ZHANG Hua
Associate Professor
Male, born in August 1982, Tongcheng, Anhui Province, China, PhD in Engineering. Main research areas of Dr. Zhang are urban transportation policy, transportation strategy and system planning, integrated transport governance, and complex transportation network analysis. He is in charge of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Shanghai Natural Science Foundation, Shanghai Pujiang Program, Excellent Young Talent Program of Tongji University, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Tongji University and other vertical research projects; as a responsible person, he has completed consulting projects on transportation strategy, transportation governance and transportation prediction in Shanghai, Chongqing and Changsha; as a main member, he has participated in more than 30 consulting projects related to urban transportation; he received Second Prize of Technical Progress of Tibet Autonomous Region, Third Prize of Chongqing Urban Planning Association, etc.; published more than 20 papers, more than 10 SCI/EI retrieved papers, and won the Best Paper Award of COTA Conference in 2017; served as reviewer for conferences or journals such as WCTR, TRB, Transport Policy, etc., and undertook the secretariat work of China Urban Transport Development Forum.
1) Education background
2000/9 - 2004/6, Tongji University, Transportation Engineering, B.S.
2004/9-2007/3, Tongji University, Master in Transportation Planning and Management
2007/3-2014/1, Tongji University, Transportation Planning and Management, Ph.D.
2) Work experience
2021/01-Present, Tongji University, Associate Professor
2014/7-2020/12, Tongji University, Assistant Professor
2017/11-2018/12, Columbia University in the City of New York (USA), China Scholarship Council Visiting Scholar
3) Recent projects hosted and participated in (representative projects)
[1] National Natural Science Foundation of China, 71603186, Analysis of the mechanism and effect of motor vehicle traffic demand regulation measures, 2017.01-2019.12, principal investigator, RMB 180,000, completed.
[2] Shanghai Pujiang Program, Research on Cooperative Governance Mechanism of Urban Travel Service Platform from the Perspective of Algorithmic Economy, 2019.11-2021.10, RMB 150,000, principal investigator, under study.
[3] Ministry of Transport, Transport System Layout Strategy of Urban Agglomeration, 2019.06-2020.10, RMB 350,000, principal investigator, completed.
[4] Shanghai Natural Science Foundation, 16ZR1447000, Evolution of Complex Network Structure and Service Performance of Public Transport, 2016.07-2019.06, principal investigator, RMB 200,000, completed.
[5] Shanghai Jiushi (Group) Co., Jiushi Group transportation big data resources comprehensive utilization development strategy, 2017.07-2017.12, RMB 220,000, principal investigator, completed.
[6] Shanghai Jiushi (Group) Co., Research on the construction of a new generation of supervision and service platform for Shanghai taxi industry, 2017.07-2017.12, RMB 280,000, main participated, completed.
[7] Open Project of Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tongji University, Impact of Mobile Internet Platform on the Market of Taxi Service and Market Segmentation Countermeasures, 2017.08-2017.12, RMB 25,000, principal investigator, completed.
[8] Action Plan for Cultivating Young Excellent Talents, Tongji University, Analysis of the Mechanism and Effectiveness of Urban Motor Vehicle Demand Regulation Measures, 2016.01-2017.12, No. 2015KJ012, principal investigator, RMB 100,000, Excellent completion.
[9] Ministry of Transport Policy Advisory Project, Evaluation of the Deployment of New Technologies and Improvement of Transportation Quality and Efficiency, 2016.03-2017.06, RMB 300,000, main participated, completed.
[10] National Natural Science Foundation of China-Director's Fund Project, No.71641005, [1] Research on the theoretical system of urban transportation with the core of organizing the construction and operation of urban transportation network, 2016.5-2017.5, RMB 160,000, main participated, completed.
[11] Shanghai Pujiang Program, 14PJC103, Research on the trajectory and driving mechanism of transportation transformation development of world big cities, 2014.9.1～2016.8.31, RMB 100,000, main participated, completed.
