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.
Devajyoti Deka
Bicycling to Rail Stations in NJ: 2013 Benchmarking Report
An effort to benchmark the current state of travel by a unique set of travelers, transit riders who travel to stations by bicycle.
Generators of Paratransit Trips by Persons with Disabilities
This study attempts to identify the generators of paratransit trips beginning and ending at clients’ homes and away from home.
The Living, Moving and Travel Behaviour of the Growing American Solo: Implications for Cities
This study identifies the distinctive dwelling, moving and travel characteristics of the American solo households, and examines the reasons for their attraction to cities.
An Exploration of the Environmental and Rider Characteristics Associated with Disability Paratransit Trip Delay
This study examines how performance measures are associated with local environmental characteristics such as density and the characteristics of the trip makers.
The Revenue and Environmental Benefits of New Off-Peak Commuter Rail Service – The Case of the Pascack Valley Line in New Jersey
This study provides important evidence about the benefits of off-peak commuter rail service by focusing on the Pascack Valley line in New Jersey, where off-peak service was introduced in October 2007.
An Explanation of the Relationship between Adults’ Work Trip Mode and Children’s School Trip Mode through the Heckman Approach
This study makes an additional assumption that children’s mode to school and household adults’ travel mode to work are interrelated because of a lifestyle choice made by parents and caregivers.
How Do People Value Different Types of Pedestrians and Bicycle Infrastructure? (2013)
A survey of New Jersey residents specifically focused on people’s valuation of different types of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and the reasons for their valuation in two large regions of the state.
Role of Public Transportation as Job Access Mode: Lessons from a Survey of Persons with Disabilities in New Jersey
The primary objective of this paper is to share valuable information from a unique survey of people with disabilities who were actively searching for employment in New Jersey.
Forecasting Shelter Accessibility and Vehicle Availability for Hurricane Evacuation in Northern New Jersey Using Sample Enumeration
This study developed and used a methodology to forecast mode-specific and destination-specific evacuees and measure the accessibility of evacuees to shelters and evacuation vehicles at the level of census tracts for a seven-county region.
Recent Publications
Assessing Pedestrian Stress with Biometric Sensing and Survey Responses
Recent advances in biometric sensing technologies, such as eye tracking, heart rate trackers, and galvanic skin response (GSR) sensors, offer new opportunities to measure pedestrian stress level and their travel experiences in real-time. Uncertainty remains about...
GPS-Based Street-View Greenspace Exposure and Wearable Assessed Physical Activity in a Prospective Cohort of US Women
Background Increasing evidence positively links greenspace and physical activity (PA). However, most studies use measures of greenspace, such as satellite-based vegetation indices around the residence, which fail to capture ground-level views and day-to-day dynamic...
Measuring Induced Travel Elasticities associated with Local Roads from Trip Generation
Induced travel elasticities associated with new road capacity are typically estimated for roads of higher functional classifications, such as interstate freeways and principal arterials. These are estimated as “own” elasticities, that is an increase in lane kilometers...
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...