Director

Dr. Liping (Lee) Fu, PhD, P.Eng., Professor

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Waterloo
Office: Engineering2-2310
Phone: (519)888-4567, ext. 33984
E-mail: lfu@uwaterloo.ca

About Dr. Liping Fu

Dr. Liping Fu is Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Innovative Transportation System Solutions (iTSS) Lab at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Fu has a long track record of research contributions to the areas of intelligent transportation systems, public transit, road safety, and winter road maintenance. He has provided technical services to many transportation agencies, including Transport Canada, Ministry of Transportation Ontario, and several municipalities in Canada. Dr. Fu is the principal investigator of a number of winter snow and ice control related projects funded by NSERC, MTO, Landscape Ontario, several municipalities, and salt institute. Dr. Fu has served on numerous technical committees of various professional organizations, such as, Transportation Research Board’s Committee, Editorial Advisory Board of the journal of Transportation Research. He was the past Chair of Transportation Division of Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. Dr. Fu received Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)’s 2011 Academic Merit Award sponsored by Transport Canada for his long-term contribution to the advancement of the academic field and to the development of tomorrow’s transportation leaders.

Research Interests

• Winter Maintenance Operations
• Highway Safety and Risk Analysis
• Traffic and Transit Operations Control under Real-time Information
• Vehicle Routing and Scheduling in Dynamic and Stochastic Traffic Networks
• Adaptive Signal Control under Real-time Information
• Development of On-line and Off-line Routing and Scheduling Systems for Dial-A-Ride Paratransit Systems
• Planning and Evaluation of Intelligent Paratransit Systems.
• Estimation of Travel Times in Dynamic and Stochastic Traffic Networks
• Shortest Path Algorithms for ITS Applications

Professional Activities

Refereeing and Reviewing

• Journal of Transportation Research (6-8/year)
• ASCE, Journal of Transportation Engineering (2-5/year)
• Transportation Research Record (2~5/year)
• European Journal of Operations Research (1-2/year)
• Computer Applications of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (1-2/year)
• Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems (1-2/year)
• Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (2-5/year)

Memberships

• Chair, Transportation Division, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering
• Member of Professional Engineers Ontario
• Associate member of Institute of Transportation Engineers
• Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA)      
• Intelligent Transportation Systems Canada (C-ITS)
• Member of Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF)

Professional Affiliations

• Professional Engineers Ontario
• Intelligent Transportation Systems Canada
• Institute of Transportation Engineers
• Canadian Urban Transit Association
• Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta

Courses Taught

• CIV E 224  –  Probability and Statistics
• CIV E 342  –  Transport Principles and Applications
• CIV E 400  –  Civil Engineering Project 1 & 2
• CIV E 444  –  Urban Transport Planning
• CIV E 640  –  Urban Transportation Planning Models: Principles & Applications
• CIV E 643  –  Fundamentals of Traffic Flow Theory
• CIV E 744  –  Transportation Networks: Models, Algorithms and Computer Applications

