm Sandy struck the East Coast in October of 2012, a seemingly perfect test case occurred of a population that had seen first-hand what natural disasters could do to a region. Researchers at the Mineta National Transit Research […]
Noland, Robert B., and DiPetrillo, Stephanie. 2015. “Transit-Oriented Development and the Frequency of Modal Use.” The Journal of Transport and Land Use. 8(2): 1-25. Abstract Transit-oriented development (TOD) is assumed to be effective at changing the travel behavior of individuals, particularly in increasing the use of public transit, but also by increasing walking activity while […]
