Chris Higgins
@higgicd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor
@utsc-humangeo.bsky.social
University of Toronto
higgicd.github.io
@utsc-humangeo.bsky.social
University of Toronto
higgicd.github.io
Reposted by Chris Higgins
Would you rather have good access to destinations by transit or by car? In a study of real estate prices across Canada, @higgicd.bsky.social and team found that despite the ubiquity of cars, good *transit* access is a bigger driver of housing prices than good car access. 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/2469...
doi.org/10.1080/2469...
Multimodal Accessibility and the Capitalization of Realized Access by Car and Transit in Housing Prices Across Canada
Although the transportation accessibility benefits afforded by multiple transportation modes play a fundamental role in determining transportation costs and land prices, there are challenges associ...
doi.org
August 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Would you rather have good access to destinations by transit or by car? In a study of real estate prices across Canada, @higgicd.bsky.social and team found that despite the ubiquity of cars, good *transit* access is a bigger driver of housing prices than good car access. 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/2469...
doi.org/10.1080/2469...
Reposted by Chris Higgins
Reuniting spatial interaction and accessibility
🌐blog post: www.urbandemographics.org/post/reuniti...
A new study (preprint) with @soukhova.bsky.social , @higgicd.bsky.social and Antonio Paez 🗺️📏
📑Preprint: osf.io/a9dxb_v1
🌐blog post: www.urbandemographics.org/post/reuniti...
A new study (preprint) with @soukhova.bsky.social , @higgicd.bsky.social and Antonio Paez 🗺️📏
📑Preprint: osf.io/a9dxb_v1
Reuniting spatial interaction and accessibility | Urban Demographics
www.urbandemographics.org
June 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Reuniting spatial interaction and accessibility
🌐blog post: www.urbandemographics.org/post/reuniti...
A new study (preprint) with @soukhova.bsky.social , @higgicd.bsky.social and Antonio Paez 🗺️📏
📑Preprint: osf.io/a9dxb_v1
🌐blog post: www.urbandemographics.org/post/reuniti...
A new study (preprint) with @soukhova.bsky.social , @higgicd.bsky.social and Antonio Paez 🗺️📏
📑Preprint: osf.io/a9dxb_v1
Reposted by Chris Higgins
Just finished a PhD and looking for a wonderul PostDoc opportunity? Look no further, adn join us at #unimelb with a McKenzie Fellowship sites.research.unimelb.edu.au/research-fun... #GIScience #GIS #geospatial #geography pls Re-Skeet
March 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Just finished a PhD and looking for a wonderul PostDoc opportunity? Look no further, adn join us at #unimelb with a McKenzie Fellowship sites.research.unimelb.edu.au/research-fun... #GIScience #GIS #geospatial #geography pls Re-Skeet
Big turnout for @uoft.bsky.social Department of Geography and Planning Bousfield Visiting Professor @urbandemog.bsky.social ‘s "A Crash Course on Urban Accessibility with R" today!
April 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Big turnout for @uoft.bsky.social Department of Geography and Planning Bousfield Visiting Professor @urbandemog.bsky.social ‘s "A Crash Course on Urban Accessibility with R" today!
Well, I owe the Detroit People Mover an apology. While I may have used it as an example of failed transit-as-revitalization projects and snickered at its one-way loop, I made something like 10 trips using the DPM last week at the #AAG2025 and it was great fun.
April 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Well, I owe the Detroit People Mover an apology. While I may have used it as an example of failed transit-as-revitalization projects and snickered at its one-way loop, I made something like 10 trips using the DPM last week at the #AAG2025 and it was great fun.
Proud supervisor moment watching Robert Arku present the results from our paper “Multimodal Accessibility Premiums in Housing Prices Across Canada” at this year’s #TRBAM co-authored with Steven Farber and Eric J. Miller
January 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Proud supervisor moment watching Robert Arku present the results from our paper “Multimodal Accessibility Premiums in Housing Prices Across Canada” at this year’s #TRBAM co-authored with Steven Farber and Eric J. Miller
Alternative (accelerating) Financing and Procurement has been a disaster
This alarming trend of cost escalation is echoed throughout Canada, and the English-speaking world.
Meanwhile, in other developed nations, transit construction costs have stayed lockstep with the rate of inflation - a clear sign that project delivery practices are at fault.
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Meanwhile, in other developed nations, transit construction costs have stayed lockstep with the rate of inflation - a clear sign that project delivery practices are at fault.
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December 5, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Alternative (accelerating) Financing and Procurement has been a disaster
Reposted by Chris Higgins
This alarming trend of cost escalation is echoed throughout Canada, and the English-speaking world.
Meanwhile, in other developed nations, transit construction costs have stayed lockstep with the rate of inflation - a clear sign that project delivery practices are at fault.
4/
Meanwhile, in other developed nations, transit construction costs have stayed lockstep with the rate of inflation - a clear sign that project delivery practices are at fault.
4/
December 5, 2024 at 4:49 PM
This alarming trend of cost escalation is echoed throughout Canada, and the English-speaking world.
Meanwhile, in other developed nations, transit construction costs have stayed lockstep with the rate of inflation - a clear sign that project delivery practices are at fault.
4/
Meanwhile, in other developed nations, transit construction costs have stayed lockstep with the rate of inflation - a clear sign that project delivery practices are at fault.
4/
Ok… 😅
- Zamboni driver
- roof truss builder
- concrete tester
- kindergarten teacher
- Zamboni driver
- roof truss builder
- concrete tester
- kindergarten teacher
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve had in the past:
- Tutor
- Translator
- Freelancer (web/graphic design)
- Study tour assistant / interpreter
- Waitress
- Library assistant
- Book store assistant
- Urban planner
- Tutor
- Translator
- Freelancer (web/graphic design)
- Study tour assistant / interpreter
- Waitress
- Library assistant
- Book store assistant
- Urban planner
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve had in the past:
- after school candy store worker
- restaurant table busser
- apple butter maker
- Disney Spruce Goose “crew member”
- legal assistant
- adjunct
- after school candy store worker
- restaurant table busser
- apple butter maker
- Disney Spruce Goose “crew member”
- legal assistant
- adjunct
November 16, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Ok… 😅
- Zamboni driver
- roof truss builder
- concrete tester
- kindergarten teacher
- Zamboni driver
- roof truss builder
- concrete tester
- kindergarten teacher
Travel behaviour and the 15-min City: Access intensity, sufficiency, and non-work car use in Toronto
doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
April 1, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Travel behaviour and the 15-min City: Access intensity, sufficiency, and non-work car use in Toronto
doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...
As a fan of multiprocessing, swapping out R’s math libraries for optimized versions really cuts down on the run time for large spatial models! higgicd.github.io/posts/accele...
Christopher D. Higgins - Accelerating R
higgicd.github.io
October 11, 2023 at 2:33 AM
As a fan of multiprocessing, swapping out R’s math libraries for optimized versions really cuts down on the run time for large spatial models! higgicd.github.io/posts/accele...