John Pucher
Biographic Data
| ID | 3462445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Pucher |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Pucher |
| SIGNATURE | PUCHER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9499-2383 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 96 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Cycling towards a more sustainable transport future
As argued in our 2008 article “Making Cycling Irresistible”, cycling is probably the most sustainable urban transport mode, feasible not only for short trips but also for medium-distance trips too ...
Reducing car dependence in the heart of Europe
Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, and Zurich – the largest cities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland – have significantly reduced the car share of trips over the past 25 years in spite of high motorisation rates. The key to their success has been a coordinated package of mutually reinforcing transport and land-use policies that have made car use slower, less convenient, and more costly, while increasing the safety, convenience, and feasibility o…
Trends in Walking and Cycling Safety
Objectives. To examine changes in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities per capita (1990–2014) and per kilometer (2000–2010) in selected high-income countries, and in fatalities and serious injuries per kilometer by age in the United States and Germany (2001–2009). Methods. We used Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development data to estimate 5-year annual averages of per-capita fatalities relative to the 1990–1994 average. To control for ex…
Safer Cycling Through Improved Infrastructure
In this article, the author examines efforts to improve cycling safety in the U.S. Particular focus is given to cycling safety in countries including the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Additional topics discussed include implementing policies and improving infrastructure and technology, cycling in Boston, Massachusetts, and the importance of bike lanes
Cycling to work in 90 large American cities
Bicycling renaissance in North America? An update and re-appraisal of cycling trends and policies
Walking and Cycling in the United States, 2001–2009
Objectives. To assess changes in walking and cycling in the United States between 2001 and 2009. Methods. The 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Surveys were used to compute the frequency, duration, and distance of walking and cycling per capita. The population-weighted person and trip files were merged to calculate the prevalence of any walking and cycling and of walking and cycling at least 30 minutes per day. Results. The average American…
Infrastructure, programs, and policies to increase bicycling
Cycling down under
Walking and Cycling to Health
Objectives. We sought to determine the magnitude, direction, and statistical significance of the relationship between active travel and rates of physical activity, obesity, and diabetes. Methods. We examined aggregate cross-sectional health and travel data for 14 countries, all 50 US states, and 47 of the 50 largest US cities through graphical, correlation, and bivariate regression analysis on the country, state, and city levels. Results. At all …
Walking, Cycling, and Obesity Rates in Europe, North America, and Australia
Purpose: This study was designed to examine the relationship between active transportation (defined as the percentage of trips taken by walking, bicycling, and public transit) and obesity rates (BMI ≥ 30 kg · m −2 ) in different countries. Methods: National surveys of travel behavior and health indicators in Europe, North America, and Australia were used in this study; the surveys were conducted in 1994 to 2006. In some cases raw data were obtain…
Making Cycling Irresistible
This article shows how the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany have made bicycling a safe, convenient and practical way to get around their cities. The analysis relies on national aggregate data as well as case studies of large and small cities in each country. The key to achieving high levels of cycling appears to be the provision of separate cycling facilities along heavily travelled roads and at intersections, combined with traffic calming of mos…
Urban Transport Trends and Policies in China and India
This paper provides a comparative overview of urban transport in the world’s two most populous countries: China and India. Cities in both countries are suffering from severe and worsening transport problems: air pollution, noise, traffic injuries and fatalities, congestion, parking shortages, energy use, and a lack of mobility for the poor. The urban transport crisis in China and India results from continuing population growth, urbanization, subu…
Why Canadians cycle more than Americans
Rural mobility and mode choice
Promoting Safe Walking and Cycling to Improve Public Health
Objectives. We examined the public health consequences of unsafe and inconvenient walking and bicycling conditions in American cities to suggest improvements based on successful policies in The Netherlands and Germany. Methods. Secondary data from national travel and crash surveys were used to compute fatality trends from 1975 to 2001 and fatality and injury rates for pedestrians and cyclists in The Netherlands, Germany, and the United States in …
Bridge and tunnel toll elasticities in New York
Transit in Trouble? The Policy Challenge Posed by Canada's Changing Urban Mobility
Modal shift in Eastern Germany
Consequences of public ownership and subsidies for mass transit
Distribution of Federal Transportation Subsidies
This article estimates the spatial distribution of federal transit and highway subsidies in the United States under past and current federal transportation programs and explores possible causes of these distributions. Calculations are made for 26 selected cities, for all states, and for all census regions. Distributions under past and current programs are compared with distributions that would result from various hypothetical revisions that have …
Distribution of the transit tax burden in five U.S. metropolitan areas
Urban Transportation
The Urban Transportation System
Promoting Safe Walking and Cycling to Improve Public Health
Objectives. We examined the public health consequences of unsafe and inconvenient walking and bicycling conditions in American cities to suggest improvements based on successful policies in The Netherlands and Germany. Methods. Secondary data from national travel and crash surveys were used to compute fatality trends from 1975 to 2001 and fatality and injury rates for pedestrians and cyclists in The Netherlands, Germany, and the United States in …
Walking and Cycling to Health
Objectives. We sought to determine the magnitude, direction, and statistical significance of the relationship between active travel and rates of physical activity, obesity, and diabetes. Methods. We examined aggregate cross-sectional health and travel data for 14 countries, all 50 US states, and 47 of the 50 largest US cities through graphical, correlation, and bivariate regression analysis on the country, state, and city levels. Results. At all …
Cycling down under
The Urban Transportation System
Safer Cycling Through Improved Infrastructure
