Deka, Devajyoti. 2017. [Book Review] “Bicycle justice and urban transformation: biking for all?” Transport Reviews, 38(2), 270-271. ABSTRACT: This is a review of the book “Bicycle Justice and Urban Transformation: Biking for All?,” edited by Golub, et al. (2016), Routledge, New York (ISBN 978-1-138-95024-5). The review commends the editors and chapter authors for emphasizing the importance of equity […]
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 […]
DiPetrillo, S., Von Hagen, L.A., Malone, S., Meehan, S. and Shivaraman, G. 2017. “Delays, detours, and diversions: paths to fully executed Safe Routes to School projects.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2653: 17-25. Abstract State governments periodically solicit, review, and award Safe Routes to Schools grants to local governments and school […]
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 […]
Deka, Devajyoti. 2017. “The effect of mobility loss and car ownership on the feeling of depression, happiness, and loneliness.” Journal of Transport and Health, 4, 99-107. ABSTRACT With the conjecture that mobility is affected by both personal impairments and automobile access, this paper examined how difficulty walking, difficulty climbing stairs, and automobile ownership […]
Deka, Devajyoti. 2017. “Impacts of standardizing school start time on children and household workers – An examination with NHTS data.” Journal of Transport Geography, 59, pp. 40-48. ABSTRACT Due to demonstrated health, safety, and performance benefits to children from delayed school start time, academics and government agencies in the United States are increasingly insisting […]
Deka, Devajyoti. 2017. “Benchmarking Gentrification near Commuter Rail Stations in New Jersey.” Urban Studies. vol. 54 (13), and pp. 2955-2972. Abstract: Predictions in recent studies that an increasingly large number of households will locate near rail stations because of changing lifestyles and perceptions of younger generations should be a reason for concern for transportation planners […]