Publications

Journal Articles

• Fu, L., Thakali, L., Kwon, T.J., & Usman, T. (2016). Winter Road Condition Classification and Reporting – A Risk Based Approach. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineers.
• Pan, G., Fu, L., Thakali, L. (2017). Development of a global road safety performance function using deep neural networks. International Journal of Transportation Science & Technology, 6(3):159-173.
• Heydari, S., Fu, L., Miranda-Moreno, L.F., Joseph, L. (2017). Using a flexible multivariate latent class approach to model correlated outcomes: A joint analysis of pedestrian and cyclist injuries. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 13, 16-27.
• Heydari, S., Fu, L., Joseph, L., Miranda-Moreno-L.F. (2016). Bayesian nonparametric modeling in transportation safety studies: Applications in univariate and multivariate settings. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 12, 18-34.
• Thakali, L., Fu, L., & Chen, T. (2016). Model Based versus Data-driven Approach for Road Safety Analysis : Does More Data Help? Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2601.
• Heydari, S., Fu, L., Lord, D., Mallick, B.K. (2016). Multilevel Dirichlet process mixture analysis of railway grade crossing crash data. Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 9, 27-43.
• Thakali, L., Kwon, T. J., & Fu, L. (2015). Identification of Crash Hotspots using Kernel Density Estimation and Kriging Methods – A Comparison. Journal of Modern Transportation. DOI: 10.1007/s40534-015-0068-0
• Hossain, S. M. K., Fu, L., Lake, R. (2014). Improving Winter Road Conditions: Evaluation of Deicing Performance of Alternative Salts and Development of Adjustment Factors. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (CJCE). (Accepted: 6 January 2015)
• Hossain, S.M. K., Fu, L., Olesen A.(2014). Effectiveness of Anti-icing Operations for Snow and Ice Control of Parking Lots and Sidewalks. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (CJCE), 41(6): 523-530, 10.1139/cjce-2013-0587
• Kwon, T. J., Fu, L., & Jiang, C. (2014). RWIS Stations – Where and How Many to Install: A Cost Benefit Analysis Approach, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (CJCE), DOI: 10.1139/cjce-2013-0569.
• Feng, F. and Fu, L. (2014). “Winter Road Surface Condition Forecasting.” J. Infrastruct. Syst. , 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000241 , 04014049.
• Heydari, S., Miranda-Moreno, L.F., Fu, L. (2014). Speed limit reduction in urban areas: A before-after study using Bayesian generalized mixed linear models. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 73, 252-261.
• Hossain, S.M. K.,Fu, L.,Law, B. (2014). Winter Contaminants of Parking Lots and Sidewalks: Friction Characteristics and Slipping Risk. Cold Region Engineering, Journal of American Society of Civil Engineer (ASCE). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CR.1943-5495.0000083
• Heydari, S., Miranda-Moreno, L.F., Lord, D., Fu, L. (2014). Bayesian methodology to estimate and update safety performance functions under limited data conditions: A sensitivity analysis. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 64, 41-51.
• Kwon, T. J., & Fu, L. (2013). Evaluation of alternative criteria for determining the optimal location of RWIS stations. Journal of Modern Transportation, vol. 21., pp 17-27
• Kwon, T. J., Fu, L., & Jiang, C. (2013). Effect of Winter Weather and Road Surface Conditions on Macroscopic Traffic Parameters, accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council. Washington D.C.
• Miranda-Moreno, L.F., Heydari, S., Lord, D., Fu, L. (2013). Bayesian road safety analysis: Incorporation of past evidence and effect of hyper-prior choice. Journal of Safety Research, 46, 31-40.
• Hossain, S.M.K., Fu, L., Lu, C.(2013). Deicing Performance of Salts: Modeling and Applications. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board of National Academics. DOI: 10.3141/2440-10, vol. 2440, pp.76-84.
• Usman, T., Fu, L., & L. F. Miranda-Moreno, (2012). A Disaggregate Model for Quantifying the Safety Effects of Winter Road Maintenance Activities at an Operational Level. accepted for publication in Accident Analysis & Prevention. (accepted in Feb 2012) (Accepted in 2012)
• Bagheri, M., F. Saccomanno, & Fu, L. (2012). Modeling Hazardous Materials Risks for Different Train Make-Up Plans. Accepted for publication in Transportation Research (Part E) (accepted in Feb., 2012) (Accepted in 2012)
• Eluru, N., Bagheri, M., Miranda-Moreno, L. F., & Fu, L. (2012). A latent class modelling approach for identifying vehicle driver injury severity factors at highway-railway crossings. accepted for publication in Accident Prevent and Analysis. (accepted in May 2012)
• Finkleman, J., Casello, J., & Fu, L. (2011). Empirical Evidence from the Greater Toronto Area on the Acceptability and Impacts of HOT Lanes. Accepted for publication in Transport Policy (accepted in May 2011)
