Gulsah Akar

About Gulsah Akar

Gulsah Akar, Chair of City and Regional Planning at Georgia Tech, researches sustainable urban mobility. Her work includes projects and publications on built environment-travel connections, access and equity, demographic differences in travel, and new mobility technology adoption using advanced data collection.

Areas of Expertise

Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Technology, Society and Analytical Methods

Selected Publications

J Wang, E Dunham-Jones, G Akar (2024) Exploring the influence of driver’s presence on passengers’ willingness level to take autonomous taxis–Evidence from Seattle metropolitan area. Case Studies on Transport Policy 16, 101212, K Kwon, G Akar (2023) What determines modal substitution between bike-sharing and public transit? Evidence from Columbus, Ohio during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 17 (10), 1087-1096, K Wang, G Akar (2023) Will millennials drive less as the economy recovers: a post-recession analysis of automobile travel patterns. Journal of Planning Education and Research 43 (3), 598-616, B Ozbilen, G Akar (2023) Designing pandemic resilient cities: Exploring the impacts of the built environment on infection risk perception and subjective well-being. Travel Behaviour and Society 30, 105-117.

Recent Courses Taught

CP 6322- Urban Transportation Decision Making