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Raktim Mitra

ResearcherUrban PlanningToronto Metropolitan University

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Raktim Mitra

Researcher

Urban Planning

Toronto Metropolitan University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.

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Research

cycling travel behaviour transportation policy transportation pandemic active transportation planning street allocation socio-spatial equity

Latest papers

Evaluating the implementation of active transportation infrastructure during the pandemic: a RE-AIM study.
BMC public health · 2025
Building CapaCITY/É for sustainable transportation: protocol for an implementation science research program in healthy cities.
BMJ open · 2024
Children and youth's movement behaviours differed across phases and by geographic region throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia, Canada: an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study.
Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2023

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Shared Electric Micromobility As A Transportation Solution in Canadian Suburban Communities (SEM-Can)
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$57,050
Building CapaCITY/É for Sustainable Transportation
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$3,000,000
Active Transportation Planning and Travel Behaviour Change in Post-COVID-19 Canada
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$150,954

All 10 grants and awards

14 publications.

Evaluating the implementation of active transportation infrastructure during the pandemic: a RE-AIM study.

Monfaredi Z, Mitra R, Crooks VA, Manaugh K, Hess PM, Winters M

BMC public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-25432-y PMID: 41420170

Building CapaCITY/É for sustainable transportation: protocol for an implementation science research program in healthy cities.

Winters M, Fuller D, Cloutier MS, Harris MA, Howard A, Kestens Y, Kirk S, Macpherson A, Moore S, Rothman L, Shareck M, Tomasone JR, Laberee K, Stephens ZP, Sones M, Ayton D, Batomen B, Bell S, Collins P, Diab E, Giles AR, Hagel BE, Harris MS, Harris P, Lachapelle U, Manaugh K, Mitra R, Muhajarine N, Myrdahl TM, Pettit CJ, Pike I, Skouteris H, Wachsmuth D, Whitehurst D, Beck B

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085850 PMID: 38631827

Children and youth's movement behaviours differed across phases and by geographic region throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia, Canada: an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study.

Campbell JE, Stone MR, Mitra R, Locke M, MacDonald C, Preston A, Feicht RA, Rehman L, Kirk SFL, Faulkner G, Tremblay MS, Moore SA

Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors2023

DOI: 10.1186/s44167-023-00032-6 PMID: 40217561

Child and youth physical activity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: The changing role of the neighbourhood built and social environments.

Mitra R, Campbell JE, Vanderloo LM, Faulkner G, Tremblay MS, Rhodes RE, Stone MR, Moore SA

Health & place2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103127 PMID: 37751631

Outdoor Physical Activity and Play Among Canadian Children and Youth With Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings From the National Physical Activity Measurement Study.

Arbour-Nicitopoulos KP, Mitra R, Sharma R, Moore SA

Adapted physical activity quarterly : APAQ2023

DOI: 10.1123/apaq.2022-0080 PMID: 36750116

Identifying Risk Profiles for Nonadherence to the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth 6 Months Into the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Guerrero MD, Moore S, Faulkner G, Roberts KC, Mitra R, Vanderloo LM, Rhodes RE, Tremblay MS

Pediatric exercise science2023

DOI: 10.1123/pes.2021-0186 PMID: 36630968

Few Canadian children and youth were meeting the 24-hour movement behaviour guidelines 6-months into the COVID-19 pandemic: Follow-up from a national study.

Moore SA, Faulkner G, Rhodes RE, Vanderloo LM, Ferguson LJ, Guerrero MD, Brussoni M, Mitra R, O'Reilly N, Spence JC, Chulak-Bozzer T, Tremblay MS

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2021

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0354 PMID: 34370965

Subjective well-being of Canadian children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of the social and physical environment and healthy movement behaviours.

Mitra R, Waygood EOD, Fullan J

Preventive medicine reports2021First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101404 PMID: 34189017

Healthy movement behaviours in children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring the role of the neighbourhood environment.

Mitra R, Moore SA, Gillespie M, Faulkner G, Vanderloo LM, Chulak-Bozzer T, Rhodes RE, Brussoni M, Tremblay MS

Health & place2020First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102418 PMID: 32871499

Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey.

Moore SA, Faulkner G, Rhodes RE, Brussoni M, Chulak-Bozzer T, Ferguson LJ, Mitra R, O'Reilly N, Spence JC, Vanderloo LM, Tremblay MS

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2020

DOI: 10.1186/s12966-020-00987-8 PMID: 32631350

Shared Electric Micromobility As A Transportation Solution in Canadian Suburban Communities (SEM-Can)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Mitra, Raktim

Keywords: Transportation; Micromobility; E-scooters; E-bikes; Suburban communities; Transportation equity

$57,050

Building CapaCITY/É for Sustainable Transportation

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: HCIS - Population and public health