• Sun, D., G. Peng, Fu, L., & H. He. (2011). A Continuum Traffic Flow Model with the Consideration of Coupling Effect for Two-lane Freeways, Acta Mechanica Sinica 27, (2011), No. 2, 228-236.
• Usman, T., Fu, L., & Mirenda-Moreno, L. F. (2010). Quantifying Safety Benefit of Winter Road Maintenance: Accident frequency modeling, accepted for publication in Accident Prevent and Analysis. (accepted in May 2010)
• Ghods, A. H., Fu, L., & A. Rahimi-Kian. (2010). An Efficient Optimization Approach to Real-Time Coordinated and Integrated Freeway Traffic Control, accepted for publication in the Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (accepted in June 2010)
• Bagheria, M., F. Saccomannob, S. Chenouric & Fu, L. (2010). Reducing the threat of in-transit derailments involving dangerous goods through effective placement along the train consist. Accident Analysis and Prevention (Accepted in 2010)
• Bagheri, M., Saccomanno, F. F., & Fu, L. (2009). Effective placement of dangerous goods cars in rail yard marshaling operation, accepted for publication in Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (accepted in Oct, 2009)
• Miranda-Moreno, L. F., Fu, L., S. Ukkusuri, & D. Lord. (2009). How to incorporate accident severity and vehicle occupancy into the hotspot identification, accepted for publication in the Journal of Transportation Research Board. (accepted in Feb. 2009)
• Fu, L., M. Trudel, & V. Kim (2008). A Real-Time Scheduling Model for Winter Road Maintenance Operations, European Journal of Operational Research 196 (2009) 332–341. (submitted in 2008) (NSERC/MTO)
• Hellinga, B., P. Izadpanah, H. Takada & Fu, L. (2008). Decomposing Travel Times Measured by Probe-based Traffic Monitoring Systems to Individual Road Segments, Transportation Research Part C 16 (2008) 768–782 (accepted in March 2008) (NSERC)
• Miranda, L., A. Labbe & Fu, L. (2007). Multiple Bayesian testing procedures for selecting sites for engineering safety improvements, accepted for publication in Accident Prevention and Analysis (accepted in March 2007)
• Fu, L., J. Yong & J. Casello (2007). Quantifying the Technical Efficiency of Paratransit Systems Using the Data Envelopment Analysis Method, accepted for publication in the TRB Record. (accepted in Feb 2007)
• D. Sun, M. Zhao, Fu, L., W. Liu, & W. Song (2006). An Intelligent System For Predicting Bus Arrival Time Based on GPS Data, accepted for publication at the TRB Record Annul Meeting and under consideration for publication in the TRB Record. (accepted in March 2007)
• Fu, L. & Y. Xin (2006). A New Performance Index for Evaluating Transit Quality of Service, accepted for publication in the Journal of Public Transportation (accepted in Dec. 2006)
• Saccomanno, F.F., Y. Park & Fu, L. (2006). Estimating Countermeasure Effects for Reducing Collisions at Highway-Railway Grade Crossings, accepted for publication in Accident Analysis & Prevention. (accepted in Aug. 2006)
• Fu, L., J. Henderson, & S. Li (2006). Locating Changeable Message Signs for Advanced Traffic Information and Management Systems, accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. (22 pages, accepted in July. 2006)
• Miranda, L. & Fu, L. (2006). A Comparative Study of Alternative Model Structures and Criteria for Ranking Locations for Safety Improvements. Networks and Spatial Economics (NETS), Volume 6, Number 2, June 2006.(accepted Feb. 2006)
• Fu, L, D. Sun, & L. Rilett (2006). Heuristic Shortest Path Algorithms for Transportation Applications: State of the Art. Journal of Computers & Operations Research, 3 (2006), pp.3324-34343. (accepted in Jan. 2005)
• Fu, L., R. Sooklall, & M. S. Perchanok (2005). Effectiveness of Alternative Chemicals for Snow Removal on Highways, accepted for presentation at 2006 Annual TRB meeting and publication in Transportation Research Record, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. (accepted in Oct. 2005)
• Fu, L., S. Li, & J. Henderson, (2005). A Planning Model for Determining Optimal CMS Locations on a Freeway-Arterial Network, A Special Issue of the Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology. (accepted in Jan. 2005)
• Miranda, L., Fu, L., F. F. Saccomanno, & A. Labbe (2005). Alternative Risk Models for Ranking Locations for Safety Improvement, accepted for Annual TRB meeting and consideration for publication in Transportation Research Record, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. (accepted in Apr. 2005)
• Xin, Y., L. Fu & F. F. Saccomanno (2004). Assessing Transit Level of Service along Travel Corridors Using TCQSM – A Case Study, accepted for publication in the Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington D.C. (accepted in Oct. 2004)
• F. F. Saccomanno, Fu, L. & L. Miranda, (2004). A Risk-based Model for Identifying Blackspots at Highway-railway Grade Crossings. Transportation Research Record 1862, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. pp. 127-135. (accepted in July 2004)
