Louis Merlin

About Louis Merlin

Louis A. Merlin, Ph.D., AICP, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida Atlantic University and the program coordinator for the Master of Urban and Regional Planning program.

Areas of Expertise

Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Land Use Planning and Governance

Selected Publications

Merlin, L.A., & Jehle, U. (2023). Global interest in walking accessibility: A scoping review. Transport Reviews, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2023.2189323, Merlin, L.A., Xiang, Y., Xu, Y., and Zhao, X. (2021) A segment-level model of shared scooter origins and destinations. Transportation Research Part D. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102709. , Merlin, L.A., Teoman, D., Viola, M., Vaughn, H. and Buehler, R. (2021) Re-drawing the planners’ circle: Analyzing trip-level walk distances across two national surveys. Journal of the American Planning Association. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2021.1877181., Merlin, L.A. (2019). Transportation sustainability follows from more people in fewer vehicles, not necessarily automation. Journal of the American Planning Association, 85(4), 501–510. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2019.1637770.

Recent Courses Taught

URP 6712 Future of Urban Mobility


URP 6211 Statistics for Urban Planners, URP 6920 Planning Workshop, URP 6840 Urban Spatial Structure