Research

Hatzopoulou, M., Habib M.A. and Lee-Gosselin M. (2013), “Game Changers in Travel Behaviour”, In Travel Behaviour Research: Current Foundations, Future Prospects (eds. M.J. Roorda and E.J. Miller) International Association of Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR), Toronto, Chapter 15, pp. 347-367.

Habib, M.A. (2013), “Transit Systems and the Quality of Life”, Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research, Springer, February, 2013

Habib, M.A., Anik, M.A.H., and Robertson, C. (2021). “Travel Behaviour of Households with Pre-School Aged Children: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (in press).

Khan, N. A., and Habib, M. A. (2021). “Development of Households’ Trip-based Vehicle Choice Models for Travel Accompanying Arrangements”, Transportation Engineering, Vol. 4, 100071.

Alam, M. J., and Habib, M. A. (2021). “Mass evacuation microsimulation modeling considering traffic disruptions”, Natural Hazards, pp. 1-24.

Khan, N. A., and Habib, M.A. (2021). "Modeling Activity-based Tour Shared Travel Choices, Tour-level Activity Participation and Time Allocation", Transportmetrica A: Transportation Science, pp. 1-38.

Alam, M. J., Habib, M. A., and Pothier, E. (2020). “Shelter Locations in Evacuation: A Multiple Criteria Evaluation combined with Flood Risk and Traffic Microsimulation Modelling”, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Vol. 53, pp. 1-10.

Khan, N.A. and Habib, M.A. (2020). “When Do Households Make Vehicle Transactions? What Type of Vehicle Households Choose After Transaction Events?”, Travel Behaviour and Society, Vol. 22, pp. 32-47.

Khan, N.A., Habib, M.A. and Jamal, S. (2020). “Effects of Smartphone Application Usage on Mobility Choices”, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 132, pp. 932-947.

Jamal, S. and Habib, M.A. (2019). “Investigation of the Use of Smartphone Applications for Trip Planning and Travel Outcomes”, Transportation Planning and Technology, Vol. 42, Issue 3, pp. 227-243.

McCarthy, S., Grant, J.L. and Habib, M.A. (2019). "Evaluating Strategies for Plan Coordination: A Survey of Canadian Planners", International Planning Studies, pp. 1-14.

Alam, M. J., Habib, M. A., and Venkatadri, U. (2019). “Development of a Multimodal Microsimulation-based Evacuation Model”, Transportation Research Record, pp. 1-12.

Alam, M. J., and Habib, M. A. (2019). “Vulnerability Assessment During Mass Evacuation: An Integrated Microsimulation-based Evacuation Modeling Approach”, Transportation Research Record, pp. 1-14.

Fatmi, M. R. and Habib, M. A. (2019). “Modeling Vehicle Collision Injury Severity Involving Distracted Driving: Assessing the Effects of Land Use and Built Environment”, Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2673, Issue 7, pp. 181-191.

McCarthy, S. and Habib, M.A. (2018). "Investigation of Life Satisfaction, Travel, Built Environment and Attitudes", Journal of Transport and Health, Vol. 11, pp. 15-24.

Fatmi, M.R. and Habib, M.A. (2018). “Microsimulation of Life-stage Transitions and Residential Location Transitions within a Life-oriented Integrated Urban Modeling System”, Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems, Vol. 69, pp. 87-103.

Khan, N.A. and Habib, M.A.  (2018). “Evaluation of Preferences for Alternative Transportation Services and Loyalty towards Active Transportation during a Major Transportation Infrastructure Disruption”, Sustainability, Vol. 10, Issue 6, pp. 2050(1-14).

Fatmi, M.R., and Habib, M.A. (2018). “Microsimulation of Vehicle Transactions within a Life-oriented Integrated Urban Modeling System”, Transportation Research Part A:  Policy and Practice, Vol. 116, pp. 497-512.

Habib, M.A., Olajide, B., Terashima, M. and Campbell, S. (2018). “The Relationship between Neighborhood Characteristics and Emergency Health Services Vehicle Demand: A Poisson Hurdle Regression Modeling Approach”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2672, Issue 3, pp. 80-91.

Alam, M.J., Habib, M.A., Quigley, K. and Webster, T. (2018). “Evaluation of the Traffic Impacts of Mass Evacuation of Halifax: A Flood Risk and Dynamic Traffic Microsimulation Modeling”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2672, Issue 1, pp. 148-160.

Fatmi, M.R., Chowdhury, S. and Habib, M.A. (2017). “Life History-oriented Residential Location Choice Model: A Stress-based Two-tier Panel Modeling Approach”, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 104, pp. 293-307.

Fatmi, M.R. and Habib, M.A. (2017). “Modelling Mode Switch Associated with the Change of Residential Location”, Travel Behaviour and Society, Vol. 9, pp. 21-28.

