2026 · Hydrogen Transportation
Designing a multi-period model for economic and low-carbon hydrogen transportation in Texas
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 231, 154542.
Publications
Recent papers are highlighted below. Journal articles are organized by year, followed by conference papers, book chapters, and a book review..
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Refereed Journal Articles
43
Since Joining UH
2,417
Google Scholar Citations
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Selected Recent Publications
2026 · Autonomous Vehicle Adoption
Heterogeneous impacts of system and vehicle security concern on autonomous vehicle adoption: A causal machine learning approach
Journal of Choice Modelling, 59, 100607.
2026 · Public Transit Funding
Public transit funding and transit use: A panel study of US urbanized areas 2010–2019
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 212, 105133.
Refereed Journal Articles
Wang, K. denotes Kailai Wang. * indicates corresponding author.
2026
7 articles
01
Designing a multi-period model for economic and low-carbon hydrogen transportation in Texas
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 231, 154542.
02
Heterogeneous impacts of system and vehicle security concern on autonomous vehicle adoption: A causal machine learning approach
Journal of Choice Modelling, 59, 100607.
03
Toward a human-centered energy transition: Concepts, models, challenges, and research opportunities
Utilities Policy, 99, 102145.
04
Public transit funding and transit use: A panel study of US urbanized areas 2010–2019
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 212, 105133.
05
How are pedestrian safety compromised under suppressed warning cyberattacks at a connected intersection?–Exploring vehicle-pedestrian interactions using a hidden Markov model-based approach
Accident Analysis & Prevention, 235, 108637.
06
Do Roads Create Crime Boundaries? Modeling Crime Rate Disparities Across Adjacent Communities
Journal of Applied Security Research, 1–34.
07
What affects driver’s vulnerability under spoofing cyberattacks at a connected intersection?–A mechanism analysis of how and why
Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 116, 103403.
2025
13 articles
08
Game theoretic modeling and optimization of competition and collaboration in dual channel electronic waste supply chains
Scientific Reports.
09
How and why do human factors impact cyberattack consequences at a connected intersection? − A falsified red light countdown case study
Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 115, 103369.
10
Identifying E-Scooter Rider Profiles in the United States: A Latent Class Cluster Analysis
Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research, 100088.
11
Energy equity-centered planning of community microgrids
Sustainable Cities and Society, 130, 106485.
12
E-scooters and public transit: Unveiling the conditions for a connection using trip and survey data
Travel Behaviour and Society, 41, 101090.
13
Street matters: Linking perceived street environment to older adults’ bike-sharing
Travel Behaviour and Society, 41, 101071.
14
Understanding factors influencing user retention in shared e-scooter schemes: A comparative study of the UK/EU and the US
Travel Behaviour and Society, 41, 101067.
15
Identifying potential upgradable bus stop locations with on-demand shuttle ridership with VIA data in Jersey City
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 196, 104480.
16
Explaining Youth Driver Licensing Determinants Using XGBoost and SHAP
Transport Policy, 168, 87–100.
17
Assessing equity in infrastructure investment distribution among U.S. cities
Cities, 162, 105898.
18
Trends in leisure and shopping travel: From pre- to post-COVID-19 pandemic
Travel Behaviour and Society, 39, 100956.
19
The effect of ease of travel on travel behaviour and perceived accessibility: A focus on travel to university campus
Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 109, 1170–1181.
20
Examining spatial patterns and economic interactions of logistics activities across three Texas metropolitan areas
Journal of Transport Geography, 123, 104079.
2024
7 articles
21
Multi-crowdsourced Data Fusion for Modeling Link-level Traffic Resilience to Extreme Weather Events
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 112, 104754.
22
Exploring spatial heterogeneity in the impact of built environment on taxi ridership using multiscale geographically weighted regression
Transportation, 51(5), 1963–1997.
23
An urban–rural divide? Preferences for autonomous vehicles in small and mid-sized metropolitan areas
Applied Geography, 169, 103324.
24
Decarbonizing Maritime Transport through Green Fuel-Powered Vessel Retrofitting: A Game-Theoretic Approach
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12(7), 1174.
25
Is a 15-Minute City Within Reach? Measuring Multimodal Accessibility and Carbon Footprint in 12 Major American Cities
Land Use Policy, 142, 107180.
