Guided by Professor Eric Miller, I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Mobility Network, Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto. I earned my Bachelor’s in Traffic Engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University (北京交通大学) in 2018 and my PhD in Transportation Engineering from Tongji University (同济大学) in 2024. Between 2022 and 2023, I also served as a visiting Researcher at the University of Waterloo, supervised by Professors Liping Fu and Chris Bachmann.

Addressing the formidable challenge of effectively mitigating traffic congestion in metropolitan cities, my doctoral dissertation focuses on leveraging passenger electric vehicles in Shanghai, along with their extensive, continuous trajectories. I introduced a novel methodology to conceptualize and assess the adjustability of vehicle trips, and pioneered differential and targeted strategies for managing vehicle travel demand, grounded in an advanced route choice model. This research was conducted under the supervision of Professors Xiaohong Chen and Quan Yuan.

My research focuses on creating sustainable, advanced urban transportation systems and communities. It involves analyzing individual travel behavior, modeling travel demand, and studying transportation-land use interactions. I specialize in urban analytics, utilizing GIS, big data, spatial and econometric modeling, machine learning, and freight and logistics activities are my primary interests.

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EDUCATION

• 2022.07 - 2023.12, Visiting Researcher, University of Waterloo, Canada.
• 2018.09 - 2024.01, Doctor, Tongji University, China.
• 2018.04 - 2018.06, Visiting Student, University of Maryland, USA.
• 2016.07 - 2016.08, Visiting Student, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
• 2014.09 - 2018.06, Undergraduate, Beijing Jiaotong University, China.

SEMINAL PUBLICATIONS

IEEE ITSC

Multi-scenario Route Choice Modeling Based on Random Parameters Multinomial Logit Model with Heterogeneity in Means and Variance

Quan Yuan, Ruixu Pan, Jihao Deng*, Tianhao Li, and Xiaohong Chen

International Journal of Digital Earth

Who are on the road? A study on vehicle usage characteristics based on one-week vehicle trajectory data

Jihao Deng, Yiqing Cui, Xiaohong Chen, Chris Bachmann, and Quan Yuan*

Journal of Public Transportation

Financial sustainability versus social equity: Design and performance of a hybrid city bus system

Jihao Deng, Peng Chen, Xiaohong Chen, Tianhao Li, and Quan Yuan*

Transportation

Taking the same route every day? An empirical investigation of commuting route stability using personal electric vehicle trajectory data

Jihao Deng, Lei Gao, Xiaohong Chen, and Quan Yuan*

Journal of Beijing Jiaotong University

Integrated design of station sites and network of bus microcirculation system in open communities (开放式小区公交微循环站点与线网综合设计)

Jihao Deng, Rui Song, Xiaohong Chen*, Tianshi Wang, and Baihao Wang

Journal of Transport Geography

Footprints of goods movements: Spatial heterogeneity of heavy-duty truck activities and its influencing factors in the urban context

Zhiwei Yang, Xiaohong Chen, Jihao Deng, Tianhao Li, and Quan Yuan*

Findings

Integrating Affordable Housing with Transit: Where are the Transit Deserts?

Peng Chen and Jihao Deng

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

• Deng, J., Tian, M., Yuan, Q., Li, T., Chen, X., and Yang, Z*. (2024). How Do Trucks Make Route Choice? A Novel Modeling Approach Considering Temporal Differences. Proceedings of 103rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA.
• Yang, Z., Tian, M., Yuan, Q., Li, T., Chen, X., and Deng, J (Corresponding Author). (2024). Unraveling Variations in Truck Route Choices: A Comparative Analysis of Different Travel Distance Scenarios using an Enhanced Random Parameters Logit Model. Proceedings of 103rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA.
• Deng, J., Bachmann, C., Shangguan Q., and Yuan, Q*. (2023). Are route stabilities the same when go to and get off work? An empirical investigation on route choices using personal vehicle trajectory data. Proceedings of Young Researcher’s 16th World Conference on Transportation Research, Montreal, Canada.
• Deng, J., Li, T., Bachmann, C., Gao, L.*, and Chen, X. (2023). Discovering Route Choice Preferences and Classifying Route Choice Behavior Using Trajectory Data. Proceedings of 16th World Conference on Transportation Research, Montreal, Canada.
• Deng, J., Bachmann. C., Gao, L.*, and Shangguan Q. (2023). Who are on the urban expressway? An exploratory analysis between two passenger vehicle usage patterns based on the panel binomial logistic regression model. Proceedings of the 58th Annual Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF) Conference, Toronto, Canada.
• Deng, J., Bachmann, C., Yuan, Q.*, and Shangguan, Q. (2023). The geography of the demand for electric logistic vehicles in the era of E-commerce: Evidence from Shanghai. Proceedings of 8th Conference on Spatial Knowledge and Information, Banff, Canada. Volume DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/N6DU5.
• Deng, J., Chen, X., and Ma, L. (2020). Analysis of the Impact of Traffic Analysis Zones Division on Traffic Assignment. Proceedings of 20th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (EI), Xi’an, China. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784482933.218.