Raktim Mitra
Biographic Data
| ID | 3779820 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raktim Mitra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raktim |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitra |
| SIGNATURE | MITRA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6712-8568 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Was the Covid-19 pandemic a ‘critical juncture’ for active transportation planning in Canada?
Evaluating the implementation of active transportation infrastructure during the pandemic
The impact of urban transportation on human health is a critical area of study in public health. The pandemic created a need to re-imagine urban public spaces and trial built environment interventions under expedited timelines. By expanding street space for active transportation during the pandemic, cities aimed to enable access to essential destinations and supported physical and mental health during physical distancing regulations through ‘stre…
Turning the wheel on active transportation
The COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity to re-think how urban transportation policy and planning can address public needs through street reallocations for active transportation. Borrowing from Critical Junctures and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory, we propose a framework for understanding abrupt changes in transportation policy and to explain what may have triggered and shaped the actions related to pandemic-related street reallocations favo…
The Role of Toronto's Neighborhood Landscape Characteristics in Facilitating Outdoor Play During the Covid-19 Outbreak
This article explores the relationship of neighborhood landscape characteristics on outdoor play for children living in Toronto during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used a nation-wide online survey that reported changes in outdoor activities in and analyzed responses in relation to landscape affordances that facilitate outdoor play. Results show that living in areas with more landscape structures and higher population density is associated with great…
Child and youth physical activity throughout the Covid-19 pandemic
Pandemic-time bike lanes in three large Canadian urban centres- differences in use and public perception by socio-demographic groups and geographical contexts
Do environmentally sustainable travel behaviours contribute to transportation-related social exclusion
Impact of the Covid-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth
Healthy movement behaviours in children and youth during the Covid-19 pandemic
Implementing cycling infrastructure in a politicized space
University students' transportation patterns, and the role of neighbourhood types and attitudes
Does commute influence post-secondary Students' social capital? A study of campus participation at four universities in Toronto, Canada
Walk-friendly suburbs for older adults? Exploring the enablers and barriers to walking in a large suburban municipality in Canada
Children's outdoor playtime, physical activity, and parental perceptions of the neighbourhood environment
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the hours of outdoor play and objective measures of physical activity and identify the correlates of outdoor playing time in terms of parental perceptions of the neighbourhood environment. Time spent in outdoor play, both on a typical weekday and a typical weekend day, and neighbourhood perceptions, was assessed by parental self-report for 889 students attending grades 5 and 6 in To…
The influence of neighborhood environment and household travel interactions on school travel behavior
Do parental perceptions of the neighbourhood environment influence children’s independent mobility? Evidence from Toronto, Canada
Children’s independent mobility (CIM), or a child’s freedom to explore their neighbourhood unsupervised, is important for their psychological development and potentially enables daily physical activity. However, the correlates of CIM remain under-studied particularly in terms of the influence of the neighbourhood environment. Within this context, children’s independent mobility in Toronto, Canada, was examined using linear regression and ordered …
Independent Mobility and Mode Choice for School Transportation
Interest in active school transportation has emerged in response to concern over the reduced levels of physical activity (PA) among children. PA derived from active school travel may have important implications for the healthy development of children and youth. This article reviews transportation, urban planning, health and environmental psychology literatures to explore current understanding of school travel behaviour. The major theoretical appr…
School travel and children’s physical activity
Walking to school can make a modest but significant contribution to overall physical activity. This contribution was modified by travel distance and not school neighbourhood socioeconomic status or the built environment
Effect of external events on newcomer participation in open source online communities
Newcomer participation is a strong determinant of the success of online communities, particularly of open source software (OSS) development communities. Most research on newcomer participation in online communities so far has been limited to understanding the socialization experiences of participants once they join a community. No study we are aware of has looked at the role of factors external to a community itself in determining participation l…
Physical Activity Patterns of Children in Toronto
There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather, Just the Wrong Clothing
Built environment correlates of active school transportation
Spatial clustering and the temporal mobility of walking school trips in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Active school transportation in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Built environment correlates of active school transportation
Walk-friendly suburbs for older adults? Exploring the enablers and barriers to walking in a large suburban municipality in Canada
Healthy movement behaviours in children and youth during the Covid-19 pandemic
Implementing cycling infrastructure in a politicized space
The influence of neighborhood environment and household travel interactions on school travel behavior
Do parental perceptions of the neighbourhood environment influence children’s independent mobility? Evidence from Toronto, Canada
Children’s independent mobility (CIM), or a child’s freedom to explore their neighbourhood unsupervised, is important for their psychological development and potentially enables daily physical activity. However, the correlates of CIM remain under-studied particularly in terms of the influence of the neighbourhood environment. Within this context, children’s independent mobility in Toronto, Canada, was examined using linear regression and ordered …
There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather, Just the Wrong Clothing
University students' transportation patterns, and the role of neighbourhood types and attitudes
