Deka, Devajyoti. (2019). The Effect of Pre-Post Differences in Walking, Health, and Weight on Retirees’ Long-Term Quality of Life. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 2020, 28, 510-520. ABSTRACT: This research examined the effect of pre-post differences in walking duration, health, and weight on retirees’ long-term quality of life (QoL). It used data from a 2018 randomized […]
Deka, Devajyoti, and Charles T. Brown. (2020). “Does the pathway to transportation walking for older adults run through recreational walking?” Travel Behavior and Society 20, 51-61. ABSTRACT: Although a number of recent studies have addressed walking by older adults, many have aggregated recreational and transportation walking into overall physical activity, whereas many others have exclusively […]
Deka, Devajyoti, Charles Brown, and James Sinclair. (2018). “Exploration of the effect of violent crime on recreational and transportation walking by path and structural equation models.” Health & Place, 52, 34-45. ABSTRACT: To examine how violent crime affects people’s recreational and transportation walking duration in daytime and after dark on a typical day, this study undertakes […]
The 2015 New Jersey Complete Streets Summit brought together over 250 planners, engineers, advocates, and policy-makers from throughout the state to advance strategies for providing a safe, multi-modal transportation system that’s accessible for all users. In addition to NJ Department of Transportation’s nationally-recognized Complete Streets policy, local policies have increased to 121 municipal and 7 […]
Deka, D., and Von Hagen, L.A. 2015. “The Evolution of School Siting and its Implications for Active Transportation in New Jersey” International Journal of Sustainable Transportation. 9: 602–611. Abstract: The study examines historical changes in the size and location of schools in New Jersey and their relevance to children walking and bicycling to school. […]
Park, H., Noland, R., Von Hagen, L.A. & Chatman, D. “A Mode Choice Analysis of School Trips in New Jersey.” Journal of Transport and Land Use, Vol.7 No. 2, 2014. Abstract This paper examines the mode choice behavior of children’s travel to school based on surveys conducted at a sample of schools in New Jersey. […]
Park, H., Noland, R.B. and U. Lachapelle. 2013. “Active School Trips: Associations with Caregiver Walking Frequency.” Transport Policy 29: 23-28. Abstract Household and parental characteristics and perceptions of walking and the built environment may reduce the propensity of children to use active travel modes (walking and bicycling) for their school trip. This paper examines whether […]
