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Research: Accessibility derivative: Measuring the accessibility contribution of public transit routes
In a new paper in the journal Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, former CURA GRA Luyu Liu and CURA Director Harvey Miller measure the contribution of individual transit…
Research: Evaluating accessibility benefits and ridership of bike-transit integration through a social equity lens
In a new paper in the journal Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems, former CURA GRAs Luyu Liu and Jinhyung Lee and CURA Director Harvey Miller analyze the accessibility benefits of using…
Research: Transportation Factors and Postoperative Attendance and Weight Loss Through 24 Months
In November, an article was published in the journal, Obesity Surgery, co-authored by CURA faculty affiliate, Keeley Pratt; CURA Director, Harvey Miller; Andrew Hanks; Brian Focht; Sabrena Noria;…
Research: Measuring the impacts of disruptions on public transit accessibility and reliability
In a paper, just published in the Journal of Transport Geography, researchers calculate two space-time prism-based measures to gauge the resilience of public transit systems. The article was…
Research: Understanding the spatiotemporal evolution of opioid overdose events using a regionalized sequence alignment analysis
In August, an article was published in the journal Social Science & Medicine co-authored by former CURA GRA, Yuchen Li, CURA Director, Harvey Miller, CURA Faculty Affiliate, Ayaz Hyder, and Peng…
Research: Inclusive Accessibility: Integrating Heterogenous User Mobility Perceptions into Space-Time Prisms
In August, an article was published in the journal Annals of the American Association of Geographers co-authored by former CURA GRA, Armita Kar, CURA Faculty Affiliate, Huyen Le, and CURA Director…
Rongjun Qin Recieves NSF Funding for Underwater 3D Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis
This month, CURA Faculty Affiliate Rongjun Qin, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) funding for an open-source toolkit for underwater 3D ecosystem modeling and analysis. Learn more at the…
Research: Creating building-level, three-dimensional digital models of historic urban neighborhoods from Sanborn Fire Insurance maps using machine learning
In a paper, just published in PLOS ONE, CURA researchers develop machine learning techniques that can turn historical fire insurance maps of US cities into digital 3D urban models, at scale. This…
Research: Disparities in public transit accessibility and usage by people with mobility disabilities: An evaluation using high-resolution transit data
This week, an article was published in the Journal of Transport Geography. This article was authored by CURA graduate researchers, Luyu Lui, Armita Kar, and Ahmad Ilderim Tokey; CURA faculty…