alex-bigazzi | UBC Civil Engineering

Faculty

Associate Professor

Dr. Alex Bigazzi

Dr. Bigazzi is an associate professor at UBC with a joint appointment in the Department of Civil Engineering and the School of Community and Regional Planning. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Portland State University in 2014, investigating urban bicyclists' uptake of traffic-related air pollution. His primary research areas are the dynamics of travel by foot, bicycle, and emerging human-electric hybrid vehicles such as e-bikes, and traffic-related emissions and air quality.

Research Area / Group

Transportation Engineering

Research Interests

Active travel behaviour (walking and bicycling), micromobility and emerging human-electric hybrid vehicles (such as e-bikes), motor vehicle emissions and air quality, traffic management, and transport system and scenario modelling

Courses

CIVL 340	Transportation Engineering I The analysis and design of the elements of transportation facilities in development of transport technology; vehicle motion; vehicle/pavement interaction; elements of road design; principles of queuing and roadway capacity; rail transit performance and capacity analysis; economics as applied to transport.
CIVL 586	Urban Transportation Systems Analysis
CIVL 583	Urban Engineering Methods and Models
CIVL 441	Transportation Planning and Analysis
CIVL 598P	Pedestrian & Bicycle Facility Design

Latest Publications

2021

A. Y. Bigazzi, Gill, G., and Winters, M., “Contrasting Perspectives on the Comfort and Safety of Pedestrians Interacting with Other Road Users”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, pp. 33 - 43, 2021.

H. Mohammed, Sayed, T., and Bigazzi, A. Y., “Microscopic modeling of cyclists on off-street paths: a stochastic imitation learning approach”, Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 2021.

2020

A. Y. Bigazzi, “Marginal emission factors for public transit: Effects of urban scale and density”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, vol. 88, 2020.

A. Osama, Albitar, M., Sayed, T., and Bigazzi, A. Y., “Determining If Walkability and Bikeability Indices Reflect Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, vol. 2674, no. 9, pp. 767 - 775, 2020.

A. Y. Bigazzi and Wong, K., “Electric bicycle mode substitution for driving, public transit, conventional cycling, and walking”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, vol. 85, p. 102412, 2020.

M. Bayoumi Kamel, Sayed, T., and Bigazzi, A. Y., “A composite zonal index for biking attractiveness and safety”, Accident Analysis & Prevention, vol. 137, p. 105439, 2020.

F. Gkekas, Bigazzi, A. Y., and Gill, G., “Perceived safety and experienced incidents between pedestrians and cyclists in a high-volume non-motorized shared space”, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2020.

A. Hassanpour, Bigazzi, A. Y., and MacKenzie, D., “What Can Publicly Available API Data Tell Us about Supply and Demand for New Mobility Services?”, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, vol. 2674, no. 12, pp. 178 - 187, 2020.

2019

A. Y. Bigazzi and Berjisian, E., “Electric bicycles: Can they reduce driving and emissions in Canada?”, Plan Canada, pp. 39-42, 2019.

A. Mohamed and Bigazzi, A. Y., “Speed and road grade dynamics of urban trips on electric and conventional bicycles”, Transportmetrica B: Transport Dynamics, vol. 792048, no. 12, pp. 1467 - 1480, 2019.

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Contact

abigazzi@civil.ubc.ca

604.822.4426

Personal Website:

http://reactlab.civil.ubc.ca

Location:

Faculty

Transportation Engineering I

Urban Transportation Systems Analysis

Urban Engineering Methods and Models

Transportation Planning and Analysis

Pedestrian & Bicycle Facility Design

2021

2020

2019

CEME - Room 2029