Dr Ying Lu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Civil Engineering
Researcher biography
Ying Lu is a postdoctoral research fellow at School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland. His areas of research interest include transport geography, transport planning and travel behaviour.
Publications
Book Chapter
Pojani, Dorina, Lu, Ying and Sipe, Neil (2026). Work From Home (WFH) as a novel commute mode: an account of costs and benefits. Advances in Transport Policy and Planning. (pp. 415-443) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/bs.atpp.2025.11.002
Journal Articles
Lu, Ying, Zhang, Lihong, Wickes, Rebecca, Keel, Chloe, Reynald, Danielle, Browning, Christopher and Corcoran, Jonathan (2026). Route repetition and activity spaces: spatial networks, routes, stops and routines. Applied Geography, 190 103957, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103957
Chen, Xin, Lu, Ying, Whitehead, Jake and Hickman, Mark (2026). Understanding bundle choices and subscription patterns of mobility as a service (MaaS) trial participants: evidence from an Australian university community. Travel Behaviour and Society, 42 101123, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.tbs.2025.101123
Keel, Chloe, Wickes, Rebecca, Reynald, Danielle, Browning, Christopher, Lu, Ying and Corcoran, Jonathan (2025). Gendered spatial mobilities in urban neighbourhoods: women’s and men’s victimisation, perceptions of risk, and gendered threat in their neighbourhood activity space. Urban Studies 00420980251381149. doi: 10.1177/00420980251381149
Chen, Xin, Hickman, Mark and Lu, Ying (2025). Behavior analysis of shared micro-mobility service in mobility as a service: empirical evidence from a large-scale trial in a university community. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2679 (7), 519-531. doi: 10.1177/03611981251327580
Chen, Xin, Lu, Ying, Whitehead, Jake and Hickman, Mark (2025). Investigating customers’ typical longitudinal behavioural responses in a large-scale mobility-as-a-service trial. Transportation, 1-25. doi: 10.1007/s11116-025-10643-4
Lu, Ying, Chen, Xin and Hickman, Mark (2025). Comparing the spatial temporal dynamics of public transport ridership before and after the launch of MaaS trial: a case study of university of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Transportation, 1-27. doi: 10.1007/s11116-025-10636-3
Lim, Kai Li, Lu, Ying, Kimpton, Anthony, Zahnow, Renee, Li, Tiebei, Dodson, Jago, Sipe, Neil and Corcoran, Jonathan (2024). Please mind the gap: examining regional variations in private vehicle carbon dioxide emissions and fuel consumption—The case of Australia. Journal of Transport Geography, 121 104023, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.104023
Lu, Ying, Zhang, Lihong and Corcoran, Jonathan (2024). How Weather and Built Environment Factors Influence E-scooter Ridership: Understanding Non-linear and Time Varying Effects. Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research, 2 100036, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmr.2024.100036
Lu, Ying, Keel, Chloe, Wickes, Rebecca, Reynald, Danielle and Corcoran, Jonathan (2024). A step in time: a sequence analysis and choice modelling approach to examine time allocation in individual activities and the role of neighbourhood crime. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 52 (1), 97-114. doi: 10.1177/23998083241255491
Corcoran, Jonathan, Lu, Ying, Keel, Chloe, Wickes, Rebecca, Reynald, Danielle and Browning, Christopher (2024). Examining the directionality of mobility patterns in activity spaces: Introducing the ‘mobility snowflake’ visual analytic and measurement framework. Applied Geography, 166 103250, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2024.103250
Lu, Ying, Prato, Carlo G., Sipe, Neil and Corcoran, Jonathan (2023). Understanding the role of household modality style on first and last mile travel mode choice and public transit station choice. Travel Behaviour and Society, 32 100580, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.tbs.2023.100580
Lu, Ying, Kimpton, Anthony, Prato, Carlo G., Sipe, Neil and Corcoran, Jonathan (2023). First and last mile travel mode choice: a systematic review of the empirical literature. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 18 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/15568318.2023.2218285
Lu, Ying, Prato, Carlo G., Sipe, Neil, Kimpton, Anthony and Corcoran, Jonathan (2022). The role of household modality style in first and last mile travel mode choice. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 158, 95-109. doi: 10.1016/j.tra.2022.02.003
Lu, Ying, Prato, Carlo G. and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). Disentangling the behavioural side of the first and last mile problem: the role of modality style and the built environment. Journal of Transport Geography, 91 102936, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102936
Lu, Ying, Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina and Sorupia, Eden (2018). Who uses smart card? Understanding public transport payment preference in developing contexts, a case study of Manila's LRT-1. IATSS Research, 43 (1), 60-68. doi: 10.1016/j.iatssr.2018.09.001
Conference Paper
Newspaper Article
Pojani, Dorina, Sipe, Neil and Lu, Ying (2025, 04 08). Politics aside, new research shows there are good financial reasons to back working from home The Coversation
Thesis
Lu, Ying (2022). Understanding the role of modality style in mode choice behaviour associated with first and last mile travel. PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/1d04819