In this article, the author examines efforts to improve cycling safety in the U.S. Particular focus is given to cycling safety in countries including the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Additional topics discussed include implementing policies and improving infrastructure and technology, cycling in Boston, Massachusetts, and the importance of bike lanes
Walking and Cycling in the United States, 2001–2009
Objectives. To assess changes in walking and cycling in the United States between 2001 and 2009. Methods. The 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Surveys were used to compute the frequency, duration, and distance of walking and cycling per capita. The population-weighted person and trip files were merged to calculate the prevalence of any walking and cycling and of walking and cycling at least 30 minutes per day. Results. The average American…
Trends in Walking and Cycling Safety
Objectives. To examine changes in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities per capita (1990–2014) and per kilometer (2000–2010) in selected high-income countries, and in fatalities and serious injuries per kilometer by age in the United States and Germany (2001–2009). Methods. We used Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development data to estimate 5-year annual averages of per-capita fatalities relative to the 1990–1994 average. To control for ex…
Transit in Trouble? The Policy Challenge Posed by Canada's Changing Urban Mobility
The Urban Transportation System
Distribution of the transit tax burden in five U.S. metropolitan areas
Urban Transportation
Consequences of public ownership and subsidies for mass transit
Distribution of Federal Transportation Subsidies
This article estimates the spatial distribution of federal transit and highway subsidies in the United States under past and current federal transportation programs and explores possible causes of these distributions. Calculations are made for 26 selected cities, for all states, and for all census regions. Distributions under past and current programs are compared with distributions that would result from various hypothetical revisions that have …
Modal shift in Eastern Germany
Bridge and tunnel toll elasticities in New York
Transit in Trouble? The Policy Challenge Posed by Canada's Changing Urban Mobility
Promoting Safe Walking and Cycling to Improve Public Health
Objectives. We examined the public health consequences of unsafe and inconvenient walking and bicycling conditions in American cities to suggest improvements based on successful policies in The Netherlands and Germany. Methods. Secondary data from national travel and crash surveys were used to compute fatality trends from 1975 to 2001 and fatality and injury rates for pedestrians and cyclists in The Netherlands, Germany, and the United States in …
Rural mobility and mode choice
Why Canadians cycle more than Americans
Urban Transport Trends and Policies in China and India
This paper provides a comparative overview of urban transport in the world’s two most populous countries: China and India. Cities in both countries are suffering from severe and worsening transport problems: air pollution, noise, traffic injuries and fatalities, congestion, parking shortages, energy use, and a lack of mobility for the poor. The urban transport crisis in China and India results from continuing population growth, urbanization, subu…
Walking, Cycling, and Obesity Rates in Europe, North America, and Australia
Purpose: This study was designed to examine the relationship between active transportation (defined as the percentage of trips taken by walking, bicycling, and public transit) and obesity rates (BMI ≥ 30 kg · m −2 ) in different countries. Methods: National surveys of travel behavior and health indicators in Europe, North America, and Australia were used in this study; the surveys were conducted in 1994 to 2006. In some cases raw data were obtain…
Making Cycling Irresistible
This article shows how the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany have made bicycling a safe, convenient and practical way to get around their cities. The analysis relies on national aggregate data as well as case studies of large and small cities in each country. The key to achieving high levels of cycling appears to be the provision of separate cycling facilities along heavily travelled roads and at intersections, combined with traffic calming of mos…
Infrastructure, programs, and policies to increase bicycling
Cycling down under
Walking and Cycling to Health
Objectives. We sought to determine the magnitude, direction, and statistical significance of the relationship between active travel and rates of physical activity, obesity, and diabetes. Methods. We examined aggregate cross-sectional health and travel data for 14 countries, all 50 US states, and 47 of the 50 largest US cities through graphical, correlation, and bivariate regression analysis on the country, state, and city levels. Results. At all …
Bicycling renaissance in North America? An update and re-appraisal of cycling trends and policies
Walking and Cycling in the United States, 2001–2009
Objectives. To assess changes in walking and cycling in the United States between 2001 and 2009. Methods. The 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Surveys were used to compute the frequency, duration, and distance of walking and cycling per capita. The population-weighted person and trip files were merged to calculate the prevalence of any walking and cycling and of walking and cycling at least 30 minutes per day. Results. The average American…
Cycling to work in 90 large American cities
Safer Cycling Through Improved Infrastructure
In this article, the author examines efforts to improve cycling safety in the U.S. Particular focus is given to cycling safety in countries including the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. Additional topics discussed include implementing policies and improving infrastructure and technology, cycling in Boston, Massachusetts, and the importance of bike lanes
Cycling towards a more sustainable transport future
As argued in our 2008 article “Making Cycling Irresistible”, cycling is probably the most sustainable urban transport mode, feasible not only for short trips but also for medium-distance trips too ...
Reducing car dependence in the heart of Europe
Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, and Zurich – the largest cities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland – have significantly reduced the car share of trips over the past 25 years in spite of high motorisation rates. The key to their success has been a coordinated package of mutually reinforcing transport and land-use policies that have made car use slower, less convenient, and more costly, while increasing the safety, convenience, and feasibility o…
Trends in Walking and Cycling Safety
Objectives. To examine changes in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities per capita (1990–2014) and per kilometer (2000–2010) in selected high-income countries, and in fatalities and serious injuries per kilometer by age in the United States and Germany (2001–2009). Methods. We used Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development data to estimate 5-year annual averages of per-capita fatalities relative to the 1990–1994 average. To control for ex…
Engineering (21 works) · Transport engineering (21 works) · Geography (19 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (18 works) · Economics (14 works) · Cycling (12 works) · Transportation Planning and Optimization (12 works) · Business (10 works) · Public transport (10 works) · Medicine (9 works)