Hall, N., Grant, J. and Habib, M.A. (2017). “Planners’ Perceptions of Why Canadian Communities Have Too Many Plans”, Planning Practice and Research, pp. 1-16.

Fatmi, M.R., and Habib, M.A. (2016), “Life-oriented Modeling of Commute Mode Loyalty and Transition Behavior”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board. No. 2565, pp. 37-47.

Irin, S., and Habib, M.A. (2016). “Microsimulation-Based Emission Modeling for a Major Infrastructure Renewal Plan: Assessment of Network Attributes and Land Use Effects on Vehicular Emissions”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board. No. 2570, pp. 127-138.

Fatmi, M.R. and Habib, M.A. (2016). “Longitudinal Vehicle Transaction Model: Assessment of Lead and Lagged Effects of Longer-term Changes and Life-cycle Events”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board. No. 2566, pp. 11-21.

Fatmi, M.R., and Habib, M.A. (2016). “Modeling Travel Tool Ownership of the Elderly Population: A Latent Segmentation-based Logit Model”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board. No. 2565, pp. 18-26.

Fatmi, M.R., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “Spatial Transferability of a Micro Residential Mobility Model for the Integrated Land Use, Transport and Environment Modeling System”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2496, pp. 29-36.

Daisy, N.S., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “Investigating the Role of Built Environment and Lifestyle Choices in Active Travel for Home Based Weekly Non-Work Trips”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2500, pp. 125–132.

Forbes, J.J., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “Pedestrian Injury Severity Levels in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada: A Hierarchical Ordered Probit Modeling Approach”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2519, pp. 172–178.

Fatmi, M.R., Habib, M.A. and Salloum, S.A. (2014), “Modeling Mobility Tool Ownership of the Youth in Toronto: Assessing Trip, Accessibility and Neighborhood Effects”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2413, pp. 92-100.

Habib, M.A. and Daisy, N.S. (2013), “Modeling Frequency and Duration of Out-of-home Participation in Physical Activity by School-Age Children”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2357, pp. 116-124.

Habib, M.A., Miller, E.J. and Mans, B.T. (2011), “Modeling Persons’ Job Mobility and Location Choice Decisions”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2255, pp. 69-78.

Habib, M.A. and Miller, E.J. (2009), “Reference Dependent Residential Location Choice Model within a Relocation Context”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2133, pp. 92-99.

Habib, M.A. and Miller, E.J. (2008), “Influence of Transportation Access and Market Dynamics on Property Values: Multilevel Spatio-Temporal Models of Housing Price”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2076, pp. 183-191.

Alam, M.J., Shahrier, H., and Habib, M.A. (2021). “Autonomous Vehicle Adoption Modeling and Shared Operations Simulation: A Combined Diffusion and Traffic Microsimulation Modeling Approach”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, January 5-29, 2021.

Hossain, F., and Habib, M.A. (2021). “Estimating Economic Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic at the Municipal Level: A Latent Class Regression Modeling Approach”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, January 5-29, 2021.

Khan, N.A., and Habib, M.A. (2021). “How Built Environment Characteristics of Pedestrian-Vehicles Collision Locations Affect Pedestrian Injury Severity Involving Distracted Driving?”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, January 5-29, 2021.

Habib, M.A., Alam, M.J., and Holmes, D. (2021). “Pedestrian Micro-Simulation for Evaluating the Impacts of Social Distancing Regulations on a Dense Urban Street in Halifax, Canada”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, January 5-29, 2021.

Alam, M.J., and Habib, M.A. (2021). “Development of an Evacuation Decision Support Tool: A Combined Optimization and Traffic Microsimulation Modeling Approach”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, January 5-29, 2021.

Khan, N.A., and Habib, M.A. (2021). “Understanding the Role of Built Environment and Accessibility Measures on Smartphone-based Transport-support Application Usage in Daily Trip Planning Purposes”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, January 5-29, 2021.

Alam, M. J. and Habib, M. A. (2020). “Modeling Traffic Disruptions during Mass Evacuation”. Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 170, 506-513.

Habib, M.A., and Walker, K.E. (2020). “Scenario Planning for the Future of Disruptive Transportation Technologies: A Community-Partnered Approach”, Accepted for 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 12-16, 2020.

Habib, M. A., Alam, M. J., and Pothier, E. (2020). “Evaluating Shelter Locations for Mass Evacuation: A Multiple Criteria Evaluation Based on Flood Risk and Traffic Microsimulation Modeling”, Accepted for 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 12-16, 2020.

Bela, P.L., Habib, M.A. and Morgenthaler, A.L. (2020). “Emissions in Urban Environment: A Comprehensive Urban Transport Network and Emission Modelling System for Halifax, Canada”, Accepted for 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 12-16, 2020.

Habib, M.A. and Glista, A.W.D. (2020). “Cannabis and Driving: A Systematic Review of Issues, Impacts, And Alignment with The Canadian Legal Framework”, Accepted for the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 12-16, 2020.

