Short Bio
Hong Yang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Modeling, Simulation & Visualization Engineering at the Old Dominion University. He was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) at the New York University (NYU), and the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. Hong received a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering and a Master degree in Statistics from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; a Master degree in Transportation Planning and Management from Tongji University; and a Bachelor's degree in Transportation Engineering from the Southwest Jiaotong University. Hong's academic and professional activities and interests span a number of areas such as Transportation Safety, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Traffic Simulation and Modeling, Incident and Emergency Management, Transportation Planning, and Traffic Operation. Hong is also actively involved in Urban Informatics and Big Data mining in transportation systems. Hong has been working on a number of transportation projects funded by different agencies. Hong is the author and co-author of a number of scientific publications in journals and conference proceedings. For more information, please see CV.
What's New
Research
Transportation Simulation and Modeling
Transportation Safety
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Traffic Operation & Incident Management
Transportation Informatics/Data Analytics
Transportation Infrastructure, Engineering & Planning
Journal Publications
| 19. | H. Yang, K. Ozbay, and K. Xie (2015). Improved Travel Time Estimation for Reliable Performance Measure Development for Closed Highways. Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board (in press). |
| 18. | K. Xie, K. Ozbay, H. Yang, and J. Holguín-Veras (2015). Modeling the Safety Impacts of Off-Hour Delivery Programs in Urban Areas. Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board (Received 2015 TRB Outstanding Paper Award, in press). |
| 17. | H. Yang, K. Ozbay, and B. Bartin (2015). Effectiveness of Temporary Rumble Strips in Alerting Motorists in Short-Term Surveying Work Zones. Journal of Transportation Engineering, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000789, 05015003. |
| 16. | K. Xie, K. Ozbay, and H. Yang (2015). Spatial Analysis of Highway Incident Durations in the Context of Hurricane Sandy. Accident Analysis & Prevention, Vol. 74, pp. 77-86. |
| 15. | H. Yang, O. Ozturk, K. Ozbay, K. Xie (2015) Work Zone Safety Analysis and Modeling: A State-of-the-Art Review. Traffic Injury Prevention, Vol. 16, Issue 4, pp. 387-396. |
| 14. | K. Xie, X. Wang, K. Ozbay, and H. Yang (2014). Crash Frequency Modeling for Signalized Intersections in a High-Density Urban Road Network. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, Vol.2, April 2014, pp. 39-51. |
| 13. | H. Yang, K. Ozbay, and K. Xie (2014). Assessing the Risk of Secondary Crashes on Freeways. Journal of Safety Research, Vol. 49, pp. 143-149. |
| 12. | H. Yang, K. Ozbay, B. Bartin, and O. Ozturk (2014). Assessing the Safety Effects of Removing Highway Mainline Barrier Toll Plazas. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 140, No. 8, 04014038, August 2014, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000681. |
| 11. | H. Yang, K. Ozbay, E. F. Morgul, B. Bartin, K. Xie (2014). Development of Online Scalable Approach for Identifying Secondary Crashes. Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2470, pp. 24-33. |
| 10. | H. Yang, B. Bartin, K. Ozbay, and S. Chien (2014). Investigating Motorists' Behaviors in Response to Supplementary Traffic Control Devices at Land Surveying Work Sites. Traffic Injury Prevention, Vol. 15, Issue 4, pp. 424-430. |
| 9. | E. F. Morgul, H. Yang, A. Kurkcu, K. Ozbay, B. Bartin, C. Kamga, R. Salloum (2014). Virtual Sensors: A Web based Real-Time Data Collection Methodology for Transportation Operation Performance Analysis. Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2442, pp. 106-116. |
| 8. | H. Yang, B. Bartin, and K. Ozbay (2014). Mining the Characteristics of Secondary Crashes on Highways. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 140, No. 4, 04013024, April 2014, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436. 0000646. |
| 7. | Hong Yang, Kaan Ozbay, Ozgur Ozturk, and M. Yildirimoglu (2013), Modeling Work Zone Crash Frequency by Quantifying Measurement Errors in Work Zone Length. Accident Analysis & Prevention, Vol. 55, June 2013, pp. 192-201. |
| 6. | H. Yang, B. Bartin, and K. Ozbay (2013). Use of Sensor Data to Identify Secondary Crashes on Freeways. Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2396, pp. 82-92 (Practice-Ready Paper, TRB committee AHB20 Freeway Operations). |
