Research Interests
   


Transportation/Urban System Dynamics
Travel behavior and demand, Mathematical and simulation models, Evaluation

Land Use and Transportation Planning
Co-evoluation of land use and transportation, Sustainability Policies

Transportation Economics and Policy
Pricing and financing, Privitization and regulation, Socio-economic impact

Multimodal Transportation Analysis
Freigth performance measure, Multimodal investment criteria, Freight economics


Intillegent Transportation Systems

Freeway operations, Ramp metering, Advanced traveler information systems

 

Dr. Zhang and his students (October 2007)

Click here to access the Interdisciplinary TRansportation Analysis and Modeling (iTram) research group wiki.

Current Research Projects
 

 

 


Co-Evolution of Land Use and Transportation in Urban and Regional Systems. (Principal Investigator, US Department of Transportation UTC Program: OTREC, $84,000, 10/2006 ~ 9/2007)

Welfare and Financial Impact of Unleashing Private Sector Investment in Transportation Systems. (Oregon State University Faculty Startup Fund, $80,000, 1/2006~8/2007)

Socio-Economic Impact of a Distance-Based Direct User Charge. (Co-Principal Investigator with Starr McMullen, US Department of Transportation, Oregon Department of Transportation, $134,000, 9/2006~3/2008)

Freight Performance Measures: Approach Analysis. (Principal Investigator, $105,000, US Department of Transportation, Oregon Department of Transportation, 9/2006 ~ 8/2007)

Economics Analysis of Price Competition and Capacity Choice on Large Mixed-Ownership Networks. (Principal Investigator, Kiewit Center for Transportation and Infrastructure, $14,000, 12/2006 ~ 9/2007)

Benefits of Removing Institutional Barriers to Incident Management Programs. (Co-Principal Investigator with Karen Dixon, $66,000, US Department of Transportation, Oregon Department of Transportation, 9/2006 ~ 8/2007)

No More Freeways: Urban Land Use-Transportation Dynamics without Freeway Capacity Expansion. (Principal Investigator, US DOT UTC Program: OTREC, $98,000, 10/1007 ~ 9/2008)

Multimodal Investment Criteria and the Economic Importance of Freight Transportation: Phase I. (Principal Investigator, Oregon Department of Transportation, $115,000, 10/2007 ~ 9/2008)

User Responses to the Trip-Check Statewide Traveler Information System. (Principal Investigator, $17,500, Oregon Department of Transportation, 8/2007~2/2008)

 

Previous Research Projects
 
Developing an agent-based approach for travel demand forecasting (R.A., US Department of Transportation, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs State and Local Public Policy Project from grant through Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute)

Modeling the dynamics of complex systems: Transportation network growth (R.A., National Science Foundation)

Value of advanced information systems for motorists (R.A. Minnesota Department of Transportation)

Modeling traffic dynamics and developing optimal highway traffic control strategies (R.A., Minnesota Department of Transportation)

Evaluating benefits and costs of Intelligent Transportation Systems (R.A., Minnesota Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute)
 

© Lei Zhang (my official webpage)
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
Oregon State University, 220 Owen Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331
Phone: 541-737-2072 Fax: 541-737-3052 Email: lei.zhang@oregonstate.edu

 

Updated on 10/12/2007