Research

How my research questions connect

I study how people respond to transportation systems and urban policies, and what those responses mean for mobility, accessibility, and cities.

This page brings together my current projects, working papers, completed research, and ideas I am still developing.

Transportation Policy · Travel Behavior · Perception & Accessibility · Urban Outcomes

Four themes, one connected line of inquiry

Projects sit between themes rather than inside them. Hover a theme to see which projects run through it; select a project to jump to its card.

The same line runs through every project: policy and infrastructure change conditions, people respond, accessibility shifts, and cities change with it.

Each project takes a different route

Every project moves through transportation, behavior, space, and urban outcomes in its own order. Filter by theme to see which ones share a stretch of that route.

By theme

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Transportation Policy & Travel Behavior

How policies, technologies, and changing conditions alter travel decisions and the transportation systems that carry them.

Manuscript · Under Review

Telework and Daily Travel Behavior

How does the intensity of telework reshape daily trip-making?

Themes
Travel BehaviorTeleworkTransportation Policy
Methods
Travel SurveyCount ModelsMatching

Working Paper · Ongoing

When Transit Service Disappears

Transit Service Cuts & Urban Congestion

What happens to urban road traffic when transit service is abruptly reduced?

Themes
Public TransitCongestionTransportation Policy
Methods
Quasi-Experimental DesignSpatial AnalysisGTFS
Project page in preparation

Ongoing Research

Traffic Safety Across U.S. Metropolitan Areas

How accurately do transportation professionals understand systematic differences in traffic safety outcomes across metropolitan areas?

Themes
Traffic SafetyProfessional KnowledgeUrban Policy
Methods
Survey ResearchSpatial DataStatistical Analysis
Project page in preparation
II

Perception, Accessibility & Spatial Behavior

The difference between the city represented by networks and the city experienced by the people moving through it.

Emerging Research Agenda

The City People Think They Travel Through

Urban Perception, Route Choice & Accessibility

How do perceptions of neighborhoods and urban space alter route choice and experienced accessibility?

Themes
Urban PerceptionRoute ChoiceAccessibilityMental Maps

Completed · Exploratory Research

AI Streetscape Analysis for Pedestrian Infrastructure

Can computer vision provide scalable measures of pedestrian infrastructure conditions?

Themes
Pedestrian InfrastructureGeoAISpatial Measurement
Methods
U-NetYOLOStreet ViewGIS
III

Infrastructure & Urban Outcomes

How transportation infrastructure and mobility affect economic activity, land use, and nearby communities.

Ongoing Research

EV Charging & Commercial Activity

When do EV charging stations generate sustained and spatially embedded commercial activity?

Themes
EV ChargingCommercial ActivityInfrastructure
Methods
Panel DataSpatial AnalysisCausal Inference
Project page in preparation

Ongoing · Developing Research

Arenas, Events & Urban Activity

How do major events reshape travel demand, commercial activity, and the relationship between venues and surrounding communities?

Themes
Major EventsTravel DemandUrban EconomicsCommunity
Methods
Causal InferenceSpatial Analysis
Project page in preparation

The work that shaped the questions

Earlier work in geography, GIS, remote sensing, and community-engaged research shaped the questions and methods that inform my current research.

Undergraduate Honors Research

Trail Accessibility, LiDAR & Environmental Conservation

Public input, UAV survey, and iPhone LiDAR combined to evaluate trail conditions against conservation tradeoffs.

AccessibilityLiDARUAVEnvironmental Planning

Community-Engaged Research · Public Scholarship

Johnson City Oral Histories & Places with Hidden Stories

I used oral histories of industrial decline, university-led revitalization, and displacement to create short films and a public performance.

Urban ChangeOral HistoryCommunity EngagementRevitalization

Earlier Undergraduate Research

Invasive Species & GIS

I mapped the spread of invasive species across the Binghamton region. It was the first project that showed me how spatial measurement could drive a research question.

GISField ResearchEnvironmental Geography
Project page in preparation

Methods follow the question, not the other way round

Select a method to highlight the projects that use it.

Selecting a method highlights the matching projects in Explore the Research. Select it again to clear.

How the questions kept moving

Each stage of my training changed the questions I asked next.

Geography & GIS

  • Spatial measurement
  • Environmental accessibility
  • Community research

Transportation & Behavior

  • Travel behavior
  • Transit policy
  • Traffic safety

Accessibility & Perception

  • Route choice
  • Perceived accessibility
  • Spatial behavior

Urban Outcomes

  • Economic activity
  • Land use
  • Infrastructure

The trajectory was not predetermined. Each stage kept a method or a question that the next one needed.