Publications
Merrall, J., Higgins, C. D., & Paez, A. (2023). What’s a School Worth to a Neighborhood? A Spatial Hedonic Analysis of Property Prices in the Context of Accommodation Reviews in Ontario. Geographical Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12377
Allen, J., Higgins, C. D., Silver, D., & Farber, S. (2023). Are low-income residents disproportionately moving away from transit? Journal of Transport Geography, 110, 103635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103635
Shiv Gazi, Y., Higgins, C. D., Kumar, G., & Palm, M. (2023). Public Transport Access to Drug Treatment Before and During COVID-19: Implications for the Opioid Epidemic. International Journal of Drug Policy, 104032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104032
Soukhov, A., Páez, A., Higgins, C. D., & Mohamed, M. (2023). Introducing spatial availability, a singly-constrained measure of competitive accessibility. PLOS ONE, 18(1), e0278468. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278468
Demitiry, M., Higgins, C. D., Páez, A., & Miller, E. J. (2022). Accessibility to primary care physicians: Comparing floating catchments with a utility-based approach. Journal of Transport Geography, 101, 103356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2022.103356
Higgins, C. D., Palm, M., DeJohn, A., Xi, L., Vaughan, J., Farber, S., Widener, M., & Miller, E. (2022). Calculating place-based transit accessibility: Methods, tools and algorithmic dependence. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2022.2012
Desjardins, E., Higgins, C. D., & Páez, A. (2022). Examining equity in accessibility to bike share: A balanced floating catchment area approach. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 102, 103091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.103091
Higgins, C. D., Páez, A., Kim, G., & Wang, J. (2021). Changes in accessibility to emergency and community food services during COVID-19 and implications for low income populations in Hamilton, Ontario. Social Science & Medicine, 291, 114442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114442
Higgins, C. D. (2021). Hiking with Tobler: Tracking Movement and Calibrating a Cost Function for Personalized 3D Accessibility. Findings. https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.28107
Desjardins, E., Higgins, C. D., Scott, D. M., Apatu, E., & Páez, A. (2021). Using environmental audits and photo-journeys to compare objective attributes and bicyclists’ perceptions of bicycle routes. Journal of Transport & Health, 22, 101092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2021.101092
Desjardins, E., Apatu, E., Razavi, S. D., Higgins, C. D., Scott, D. M., & Páez, A. (2021). “Going through a little bit of growing pains”: A qualitative study of the factors that influence the route choice of regular bicyclists in a developing cycling city. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 81, 431–444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2021.06.005
Desjardins, E., Higgins, C. D., Scott, D. M., Apatu, E., & Páez, A. (2021). Correlates of bicycling trip flows in Hamilton, Ontario: fastest, quietest, or balanced routes? Transportation, 49(3), 867–895. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-021-10197-1
Páez, A., & Higgins, C. D. (2021). The Accessibility Implications of a Pilot COVID-19 Vaccination Program in Hamilton, Ontario. Findings. https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.24082
Bruyns, G. J., Higgins, C. D., & Nel, D. H. (2020). Urban volumetrics: From vertical to volumetric urbanisation and its extensions to empirical morphological analysis. Urban Studies, 58(5), 922–940. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098020936970
Páez, A., Anjum, Z., Dickson-Anderson, S. E., Schuster-Wallace, C. J., Martín Ramos, B., & Higgins, C. D. (2020). Comparing distance, time, and metabolic energy cost functions for walking accessibility in infrastructure-poor regions. Journal of Transport Geography, 82, 102564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.102564
Páez, A., Higgins, C. D., & Vivona, S. F. (2019). Demand and level of service inflation in Floating Catchment Area (FCA) methods. PLOS ONE, 14(6), e0218773. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218773
Higgins, C. D. (2019). Accessibility toolbox for r and ArcGIS. Transport Findings. https://doi.org/10.32866/8416
