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Peer-reviewed Publications

  • Ren, X.*, Ji, Z., Chow, J. Y. Distributional welfare impacts and compensatory transit strategies under NYC congestion pricing. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, accepted. [Paper]

  • Ren, X.*, Chow, J. Y. (2026). A data fusion approach for mobility hub impact assessment and location selection: Integrating hub usage data into a large-scale mode choice model. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 211, 105138. [Paper]

  • Guan, C., Ren, X.*, Song, J., Keith, M., Akiyama, Y., & Shibasaki, R. (2026). Unraveling the dynamics of urban park visits: Daytime visitation patterns and behavioral determinants derived from mobile phone data. Cities, 178, 107392. [Paper]

  • Ren, X.*, Chow, J. Y., Pandey, V., & Yuan, L. (2026). Microtransit revenue management informed by citywide travel demand and joint subscription–mode choice modeling. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 210, 105046. [Paper]

  • Zhou, Y., Ren, X., Yabe, T., & Guan, C.* (2026). Seeing green, staying longer? A causal analysis of visual green exposure and urban park engagement using mobility and panoramas data. Landscape and Urban Planning, 268, 105579. [Paper]

  • Ren, X., Guan, C.*, Chen, S., You, M., Li, Y., Huang, K. (2025), Planning for Rhythmized Urban Parks: Temporal Park Classification and Modes of Action. Journal of the American Planning Association, 1-20. [Paper]

  • Ren, X., Chow, J. Y.*, Bansal P. (2025). Nonparametric mixed logit model with market-level parameters estimated from market share data. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 196, 103220. [Paper]

  • Ren, X., Chow, J. Y.*, & Guan, C. (2024). Mobility service design with equity-aware choice-based decision-support tool: New York case study. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 132, 104255. [Paper]

  • Ren, X., Chow, J. Y.* (2022). A random-utility-consistent machine learning method to estimate agents’ joint activity scheduling choice from a ubiquitous data set. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 166, 396-418. [Paper]

  • Ren, X., Guan, C.* (2022). Evaluating geographic and social inequity of urban parks in Shanghai through mobile phone-derived human activities. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 76, 127709. [Paper]

  • Ren, X., Guan, C.*, Wang, D., Yang, J., Zhang, B., & Keith, M. (2022). Exploring land use functional variance using mobile phone derived human activity data in Shanghai. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 23998083221103261. [Paper]

  • Mao, Y.*, Ren, X., Yin, L., Sun, Q., Song, K., & Wang, D. (2021). Investigating Tourists’ Willingness to Walk (WTW) to Attractions within Scenic Areas: A Case Study of Tongli Ancient Town, China. Sustainability, 13(23), 12990. [Paper]

  • Ren, X., & Wang, D.* (2020). Research on Collective Human Mobility in Shanghai Based on Cell Phone Data. International Journal of E-Planning Research, 9(1), 44-62. [Paper]



Papers Under Revision/Review

  • Clark, C., Driscoll, A., Ren, X., Salah, S., Gonzalez, M. C., Chow, J. Y., & Yabe, T., Using large scale GPS data to reveal EV driver activity patterns beyond charging sessions. Nature Communications, under revision. [Paper]

  • Yang, H., Wu, H., Whang, L., Ren, X., Chow, J. Y., Welfare, sustainability, and equity evaluation of the New York City Interborough Express using spatially heterogeneous mode choice models. Public Transport, under revision. [Paper]

  • Yang, H., Wu, H., Yuan, L., Ren, X., Chow, J. Y.*, Gao, J., Ozbay, K., Deep and diverse population synthesis for multi-person households using generative models. Transportation, under revision. [Paper]

  • Adamidis, F., Ren, X., Chow, J. Y., Antoniou, C., Evaluating the effectiveness and equity implications of car-use reduction policies through multi-agent simulation. Transport Policy, under revision.