| 5. | Hong Yang, Kaan Ozbay, and Bekir Bartin (2012), Effects of the Open Road Tolling on Safety Performance of Freeway Mainline Toll Plazas. Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2324, pp. 101-109. |
| 4. | Hong Yang and Kaan Ozbay (2011), Estimating Traffic Conflict Risk Associated with Merging Vehicles on a Highway Merge Section. Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2236, pp. 58-65. |
| 3. | Hong Yang, Kaan Ozbay, and Bekir Bartin (2011), Enhancing the Quality of Infrared-Based Automatic Pedestrian Sensor Data by Nonparametric Statistical Method. Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2264, pp. 11-17. |
| 2. | Kaan Ozbay, Hong Yang, Bekir Bartin, and S. Mudigonda (2008), Derivation and Validation of New Simulation-Based Surrogate Safety Measure. Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board, No. 2083, pp. 105-113. |
| 1. | Hong Yang, S. Han, and X. Chen (2006), Parameter Calibration and Application for the VISSIM Simulation Model. Urban Transport of China, Vol. 4, Issue 6, pp. 22-25 (written in Chinese). |
Conference Publications
| 25. | H. Yang, K. Ozbay, and K. Xie (2015). Mining Taxicab Crashes in High-Density Urban Areas. To be presented at the 5th International Conference on Road Safety & Simulation (RSS2015), Orlando, FL, October 6-8, 2015. |
| 24. | K. Xie, K. Ozbay, and H. Yang (2015). Zone-Level Traffic Safety Analysis: A Multivariate Spatial Model with Random Parameters. To be presented at the 5th International Conference on Road Safety & Simulation (RSS2015), Orlando, FL, October 6-8, 2015. |
| 23. | O. Ozturk, K. Ozbay, and H. Yang (2015). Investigating the Impact of Work Zones on Crash Severity by Comparative Analysis. Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, Washington D. C., January 11-15, 2015. |
| 22. | H. Yang, K. Ozbay, K. Xie, and B. Bartin (2015). Modeling Crash Risk of Highway Work Zones with Relatively Short Durations. Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, Washington D. C., January 11-15, 2015. |
| 21. | H. Yang, K. Ozbay, and K. Xie (2015). Impact of Truck-Auto Separation on Crash Severity. Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, Washington D. C., January 11-15, 2015. |
| 20. | K. Xie, K. Ozbay, and H. Yang (2015). Spatial Analysis of Highway Incident Durations in the Context of Hurricane Sandy. Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, Washington D. C., January 11-15, 2014. |
| 19. | K. Xie, K. Ozbay, and H. Yang (2014). The Heterogeneity of Capacity Distribution among Different Freeway Lanes. Symposium Celebrating 50 Years of Traffic Flow Theory, TRB Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics Committee (AHB45), August 11-13, 2014, in Portland, Oregon. |
| 18. | H. Yang, O. Ozturk, K. Ozbay, and K. Xie (2014). Work Zone Safety Analysis and Modeling: A State-of-the-Art Review. Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting, Washington D. C., January 12-16. |
| 17. | K. Xie, K. Ozbay, and H. Yang (2014). Before-After Safety Evaluations Using Parametric Bayesian Survival Analysis. Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting, Washington D. C., January 12-16. |
| 16. | O. Ozturk, K. Ozbay, and H. Yang (2014) Estimating the Impact of Work Zones on Highway Safety. Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting, Washington D. C., January 12-16. |
| 15. | Hong Yang, Ozgur Ozturk, Kaan Ozbay, and Bekir Bartin (2013), Modeling Driver Injury Severity of Single-Vehicle Crashes in Freeway Construction Work Zones, Selected Proceeding of 13th World Conference on Transport Research Society, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 15-18, 2013. |
| 14. | Ender Faruk Morgul, Kaan Ozbay, Hong Yang (2013), Simulation-Based Evaluation of a Feedback-Based Dynamic Congestion Pricing Strategy for Alternate Facilities-Tracking Impacts of Value of Reliability, Selected Proceeding of 13th World Conference on Transport Research Society, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 15-18, 2013. |
| 13. | Hong Yang, Kaan Ozbay, Bekir Bartin, and Ozgur Ozturk (2013), Effect of Removing Freeway Mainline Barrier Toll Plazas on Safety, In Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, Washington D. C., January 13-17. |
| 12. | Hong Yang, Kaan Ozbay, Bekir Bartin, and S. Chien (2013), Evaluation of Supplementary Traffic Control Devices for Surveyor Safety Enhancement, In Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, Washington D. C., January 13-17. |
| 11. | Hong Yang, Bekir Bartin, and Kaan Ozbay (2013), Investigating the Characteristics of Secondary Crashes on Freeways, In Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, Washington D. C., January 13-17. |
| 10. | Ozgur Ozturk, Kaan Ozbay, Hong Yang, and Bekir Bartin (2013), Crash Frequency Modeling for Highway Construction Zones, In Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, Washington D. C., January 13-17. |
