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Travel Behavior and Transport Policy

This is a small study group at UBC for those who are interested in travel behavior, transport planning and transport policy. It is mandatory for GRA, thesis advisees, and directed study students working with Dr. Jinhua Zhao. It is open to all others who are committed enough to participate regularly.

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The weekly meeting for Fall 2011 is schedule at

Venue: CEME 2004

Time: Every Tuesday 4-5:30pm

 

Agenda of Fall 2011

Stage 1: Research Summary

Week 1: Introduction Sep 13

1. Introduction to the group: Jinhua (10 minutes)

2. Self introduction: All members (20 minutes)

3. Project overview: Jinhua (30 minutes)

Week 2: Sep 20

1. Research summary: Cindy Tse (20 min ppt + 15 min q&a)

Transportation Related Environmental Attitude and Knowledge of the Chinese Youth High

2. Research summary: Zhan Zhao  (20 min ppt + 15 min q&a)

The Impact of Trip Chaining Complexity on Mode Choice in Urban Travel

Week 3: Sep 27

1. Research summary: Tracy Chen (20 min ppt + 15 q&a)

Bidding to Drive: Car Ownership Policy in Shanghai and Public Acceptance

2. Research summary: Maria Curro (20 min ppt + 15 q&a)

Senior's Gendered Percetion of Driving Cessation

3. Research summary: Fadi Shakir (15 min ppt + 15 q&a)

Comparison Between UBC and UNSW in Travel Demand Management Implementation

Week 4: Oct 4 

1. Research summary: Chris Gallop (20 min ppt + 15 q&a)

A Seasonable Autoregressive Model of Vancouver Cycling Traffic using Weather Variables

2. Research summary: Qiuning Wang (20 min ppt + 15 q&a)

Reviving Bicycling in Beijing Neighborhoods

3. Research summary: Haytham Sadeq (15 min ppt + 15 q&a)

Enhancement to Estalishment Survey Design and UBC Case Study

Stage 2: Research Ideas

Week 5: Oct 11

1. Research Proposal: Karen Fung (15 min + 10 q&a)

Social Media and Transportation Planning Engagement

2. Research Proposal: Zhan Zhao (15 min + 10 q&a)

Monitoring and Improving Transit Service Reliability using Automatic Data Collection Systems

3. Preliminary Research Report: Cindy Tse (in collaboration with Jessie Wang) (15 min + 10 q&a)

High Speed Rail and Commuting Patterns in China

Week 6: Oct 18

1. Research Proposal: Zak Bennett (15 min + 10 q&a)

Urban Transportation Policy Overview in Chinese Cities

2. Research Proposal: Sahar Talaei (15 min + 10 q&a)

Congestion Mitigation Policies in Iranian Cities

Week 7: Oct 25

Individual meetings

Week 8: Nov 1

1. Research Proposal: Rupert Campbell (15 min + 15 q&a)

Mobility Needs for Rural Residents

2. Progress update by everyone

Week 9: Nov 8

Individual meetings

Stage 3: Research Report

Week 10: Nov 15

1. Research Report: Cindy Tse: Environment and travel: Stage II

2. Research Report: Zhan Zhao: Modeling Trip Chaining: Stage II

3. Research Report: Tracy Chen: Car Ownership Policy in Shanghai: Stage II

Week 11: Nov 22: Individual meetings

Week 12: Nov 29

1. Simon Li: Quantifying Comfort in Transit
2. Sahar Talaei: Impact of Odd-Even Number License Control in Iranian Cities
3. Karen Fung: Microblogging in Transportation Planning

Week 13: Dec 6

1. Zak Bennett: Overview of Chinese Urban Transportation Policies
2. Amanda Grochowich: Proposal on Senior's Driving
3. Term summary: Jinhua Zhao

Stage 4: Draft Full Report (Dec 1)

Stage 5: Revised Full Report (Dec 13)


 

Agenda of Spring 2011

Stage 1: Ideas and Proposals

Jan 11, 2011

1. Introduction of the group: Jinhua (10 minutes)

2. Research proposal of Canada Line Ridership: Jared (15 min ppt + 15 q&a)

3. Research proposal: Environmental Attitude and Travel Behavior of High School Students: Cindy (15 min ppt + 15 q&a)

Jan 18, 2011

1. Research idea: High Speed Rail and Commuting Patterns in China: Jessie Wang (15 minutes)

2. Summary and Next steps on Quantifying Comfort in Translink: Simon Li (15 min ppt + 15 q&a)

3. Thesis proposal: Reviving Bike in Beijing Neighborhood: Maggie Wang (15 min ppt + 15 q&a)

Jan 25 and Feb 1, 2011 No meetings

Stage 2: Interim Report

Feb 8, 2011

1. Maggie Wang: continue on "Reviving Biking in Beijing Neighborhood"(15 min ppt + 15 min Q&A)

2. Tracy Chen: "Car Ownership Policies in Chinese Cities and theirPublic Acceptance" (15 min ppt + 15 min Q&A)

3. Jared: Update on Canada Line Ridership Review (7 min ppt + 5 min Q&A)

Feb 15, 2011 No meeting

Feb 22, 2011

1. Cindy: Update on "Environmental Attitude and Travel Behavior" (10 min ppt + 5 min Q&A)

2. Leonard Machler: scenario analysis in transportation planning  (10 min ppt + 5 min Q&A)

3. Jessie Wang: Update on High Speed Rail (10 min ppt + 5 min Q&A)

4. Tim Shah: Research Ideas (10 min ppt + 5 min Q&A)

5. Haytham Sadeg: Research Ideas (10 min ppt + 5 min Q&A)

March 1, 2011

1. Jarvis Autey

2. Tracy Chen

3. Houman Hediyeh

Stage 3: Interim Report II

March 8, 2011

1. Jared Duivestein

2. Cindy Tse

3. Kati Tamashiro

March 15, 2011

1. Maggie Wang

2. Simon Li

3. Cindy Tse

March 22, 2011

1. Jessie Wang

2. Timothy Shah

3. Jinhua Zhao: measuring abstract constructs and using the software Mplus.

March 29, 2011

1. Jared Duivestein

2. Tracy Chen

3. Kevin Zhang

April 5, 2011

1. Jessie presents: Pilot Findings on High Speed Rail

2. Individual meetings: Jessie/Cindy/Maggie/Tracy

April 12, 2011

1. Individual meetings: Jared and Simon

Stage 4: Draft Final Report

April 19, 2011

1. Maggie

2. Simon

3. Jinhua: follow up, plan for the summer and fall

April 26, 2011

1. Cindy

2. Jared

3. Tracy

Written Report Due Dates

1. Draft Report: April 4

2. Full Report: April 25