• Hamouda, G., F. F. Saccomanno & Fu, L. (2004). QRA Decision Support Model for Locating HazMat Teams. Transportation Research Record 1873, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. pp. 1-8, 2004. (accepted in July 2004)
• Fu L. & G. Ishkhanov (2003). Fleet Size and Mix Optimization for Paratransit Services. Transportation Research Record 1884, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. pp. 39-46 (accepted in Nov. 2003)
• Fu, L (2003). A Fuzzy Queuing Model for Real-time, Adaptive Prediction of Incident Delay for ATMS/ATIS. Transportation Planning and Technology, Vol. 27, No. 1. pp. 1-23, 2004. (accepted in Dec. 2003)
• Fu, L, Q. Lui & P. Calamai (2003). A Real-time Optimization Model for Dynamic Scheduling of Transit Operations. Transportation Research Record 1857, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. pp. 1-8, 2003. (accepted in March 2003)
• Saccomanno, F.F., L. Miranda, Fu, L. & C. Ren (2003). A Risk-based Model for Identifying Blackspots at Highway-railway Grade Crossings, accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 10-14, 2003. (accepted in July 2003)
• Fu, L (2002). An Analytical Model for the Planning and Design of Paratransit Services. Transportation Research Record 1841, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 2004. pp. 81-89 (accepted in Oct. 2002)
• Fu, L. (2002). Planning and Design of Flexible Transit Services. Transportation Research Record 1791, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 59-66 (accepted in Jan. 2002)
• Fu, L. (2002). Simulation Model for Evaluating Intelligent Paratransit Systems. Transportation Research Record 1760, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 93-99. (accepted in March 2001)
• Hellinga, B. & Fu, L. (2002). Reducing Bias in Probe-Based Arterial Link Travel Time Estimates for ITS Applications. Transportation Research, Part C: Emerging Technologies, Vol. 10, 4, August 2002, Pages 257-273. (accepted in Jan. 2001)
• Fu, L. (2002). Scheduling Dial-a-Ride Paratransit Under Time-Varying, Stochastic Congestion. Transportation Research, Part B, Vol. 36, 6, July, 2002, pp. 485-506. (accepted in Dec. 2000)
• Fu, L.& Y. Xu (2002). Potential Effects of Automatic Vehicle Location and Computer-Aided Dispatch Technology on Paratransit Performance: A Simulation Study. Transportation Research Record 1760, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 107-113. (accepted in Oct. 2000)
• Fu, L. (2002). A Simulation Model for Evaluating Advanced Dial-A-Ride Paratransit Systems. Transportation Research, Part A, Vol. 36, pp.291-307. (accepted in Nov. 2000)
• Fu, L. & F. Yang, (2001). Design and Implementation of Bus Holding Control Strategies under Real-time Information. Transportation Research Record 1791, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 6-12 (accepted in Nov. 2001)
• Saccomanno, F. F., Fu, L. & R. K. Roy (2001). GIS-Based Integrated Model for Road Accident Analysis and Prediction. Transportation Research Record 1768, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 193-202 (accepted in March 2001)
• Fu, L. (2001). An Adaptive Routing Algorithm for In-vehicle Route Guidance Systems with Real-time Information. Transportation Research, Part B: Methodological, Vol. 35B, No. 8, pp. 749-765. (accepted in 2000)
• Fu, L., & L. R. Rilett (2001). Estimation of Time-dependent, Stochastic Route Travel Times Using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). Transportation Planning and Technology, Vol. 24, pp. 25-48. (accepted in 2000)
• Fu, L. and B. Hellinga (2000), “Delay Variability at Signalised Intersections”, Transportation Research Record 1710, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 215-221. (in print, accepted in 1999)
• Hellinga, B. & Fu, L. (1999). Assessing the Expected Accuracy of Probe Vehicle Travel Time Reports. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol. 125, No. 6, ASCE, 1999, pp. 524-530.
• Fu, L. & S. Teply (1999). A Program for Off- and On-line Routing and Scheduling of Dial-A-Ride Paratransit Vehicles. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 14, 1999, pp. 309-319.
• Fu, L. (1999). Improving Paratransit Scheduling by Accounting for Dynamic and Stochastic Variations in Travel Time. Transportation Research Record 1666, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1999, pp. 74-81.
• Fu, L. & L. R. Rilett (1998). Shortest Path Problems in Traffic Networks with Dynamic and Stochastic Link Travel Times. Transportation Research, Part B: Methodological. Vol. 32B, No. 7, 1998, pp. 499-516.
• Fu, L. &L. R. Rilett (1997). Real-time Estimation of Incident Delay in Dynamic and Stochastic Networks. Transportation Research Record 1603, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, DC, 1997.
• Fu, L. & Z. Yao. (1988). Finite Element Analysis of Load transfer of Concrete Pavement. Journal of East Chinese Highway, No. 5, 1988.