Habib, M.A., Alam, M.J., Lacroix, J., and Morgenthaler A.L. (2020). “Mass Evacuation Planning: Determination of Evacuation Routes through Traffic Microsimulations”, Accepted for the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 12-16, 2020.

Khan, N.A. and Habib, M.A. (2019). “Estimation of Activity-based Tour-level Vehicle Allocation Models for the Agent-based Shorter-term Decisions Simulator (SDS)”, Transportation Research Procedia. (in press)

Fatmi, M.R., McCarthy, S., Khan, N.A. and Habib, M.A. (2019). “Agent-based Microsimulation of Travel Activity Participation, Mode Choice and Vehicle Allocation”, Transportation Research Procedia. (in press)

Alam, M.J., and Habib, M.A. (2019). “Mass Evacuation of Halifax, Canada: A Dynamic Traffic Microsimulation Modelling Approach”, Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 151, pp. 535-542.

Khan, N.A. and Habib, M.A. (2019). “Modeling and Simulation of Activity Participation, Time Allocation and Shared Travel Choices”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 13-17.

Khan, N.A., Fatmi, M.R. and Habib, M.A. (2019). “Prototype Microsimulation Modeling of Vehicle Type Choice within the iTLE Urban Systems Model”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 13-17.

Alam, M.J., Habib, M.A. and Venkatadri, U. (2019). “Development of a Multimodal Microsimulation-Based Evacuation Model”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 13-17.

Bela, P.L. and Habib, M.A. (2019). “Commercial Vehicle Movement Network Modeling for Halifax, Canada: A Tour-Based Model for Local Truck Delivery”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 13-17.

Alam, M.J. and Habib, M.A. (2019). “Vulnerability Assessment During Mass Evacuation: An Integrated Microsimulation-Based Evacuation Modeling Approach”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 13-17.

McCarthy, S. and Habib, M.A. (2019). “Examining the Relationships of Subjective Well-Being with Travel Behaviour, The Built Environment and Lifestyle Preferences”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 13-17.

Fatmi, M.R. and Habib, M.A. (2019). “Modeling Vehicle Collision Injury Severity Involving Distracted Driving: Assessing the Effects of Land Use and Built Environment”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 13-17.

Pinchemel, A., Alam, M.J., Habib, M.A. and Caetano, M. (2019). “Microsimulation Model for Emergency Evacuation at Ottawa International Airport”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 13-17.

Habib, M.A. and Lynn, R. (2019). “Preparing for New Mobility: Identification of Planning Considerations and Research Need Through a Participatory Approach”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of the 98th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 13-17.

McCarthy, S. and Habib, M.A. (2018). "Investigation of Subjective Well-being, Travel, Built Environment and Attitudes: A Random-parameters Ordered Choice Modelling Approach", Peer-reviewed proceedings of the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 7-11.

Bela, P.L. and Habib, M.A. (2018). “Urban Freight Network and Emission Modeling for Port City Halifax, Canada: A Spatial and Temporal Evaluation of Commercial Vehicles Movement”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 7-11.

Fatmi, M.R. and Habib, M.A. (2018). “Microsimulation of Life-stages, Residential Mobility, and Location Choice Processes”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 7-11.

Khan, N.A., Enam, A., Habib, M.A. and Konduri, K. (2018). “Investigation of Tour Participation, Time Allocation and Mode Choice: An Application of Multiple Discrete Continuous Extreme Value-mixed Multinomial Logit Modeling Approach”, Peer-reviewed proceedings of the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, January 7-11.

Khan, N. A., Habib, M.A. and Jamal, S. (2018). “Investigation of Weekend Travel, Social Networking and Transport-Support Application Usage: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach”, Procedia Computer Science.

Alam, M.J. and Habib, M.A. (2018). “Investigation of the Impacts of Shared Autonomous Vehicle Operation in Halifax, Canada Using a Dynamic Traffic Microsimulation Model”, Procedia Computer Science.

Alam, M.J., and Habib, M.A. (2017). “Risk Assessment and Traffic Impact Microsimulation for a Suspension Bridge Re-Construction Project”, Accepted for the 96^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 08-12.

Cheng, H., Habib, M.A., Wang, B. and Grant, J. (2017). “Spatial Evolution of a Shanghai Neighborhood: An Assessment of Urban Form and Street Network”, Accepted for the 96^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 08-12.

Jamal, S. and Habib, M.A (2017). “Impact of Smartphone Use on Vehicle Kilometers Traveled: A Latent Class Logit Modeling Approach”, Accepted for the 96^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 08-12.

Alam, M.J., and Habib, M.A. (2017). “Cumulative Prospect Theory-based Departure Time Choice Modelling for Dynamic Traffic Microsimualtion”, Accepted for the 96^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 08-12.

Jamal, S. and Habib, M.A. (2017). “Smartphone and Mobility: How the Use of Smartphone Applications affect Travel Decisions”, Accepted for the 96^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 08-12.

