Sicheng Wang
Ph.D. in Planning and Public Policy
Research Associate
NSF - Preparing the Future Workforce for the Era of Automated VEhicles- WEAVE
Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences
Michigan State University
Planning for An Equal and Sustainable Future
The ongoing technology revolution changes our ways of living, working, traveling, and communicating and redefines our cities. To inform planning and policymaking and promote equality and sustainability in our society, I have dedicated my research career to investigating these changes and understand their social, economic, and environmental impact. My doctoral study and recent projects have examined people’s attitudes and behavioral responses to on-demand ridesourcing and autonomous vehicles, the mobility and accessibility of those using ridesourcing services, the impact of ridesourcing regulations, the influence of sea level rises on infrastructure and job access, and transportation barriers for vulnerable populations such as single parents, women, racial and ethnic minorities, the poor, and those who may suffer from social exclusion.
Great News
My dissertation proposal, "Travel behavior of ridesourcing: A data-driven analysis," was selected by the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) as the winner of the 2020 Czamanski Dissertation Award!
My paper "What is the elasticity of sharing a ridesourcing trip?" was selected as the winner of the 2020 IACP Karen R. Polenske Best Student Paper Award!
The award, established in honor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Karen R. Polenske, a prominent regional economist and a leading scholar of China’s sustainable development, is given annually to International Association for China Planning (IACP) student members.
Newest Publications
Variation in Ride-Hailing Trips in Chengdu, China
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 2020, Vol. 90: 102596
Sicheng Wang, Robert B. Noland
Attitudes towards Privately-Owned and Shared Autonomous Vehicles
Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 2020, Vol. 72: pp 297 - 306
Sicheng Wang, Zhiqiu Jiang, Robert B. Noland, Andrew S. Mondschein
The Disruptive Effect of Ridesourcing Services on For-Hire Vehicle Drivers’ Income and Employment
Transport Policy 2020, Vol. 89: pp 13 - 23
Sicheng Wang, Michael Smart
Transit use for single-parent households: Evidence from Maryland
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 2020, Vol. 8: 100223
Sicheng Wang, Yanfeng Xu
Staying at home is a privilege: Evidence from fine-grained home-dwelling records in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic
Annals of the Association of American Geographers 2021 (accepted)
Xiao Huang, Junyu Lu, Sicheng Wang, Hanxue Wei, Song Gao
Time-Series Clustering for Home Dwell Time during COVID-19: What Can We Learn from It?
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2020, Vol. 11: 675
Xiao Huang, Zhenlong Li, Junyu Lu, Sicheng Wang, Hanxue Wei, Xiaoxu Chen
Synthesizing Neighborhood Preferences for Automated Vehicles
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 2020, Vol. 120: 102774
Wenwen Zhang, Kaidi Wang, Sicheng Wang, Zhiqiu Jiang, Andrew S. Mondschein, Robert B. Noland
A route-planning method for long-distance commuter express bus service based on OD estimation from mobile phone location data: The case of the Changping Corridor in Beijing
Public Transport 2020 (accepted)
Zhenbao Wang, Sicheng Wang (co-first author), Haitao Lian
Is it really too far? Overestimating walk time and distance reduces walking
Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 2020, Vol. 74: pp 522-535
Kelcie M. Ralph, Michael J. Smart, Robert B. Noland, Sicheng Wang, Lisa Cintron
Spatial Distributions of Attitudes and Preferences towards Autonomous Vehicle
Transport Findings 2020, May
Zhiqiu Jiang, Sicheng Wang, Andrew S. Mondschein, Robert B. Noland
Employment Accessibility and Rising Seas
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 2019, Vol. 77: pp 560 - 572
Robert B. Noland, Sicheng Wang, Scott Kulp, Benjamin H. Strauss
Head Start Availability and Supply Gap of Childcare Slots: A New Jersey Study
Children and Youth Services Review 2019, Vol. 104: 104394
Jeounghee Kim, Sicheng Wang