Trip deprivation can legitimately reflect both functioning and capability when deprivation is carefully defined.
Devajyoti Deka
Self-perception and General Perception of the Safety Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Pedestrians, Bicyclists, and People with Ambulatory Disability
Using data from a statewide random-digit-dialing telephone survey of 1,001 adults, this paper examines how New Jersey residents perceive the safety impact of AVs on pedestrians, bicyclists, and people with ambulatory disability.
Environmental Justice, Transport Justice, and Mobility Justice
This article explores three concepts of justice in transportation: environmental justice (EJ), transport justice (TJ), and mobility justice (MJ).
Predicting transit mode choice of New Jersey workers commuting to New York City from a stated preference survey
This study examines transit mode choice preferences of New Jersey commuters traveling to New York City with the objective of assisting trans-Hudson ferry service planning on the basis of variables significantly affecting mode choice.
The Effect of Pre-Post Differences in Walking, Health and Weight on Retirees’ Long-Term Quality of Life
This research examined the effect of pre-post differences in walking duration, health, and weight on retirees’ long-term quality of life (QoL).
Does the pathway to transportation walking for older adults run through recreational walking?
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 focused on recreational walking.
A comparison of the personal and neighborhood characteristics associated with ridesourcing, transit use and driving with NHTS
The opportunity to conduct an overarching national study to examine the characteristics of ridesourcing users and their neighborhoods was absent until the 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) dataset was released in 2018.
Are millennials moving to more urbanized and transit-oriented counties?
Recent studies show that two distinct narratives have emerged about the millennials’ behavior, attitudes, and preferences regarding their choice of residence and transportation.
Exploration of the effect of violent crime on recreational and transportation walking by path and structural equation models
To examine how violent crime affects people’s recreational and transportation walking duration in daytime and after dark on a typical day.
Exploration of millennials’ perception of spending on cities, mass transit, and highways
This study compares the perception of millennials with the perception of older generations regarding public spending on cities, mass transit, and highways in the US national context.
Recent Publications
Comparing injuries from e-scooters, e-bikes, and bicycles in the United States
There is a growing perception that e-scooters are more dangerous than bicycles and e-bikes, with towns implementing measures to ban their usage. Yet, there is not much evidence from large scale surveys to substantiate this claim. Nearly 14,000 micromobility injuries...
Equal charging for all: Are there income-based disparities in public charging stations?
We compare charging station accessibility for different income groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. Using a microsimulation model, we estimate charging station accessibility under varying battery range scenarios, assuming different income groups have vehicles with...
New Jersey Micromobility Guide (2025)
The New Jersey Micromobility Guide serves as a resource for micromobility users across the state, collecting and summarizing the laws and safety best practices that can make riders safer. Micromobility, which includes e-bikes, e-scooters, and other low-speed devices,...
The deal breaker theory of cycling: A new approach to understanding bike behavior
Most locations across the world have a large un-tapped pool of people who do not bike at all and an even larger pool who do not bike for transportation. To increase cycling, we must better understand this group and the reasons they do not ride. I propose a new theory...