Conference Papers & Presentations

• Heydari, S., Fu, L., Thakali, L., & Joseph, L. (2017, August). Identifying areas of high risk for collisions: A Canda-wide study of grade crossing safety. In Transportation Information and Safety (ICTIS), 2017 4th International Conference on (pp. 640-644)
• Thakali, L., Fu, L., & Chen, T. (2016). Comparing Crash Prediction Techniques for Ranking of Sites in a Network Screening Process. Proceedings of the 26th Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP) Conference, Halifax, NS, June 5-8, 2016.
• Pan, G., Fu, L., Thakali, L., Muresan, M. (2018).An Improved Deep Belief Network Model for Road Safety Analyses. Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board conference, Jan 2018, US (accepted)
• Fu, L., Thakali, L., Linkton, M., Kwon, T. J., Usman, T. (2015) Cost-benefit analysis of winter road maintenance standards – a case study. Proceedings of the 2015 CSCE Annual Conference, May 27-30, 2015. Regina, SK.
• Muresan, M, Hossain, S. M. K., Fu, L. (2015). A Model-Based Evaluation of an ECO-Driving System Using Connected Vehicle Technologies. 2015 CSCE Annual Conference.
• Hossain, S. M. K., Fu, L. & Oleson J. A. (2014). An Experimental Study on the Effectiveness of Anti-icing Operations for Snow and Ice Control of Parking Lots and Sidewalks. Proceedings of the 93rd Annual Transportation Research Board Conference, Washington DC, Jan 12-16
• Hossain, S. M. K., Fu, L. & Lake, R. (2014). A Comparison of Alternative Chemicals for Deicing Operations. Proceedings of the 93rd Annual Transportation Research Board Conference, Washington DC, Jan 12-16
• Hossain, S. M. K., Fu, L. & Law, B. (2014). Parking Lots and Sidewalks under Winter Snow Events: Classification, Friction Characteristics, and Slipping Risk. Proceedings of the 93rd Annual Transportation Research Board Conference, Washington DC, Jan 12-16
• Hossain, S. M. K., Fu, L. & Lu, C. (2014). De-icing Performance of Road Salts: Modeling and Applications. Proceeding of the 93rd Annual Transportation Research Board Conference, Washington DC, Jan 12-16
• Fu, L., Omer, R., Hossain, S. M. K. & Jiang, C. (2013). Experimental Study of Snow-Melting Performance of Salt for Snow and Ice Control of Parking Lots. Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Transportation Research Board Conference, Washington DC, Jan 13-17
• Kwon, T. J., Fu, L., & Jiang, C. (2014). RWIS Stations – Where and How Many to Install: A Cost Benefit Analysis Approach. Proceedings of the 93rd Annual TRB conference, Washington D.C., Jan 12-16.
• Perchanok, M., McClinktock, H., Fu, L., Thakali, L., & Huid, H. T. (2014). A Benefit-Cost Approach to Level of Service Standards for Winter Road Maintenance. Proceedings of the 14th International Winter Road Congress – World Road Association. Andorra la Vella, Feb 4-7.
• Fu, L., Thakali, L., Kwon, T.J., & Usman, T. (2014). Winter Road Condition Classification and Reporting – A Risk Based Approach. Conference Proceedings of 14th International Winter Road Congress – World Road Association. Andorra la Vella, 4-7 Feb 2014
• Thakali, L., Fu, L., & Chen, T. (2014). A Comparison between Parametric and Nonparametric Approaches for Road Safety Analysis – A Case Study of Winter Road Safety. Proceedings of the 93rd Annual TRB conference, Washington D.C., Jan 12-16.
• Heydari, S., Miranda-Moreno, L.F., Fu, L. (2014). Effects of lowering speed limits in urban areas: A Bayesian perspective. Presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, USA.
• Fu, T., Heydari, S., Miranda-Moreno, L.F., Fu, L. (2014). Direct and spillover effects of adverse winter weather conditions on speed: A time-series analysis. Presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, USA.