26
Are Generation Z Less Car-Centric Than Millennials? A Nationwide Analysis Through the Lens of Youth Licensing
Cities, 149, 104951.
27
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, 2678(12), 2156–2170.
2023
6 articles
28
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.
29
How is commute mode choice related to built environment in a high-density urban context?
Cities, 134, 104180.
30
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.
31
Factors influencing the types of merchandise purchased online: Evidence from the 2018 California Survey of Emerging Transportation Trends
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 17, 100734.
32
What travel modes do shared e-scooters displace? A review of recent research findings
Transport Reviews, 43(1), 5–31.
33
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.
2022
6 articles
34
Investigating Level of Traffic Stress Tools for Evaluating Service and Improvement Opportunities on Bicycle Routes in Ohio
Multimodal Transportation, 1(4), 100040.
35
Exploring nonlinear 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.
36
Exploring year-to-year changes in station-based bike sharing commuter behaviors with smart card data
Travel Behaviour and Society, 28, 75–89.
37
Examining equity in accessibility to multi-tier healthcare services across different income households using estimated travel time
Transport Policy, 121, 1–13.
38
Promoting the integrated use of bikeshare and metro: A focus on the nonlinearity of built environment effects
Multimodal Transportation, 1(1).
39
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.
2021
4 articles
40
Minimum entropy rate-improved trip-chain method for origin–destination estimation using smart card data
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 130, 103307.
41
Generational differences in automobility: Comparing America’s Millennials and Gen Xers using gradient boosting decision trees
Cities, 114, 103204.
42
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.
43
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, 102880.
2020
3 articles
44
Synergistic and threshold effects of teleworking and residential location choice on travel time allocation
Sustainable Cities and Society, 63, 102468.
45
Commuting patterns and bicycle level of traffic stress (LTS): Insights from spatially aggregated data in Franklin County, Ohio
Journal of Transport Geography, 86, 102751.
46
Joint analysis of the impacts of built environment on bikeshare station capacity and trip attractions
Journal of Transport Geography, 82, 102603.
2019
4 articles
47
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.
48
Gender gap generators for bike share ridership: Evidence from Citi Bike system in New York City
Journal of Transport Geography, 76, 1–9.
49
Heterogeneity in the relationship between biking and the built environment
Journal of Transport and Land Use, 12(1), 99–126.
50
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.
2018
3 articles
51
Street intersection characteristics and their impacts on perceived bicycling safety
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2672(46), 41–54.
52
The perceptions of bicycling intersection safety by four types of bicyclists
Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 59, 67–80.
53
Bike sharing differences among Millennials, Gen Xers, and Baby Boomers: Lessons learned from New York City’s bike share
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 116, 1–14.
Conference Proceedings & Books
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
3
2025
Analyzing the Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Social Influences on the Transportation Cybersecurity Industry Through a Business Visitor Flow Perspective
2025 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW), 307–313.
2023
Assessment of Port Resilience: An Analytical Framework based on Transportation and Electrical Power Network Coupling
2023 IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium (ESTS), 248–257.
2023
USDOT Tier-1 University Transportation Center for Advancing Cybersecurity Research and Education
2023 IEEE International Conference on Mobility, Operations, Services and Technologies (MOST), 237–241.
Book Chapters
3
2025
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
In Realizing Complex Integrated Systems, Ambler, A. & Sheppard, J. (Eds.), CRC Press.
2021
Regional Economic Impacts of Trans-Caspian Infrastructure Improvement: Implications for the Post-COVID-19 Era
In Unlocking Transport Connectivity in the Trans-Caspian Corridor, Azhgaliyeva, D. & Kalyuzhnova, Y. (Eds.), Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo.
2020
Infrastructure and Regional Economic Growth in the One Belt and One Road Regions: A Dynamic Shift-Share Approach
In Development Studies in Regional Science: Essays in Honor of Kingsley E. Haynes, Chen, Z., Bowen, W. & Whittington, D. (Eds.), Springer, Singapore, 221–241.
Book Review
1
2018
Review of “Modeling Cities and Regions as Complex Systems: From Theory to Planning Applications”
The Review of Regional Studies, 48, 137–144.