Fatmi, M.R. and Habib, M.A (2017). “Development of a Proto-Type Integrated Urban Model: Microsimulation of Life-Stage Transitions and Residential Location Transitions”, Accepted for the 96^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 08-12.

Jamal, S. and Habib, M.A. (2017). “Mobile ICT and Travel: Does the Dependency on Smartphone Applications Stimulate Social Trips or Not?”, Accepted for the 96^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 08-12.

Khan, N.H.A. and Habib, M.A. (2017). “Who Do You Travel With and What Type of Vehicle You Get: Modeling Choice of Vehicle Type for Travel”, Accepted for the 96^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 08-12.

Fatmi, M.R. and Habib, M.A (2017). “Microsimulation of Vehicle Transaction Decisions within an Integrated Urban Modeling Framework”, Accepted for the 96^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 08-12.

Alam, M.J., Habib, M.A., and Quigley, K. (2016), “Critical Infrastructure Renewal: A Framework for Fuzzy Logic Based Risk Assessment and Microscopic Traffic Simulation Modeling”, Accepted for presentation in the 14^th World Conference on Transport Research, 10-15 July 2016, Shanghai, China (Forthcoming in Transportation Research Procedia)

Jamal, S., Habib, M.A., and Khan, N.A. (2016), “Does the Use of Smartphone Influence Travel Outcome? An Investigation on the Determinants of the Impact of Smartphone Use on Vehicle Kilometers Traveled” Accepted for presentation in the 14th World Conference on Transport Research, 10-15 July 2016, Shanghai, China (Forthcoming in Transportation Research Procedia)

Khan, N.H.A., Fatmi, M.R., and Habib, M.A. (2016), “Type Choice Behavior of Alternative Fuel Vehicles: A Latent Class Model Approach”, Accepted for presentation in the 14th World Conference on Transport Research, 10-15 July 2016, Shanghai, China (Forthcoming in Transportation Research Procedia)

Jamal, S., and Habib, M.A. (2016), “Investigation of the Use of Smartphone Application for Trip Planning and Travel Outcome”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings of the 95^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 10-14

Salloum, S., and Habib, M.A. (2016), “Characterization of Accessibility in Halifax, Canada: Developing a Composite Network-Distance-Based Accessibility Measure”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings of the 95^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 10-14

Khan, N., and Habib, M.A. (2016), “Life Course-oriented Approach of Modelling Vehicle Ownership State and Vehicle Type Choice Using Panel Data”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings the 95^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 10-14

Daisy, N., Hafezi, H., and Habib, M.A. (2016), “Population Synthesis based Pseudo Panel Modeling of Out-of-Home Discretionary Activity Duration”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings the 95^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 10-14

Fatmi, M., Chowdhury, S., and Habib, M.A. (2016), “Two-Stage Panel Model of Residential Search and Location Choice Decisions”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings the 95^th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 10-14

Daisy, N.S., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “A Pseudo Panel Investigation of Out-of-Home Discretionary Activity Participation”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings the 94th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 11-15

Megenbir, L.E., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “Estimating Fuel Consumption and Vehicle Emissions from Multi-Year Travel Survey Data”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings Emissions from Multi-Year Travel Survey Data”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings the 94th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 11-15

Khan, N.A., Habib, M.A., and Witherbee, S.C., (2015), “Modeling Modal Shift of Cyclists and Pedestrians, and Preference of Alternative Services during Temporary Closure of the Macdonald Bridge in Halifax, Canada”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings the 94th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 11-15

Irin, S., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “Estimation of Link–Based Emission for a Truck Route in the Downtown Halifax, Canada”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings the 94th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 11-15

Hafezi, M.H., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “Synthesizing Population for Agent-Based Microsimulation Modeling in Atlantic Canada”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings the 94th Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 11-15

Rahman, M. and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Transit Demand Forecasting Model for HRM”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings of the CSCE 10^th International Transportation Specialty Conference. Halifax, NS, May, 28-31.

Daisy, N.S. and Habib, M.A. (2014), “The Role of the Built Environment and Lifestyle Choices on Active Transportation for Home Based Weekly Non-work Trips”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings of the CSCE 10^th International Transportation Specialty Conference. Halifax, NS, May, 28-31. 

Khan, N.H.A. and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Modeling Mode Shift Behavior of Cyclists and Pedestrians due to Temporary Closure of the Macdonald Bridge in Halifax: A Mixed Logit Modeling Approach”. Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings of the CSCE 10^th International Transportation Specialty Conference. Halifax, NS, May, 28-31.

Forbes, J.J. and Habib, M.A. (2014), “An Ordered Response Model for Examining Pedestrian Injury Severity in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings of the CSCE 10^th International Transportation Specialty Conference. Halifax, NS, May, 28-31. 

