PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Wu, X., Cao, J., & Douma, F. (2021). The impacts of vehicle automation on transport-disadvantaged people. Transportation research interdisciplinary perspectives, 11, 100447.
Wu, X., Zhou, Y., Lu, Z., & He, X. (2021). “How Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Transport-Related Diesel Consumption in the U.S.?” Findings, October.
Tao, T., Cao, J., & Wu, X. (2021). The Road Less Traveled: Does Rail Transit Matter?. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 0739456X211035825. Wu, X., Cao, X. J., & Ding, C. (2020). Exploring Rider Satisfaction with Arterial BRT: An Application of Impact-Asymmetry Analysis. Travel Behaviour and Society, 19, 82-89.
Wu, X., Tao, T., Cao, J., Fan, Y., & Ramaswami, A. (2019). Examining threshold effects of built environment elements on travel-related carbon-dioxide emissions. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 75, 1-12. Cao, J., Wu, X. (2019). Exploring the importance of transportation infrastructure and accessibility to satisfaction with urban and suburban neighborhoods: An application of gradient boosting decision trees. Transport Findings, 1(1). Dong, W., Cao, X., Wu, X., & Dong, Y. (2019). Examining pedestrian satisfaction in gated and open communities: An integration of gradient boosting decision trees and impact-asymmetry analysis. Landscape and Urban Planning, 185, 246-257.
Wu, X., Cao, X,. & Huting, J. (2018). Using the Three-Factor Theory to Identify Improvement Priorities for Express and Local Bus Services: An Application of Regression with Dummy Variables in the Twin Cities. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 113 (2018): 184-196.
Cao, X., Wu, X., & Yuan, Y. (2018). Examining Built Environmental Correlates of Neighborhood Satisfaction: A Focus on Analysis Approaches. Journal of Planning Literature, 1-14, 0885412218765443.
Wu, X., Wood, S. A., Fisher, D., & Lindsey, G. (2017). Photos, tweets, and trails: Are social media proxies for urban trail use? Journal of Transport and Land Use, 10(1). Wang J., Hankey S., Wu X., Lindsey, G. (2016). Monitoring and Modeling Urban Trail Traffic: Validation of Direct Demand Models in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Columbus, Ohio. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.
WORKING PAPERS Wu. X., Cao. J., Fan. Y., Das. K., Ramaswami, A. What Makes Residents Satisfied with Their Neighborhoods? An Impact Asymmetry Analysis Using the Machine Learning Technique.
Wu. X., Cao. J., Fan. Y., Das. K., Ramaswami, A. What Affects Residents’ Satisfaction in Neighborhoods with Different Income Levels? A Study Using the Impact-Asymmetry Analysis.
Wu. X., Cao. J., Fan. Y., Das. K., Ramaswami, A. Exploring the Interrelationships between Life Satisfaction, Domain Satisfaction, and the Built Environment.
REPORTS Wu, X., Douma, F., Cao. J. (2019). Challenges and Opportunities of Autonomous Vehicles to Urban Planning: Investigation into Transit and Parking. Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota.
Holmes, T., Knight, J., Newman, D., & Wu, X. (2016). Monitoring Use of Minnesota State Trails Considerations and Recommendations for Implementation. Humphrey School of Public Affairs.
Lindsey, G., Nordstrom, T., Wu, X., Wu, C., Ciabotti, J., Woods, B. B., & Edwards, R. (2015). The Impacts of Central Ohio Trails. Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission and Central Ohio Greenways and Trails Group, Columbus, Ohio.
Gohlke, D., Wu, X., Hennes, L., Zhou, Y., Kelly, J. & Burnham, A. Regionally-Resolved Emissions from Electric Vehicles in the United States: Historical Adoption and ZEV Targets. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington DC, January 2022.
Gohlke, D., Kelly, J., Stephens, T., Zhou, Y. & Wu, X. Mitigation of Emissions and Energy Consumption due to Light-Duty Vehicle Size Increases. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington DC, January 2022.
Wu, X., Cao, J., Douma, F. The Impacts of Vehicle Automation on Transport-Disadvantaged People. 99th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington DC, January 2021 (TRBAM-21-01988).