Physical Activity Patterns of Children in Toronto
Spatial clustering and the temporal mobility of walking school trips in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Turning the wheel on active transportation
The COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity to re-think how urban transportation policy and planning can address public needs through street reallocations for active transportation. Borrowing from Critical Junctures and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory, we propose a framework for understanding abrupt changes in transportation policy and to explain what may have triggered and shaped the actions related to pandemic-related street reallocations favo…
Children's outdoor playtime, physical activity, and parental perceptions of the neighbourhood environment
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the hours of outdoor play and objective measures of physical activity and identify the correlates of outdoor playing time in terms of parental perceptions of the neighbourhood environment. Time spent in outdoor play, both on a typical weekday and a typical weekend day, and neighbourhood perceptions, was assessed by parental self-report for 889 students attending grades 5 and 6 in To…
Active school transportation in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Spatial clustering and the temporal mobility of walking school trips in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Built environment correlates of active school transportation
Physical Activity Patterns of Children in Toronto
There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather, Just the Wrong Clothing
Independent Mobility and Mode Choice for School Transportation
Interest in active school transportation has emerged in response to concern over the reduced levels of physical activity (PA) among children. PA derived from active school travel may have important implications for the healthy development of children and youth. This article reviews transportation, urban planning, health and environmental psychology literatures to explore current understanding of school travel behaviour. The major theoretical appr…
School travel and children’s physical activity
Walking to school can make a modest but significant contribution to overall physical activity. This contribution was modified by travel distance and not school neighbourhood socioeconomic status or the built environment
Effect of external events on newcomer participation in open source online communities
Newcomer participation is a strong determinant of the success of online communities, particularly of open source software (OSS) development communities. Most research on newcomer participation in online communities so far has been limited to understanding the socialization experiences of participants once they join a community. No study we are aware of has looked at the role of factors external to a community itself in determining participation l…
The influence of neighborhood environment and household travel interactions on school travel behavior
Do parental perceptions of the neighbourhood environment influence children’s independent mobility? Evidence from Toronto, Canada
Children’s independent mobility (CIM), or a child’s freedom to explore their neighbourhood unsupervised, is important for their psychological development and potentially enables daily physical activity. However, the correlates of CIM remain under-studied particularly in terms of the influence of the neighbourhood environment. Within this context, children’s independent mobility in Toronto, Canada, was examined using linear regression and ordered …
Walk-friendly suburbs for older adults? Exploring the enablers and barriers to walking in a large suburban municipality in Canada
Children's outdoor playtime, physical activity, and parental perceptions of the neighbourhood environment
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the hours of outdoor play and objective measures of physical activity and identify the correlates of outdoor playing time in terms of parental perceptions of the neighbourhood environment. Time spent in outdoor play, both on a typical weekday and a typical weekend day, and neighbourhood perceptions, was assessed by parental self-report for 889 students attending grades 5 and 6 in To…
Does commute influence post-secondary Students' social capital? A study of campus participation at four universities in Toronto, Canada
University students' transportation patterns, and the role of neighbourhood types and attitudes
Impact of the Covid-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth
Healthy movement behaviours in children and youth during the Covid-19 pandemic
Implementing cycling infrastructure in a politicized space
The Role of Toronto's Neighborhood Landscape Characteristics in Facilitating Outdoor Play During the Covid-19 Outbreak
This article explores the relationship of neighborhood landscape characteristics on outdoor play for children living in Toronto during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used a nation-wide online survey that reported changes in outdoor activities in and analyzed responses in relation to landscape affordances that facilitate outdoor play. Results show that living in areas with more landscape structures and higher population density is associated with great…
Child and youth physical activity throughout the Covid-19 pandemic
Pandemic-time bike lanes in three large Canadian urban centres- differences in use and public perception by socio-demographic groups and geographical contexts
Do environmentally sustainable travel behaviours contribute to transportation-related social exclusion
Evaluating the implementation of active transportation infrastructure during the pandemic
The impact of urban transportation on human health is a critical area of study in public health. The pandemic created a need to re-imagine urban public spaces and trial built environment interventions under expedited timelines. By expanding street space for active transportation during the pandemic, cities aimed to enable access to essential destinations and supported physical and mental health during physical distancing regulations through ‘stre…
Turning the wheel on active transportation
The COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity to re-think how urban transportation policy and planning can address public needs through street reallocations for active transportation. Borrowing from Critical Junctures and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory, we propose a framework for understanding abrupt changes in transportation policy and to explain what may have triggered and shaped the actions related to pandemic-related street reallocations favo…
Was the Covid-19 pandemic a ‘critical juncture’ for active transportation planning in Canada?
Urban Transport and Accessibility (21 works) · Geography (17 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Demography (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Transport engineering (11 works) · Engineering (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Physical activity (8 works)