Fatmi, M.R. and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Comparing Residential Mobility in Halifax and Toronto, Canada: A Continuous Time Hazard based Duration Modeling Approach”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings of the CSCE 10^th International Transportation Specialty Conference. Halifax, NS, May, 28-31. 

Irin, S. and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Estimation of Accessibility Measure for Service Destination in Halifax, Canada”, Published in the peer-reviewed proceedings of the CSCE 10^th International Transportation Specialty Conference. Halifax, NS, May, 28-31. 

Habib, M.A. and Forbes, J. (2014) “Modeling Bicyclists’ Injury Severity Levels in the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada using a Generalized Ordered Probit Structure”, Refereed proceedings of the 93^rd Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 12-16

Daisy, N.S. and Habib, M.A. (2014) “Investigation of Mode Choice Behavior for School Trips in Dhaka City, Bangladesh: Random Parameter Logit Model Application”, Refereed proceedings of the 93^rd Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 12-16

Fatmi, M. and Habib, M.A. (2014) “Travel Behavior of Car Share Members in Halifax, Canada: Modeling Trip Purpose in case of the Use of Car Share Services and Mode Choice in absence of the Service”, Refereed proceedings of the 93^rd Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 12-16

Habib, M.A., Shaw, N. and Peterlin, M. (2013), “Examining the Anticipated Integration of Bikeshare with Travel Modes”, Refereed proceedings of the 92^nd  Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 13-17

Clarke, C. and Habib, M.A. (2010), “Evaluation of Multi-Modal Transportation Strategies during Emergency Evacuations”, Published in the proceedings of the 2010 Annual Conference of Transportation Association of Canada (TAC), Halifax, NS, September 26-29

Habib, M.A. and Miller, E.J (2008), “Microsimulating Residential Mobility and Spatial Search Behaviour: Estimation of Continuous-time Hazard and Discrete-time Panel Logit Models for Residential Mobility”, Refereed proceedings of the 87^th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C., January 13-17

Habib, M.A. and Miller, E.J. (2007), “Microbehavioural Location Choice Process: Estimation of a Random Parameter Model for Residential Mobility”, Refereed proceedings of the 11^th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), Berkeley, California, June 24-28

Coons, J., Anik, M.A.H., and Habib, M.A. (2021). “Developing an ArcGIS Visualization Tool for an Integrated Urban Systems Model in Nova Scotia, Canada”, 56th Annual Conference of Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF) Webinar Series, May 17-18.

Habib, M. A., Bela, P. L., and F. Hossain. (2020). “Modeling Vehicular Movements and Emission for Policy Review in Halifax, Canada”, Accepted for Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, November 5-8.

Anik, M. A. H., Hossain, M. Hossain, and Habib, M. A. (2020). “A Microscopic Model for Jaywalking at Unmarked Crosswalks”, 55^th Annual Conference of Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF) Webinar Series, June 10.

Shahrier, H. and Habib, M. A. (2020). “A Comprehensive Validation Analysis of an Activity-based Travel Demand Microsimulation Model”, 55^th Annual Conference of Canadian Transport Research Forum (CTRF) Webinar Series, June 10.

Fatmi, M. R., Khan, N. A., and Habib, M. A. (2020). “Forecasting Travel Activity Participation, Mode Choice and Vehicle Allocation: An Agent-based Tour-level Microsimulation Approach within an Integrated Urban Modeling System”, 55th Annual Conference of Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF) Webinar Series, June 10.

Habib, M.A. and Lynn, R. (2020). “Planning for Connected, Autonomous and Shared Mobility: A Synopsis of Practitioners’ Perspectives”, 11^th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT), Warsaw, Poland, April 6-9.

Habib, M.A. and Maultsaid-Blair, L. (2019). “Exploring the Relationship Between Tour Complexity and Health in Halifax Transit and Auto Riders”, International Conference on Transport and Health, Melbourne, Australia, November 4-8.

Habib, M.A., Alam, M.J., Walker, K., and Quigley, K. (2019). “Mass Evacuation Modelling: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Transportation Planning for Coastal Flooding”, 59^th Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Greenville, SC, October 24-27.

Fatmi, M.R., McCarthy, S., Khan, N.A., and Habib, M.A. (2019). “Agent-based Microsimulation of Travel Activity Participation, Mode Choice and Vehicle Allocation”, 15th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), Mumbai, India, May 26-31.

Khan, N. A., and Habib, M.A. (2019). “Estimation of Activity-based Tour-level Vehicle Allocation Models for the Agent-based Shorter-term Decisions Simulator (SDS)”, 15th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), Mumbai, India, May 26-31.

Alam, M.J. and Habib, M.A. (2019). “Mass Evacuation of Halifax, Canada: A Dynamic Traffic Microsimulation Modelling Approach”, 10th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks, and Technologies (ANT), Leuven, Belgium, April 29-May 2.