[12] National Natural Science Foundation of China-Director's Fund Project, 71241004, Analysis of Priority Development Needs of Urban Public Transport in China, 2012/03-2012/12, RMB 150,000, main participated, Completed.
4) Representative papers (selected)
[1] Qian Ye, Xiaohong Chen, Hua Zhang* (corresponding author), et al. Demonstration of Participation Networks in Urban Transport Policy of Public and Private Sectors through Social Media: The Case of Bike-Sharing Pricing Strategy in China. Journal of Advanced Transportation, Volume 2021, Article ID 8881106, 15 pages, https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8881106
[2] Ye Qian; Zhang Hua* (Corresponding author); Chen Xiaohong; Impacts of Information Mechanisms on Taxi Drivers’ Behaviors in Ride-Hailing Services, Journal of Tongji University (Natural Science), 2020, 48(4): 536-544.
[3] Xiaohong Chen; Kunyun Li; Hua Zhang* (corresponding author); Quan Yuan; Qian Ye. Identifying and Recognizing Usage Pattern of Electric Vehicles Using GPS and On-Board Diagnostics Data[C], International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020, Seattle, USA, May 26-29, 2020.
[4] Zhenyu Shou; Xuan Di; Jieping Ye; Hongtu Zhu; Hua Zhang; Robert Hampshire. Optimal passenger-seeking policies on E-hailing platforms using Markov decision process and imitation learning [J], Transportation Research Part C, 2020, 111:91-113.
[5] Qingyu Ma, Hong Yang, Hua Zhang (corresponding author), Kun Xie, Zhenyu Wang. Modeling and Analysis of the Daily Driving Patterns of Taxis in a Reshuffled Ride-hailing Service Market[J]. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems. 2019, Online Publication.
[6] ZHANG Hua, ZHANG Yuanyuan. Pedestrian Network Analysis Using a Network Consisting of Formal Pedestrian Facilities-Sidewalks and Crosswalks[J]. The Journal of Transportation Research Record, 2019, Online Publication.
[7] Qian Ye, Jian Cen, Xiaohong Chen, Hua Zhang. How Taxi Operation Change in the development of E-hailing APPs: Case Study in Shanghai, China[C]. The 17th COTA conference International Conference of Transportation Professionals, 2017.07.07-2017.07.09, Shanghai, China. Conference Best Paper Award.
[8] Chen Xiaohong, Ye Jianhong, Zhang Hua, Wu Jiaorong. Shanghai: The Path and Strategies for Transportation Restructuring——Urban Passenger Transport Development under the Public Transit Priority Orientation[J]. Urban Planning Forum, 2015, Vol.3, No.223, pp:86-93.
[9] HAN Shu, ZHANG Hua (corresponding author), CHEN Xiaohong. Intervention Policies for Private Car Ownership in Megacities of Developing Countries Choices and Implications from Mainland China [J]. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, 2014, Vol. 2451, pp: 68-76.
[10] CHEN Xiaohong, WANG Xiang, ZHANG Hua, Li, Jia. The Diversity and Evolution Process of Bus System Performance in Chinese Cities: An Empirical Study [J]. SUSTAINABILITY. 2014, Vol.6, Issue 11, pp: 7751-7767. SCI index number :000345564700014.
[11] CHEN Xiaohong, ZHANG Hua (corresponding authors), Evaluate of the Effects of Car Ownership Policies in Chinese Megacities: A Contrastive Study of Beijing and Shanghai, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2012, 2012(2317): 32-39.
5) High-level Policy recommendations
[1] Research on the Application of New Technologies and Improvement of Quality and Efficiency of Transportation, approved by the competent and main leaders of the Ministry of Transport, and deployed the results for application. (Completed in collaboration with Prof. Xiaohong Chen)
[2] The Current Situation of the Internet Reservation Travel Service Industry and Suggestions for Countermeasures, adopted by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee in a single article. (Completed in collaboration with Prof. Xiaohong Chen)