Deka, Devajyoti, Feeley, Cecilia, and Andrea Lubin. 2016. “Travel Patterns, Needs, and Barriers of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Report from a Survey.” 2542: 9-16. ABSTRACT: Although autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has received a substantial amount of attention in other fields, very little appears in the transportation literature about people with ASD. Because the National […]
Smart, Michael. 2015. “A nationwide look at the immigrant neighborhood effect on travel mode choice.” Transportation. 42(1): 189-209. Abstract Immigrants to the United States walk, bicycle, and use transit and carpools more than U.S.-born residents do. These differences persist over time and across income groups. The differences appear strongest when immigrants reside in immigrant neighborhoods […]
Deka, D. 2014. “The Living, Moving and Travel Behaviour of the Growing American Solo: Implications for Cities.” Urban Studies. 51: 634-654. Abstract Between 1930 and 2010 the share of single-person, or solo, households in the US increased from 6 per cent to almost 28 per cent, whereas the share of married-couple households decreased from 79 […]
Smart, Michael, and Klein, Nicholas J. 2013. “Neighborhoods of affinity: social forces and travel in gay and lesbian neighborhoods.” Journal of the American Planning Association. 79(22): 110-124. Abstract Problem, research strategy, and findings: Planners have traditionally focused on how the physical characteristics of neighborhoods influence people’s activity and travel-patterns, overlooking an equally important factor: the […]