Fatmi, M.R., and Habib, M.A. (2018). “A Life-oriented Agent-based Longer-term Household Decision Simulator”, 15^th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, International Association of Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR), Santa Barbara, California, USA, July 15-20.

Bela, P.L., and Habib, M.A. (2018). “Development of a Freight Traffic Model for Halifax, Canada", 53rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF), Gatineau, Québec, June 3-6.

Fatmi, M.R., and Habib, M.A. (2018). “Modelling Injury Severity of Pedestrians in Collisions Involving Distracted Driving”, 53^rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF), Gatineau, Québec, June 3-6.

Khan, N. A., Habib, M.A. and Jamal, S. (2018). “Investigation of Weekend Travel, Social Networking and Transport-Support Application Usage: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach”, 9th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT), Porto, Portugal, May 8-11.

Fatmi, M.R., and Habib, M.A. (2017). “Proto-type Implementation of a Life-oriented Agent-based Integrated Transport Land Use and Energy Model”, Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Conference, St. John’s, NL, September 24-27.

Khan, N. A., Habib, M.A., and Jamal, S. (2017). “Investigation of the Impact of Social Networking and Transport-Support Applications on Weekend Travel”, World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR), Brisbane, Australia, July 3-6.

Habib, M.A., Olajide, B., Terashima, M., and Campbell, S. (2017). “The Relationships Between Neighbourhood Characteristics and Emergency Health Services Vehicle Demand: A Poisson Hurdle Regression Modelling Approach”, International Conference on Transport and Health (ICTH), Barcelona, Spain, June 27-29.

McCarthy, S., and Habib, M.A. (2017). “Investigation of Health-related Quality of Life Measures, Daily Activities, Built Environments and Lifestyle Choices: A Random-parameters Ordered Choice Modelling Approach”, Regional Science Association International, Vancouver, BC, November 8-11.

Alam, M.J., Habib, M.A. and Quigley, K. (2017). “Vulnerability in Transport Network during Critical Infrastructure Renewal: Lessons Learned from a Dynamic Traffic Microsimulation Model”, 8th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT), Madeira, Portugal, May 16-19.

Alam, M.J., and Habib, M.A. (2016). “The Big Lift Project of Macdonald Bridge Re-decking, Halifax, Canada: A Dynamic Traffic Assignment Model”, 51^st Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF), Toronto, ON, May 1-4, pp. 250-257

Jamal, S., Habib, M.A., and Khan, N.A. (2016).  “Does the Use of Smartphone Influence Travel Outcome? An Investigation on the Determinants of the Impact of Smartphone Use on Vehicle Kilometers Traveled”, 14^th World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR), Shanghai, China, July 10-15.

Matheson, S., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “Developing an Estimation Tool for Nova Scotia’s Fuel Consumption and Vehicle Emissions from the Passenger Road Transportation Sector” Presented in the 62nd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Portland, OR, November 11-14.

Irin, S., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “A Microsimulation-based Traffic Emission Modeling for Halifax Downtown Core” Presented in the Transportation Association of Canada Conference 2015, Charlottetown, PEI, September 27-30.

Alam, J.M., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “Micro-simulation Model of Traffic Impacts during Re-decking of Macdonald Bridge” Presented in the Transportation Association of Canada Conference 2015, Charlottetown, PEI, September 27-30.

Fatmi, M.R., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “A Latent Class Modelling of Mobility Tool Ownership of the Elderly Population in Toronto, Canada” Presented in the 14th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons, Lisbon, Portugal, July 28-31.

Fatmi, M.R., Chowdhury, S., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “Reason-based Residential Location Choice Model using Panel Data: A Two-tier Approach” Presented at the 14th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Windsor, U.K., July 19-23.

Rahman, M., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “Evaluating Alternate Transit Options in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) using Travel Demand Forecasting Model Informed by a Stated Preference Survey” Presented in the 50th Annual Canadian Transportation Research Forum Conference, Montreal, QC, May 24-27.

Hafezi, M.H., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “Development and Evaluation of an Algorithm to Produce the Population in regional level and dissemination area level” Presented in the 50th Annual Canadian Transportation Research Forum Conference, Montreal, QC, May 24-27.

Fatmi, M.R., and Habib, M.A. (2015), “A Longitudinal Investigation of Residential Location Choice: Fuzzy Logic-Based Choice Set Generation and Panel Location Choice Models” Presented in the International Choice Modelling Conference 2015, Austin, TX, May 10-13.

Khan, N.A., and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Modelling Household Vehicle Ownership State: A Hazard-based Duration Model Approach”, Presented in the 61st North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Washington, D.C., November 12–15.

Witherbee, S., and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Modeling the Current and Future Intended Use of Cycling and Walking in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada: An Ordered Probit Modeling Approach”, Presented in the 61st North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Washington, D.C., November 12–15.

