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Darren M. Scott

Darren M. Scott

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
42
Citations
8436
World Ranking
4699
National Ranking
280

Overview

Darren M. Scott is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has a research focus primarily within the social sciences, with a substantial emphasis on transportation. Their research spans across several subfields including transportation, automotive engineering, physical therapy and sports therapy rehabilitation, sociology and political science, and demography. This reflects a multidisciplinary approach to examining transportation and related social issues.

The scientist's work is concentrated in areas such as urban transport and accessibility, transportation planning and optimization, and innovations in transportation and mobility. Additional topics of interest include studies related to older adults' driving habits, migration, aging, tourism studies, health disparities and outcomes, as well as traffic and road safety.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Darren M. Scott include:

  • K. Bruce Newbold
  • Matthias Sweet
  • Marla Beauchamp
  • Brenda Vrkljan
  • Antonio Páez

Publications are predominantly found in journals specializing in transport and mobility studies. The scientist has multiple publications in the following venues:

  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Travel Behaviour and Society
  • Transportation
  • BMJ Open

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Darren M. Scott include:

  • "Route choice of bike share users: Leveraging GPS data to derive choice sets" (2020, Journal of Transport Geography)
  • "To drive or not to drive: Driving cessation amongst older adults in rural and small towns in Canada" (2020, Journal of Transport Geography)
  • "An integrated approach to modeling the impact of floods on emergency services: A case study of Calgary, Alberta" (2020, Journal of Transport Geography)
  • ""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" (2021, Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour)
  • "A spatial modeling approach to estimating bike share traffic volume from GPS data" (2021, Sustainable Cities and Society)

The collective body of work reflects an emphasis on empirical data analysis, modeling, and qualitative research methods within transport geography and urban mobility contexts. The scientist's research addresses practical and theoretical issues involving transportation systems, accessibility, and the interaction between demographic factors and travel behavior.

Best Publications

  • Measuring accessibility: positive and normative implementations of various accessibility indicators

    Antonio Páez;Darren M. Scott;Catherine Morency

  • Network Robustness Index : a new method for identifying critical links and evaluating the performance of transportation networks

    Darren M. Scott;David C. Novak;Lisa Aultman-Hall;Feng Guo

  • Transport mobility benefits and quality of life: A time-use perspective of elderly Canadians

    Jamie E.L. Spinney;Darren M. Scott;K. Bruce Newbold

  • Spatial statistics for urban analysis: A review of techniques with examples

    Antonio Páez;Darren M. Scott

  • Identifying Critical Road Segments and Measuring System-Wide Robustness in Transportation Networks with Isolating Links: A Link-Based Capacity-Reduction Approach

    J. L. Sullivan;D.C. Novak;L. Aultman-Hall;Darren M. Scott

  • Active-transport walking behavior: destinations, durations, distances

    Hugh Millward;Jamie Spinney;Darren Scott

  • Travel behavior within Canada’s older population: a cohort analysis

    K. Bruce Newbold;Darren M. Scott;Jamie E.L. Spinney;Pavlos Kanaroglou

  • Elderly Mobility: Demographic and Spatial Analysis of Trip Making in the Hamilton CMA, Canada:

    Antonio Paez;Darren M Scott;Dimitris Potoglou;Pavlos Kanaroglou

  • Social Influence on Travel Behavior: A Simulation Example of the Decision to Telecommute

    Antonio Páez;Darren M Scott

  • Exploring the route choice decision-making process: A comparison of planned and observed routes obtained using person-based GPS

    Dominik Papinski;Darren M. Scott;Sean T. Doherty

  • AN ACTIVITY-EPISODE GENERATION MODEL THAT CAPTURES INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HOUSEHOLD HEADS: DEVELOPMENT AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

    Darren M. Scott;Pavlos S. Kanaroglou

  • A Discrete-Choice Approach to Modeling Social Influence on Individual Decision Making:

    Antonio Páez;Darren M Scott;Erik Volz

  • Impacts of commuting efficiency on congestion and emissions: case of the Hamilton CMA, Canada

    Darren M Scott;Pavlos S Kanaroglou;William P Anderson

  • An analysis of day-to-day variations in individual space–time accessibility

    Tijs Neutens;Matthias Delafontaine;Darren M. Scott;Philippe De Maeyer

  • Why do you care what other people think? A qualitative investigation of social influence and telecommuting

    Robert D. Wilton;Antonio Páez;Darren M. Scott

  • Exploring day-to-day variability in time use for household members

    Hejun Kang;Darren M. Scott

  • Examining the role of urban form in shaping people's accessibility to opportunities: an exploratory spatial data analysis

    Darren M Scott;Mark W Horner

  • Household Mobility Tool Ownership: Modeling Interactions between Cars and Season Tickets

    Darren M Scott;Kay W Axhausen

  • Factors influencing commute distance: a case study of Toronto's commuter shed

    Jeffrey J. Axisa;Darren M. Scott;K. Bruce Newbold

  • HUMAN CAPITAL LOCATION CHOICE: ACCOUNTING FOR AMENITIES AND THICK LABOR MARKETS*

    W. Mark Brown;Darren M. Scott

  • Location Choice Modeling for Shopping and Leisure Activities with MATSim: Combining Microsimulation and Time Geography

    Andreas Horni;Darren M. Scott;Michael Balmer;Kay W. Axhausen

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Páez
Antonio Páez McMaster University
K. Bruce Newbold
K. Bruce Newbold McMaster University
Tijs Neutens
Tijs Neutens Ghent University
Peter Tyedmers
Peter Tyedmers Dalhousie University
Ulrich Riller
Ulrich Riller Universität Hamburg
Allison Williams
Allison Williams McMaster University

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