Dr. Kailai Wang's Research Lab

Published/In-Press While at UH

2024

Jin, T., Wang, K.*, Xin, Y., Shi, J., Hong, Y., & Witlox, F. (2024). Is a 15-Minute City Within Reach? Measuring Multimodal Accessibility and Carbon Footprint in 12 Major American Cities. Land Use Policy, 142, 107180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107180

Wang, K.* (2024). Are Generation Z Less Car-Centric Than Millennials? A Nationwide Analysis Through the Lens of Youth Licensing. Cities, 149, 104951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.104951

2023

Compostella, J.*, Wang, K., Iogansen, X., & Circella, G. (2023). Trips to the Grocery Store and Online Grocery Shopping: A Comparison of Individual Behaviors before and during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, in press. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231172505.

Wang, K.* & Akar, G. (2023). Will Millennials Drive Less as the Economy Recovers: A Postrecession Analysis of Automobile Travel Patterns. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 43(3), 598-616. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X20911705

Wang, K., Chen, Z., & Cheng, L.*, Zhu, P., Shi, J., & Bian, Z. (2023). Integrating spatial statistics and machine learning to identify relationships between e-commerce and distribution facilities in Texas, US. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 173, 193696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2023.103696

Zhu, P.*, Li, J., Wang, K., & Huang, J. (2023). Exploring spatial heterogeneity in the impact of built environment on taxi ridership using multiscale geographically weighted regression. Transportation, in press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-023-10393-1

Zhu, P.*, Wang, K., Ho, S.N., & Tan, X. (2023). How is commute mode choice related to built environment in a high-density urban context? Cities, 134, 104180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.104180

Logansen, X.*, Wang, K., Bunch, D., Matson, G., & Circella, G. (2023). Deciphering the factors associated with adoption of alternative fuel vehicles in California: An investigation of latent attitudes, socio-demographics, and neighborhood effects. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 168, 103535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2022.10.012

Yousefi, N., Wang, K.*, & Circella, G. (2023). Factors influencing the types of merchandise purchased online: Evidence from the 2018 California Survey of Emerging Transportation Trends. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 17, 100734.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2022.100734

Wang, K.*, Qian, X., Fitch., D.T., Lee, Y., Malik, J., & Circella, G. (2023). What travel modes do shared e-scooters displace? A review of recent research findings. Transport Reviews, 43(1), 5-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2021.2015639

2022

Wang, K.*, Akar, G., Cheng, L., Lee, K., & Sanders, M. (2022). Investigating Level of Traffic Stress Tools for Evaluating Service and Improvement Opportunities on Bicycle Routes in Ohio, United States. Multimodal Transportation, 1(4), 100040. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.multra.2022.100040

Cheng, L., Wang, K.*, De Vos, J., Huang, J., & Witlox, F. (2022). Exploring non-linear built environment effects on the integration of free-floating bike-share and urban rail transport: A quantile regression approach. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 162, 175-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2022.05.022

Chen, W., Liu, X., Chen, X.*, Cheng, L., Wang, K., & Chen, J. (2022). Exploring year-to-year changes in station-based bike sharing commuter behaviors with smart card data. Travel Behaviour and Society, 28, 75-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2022.02.005

Jin, T., Cheng, L*., Wang, K., Cao, J., Huang, H., & Witlox, F. (2022). Examining equity in accessibility to multi-tier healthcare services across different income households using estimated travel time. Transport Policy, 121, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.03.014

Cheng, L., Jin, T.*, Wang, K., Lee, Y., & Witlox, F. (2022). Promoting the integrated use of bikeshare and metro: A focus on the nonlinearity of built environment effects. Multimodal Transportation, 1(1), 1000024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.multra.2022.100004

Wang, K., Liu, H.*, Cheng, L., Bian, Z., & Circella, G. (2022). Assessing the role of shared mobility services in reducing travel-related greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions: Focusing on America’s young adults. Travel Behaviour and Society, 26, 301-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2021.10.005

2021

Lei, D., Chen, X.*, Cheng, L.*, Zhang, L., Wang, P., & Wang, K. (2021). Minimum entropy rate-improved trip-chain method for origin–destination estimation using smart card data. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 130, 103307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2021.103307

Wang, K. & Wang, X.* (2021). Generational differences in automobility: Comparing America’s Millennials and Gen Xers using gradient boosting decision trees. Cities, 114, 103204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103204

Ozbilen, B.*, Wang, K., & Akar, G. (2021). Revisiting the Impacts of Virtual Mobility on Travel Behavior: An Exploration of Daily Travel Time Expenditures. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 145, 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2021.01.002

Zheng, S.*, Guldmann, J. M., Wang, Z., Qiu, Z., He, C., & Wang, K. (2021). Experimental and theoretical study of urban tree instantaneous and hourly transpiration rates and their cooling effect in hot and humid area. Sustainable Cities and Society, 68, 102808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.102808

Published Prior to UH

2020

Wang, K.* & Ozbilen, B. (2020). Synergistic and threshold effects of teleworking and residential location choice on travel time allocation. Sustainable Cities and Society, 63, 102468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102468

Wang, K.*, Akar, G., Lee, K., & Sanders, M. (2020). Commuting patterns and bicycle level of traffic stress (LTS): Insights from spatially aggregated data in Franklin County, Ohio. Journal of Transport Geography, 86, 102751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102751

Wang, K.* & Chen, Y. J. (2020). Joint analysis of the impacts of built environment on bikeshare station capacity and trip attractions. Journal of Transport Geography, 82, 102603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.102603

2019

Wang, K.* & Akar, G. (2019). Effects of neighborhood environments on perceived risk of self-driving: evidence from the 2015 and 2017 Puget Sound Travel Surveys. Transportation, 46(6), 2117-2136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-019-10069-9

Wang, K.* & Akar, G. (2019). Gender gap generators for bike share ridership: Evidence from Citi Bike system in New York City. Journal of Transport Geography, 76, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.02.003

Salon, D.*, Conway, M. W., Wang, K., & Roth, N. (2019). Heterogeneity in the relationship between biking and the built environment. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 12(1), 99-126. https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2019.1350

Wang, K.* & Akar, G. (2019). Factors affecting the adoption of autonomous vehicles for commute trips: An analysis with the 2015 and 2017 Puget Sound Travel Surveys. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2673(2), 13-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118822293

2018

Wang, K.* & Akar, G. (2018). Street intersection characteristics and their impacts on perceived bicycling safety. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2672(46), 41-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118801349

Wang, K.* & Akar, G. (2018). The perceptions of bicycling intersection safety by four types of bicyclists. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 59, 67-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.08.014

Wang, K., Akar, G.*, & Chen, Y. J. (2018). Bike sharing differences among Millennials, Gen Xers, and Baby Boomers: Lessons learnt from New York City’s bike share. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 116, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2018.06.001