Daisy, N.S., and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Investigation of Out-of-home Discretionary Activities for Individuals in Nova Scotia, Canada: A Latent Class Accelerated Hazard Modelling Approach”, Presented in the 61st North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Washington, D.C., November 12–15.

Salloum, S., and Habib, M.A. (2014), “A Composite Network Distance-based Accessibility Measure (CNAM)”, Presented in the 61st North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Washington, D.C., November 12–15.

Hafezi, M.H., and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Optimization Model of Bus Travel Time with Stop-skipping Scheme”, Published in the proceedings of the 49th Annual Conference Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Windsor, ON, June 1-4.

Forbes, J.J., and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Investigation of Pedestrian Injury Severity Levels in the Halifax Regional Municipality”, Published in the proceedings 49th Annual Conference Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Windsor, ON, June 1-4, 2014 

Shaw, N., Habib, M.A., and Siabanis, N. (2013), “Modeling Residential Location of the Elderly Population in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Canada”, Published in the proceedings 49th Annual Conference Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Windsor, ON, June 1-4, 2014

Habib, M.A., Siabanis, N., and Stone, S. (2014), “Share the Road Nova Scotia, Developing a Multi-platform Social Marketing Engagement Strategy”, Presented in the 93^rd Annual Meetings of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington D.C. January 12-16.

Forbes, J.J., and Habib, M.A. (2013), “Modelling Bicyclists’ Injury Severity Levels in the Province of Nova Scotia”, Presented in the 60^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Atlanta, GA, November 13-16.

Stone, S., and Habib, M.A. (2013), “Estimation of Social Indicators of Sustainable Transportation using Time Use data” Presented in the 60^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Atlanta, GA, November 13-16.

Salloum, S., and Habib, M.A. (2013), “Travel Behaviour of Dalhousie University Commuters: A Descriptive and Comparative Analysis of Commuter Patterns from 2009 to 2012” Presented in the 60^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Atlanta, GA, November 13-16.

Salloum, S., and Habib, M.A. (2013), “Travel Behaviour of Dalhousie University Commuters: A Descriptive and Comparative Analysis of Commuter Patterns from 2009 to 2012” Presented in the 60^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Atlanta, GA, November 13-16.

Fatmi, M.R., and Habib, M.A. (2013), “Modelling Travel Behaviour of Car Share Members in Halifax, Canada” Presented in the 60^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Atlanta, GA, November 13-16.

Daisy, N.S., and Habib, M.A. (2013), “Modelling Factors affecting Mode Choice Behaviour for School Trips and Non-school Trips in Dhaka City, Bangladesh”, Presented in the 13^th World Conference on Transportation Research, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 15-18.

Shaw, N., and Habib, M.A. (2012), “Examining Factors Affecting Residential Location and Mobility Tool Ownership of the Elderly”, Presented in the 59^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Ottawa, ON, November 7-10.

Peterlin, M., and Habib, M.A. (2012), “Examining the Effects of Attitudes and Lifestyle Choices on Travel Behaviour”, Presented in the 59^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Ottawa, ON, November 7-10.

Leckovic, K., and Habib, M.A. (2011), “The Role of Public Transit in Mass Evacuations: A Case Study of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada”, Presented in the 58th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Florida, USA, November 9-12.

Richardson, D., and Habib, M.A. (2011), “Evaluation of Transit Alternatives for the Bedford-Halifax Corridor: A Stated Preference Study”, Presented in the 58th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Florida, USA, November 9-12.

Habib, M.A., Richardson, D., Leckovic, K., and Haj-Issa, L. (2011), “Planning for Inclusive Transportation: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for New Immigrants”. Presented in the 58th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Florida, USA, November 9-12.

MacDonald, S., and Habib, M.A. (2010) “Elderly vs. Non-Elderly Travel Behaviour: How Different Are They?” Presented in the 57^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Denver, USA, November 10-13.

Habib, M.A., Miller, E.J., and Mans, B.T. (2010), “Modeling Persons’ Job Mobility and Location Choice Decisions for an Integrated Land Use and Transportation Modeling System”, Presented in the 12^th World Conference on Transportation Research, Lisbon, Portugal, July 11-15.

Miller, E.J., Habib, M.A., Farooq, B., and Hatzopoulou, M. (2009), “Integrated Urban Modeling for Integrated Urban Planning”, Presented in the 1^st Annual International Conference on Transportation and Logistics (TRANSLOG), Hamilton, Canada, June 17-18.

Miller, E.J., Farooq, B., and Habib, M.A. (2009), “A Microsimulation Housing Market Clearing Model”, Presented in the 12^th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Jaipur, India, December 13-18.

Habib, M.A., and Miller, E.J. (2009), “Microsimulating Housing Demand”, Presented in the 12^th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Jaipur, India, December 13-18.

Habib, M.A., Farooq, B., and Miller, E.J. (2008), “A Microsimulation Model of Residential Location Processes”, Presented in the 55^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, New York, USA, November 19-22.

