SIG F1 – Transport and Spatial Development
Upcoming Events
THNS 2025 Shanghai Nov. 2025
Group Objective
This Special Interest Group (SIG) focuses on research about the interactions between transport and spatial development, from benefit/burden analyses to integrated modelling of transport, land use and the environment.
Membership
Membership of the Group is open to any academic or practitioner with an interest in the subject area. Membership of the WCTRS is encouraged but not required. To join the Group, or for more information, please contact either of the Chairs listed below.
SIG F1 Chair- Masanobu Kii (Osaka University)
(The full membership list for this SIG is maintained by the SIG Chairs)
Further Information
SIG F1 Transport and Spatial Development Website
Current Members
| Member | Affiliation | Country/Region |
| Abdul , Azeez KADAR HAMSA | International Islamic University Malaysia | Malaysia |
| Abraham, John | HBA Specto Incorporated | Canada |
| Amit , Shrama | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India | India |
| Anirudh, Badarinath | Beyond Urban | India |
| Arimura, Mikiharu | Muroran Institute of Technology, College of Environmental Technology | Japan |
| Arturo , Ardila-Gomez | The World Bank | United States |
| Aswathy , Rajagopal | Pillai HOC College of Architecture | India |
| Babatunde , ADEDOTUN | Osun State University | Nigeria |
| Batty, Michael | UCL Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis | United Kingdom |
| Blaise, Nkubiyaho | University of Tartu | Netherlands |
| Boman, Johan | University of Gothenburg | Sweden |
| Boussauw, Kobe | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Belgium |
| Boyce, David | Northwestern University | United States |
| Cao, Jason | University of Minnesota | United States |
| Carrasco, Juan | Universidad de Concepción | Chile |
| Caruso, Geoffrey | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| Charles , Mkalawa | National Land use Planning Commission | |
| Chen , Tao | Tongji University | China |
| Chou, Chun-Chen | Osaka University | Japan |
| Cooke, Sean | University of Cape Town | South Africa |
| Coulombel, Nicolas | Université Paris Est | France |
| De Silva, Dimantha | University of Moratuwa | Sri Lanka |
| Doi, Kenji | Osaka University | Japan |
| Echenique, Marcial | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| Edmund , Zolnik | George Mason University | United States |
| Eeshan, Bhaduri | IIT Kharagpur | India |
| Eva , Van Eenoo | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Belgium |
| Fengjun , Jin | Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research | China |
| Ferim, Gashi | University of Prishtina | |
| Geurs, Karst | University of Twente | Netherlands |
| Gordon, Cameron | University of Canberra | Australia |
| Hayashi, Yoshitsugu | Tokai Gakuen University | Japan |
| Ilie, Sorin | University of Pitesti | Romania |
| Jian , Zhao | Beijing Jiaotong University | China |
| John , Douglas Hunt | University of Calgary | |
| Johnston, Robert | University of California, Davis | United States |
| Keisuke , OCHIAI | Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency | JAPAN |
| kenibolayefa , owota | Niger Delta University | Nigeria |
| Kexin , Geng | Beijing Jiaotong University | China |
| Khalil , Ahmad Kakar | National Institute of Technology, Warangal | India |
| Kii, Masanobu | Osaka University | Japan |
| Konstantinos , Moraitis | Technical Univer. of Athens | Greece |
| Kronprasert, Nopadon | Chiang Mai University | Thailand |
| Maciel, VLADIMIR | MACKENZIE PRESBYTERYAN UNIVERSITY | Brazil |
| Marcelo, Matias | Arup in the Netherlands | Netherlands |
| Martinez, Francisco | Universidad de Chile | Chile |
| Mathilde , Lebrand | The World Bank | United States |
| Md , Bashirul Haque | University of Leeds | Bangladesh |
| Mercier, Aurélie | University of Lyon | France |
| Meziani, Rim | Abu Dhabi University | UAE |
| Mishkat , Ahmed | Edifice Consultants Private Limited, Govandi (E), Mumbai, India and Nikken Sekkei Research Institute, Iidabashi, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Mitran, Gabriela | University of Pitesti | Romania |
| Miyamoto, Kazuaki | Tokyo City University | Japan |
| Mohamed, Khachman | Polytechnique Montréal | Canada |
| Moore, James | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | United States |
| Moreno Chou, Ana Tsui | Technical University of Munich | Germany |
| Nakamura, Kazuki | Meijo University | Japan |
| Nakanishi, Hitomi | University of Canberra | Australia |
| Okuda, Takaaki | Nanzan University | Japan |
| Olaru, Doina | The University of Western Australia | Australia |
| Pan, Haixiao | Tongji University | China |
| Panagiotis , Papantoniou | Department of Transportation Planning and Enginnering, NTUA | Greece |
| Parampreet , Kaur | Lovely Professional University | |
| Peter , Verlic | Institute of Traffic and transport Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| Potoglou, Dimitris | Cardiff School of Planning and Geography | United Kingdom |
| Pravinvongvuth, Surachet | Asian Institute of Technology | Thailand |
| Roberta , Prosini | Rua Francisco da Cunha | Brazil |
| Sagar, Patni | Nelson\Nygaard | United States |
| Sairam , Dasari | School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India | India |
| SALINI , P N | National Transportation Planning and Research centre, Thiruvanathapuram | |
| Sasika , Ranawaka | University of Moratuwa | Sri Lanka |
| Sato, Tetsuji | Chiba Institute of Technology | Japan |
| Silva, Cecília | University of Porto | Portugal |
| Simmons, David | David Simmonds Consultancy Ltd | United Kingdom |
| Smita , | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | India |
| Somwrita , Sarkar | University of Sydney | Australia |
| Steiner, Ruth | University of Florida | United States |
| Sugiki, Nao | Toyohashi University of Technology | Japan |
| Suzuki, Atsushi | Meijo Univeristy | Japan |
| TakaAki , Okuda | ||
| Thill, Jean-Claude | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | United States |
| Timmermans, Harry | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands |
| Todor , Stojanovski | ||
| Vichiensan, Varameth | KASETSART UNIVERSITY | Thailand |
| Waddell, Paul | University of California Berkeley | United States |
| Wang, Donggen | Hong Kong Baptist University | Hong Kong |
| Yan, Cheng | UCL Department of Civil | United Kingdom |
| Yang , Yue | ,China University of Mining and Technology | China |
| YANG , Zhongzhena | Ningbo University and Dalian Maritime University | China |
| Yannick , Cornet | University of Žilina | Slovakia |
| Yongju , Yi | ||
| Zhong, Ming | Wuhan University of Technology | China |
| Phuong Dong , Tran | University of California, Berkeley | United States |
What are SIGs?
WCTRS encourages a continuous exchange between experts all over the world and in order to facilitate this exchange of ideas between researchers interested in the same topic area, Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have been created.