Higgins, C. D. (2019). A 4D spatio-temporal approach to modelling land value uplift from rapid transit in high density and topographically-rich cities. Landscape and Urban Planning, 185, 68–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.12.011
Higgins, C. D., Adams, M. D., Réquia, W. J., & Mohamed, M. (2019). Accessibility, air pollution, and congestion: Capturing spatial trade-offs from agglomeration in the property market. Land Use Policy, 84, 177–191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.03.002
Mohamed, M., Higgins, C. D., Ferguson, M., & Réquia, W. J. (2018). The influence of vehicle body type in shaping behavioural intention to acquire electric vehicles: A multi-group structural equation approach. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 116, 54–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2018.05.011
Requia, W. J., Mohamed, M., Higgins, C. D., Arain, A., & Ferguson, M. (2018). How clean are electric vehicles? Evidence-based review of the effects of electric mobility on air pollutants, greenhouse gas emissions and human health. Atmospheric Environment, 185, 64–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.04.040
Requia, W. J., Higgins, C. D., Adams, M. D., Mohamed, M., & Koutrakis, P. (2018). The health impacts of weekday traffic: A health risk assessment of PM2.5 emissions during congested periods. Environment International, 111, 164–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.11.025
Ferguson, M., Mohamed, M., Higgins, C. D., Abotalebi, E., & Kanaroglou, P. (2018). How open are Canadian households to electric vehicles? A national latent class choice analysis with willingness-to-pay and metropolitan characterization. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 58, 208–224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2017.12.006
Higgins, C., & Kanaroglou, P. (2017). Rapid transit, transit-oriented development, and the contextual sensitivity of land value uplift in Toronto. Urban Studies, 55(10), 2197–2225. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098017712680
Higgins, C. D., Mohamed, M., & Ferguson, M. R. (2017). Size matters: How vehicle body type affects consumer preferences for electric vehicles. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 100, 182–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2017.04.014
Higgins, C. D., Sweet, M. N., & Kanaroglou, P. S. (2017). All minutes are not equal: travel time and the effects of congestion on commute satisfaction in Canadian cities. Transportation, 45(5), 1249–1268. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-017-9766-2
Mohamed, M., Higgins, C. D., Ferguson, M., & Kanaroglou, P. (2016). Identifying and characterizing potential electric vehicle adopters in Canada: A two-stage modelling approach. Transport Policy, 52, 100–112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.07.006
Higgins, C. D., & Kanaroglou, P. S. (2016). Infrastructure or Attraction? Image-led Planning and the Intangible Objectives of Rapid Transit Projects. Journal of Planning Literature, 31(4), 452–462. https://doi.org/10.1177/0885412216667899
Higgins, C. D., & Kanaroglou, P. S. (2016). Forty years of modelling rapid transit’s land value uplift in North America: moving beyond the tip of the iceberg. Transport Reviews, 36(5), 610–634. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2016.1174748
Higgins, C. D., & Kanaroglou, P. S. (2016). A latent class method for classifying and evaluating the performance of station area transit-oriented development in the Toronto region. Journal of Transport Geography, 52, 61–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.02.012
Kanaroglou, P. S., Higgins, C. D., & Chowdhury, T. A. (2015). Excess commuting: a critical review and comparative analysis of concepts, indices, and policy implications. Journal of Transport Geography, 44, 13–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.02.009
Higgins, C. D., Ferguson, M., & Kanaroglou, P. (2014). Light rail and land use change: Rail transit’s role in reshaping and revitalizing cities. Journal of Public Transportation, 17(2), 93–112. https://doi.org/10.5038/2375-0901.17.2.5
Higgins, C. D., & Huque, A. S. (2014). Public Money and Mickey Mouse: Evaluating performance and accountability in the Hong Kong Disneyland joint venture publicprivate partnership. Public Management Review, 17(8), 1103–1123. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2014.881533
Higgins, C. D., Ferguson, M., & Kanaroglou, P. S. (2012). Varieties of Logistics Centers. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2288(1), 9–18. https://doi.org/10.3141/2288-02