Yixue Zhang

PhD Candidate (she/her)
yixue.zhang@mail.utoronto.ca

Campus

  • Downtown Toronto (St. George)

Fields of Study

  • GIS, Spatial Analysis & Modelling
  • Policy & Planning

Areas of Interest

Transport geography, Travel behaviour, Transport equity, Disability studies

Biography

Yixue is a PhD candidate in Planning, specializing in travel behaviour, accessibility, and transport equity. Yixue has extensive experience in data management, including cleaning, mining, modeling, and visualization. Her data-driven approach empowers evidence-based decision-making, contributing to sustainable and equitable urban development. She has published several academic journal articles and public reports.

Publications

1. Zhang, Yixue, Steven Farber, Mischa Young, Ignacio T. Aitken, and Timothy Ross. "Exploring travel patterns of people with disabilities: a multilevel analysis of accessible taxi trips in Toronto, Canada." Travel Behaviour and Society 32 (2023): 100575.
2. Zhang, Yixue, Steven Farber, and Mischa Young. "Eliminating barriers to nighttime activity participation: the case of on-demand transit in Belleville, Canada." Transportation 49, no. 5 (2022): 1385-1408.
3. Zhang, Yixue, Matthew Palm, Jonathan Scheff, Steven Farber, and Michael Widener. "Travel survey recruitment through Facebook and Transit app: Lessons from COVID-19." Transport Findings (2020).
4. Zhang, Yixue, Steven Farber, and Mischa Young. "The Benefits Of On-Demand Transit In Belleville: Findings From A User Survey." (2020). https://hdl.handle.net/1807/100570

Supervisor 

Steven Farber

Education

Ph.D. Candidate, Planning, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
M.S. in Urban and Regional Planning, Peking University, Beijing, China
B.A. in Economics, Peking University, Beijing, China

Cohort

  • 2019-2020