Publications
Riaz, S., Higgins, C., & Farber, S. (2025). Essential workers and transit ridership retention during COVID-19 shocks in the toronto region. Findings. https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.141220
Higgins, C. D., Murakami, J., & He, S. Y. (2025). Accessibility and property values in hong kong (pp. 358–379). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035309245.00025
Higgins, C. D., Arku, R. N., Farber, S., & Miller, E. J. (2025). Multimodal accessibility and the capitalization of realized access by car and transit in housing prices across canada. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2025.2495075
Soukhov, A., Higgins, C. D., Páez, A., & Mohamed, M. (2025). Ten years of school closures and consolidations in hamilton, canada and the impact on multimodal accessibility. Networks and Spatial Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11067-025-09677-z
Arku, R. N., Higgins, C. D., Fischer, J., & Farber, S. (2024). Do affluent neighbourhoods pay more for transit access? Exploring the capitalization of employment accessibility within different housing submarkets in vancouver. Journal of Transport Geography, 121, 104038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.104038
Higgins, C. D., Arku, R. N., Farber, S., & Miller, E. J. (2024). Modelling changes in accessibility and property values associated with the king street transit priority corridor project in toronto. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 190, 104256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2024.104256
Parga, J. P. F. A., Tiznado-Aitken, I., Jamal, S., Farber, S., Yu, A., & Higgins, C. (2024). Perceived accessibility and self-rated health: Examining subjective well-being in the suburbs of scarborough, canada. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 190, 104261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2024.104261
Ng, K. Y., Hong, A., Higgins, C. D., Widener, M. J., & Koh, K. (2024). Beyond distance: Measuring spatial accessibility to healthy food for older adults in hong kong using a 3D least-effort method. Applied Geography, 169, 103336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103336
Tabascio, A., Tiznado-Aitken, I., Higgins, C., & Farber, S. (2024). Incorporating equity into transit performance measures: A disaggregated bus route level approach. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 101256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2024.101256
Yu, A., & Higgins, C. D. (2024). Travel behaviour and the 15-min city: Access intensity, sufficiency, and non-work car use in toronto. Travel Behaviour and Society, 36, 100786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2024.100786
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