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Transportation and Urban Studies Lab
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A lab that solves urban transportation problems through planning and engineering.
AboutAbout the lab
Safe and comfortable transportation for more people.
The Transportation and Urban Studies Lab studies urban transportation, urban planning, and traffic engineering in order to solve the wide range of transportation problems that arise in cities.
The lab aims to contribute to transportation systems that are safe and comfortable for more people.
The lab's page lists the movement of people and goods, modes of transportation, roads, rail tracks, and terminals as essential to both daily life and economic activity.
The faculty members study traffic control and operation, land use and transportation, public transportation, and new mobility.
Key terms
- ITS
- Efforts to make transportation more advanced by using information and communication technology
- Land use
- How each place in a city is used, such as for housing or commerce
ResearchResearch themes
To solve urban transportation problems, the lab conducts research from the perspectives of urban transportation, urban planning, and traffic engineering. Each faculty member deals with topics such as traffic control and operation, land use and transportation, public transportation, and new mobility.
*Illustrative imageTraffic Control and Operation, and ITS
To solve transportation problems such as accidents and congestion, the lab conducts research on controlling, operating, and managing traffic using techniques such as simulation. It also covers making effective use of existing transportation infrastructure, as well as ITS research.
*Illustrative imageUrban and Regional Planning and Land Use
The lab studies urban and regional planning, with fieldwork in developing countries and Japan. Its main topics include land use and transportation, disaster prevention and reconstruction, and urban planning in an era of population decline.
*Illustrative imagePublic Transportation and New Mobility
Focusing on new mobility, public transportation, and urban and regional transportation, the lab conducts modeling and forecasting of people flow, travel demand, and travel behavior, as well as empirical analysis and policy evaluation.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorMihoko Matsuyuki
- ProfessorShinji Tanaka
- Associate ProfessorRyosuke Abe
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Mexico City Light Rail Tasqueña Station 202310” Isaak Granzer / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Traffic Control and Operation, and ITS: “Moscow, Zatsepsky Val, Moscow Traffic Control Center workers, June 2025 02” Retired electrician / CC0 (cropped)
- Urban and Regional Planning and Land Use: “Urban design of Qom metropolis in 2007 Photo By Mostafa Meraji 09” Mostafameraji / CC0 (cropped)
- Public Transportation and New Mobility: “Public transport share taxi in Maracaibo city, Zulia, Venezuela” Wilfredor / CC0 (cropped)
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