Wu, X., Chang, J., Fan, Y., Xie, D. Neighborhood Characteristics, Housing Conditions, and Life Satisfaction in Twin Cities, U.S. and Guangzhou, China. (ACSP, 2020) Wu, X. How Do Trip Purposes Affect the Determinants of Rider Satisfaction? A Study Using the Impact-Asymmetry Analysis. 99th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington DC, January 2020 (No. 20-03484)
Wu, X. What Affects Residents’ Satisfaction in Neighborhoods with Different Income Levels? A Study Using the Impact-Asymmetry Analysis (No. 521). 2019 ACSP Annual Conference. Greenville, SC. Wu, X. What Affects Residents’ Satisfaction in Neighborhoods with Different Income Levels? A Study Using the Impact-Asymmetry Analysis. 13th IACP Conference. Chengdu, China. 2019.
Tao, T., Wu, X., Cao, J., Fan, Y. Exploring the non-linear relationship between built environment characteristics and people’s active travel. Will be presented at the 98th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington DC, January 2019 (No. 19-02986).
Wu, X., Cao, X. What Makes Residents Satisfied with Their Neighborhoods? An Impact Asymmetry Analysis Using the Machine Learning Technique. Presented at the 2018 ACSP Annual Conference. Buffalo, NY 2018.
Cao, X., Wu, X. Exploring Rider Satisfaction with Arterial BRT: An Integration of the Impact Asymmetry Analysis and Machine Learning. Presented at the 2018 ACSP Annual Conference. Buffalo, NY 2018.
Wu, X., Cao, J. Exploring satisfaction with arterial BRT in the Twin Cities: A machine learning approach. Presented at the 97th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington DC, January 2018 (No. 18-02893). Wu, X. Using the three-factor theory to examine the transit preferences of riders from different income levels. Presented at the 28th annual Transportation Research Conference. November 2, 2017. Wu, X., & Cao, X. (2017). Using the Three-Factor Method to Identify Improvement Priorities for Express and Local Bus Services in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. Presented at the 96th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington DC. January 8-12, 2017 (No. 17-02464). Wu, X., Wood, S., Fisher, D., Lindsey, G. Photos, Tweets, and Trails: Are Social Media Proxies for Urban Trail Use? Presented at the 96th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington DC. January 8-12, 2017. Cao, J., Wu, X., Yuan, Y. A Methodological Review of Environmental Correlates of Neighborhood Satisfaction: From Theory to Practice. Presented at the 11th International Association for China Planning (IACP) Conference. Harbin, China, June, 2017.
Instructor, Network and Places: Transportation, Land Use, and Design, spring 2019
Co-instructor, Transit Planning and Management, fall 2018
Co-instructor, Network and Places: Transportation, Land Use, and Design, spring 2018
Teaching assistant, Transit Planning and Management, fall 2017
2018 John S. Adams Award for Excellence in Transportation Research and Education.
2017 International Association for China Planning (IACP) Karen R. Polenske Best Student Paper Award.
Humphrey School Doctorate Summer Fellowship, 2016 Student Travel Award, Center for Transportation Studies. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
June 2021 - Present, Postdoctoral Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory
August 2020 - April 2021, Research Aide, Argonne National Laboratory
2015 – 2021, Graduate Research Assistant, Urban and Regional Planning Program, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Projects participated as graduate research assistant:
SRN: Integrated Urban Infrastructure Solutions for Environmentally Sustainable, Healthy and Livable
Cities, National Science Foundation, 2016-2019
“Institutionalizing the Use of Bicycle and Pedestrian Counts”, Minnesota Department of Transportation, 2015
Impact of Transitways on Travel on Parallel and Adjacent Roads, Minnesota Department of Transportation, 2019-2020
Examining the challenges and opportunities of autonomous vehicles to urban planning, Center for Transportation Studies, 2018-2019
After Study of the Bus Rapid Transit ‘A Line” Impacts, Minnesota Department of Transportation, 2017-2018
2015 – 2016, Training Program Assistant, China Center, University of Minnesota
2013 – 2014, Planning Intern, Xi’an Municipal Institute of Planning and Design