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 society. 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 research projects have examined people’s attitudes and behavioral responses to on-demand ridesourcing and autonomous vehicles, occupational mobility and job displacement related to 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 paper "Does ridesourcing provide equitable accessibility?" was selected as the winner of the 2021 IACP Karen R. Polenske Best Student Paper Award!
My dissertation, "Travel behavior of ridesourcing: A data-driven analysis," was selected as one of the four finalists for 2021 World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research Best Thesis Award!
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!
Newest Publications
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 2021, Vol. 153: 284-305
Sicheng Wang, Robert B. Noland
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 2021, Vol. 12: 100470
Elizabeth A. Mack, Shubham Agrawal, Sicheng Wang
Annals of the American Association of Geographers 2021: 1-20
Xiao Huang, Junyu Lu, Song Gao, Sicheng Wang, Zhewei Liu, Hanxue Wei