Songhua Hu

Songhua Hu

CrowdSensing, Human Mobility, GeoAI, Network Science

Mobility as a service (MaaS) and shared mobility

I have extensive research experience in shared and smart mobility. I have investigated various shared mobility programs to provide empirical evidence on how to promote their efficiency, how to allocate incentives to prevent user turnover, and how to encourage multi-modal integration. After joining University of Maryland, I am the technical leader of the first-in-the-nation MaaS APP “incenTrip” project, funded by USDOE and USDOT, to provide green travel options and personalized incentives for real-world travelers.

Journals

  1. Hu, Songhua, Mingyang Chen, Yuan Jiang, Wei Sun, and Chenfeng Xiong. “Examining factors associated with bike-and-ride (BnR) activities around metro stations in large-scale dockless bikesharing systems.” Journal of Transport Geography 98 (2022): 103271.
  2. Hu, Songhua, Peng Chen, and Xiaohong Chen. “Do personalized economic incentives work in promoting shared mobility? Examining customer churn using a time-varying Cox model.” Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 128 (2021): 103224.
  3. Wang, Tao, Songhua Hu*, and Yuan Jiang. “Predicting shared-car use and examining nonlinear effects using gradient boosting regression trees.” International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 15, no. 12 (2020): 893-907.
  4. Hu, Songhua, Kun Xie, Xiaonian Shan, Hangfei Lin, and Xiaohong Chen. “Modeling usage frequencies and vehicle preferences in a large-scale electric vehicle sharing system.” IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine ( 2020): 1-10.
  5. Hu, Songhua, Peng Chen, Feifei Xin, and Chi Xie. “Exploring the effect of battery capacity on electric vehicle sharing programs using a simulation approach.” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 77 (2019): 164-177.
  6. Hu, Songhua, Peng Chen, Hangfei Lin, Chi Xie, and Xiaohong Chen. “Promoting carsharing attractiveness and efficiency: An exploratory analysis.” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 65 (2018): 229-243.

Conferences

  1. Jing, Yi, Songhua Hu, and Hangfei Lin. Joint Analysis of Scooter Sharing and Bikesharing Usage: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach, Transportation Research Board 100th Annual Meeting (2021), Washington DC.
  2. Hu, Songhua, Hangfei Lin, Kun Xie, Xiaohong Chen, and Hongjie Shi. Modeling users’ vehicles selection behavior in urban carsharing program, The 21st IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2018).