| 9. | Hong Yang and Kaan Ozbay (2011), Calibration of Micro-Simulation Models to Account for Safety and Operation Factors for Traffic Conflict Risk Analysis, In Proceeding of the 3rd International Conference on Road Safety & Simulation (RSS2011), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Sept. 14-16. |
| 8. | P. Ye and Hong Yang (2011), Concentration Degree Analysis of Stroke-Based Urban Road Network Topology, In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Transportation Engineering (Editors: Q. Peng et al.), July 23-25, Chengdu, China, pp. 511-516. |
| 7. | Hong Yang, Kaan Ozbay, and Bekir Bartin (2010), Application of Simulation-Based Traffic Conflict Analysis for Highway Safety Evaluation, In Selected Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research Society, Lisbon, Portugal, July 11-15, Paper ID C4-02303. |
| 6. | Hong Yang, Kaan Ozbay, and Bekir Bartin (2010), Investigating the Performance of Automatic Counting Sensors for Pedestrian Traffic Data Collection, In Selected Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research Society, ISBN 978-989-96986-1-1 (Editors: J. Viegas and R. Macario), Lisbon, Portugal, July 11-15, Paper ID C5-02147. |
| 5. | Hong Yang, Kaan Ozbay, and Bekir Bartin (2010), Calibration of Automatic Pedestrian Counter Data Using a Nonparametric Statistical Method, In Proceedings of Seventh Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis (TRISTAN VII), Tromsø, Norway, June 20-25. |
| 4. | Kaan Ozbay, Hong Yang, and Bekir Bartin (2010), Calibration of Infrared-Based Automatic Counting System for Pedestrian Traffic Flow Data Collection, In Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, Washington D. C., January 10-14. |
| 3. | Hong Yang and W. Wang (2009), An Innovative Dynamic Bus Lane System and Its Simulation-based Performance Investigation, In Proceedings of Intelligent Vehicle Symposium (IVS), IEEE, Xi'an, June 3-5, pp.105-110, pp.105-110. |
| 2. | X. Chen, W. Xiong, Z. Huang, and Hong Yang (2007), Planning Bicycle Corridor for Shanghai Central City, In Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, Washington D. C., January 21-25. |
| 1. | Hong Yang (2005), Design of ETC System for Freeway, In Proceedings of 1st China ITS Annual Meeting, Shanghai, December 9-10, (written in Chinese). |
What's New
[10/15/2015] Our new paper on "Development of an Automated Approach for Quantifying Spatiotemporal Impact of Traffic Incidents" will be presented in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 95th Annual Meeting, January 10–14, 2016, Washington, DC. ......
[10/13/2015] Our new paper on "Joint Analysis of Secondary Collisions and Injury Severity Levels Using Structural Equation Models" will be presented in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 95th Annual Meeting, January 10–14, 2016, Washington, DC. ......
[10/11/2015] Our new paper on "Use of GPS Data to Analyze Urban Bus Travel Time Variability in China" will be presented in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 95th Annual Meeting, January 10–14, 2016, Washington, DC. ......
[10/09/2015] Our new paper on "Analysis of Pedestrian Safety Using Big Data" will be presented in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 95th Annual Meeting, January 10–14, 2016, Washington, DC. ......
[10/08/2015] Our new paper on "Using Big Data to Study Resilience of Taxi and Subway Trips for Hurricanes Sandy and Irene" will be presented in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 95th Annual Meeting, January 10–14, 2016, Washington, DC. ......
[10/07/2015] Our new paper on "Network Modeling of Hurricane Evacuation Using Data Driven Demand and Incident Induced Capacity Loss Models" will be presented in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 95th Annual Meeting, January 10–14, 2016, Washington, DC. ......
[10/05/2015] Our new paper on "A Data-Driven Method for Predicting Future Evacuation Zones in the Context of Climate Change" will be presented in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 95th Annual Meeting, January 10–14, 2016, Washington, DC. ......
[10/05/2015] Our new paper on "Modeling Evacuation Behavior under Hurricane Conditions" will be presented in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 95th Annual Meeting, January 10–14, 2016, Washington, DC. ......
[08/01/2015] Our new paper on "Mining Taxicab Crashes in High-Density Urban Areas" will be presented in the Road Safety and Simulation International Conference (RSS2015), October 6—8, 2015, Orlando, Florida, USA.
[07/29/2015] Our new paper on "Zone-Level Traffic Safety Analysis: A Multivariate Spatial Model with Random Parameters" will be presented in the Road Safety and Simulation International Conference (RSS2015), October 6—8, 2015, Orlando, Florida, USA.