• Heydari, S., Miranda-Moreno, L.F., Lord, D., Fu, L. (2014). Bayesian methodology incorporating highway safety manual for fitting and updating safety performance functions. Presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, USA.
• Kwon, T. J., Fu, L., & Jiang, C. (2013). Effect of Winter Weather and Road Surface Conditions on Macroscopic Traffic Parameters, accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council. Washington D.C.
• Heydari, S., Miranda-Moreno, L.F., Fu, L., Lord, D. (2013). How to specify priors for full Bayes road safety studies? International Road Safety and Simulation Conference, Rome, Italy.
• Thakali, L., Fu, L., Chen, T., & Usman, T. (2013). A Non-parametric Approach to Road Safety Analysis – Does It Make a Difference?. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Transportation Information and Safety (ICTIS), China, June 28th- July 1st.
• Thakali, L., Cao, L., Fu, L., & Donaher, G. (2013). Feasibility of Using Speed as a Winter Road Maintenance Performance Measure for Rural Highways. Proceeding of the Annual Conference and General Meeting of the CSCE, June 6-9.
• Kwon, T. J., Fu, L., Perchanok, M. S., & McClintock, H. (2013). A Systematic Approach for Locating Road Weather Information System (RWIS) Stations in Canada. accepted for presentation at 2013 TAC Conference and Exhibition, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 22-25.
• Kwon, T. J., Fu, L., & Perchanok, M.S. (2013). Performance Benchmarking of RWIS Pavement Temperature Forecasts. Proceedings of the 92nd Annual TRB conference, Washington D.C., Jan 13-17.
• Cao, L., Thakali, L., Fu, L., & Donaher, G. (2013). Effect of Weather and Road Surface Conditions on Traffic Speed of Rural Highways. Proceedings of the 92nd Annual TRB Conference, Washington D.C., Jan 13-17.
• L. Fu, Cao, J., Kwon, T.J., Perchanok, M. S., and McClintock, H. (2013) “Winter Road Maintenance – a comparison of alternative performance measures and service standards”, accepted for presentation at 2013 TAC Conference and Exhibition, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 22-25.
• Kwon, T. J., & Fu, L.(2012). Effect of Inclement Weather Conditions on Macroscopic Traffic Behaviour. Conference Proceedings of the 9th International Transportation Specialty Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Edmonton, AB., 2012.
• Kwon, T., Fu, L., Hossain, S.M.K. (2012). Effect of Inclement Weather Conditions on Macroscopic Traffic Behavior, 9th International Transportation Specialty Conference, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE), June 6-9, 2012, Edmonton, Alberta
• Usman, T., Fu, L., & Mirenda-Moreno, L. F. (2010). Accident Prediction Models for Quantifying Safety Benefit of Winter Road Maintenance. presented TRB 2010 Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, Jan. 10-14, 2010.
• Shahdah, U., & Fu, L. (2010). Quantifying the Mobility Benefits of Winter Road Maintenance – A Simulation Based Analysis, presented TRB 2010 Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, Jan. 10-14, 2010.
• Feng, F., Fu, L., & M. Perchanok. (2010). Winter Road Surface Condition Classification Based on Continuous Friction Measurement, presented at TRB 2010 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, Jan. 10-14, 2010.
• Feng, F., Fu, L., & Max, P. (2010). Classification of Winter Road Surface Conditions based on Continuous Friction Measurement, Proceedings of World Road Association’s (PIARC’s) XIII International Winter Road Congress, Quebec, Feb. 8-11, 2010.
• Usman, T., Fu, L., & Mirenda-Moreno, L. F. (2010). Modeling the Severity of Winter Road Collisions, Proceedings of 8th International Transportation Specialty Conference , Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 9-12, 2010
• Bagheri, M., Saccomanno, F.F., & Fu, L., (2009). Risk Assessment Model for Marshalling Rail Cars along a Freight Train, First Annual Joint ITE Section, Institute of Transportation Engineers. University of Waterloo, March 04, 2009 (received prize for one of the three top presentations).
