RESEARCH

Below are my work in progress and published papers. Check my Google Scholar for citation and index information.

- WORKING PAPERS

Choose your own adventure: How data source selection shapes urban accessibility analyses
Geoff Boeing, Jiyoon Kim, Daniele Simon-Thompson, Jaehyun Ha, Ruoyu Chen
2025 | available upon request

Effects of electric vehicle adoption on traffic congestion: Evidence from California
Ruoyu Chen, Hang Liu, Mingzhi Zhou
2025 | available upon request

- SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Development and validation of the Global Urban Heat Vulnerability Index (GUHVI)
With GOHSC collaborators across the world | Urban Climate 64, 2025: 102716 | PDF | Published

Internationally validated open access indicators of large public urban green space for healthy and sustainable cities
With GOHSC collaborators across the world | Geographical Analysis 57, 2025: 793-808 | PDF | Published

Jobs-housing relationships before and amid COVID-19: An excess-commuting approach
Ruoyu Chen, Min Zhang, Jiangping Zhou
Journal of Transport Geography 106, 2023: 103507 | PDF | Published

Fare adjustment’s impacts on travel patterns and farebox revenue: An empirical study based on longitudinal smartcard data
Ruoyu Chen, Jiangping Zhou
Transportation Research Part A 164, 2022: 111-133 | PDF | Published

- OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Navigating California’s Transition to Zero-Emission Drayage Trucks
Marlon Boarnet, Genevieve Giuliano, Clemens Pilgram, Ruoyu Chen, Qifan Shao
LABC Institute Technical Report, 2024 | Report

Effects of built environment on bus trip rates under rail transit competition
Shuxian Wang, Liyuan Zhao, Ming Zhang, Ruoyu Chen, Sicheng Liang
Journal of Urban Planning and Development 149 (1), 2023: 04022059 | Published

Impacts of land use on urban road network vulnerability
Liyuan Zhao, Shuxian Wang, Jialing Wei, Ruoyu Chen
Journal of Urban Planning and Development 148 (3), 2022: 04022032 | Published