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Overview

John Pucher is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics primarily within social sciences and engineering, focusing extensively on transportation and safety.

Their research work spans multiple subfields including transportation, safety, risk, reliability and quality, public health with an emphasis on environmental and occupational health, as well as health-related physical therapy and sports therapy. The scientist's studies address practical and policy-relevant aspects of urban transport, accessibility, and traffic safety.

Main topics covered in their work include:

  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Older Adults Driving Studies
  • Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking
  • Urban Green Space and Health

They have published frequently in the following venues:

  • Transport Reviews
  • Journal of Transport & Health
  • Sustainability
  • Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice
  • Travel Behaviour and Society

Their recent notable publications include:

  • "COVID-19 Impacts on Cycling, 2019-2020" (2021, Transport Reviews)
  • "Physical activity from walking and cycling for daily travel in the United States, 2001-2017: Demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic variation" (2020, Journal of Transport & Health)
  • "Cycling through the COVID-19 Pandemic to a More Sustainable Transport Future: Evidence from Case Studies of 14 Large Bicycle-Friendly Cities in Europe and North America" (2022, Sustainability)
  • "The growing gap in pedestrian and cyclist fatality rates between the United States and the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands, 1990-2018" (2020, Transport Reviews)
  • "COVID-19 and cycling: a review of the literature on changes in cycling levels and government policies from 2019 to 2022" (2023, Transport Reviews)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with this scientist include:

  • Ralph Buehler
  • Rico Wittwer
  • Regine Gerike
  • Peter J White
  • G A Currie

Best Publications

  • Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons from The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany

    John Pucher;Ralph Buehler

  • Infrastructure, programs, and policies to increase bicycling: An international review

    John Pucher;Jennifer Dill;Susan L Handy

  • Walking, Cycling, and Obesity Rates in Europe, North America, and Australia

    David R. Bassett;John Pucher;Ralph Buehler;Dixie L. Thompson

  • Bicycling renaissance in North America? An update and re-appraisal of cycling trends and policies

    John Pucher;Ralph Buehler;Mark Seinen

  • Socioeconomics of Urban Travel: Evidence from the 2001 NHTS

    John Pucher;John L. Renne

  • Promoting Safe Walking and Cycling to Improve Public Health: Lessons From The Netherlands and Germany

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  • Cycling to work in 90 large American cities: new evidence on the role of bike paths and lanes

    Ralph Buehler;John Pucher

  • Walking and Cycling to Health: A Comparative Analysis of City, State, and International Data

    John Pucher;Ralph Buehler;David R. Bassett;Andrew L. Dannenberg

  • Bicycling renaissance in North America? Recent trends and alternative policies to promote bicycling

    John Pucher;Charles Komanoff;Paul Schimek

  • Why Canadians cycle more than Americans: A comparative analysis of bicycling trends and policies

    John Pucher;Ralph Buehler

  • Urban Transport Trends and Policies in China and India: Impacts of Rapid Economic Growth

    John Pucher;Zhong-Ren Peng;Neha Mittal;Yi Zhu

  • Urban transport crisis in India

    John Pucher;Nisha Korattyswaropam;Neha Mittal;Neenu Ittyerah

  • Cycling towards a more sustainable transport future

    John Pucher;Ralph Buehler

  • Making Walking and Cycling Safer: Lessons from Europe

    John Pucher;Lewis Dijkstra

  • The urban transportation system : politics and policy innovation

    Alan A. Altshuler;James P. Womack;John R. Pucher

  • Reducing car dependence in the heart of Europe: lessons from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

    Ralph Buehler;John Pucher;Regine Gerike;Thomas Götschi

  • Walking and Cycling in the United States, 2001–2009: Evidence From the National Household Travel Surveys

    John Pucher;Ralph Buehler;Dafna Merom;Adrian Bauman

  • Sustainable Transport in Freiburg: Lessons from Germany's Environmental Capital

    Ralph Buehler;John Pucher

  • Cycling for everyone: lessons from Europe

    John Pucher;Ralph Buehler;Ralph Buehler

  • The Urban Transport Crisis in Europe and North America

    John R. Pucher;Christian Lefèvre

  • COVID-19 Impacts on Cycling, 2019–2020

    Ralph Buehler;John Pucher

  • Rural mobility and mode choice: evidence from the 2001 National Household Travel Survey.

    John Pucher;John L. Renne

  • At the Frontiers of Cycling: Policy innovations in the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany

    John Pucher;Ralph Buelher

  • Active Travel in Germany and the U.S. Contributions of Daily Walking and Cycling to Physical Activity

    Ralph Buehler;John Pucher;Dafna Merom;Adrian E Bauman

  • Walking and Cycling in Western Europe and the United States: Trends, Policies, and Lessons

    Ralph Buehler;John Pucher

  • Trends in Walking and Cycling Safety: Recent Evidence From High-Income Countries, With a Focus on the United States and Germany.

    Ralph Buehler;John Pucher

  • Safer Cycling Through Improved Infrastructure

    John Pucher;Ralph Buehler

  • Cities and automobile dependence: An international sourcebook

    John Pucher

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph Buehler
Ralph Buehler Virginia Tech
Chris Rissel
Chris Rissel Flinders University
David Banister
David Banister University of Oxford

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