• Bagheri, M., Fu, L., & Saccomanno, F.F. (2009). Effective Marshalling at Rail Yards to Mitigate Risk of Derailments Involving Dangerous Goods, The CORS/INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Models and Methods for Planning Railroad Operations Transportation Science & Logistics cluster, Toronto, June 14-17, 2009.
• Bagheri, M., Saccomanno, F.F., & Fu, L. (2009). Dangerous goods railway car placement model, In 9th International Heavy Haul Conference Proceedings, Shanghai, Jun. 2009
• Bagheri, M., Saccomanno, F.F., & Fu, L. (2009). Risk based model for marshalling dangerous goods railway cars in rail yards, In 88th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB) Proceedings, Washington DC, Jan. 2009
• Fu, L., F. Feng & M. Perchanok. (2007). Probabilistic Models for Discriminating Road Surface Conditions based on Friction Measurements, presented at TRB 2007 Annual Meeting in the Journal of Transportation Research Board.
• Fu, L., B. Hashemloo, Yumei Fu & Valeri Kim (2007). Forecasting of Road Surface Temperature Using Time Series, Artificial Neural Networks and Linear Regression Models, presentated at TRB 2007 Annual Meeting and possible publication in the Journal of Transportation Research Board.
• Miranda, L., D. Lord & L. Fu (2007). Prior Distributions for Dispersion Parameter in Hierarchical Models in Road Safety Studies, presented at TRB 2007 Annual Meeting in the Journal of Transportation Research Board.
• Sooklall, R., Fu, L., & M. Perchanok. (2006). Effectiveness of Pre-wetting Strategy for Snow and Ice Control on Highways, presented at the 2006 TAC Annual Conference, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, September 17-20, 2006
• Miranda-Moreno, L.F. & L. Fu, (2006). A New Methodology for Assessing Total Risk at Highway-railway Grade Crossings, Presented at the 9th International Level Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention Symposium, Montreal, Canada, September 10-14, 2006
• Saccomanno, F.F., Park, Y-J , & Fu, L, (2006). Estimating Countermeasure Effectiveness at Highway-railway Grade Crossings, Presented at the 9th International Level Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention Symposium, Montreal, Canada, September 10-14, 2006
• L. Fu, F. Saccomanno, L. F. Miranda-Moren, Y-J Park, & J. Chen, (2006). GradeX – A Web-based Decision Support Tool for Hotspot Identification and Countermeasure Analysis of Canadian Highway-Railway Grade Crossings, Presented at the 9th International Level Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention Symposium, Montreal, Canada, September 10-14, 2006
• Luis F. Miranda-Moreno & L. Fu (2006). Traffic Safety Study: Empirical Bayes Or Full Bayes?, accepted for presentation at TRB 2007 Annul Meeting.
• L. Fu, F. Saccomanno, L. F. Miranda-Moren, Y-J Park, & J. Chen (2006). GradeX – A Decision Support Tool for Hotspot Identification and Countermeasure Analysis of Highway-Railway Grade Crossings, accepted for presentation at TRB 2007 Annul Meeting.
• L. Fu, J. Henderson, & S. Li (2005). Locating Changeable Message Signs for Advanced Traffic Information and Management Systems, submitted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering.
• Fu, L., M. Perchanok, L. F. Miranda-Moreno, & Q. A. Shah (2005). Effects of Winter Weather and Maintenance Treatments on Highway Safety, accepted for presentation in the Annual TRB meeting, Washington, D.C. (accepted in Oct. 2005)
• Fu, L. & L. Miranda. (2004). Finding Highway-rail Grade Crossing Hot Spots: Issues and Practical Implications, The Annual Grade Crossing Workshop, Montreal, Canada, Nov. 11-12, 2004.
