Hiroyuki Iseki

About Hiroyuki Iseki

I am an Associate Professor of the Urban Studies and Planning (URSP) program and the Director of the Urban and Regional Planning and Design (URPD) Ph.D. program. My research focuses on the efficiency, effectiveness, and equity in the provision of mobility and accessibility with a consideration of climate change issues.

Areas of Expertise

Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Technology, Society and Analytical Methods, Environmental Planning and Resource Management, Regional Planning

Selected Publications

Hiroyuki Iseki, 2024. “Challenges in Implementing Climate Change Policy within Local Climate Action, Transportation, and Land Use Planning in Japan,” Town Planning Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2023.35.


Saeed, Basheer^ and Hiroyuki Iseki, 2023. “Does Rail Transit Access Affect Firm Dynamics? Analysis of Firm Births and Closures in Maryland,” Journal of Transportation and Land Use, 16(1), 389-408. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2023.2343. , Iseki, Hiroyuki, Chao Liu, and Gerrit Knaap. 2018. “The Determinants of Travel Demand between Rail Stations: A Direct Transit Demand Model Using Multilevel Analysis for Washington D.C. Metrorail System,” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 116, 635-649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2018.06.011 , Iseki, Hiroyuki. 2010. “Effects of Contracting on Cost Efficiency in U.S. Fixed-route Bus Transit Service,” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 44(7), 457-472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2010.03.003

Recent Courses Taught

URSP 631: Transportation and Land Use, URSP 688F: Public Transportation Planning, URSP 688N: Urban Transportation Policy and Planning (Economics, Finance, and Policy)
URSP 688Q: Japan: The Built Environment, Planning, and the Exploration of Social Justice and Equity, URSP 688L: Planning Technology (Introduction to GISs in planning) , URSP 810: Contemporary Metropolitan Issues (Ph.D. Level Course)