Farooq, B., Habib, M.A., Miller, E.J., and Haider, M. (2008), “Dynamic Microsimulation of Housing Market for the Greater Toronto Area within the Integrated Land Use, Transport and the Environment (ILUTE) framework”, Presented in the 55^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, New York, USA, November 19-22.

Habib, M.A., Miller, E.J., and Farooq, B. (2008), “A Residential Location Choice Model for the Greater Toronto Area”, Presented in the 55^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, New York, USA, November 19-22.

Habib, M.A., and Miller, E.J. (2007), “Investigating Spatial Dwelling Search Duration applying Frailty Models and Modeling Frequency of Vacancy Visit using Ordered Probit Models”, Presented in the 54^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Savannah, Georgia, November 08-11.

Habib, M.A., and Miller, E.J. (2007), “Modeling Time-on-the-Market of Residential Properties and Influence of Duration on the Property Selling Price”, Presented in the 54^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Savannah, Georgia, November 08-11.

Habib, M.A., and Miller, E.J. (2007), “Estimating Multilevel Housing Price Model to account for Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity”, Presented in the 54^th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Savannah, Georgia, Nov. 08-11.

Habib, M.A., and Miller, E.J. (2007), “Residential Mobility and Spatial Search Behaviour: Evidence from the Greater Toronto Area”, Presented in the 6^th Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis (TRISTAN VI), Phuket Island, Thailand, June 10-15.

Habib, M.A., and Miller, E.J. (2006), “Stressor-based Binary Choice Panel Data Model Estimation of Residential Mobility Decisions for Integrated Land Use and Transportation Modeling Systems”, Presented in the 53^rd Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Toronto, Canada, November 16-18.

Habib, M.A., and DiFrancesco, R.J. (2005), “Application of Input-Output Techniques in Freight Transportation Modeling”, Presented in the 52^nd Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 9-12.

Habib, M.A., and Miller, E.J. (2005), “Dynamic Residential Mobility Decision Choice Model in ILUTE Framework”, Presented in the 52^nd Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 9-12.

Habib, M.A., Ferdous, F., and Maniruzzaman, K.M. (2005), “Examining Impacts of Transportation on Residential Property Values using Geographical Information System: A Hedonic Price Model Approach”, Published in the Proceedings of the 40^th Annual Conference of Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF), Hamilton, Canada, pp. 14-28.

A Targeted Review of Issues Related to Advancing Active Transportation in Nova Scotia [PDF - 672 KB]

Dalhousie University Commuter Study 2019-2020 [PDF - 1316 KB]

Dalhousie University Commuter Study 2018-2019 [PDF - 1635 KB]

Dalhousie University Commuter Study 2017 [PDF - 1986 KB]

Dalhousie University Commuter Study 2015-2016 [PDF - 2547 KB]

Travel Behaviour of Dalhousie University Commuters An Analysis of Dalhousie Sustainability Survey 2014 and Comparison to 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 Commuter Survey Analyses (2015) [PDF - 4257 KB]

Travel Behaviour of Dalhousie University Commuters: An Analysis of Dalhousie Sustainability Survey 2013 and Comparison to 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Commuter Survey Analyses (2014) [PDF - 2430 KB]

Travel Behaviour of Dalhousie University Commuters: An Analysis of Dalhousie Sustainability Survey 2012 and Comparison to 2009, 2010 and 2011 Commuter Survey Analyses (2013) [PDF - 1904 KB]

University Commuters: A comparative analysis using Dalhousie Sustainability Survey 2009, 2010, 2011 (2011) [PDF - 7291 KB]

Commuter Survey Report (2010) [PDF - 4819 KB]

ConnectSmart 2.0 Project: Scenario Planning for Technology-based Mobility Opportunities in Nova Scotia [PDF - 6.8 MB]

Connect Smart: Rethinking Mobility for All Community Workshop and Engagement Report [PDF - 7.4 MB]

Community-Based Awareness Campaign Program for Nova Scotians

Summary Report [PDF - 216 KB]

Volume 1: Best Practice review and Stakeholder Consultation [PDF - 973 KB]

Volume 2: Community Workshop Reports [PDF - 391 KB]

Volume 3: Community Workshop Evaluation [PDF - 171 KB]

Volume 4: Pilot Campaign and Community Events [PDF - 104 KB]

Volume 5: Youth Outreach [PDF - 138 KB]

Volume 6: Thmubs Up! Share The Road Nova Scotia: Development, Implementation and Evaluation Summary [PDF - 1.1 MB]

Community Engagement Reports

Annapolis County Community Report [PDF - 1.4 MB]

Chester Community Report [PDF - 3.5 MB]

Halifax Regional Municipality Community Report [PDF - 14 MB]

Hubbards Community Report [PDF - 2.7 MB]

New Glasgow Community Report [PDF - 190 KB]

Pictou Community Report [PDF - 141KB]