Principal investigators: Winters, Meghan; Afzal, Shabnem; Badeau, Nancy; Churchill, Tony; Coleman, Jesse; Fridman, Liraz; Laberee, Karen; MacIsaac, David; Malzer, Jen; Schulz, Chris; Semple, Ian; Simor, David; Spandonide, Bruno; Walker, Kate; Webb, Sarah; Cloutier, Marie-Soleil; Fuller, Daniel L; Harris, M. Anne; Howard, Andrew W; Kestens, Yan; Kirk, Sara F; Macpherson, Alison; Moore, Sarah A; Rothman, Linda; Shareck, Martine; Tomasone, Jennifer R

Keywords: Built Environment; Equity; Implementation Science; Population Health Intervention Research; Sustainable Transportation

$3,000,000

Active Transportation Planning and Travel Behaviour Change in Post-COVID-19 Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mitra, Raktim

Keywords: pandemic; transportation policy; active transportation planning; street allocation; travel behaviour; cycling; socio-spatial equity

$150,954

Active Transportation Planning and Travel Behaviour Change in Post-COVID-19 Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mitra, Raktim

Keywords: pandemic; transportation policy; active transportation planning; street allocation; travel behaviour; cycling; socio-spatial equity

$132,216

Building for Cycling in Canadian Cities

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: HCIS - LOI - Population and public health

Principal investigators: Winters, Meghan; MacIsaac, David; Webb, Sarah; Kirk, Sara F; Moore, Sarah A

Keywords: Active Transportation; Bicycling; Built Environment Interventions; Equity; Implementation Science; Policy; Population Health; Population Health Intervention Research

$25,000

Exploring Municipal E-Scooter Policy in North America to Inform Canadian Micromobility Planning

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Mitra, Raktim

Keywords: transportation; micro-mobility; policy; health; equity; curbside management; environmental sustainability

$24,398

Social risk factors and the influence of the built environment on children and youth's active school transportation and pedestrian motor vehicle collisions in Toronto, Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Catalyst Gr: Disease Prev./Risk Factor Modification - Non-communicable diseases

Principal investigators: Rothman, Linda; Howard, Andrew W

Keywords: Active Health Living; Active School Transportation; Built Environment; Child Pedestrian Motor Vehicle Collisions; Population Health; Road Safety; Social Risk Factors

$99,625

Urban cycling facilities and traveller behaviour change

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mitra, Raktim

Keywords: cycling; travel mode substitution; bike lanes/tracks; suburban; change

$158,182

StudentMoveTO: from insight to action on transportation for post-secondary Students in the GTHA

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Mitra, Raktim

Keywords: transportation; travel behaviour; transit; social well-being; regional policy; the millennials

$199,934

Project BEAT (Built Environment and Active Transport) Dissemination: Walking the BEAT

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Dissemination Events - PA: Integrated Knowledge Translation

Principal investigators: Faulkner, Guy

Keywords: Built Environment; Knowledge Dissemination; Physical Activity; School Travel

$24,959

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Raktim Mitra

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Evaluating the implementation of active transportation infrastructure during the pandemic: a RE-AIM study.

Building CapaCITY/&#xc9; for sustainable transportation: protocol for an implementation science research program in healthy cities.

Children and youth's movement behaviours differed across phases and by geographic region throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia, Canada: an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study.

Child and youth physical activity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: The changing role of the neighbourhood built and social environments.

Outdoor Physical Activity and Play Among Canadian Children and Youth With Disabilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings From the National Physical Activity Measurement Study.

Identifying Risk Profiles for Nonadherence to the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth 6 Months Into the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Few Canadian children and youth were meeting the 24-hour movement behaviour guidelines 6-months into the COVID-19 pandemic: Follow-up from a national study.

Subjective well-being of Canadian children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of the social and physical environment and healthy movement behaviours.

Healthy movement behaviours in children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: Exploring the role of the neighbourhood environment.

Impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak on movement and play behaviours of Canadian children and youth: a national survey.

Shared Electric Micromobility As A Transportation Solution in Canadian Suburban Communities (SEM-Can)

Building CapaCITY/É for Sustainable Transportation

Active Transportation Planning and Travel Behaviour Change in Post-COVID-19 Canada

Active Transportation Planning and Travel Behaviour Change in Post-COVID-19 Canada

Building for Cycling in Canadian Cities

Exploring Municipal E-Scooter Policy in North America to Inform Canadian Micromobility Planning

Social risk factors and the influence of the built environment on children and youth's active school transportation and pedestrian motor vehicle collisions in Toronto, Canada

Urban cycling facilities and traveller behaviour change

StudentMoveTO: from insight to action on transportation for post-secondary Students in the GTHA

Project BEAT (Built Environment and Active Transport) Dissemination: Walking the BEAT

Frequent collaborators

Guy Faulkner

Mariana Brussoni

Kevin Manaugh

Sarah Moore

Meghan Winters

Scott Bell

Sara Kirk

Ian Pike

Marie-Soleil Cloutier

Martine Shareck

Karen Laberee

Andrew Howard

Linda Rothman

Daniel Fuller

Brice Batomen

Ehab Diab

Yan Kestens

David Wachsmuth

Alison Macpherson

Patricia Collins

Nazeem Muhajarine

Building CapaCITY/É for sustainable transportation: protocol for an implementation science research program in healthy cities.