Transportation & Urban Spatial Structure

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1 Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Urban Design and Planning 2011 Symposium Panel Transportation & Urban Spatial Structure Panelists Christine Bae Chris Bitter Cynthia Chen Scott Rutherford Qing Shen Urban Design and Planning Urban Design and Planning Civil Engineering Civil Engineering Urban Design and Planning

2 Intellectual Foundation and Focus Disciplinary Backgrounds Transportation Engineering Urban Design Urban Economics Urban Geography Urban Planning

3 Intellectual Foundation and Focus (continued) Research Interests - Bae Air Quality and Transportation-Land Use Interaction Planning for Urban Growth in Metropolitan Regions Gasoline Price and Public Transit Ridership Cross Cultural Comparison of Non-motorized Travel and Physical Activity

4 Intellectual Foundation and Focus (continued) Research Interests - Bitter Market Context for Compact Development Implications of Demographic Change for Cities and Housing Markets

5 Intellectual Foundation and Focus (continued) Research Interests - Chen Gasoline Price, Fuel Efficiency, and VMT Impact of Parking Fees on Parking Demand Using Mobile Phones to Improve Activity and Travel Behavior Modeling Mobile Phones, Social Network, and the Interaction between Virtual and Physical Space

6 Intellectual Foundation and Focus (continued) Research Interests - Rutherford Travel Demand Forecasting Travel Demand Management Development of Public Transportation Systems

7 Intellectual Foundation and Focus (continued) Research Interests - Moudon Built Environment, Non-motorized Travel, and Physical Activity Efficient Land Use Pattern Economic Values of Office Clustering Transportation Safety Pedestrian Collisions

8 Intellectual Foundation and Focus (continued) Research Interests - Shen An Accessibility-Based Analytical Framework for Transport Policy Reform (with Levine and Grengs) Effects of Built Environments on VMT and Energy Consumption (with Jin Hyun Hong and Chao Liu) Real-Time Transit Information and Travel Behavioral Changes (with Feng Zhang) Planning for Low-Carbon Cities in a Fast Urbanizing and Motorizing Country (with Haixiao Pan)

9 Intellectual Foundation and Focus (continued) Research Themes (Areas of Potential Synergies) Planning and Pricing Approaches for Sustainable Land Use and Transportation (Bae; Bitter; Chen; Moudon; Rutherford; Shen; Miller; Whittington) Modeling Travel Behavior and Analyzing Environmental Consequences (Chen; Rutherford; Shen) ICT and the Changing Patterns of Social Interaction and Travel (Chen; Rutherford; Shen; Borning) Non-motorized Travel and Physical Activity (Moudon; Bae) Urbanization and Transportation in International Contexts Europe, Korea, and PR China (Bae; Shen; Miller?)

10 Intellectual Foundation and Focus (continued) Beyond Transportation & Urban Spatial Structure Synergies with Colleagues in Health (Bae; Moudon; Duncan; Drewnowski; Saelens) Synergies with Colleague in Urban Ecology (Chen; Shen; Alberti)

11 Strengths and Challenges Strengths A Strong Group of Faculty with Diverse but Complementary Interests Shared Philosophy: Understanding the Interaction between Transportation and Land Use Is Essential for Developing Sustainable Cities Solid Empirical Work Balance of US/Seattle-Based Research and International Research > Broader Views

12 Strengths and Challenges (continued) Strengths A Group of Highly Selective and Motivated Doctoral Students (6-8) Superb Training in Analytical Techniques, Especially Statistical Modeling

13 Strengths and Challenges (continued) Strengths Recent Grants from Major Funding Sources, Including US DOT, WA DOT, and EPA Recent Publications in Major Transportation and Urban Planning Journals

14 Strengths and Challenges (continued) Strengths Great Potentials for Collaborations among Faculty in the Thematic Areas and beyond TransNOW Can Effectively Facilitate Collaborative Research

15 Strengths and Challenges (continued) Challenges Synergies in Several Thematic Areas Are Yet to Be Created, Partly Because Several Faculty Members Are New to UW How to Secure Stable Funding Remains A Tough Question for Most Thematic Areas

16 Thanks!