• Fu, L. (2004). Transit Holding Control under Real-time Information, 2004 INFORMS/CORS Meeting, , Banff, Alberta, May 16-19, 2004.
• Trudel, M. & Fu, L., (2004). A Real-Time Scheduling Model for Winter Road Maintenance Operations, accepted for presentation in the Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board and publication in Transportation Research Record, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 10-14, 2005 . (accepted in Oct. 2004)
• Miranda, L. & L. Fu (2004). A comparative study of alternative risk estimators for ranking highway-rail grade crossings for safety improvement. Pan-American Conference of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (PANAM XIII), New York, September, 2004. (accepted in May 2004)
• Liu W., D. Sun, W. Song & Fu, L., (2004). A Virtual Common Information Platform for Intelligent Transportation Systems. Proceedings – 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC, Washington, D.C., October 3-6 2004, pp136~141
• Sun D. &L. Fu (2004). Cellular Phone Based Real-Time Bus Arrival Information System, Edited by Kumares C. Sinha et al. 《Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation Engineering》, American Society of Civil Engineers, May 2004, pp250~254
• Hellinga, B., Fu, L., & H. Takada. (2003). Obtaining Traveller Information Via Mobile Phone Location Referencing – Challenges And Opportunities, presented at Transportation Association of Canada Annual Conference, St. John’s, Nov., 2003.
• Saccomanno, F.F., C. Ren & Fu, L. (2003). Collision Prediction Models for Highway-Rail Grade Crossings in Canada, presented in the Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 10-14, 2003 . (20 pages, submitted in July 2002)
• Ren C., Fu, L., & F. Saccomanno (2003). Identifying Blackspots at Highway-rail Grade Crossings in Canada, CTRF 2003 Proceedings, Second Prize of Conference Paper Competition, Ottawa, Ontario, May 11-14, 2003, pp. 168-182.
• Henderson, J. & Fu, L., (2003). Applications of Genetic Algorithms in Transportation Engineering, accepted for presentation in the Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board and publication in Transportation Research Record, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 10-14, 2004.
• Hamouda, G., F. Saccomanno & Fu, L. (2002). A Risk-Based Optimization Model to Locate Emergency Response Units for Dangerous Goods Movements, presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 10-14, 2002.
• Fu, L. & B. Hellinga (2002). Real-time, Adaptive Prediction of Incident Delay for Advanced Traffic Management and Information Systems, Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Conference of Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers, Ottawa, May 12-15, 2002.
• Yang X. & Fu, L. (2002). A Component-based Simulation Model for Evaluating Advanced Transit Control Systems. Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Conferences of Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers, Ottawa, May 12-15, 2002.
• Hamouda, G., F. Saccomanno & Fu, L. (2001). Allocating Emergency Response Facilities to Mitigate Risks of Dangerous Goods Transportation. CTRF 2001 Proceedings/ACTES, Vol. 1, Vancouver, BC, May 6-9, 2001, pp. 363-376.
• Fu, L., B. Hellinga & Y. Zhu. (2001). An Adaptive Model for Real-time Estimation of Overflow Queues on Congested Arterials. Proceedings of The IEEE 4th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Oakland, CA, August 25-29, pp. 219-226.
• Fu, L. & Y. Xu (2000). Impact of Automatic Vehicle Location on Paratransit Performance. Proceedings of 2000 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, London, Canada.
• Fu, L., Y. Zhu & B. Hellinga (2000). A Real-time Adaptive Queuing Model for Congested Arterials. 2000 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, London, Canada.
• Hellinga, B., A. Khan, & Fu, L. (2000). Environmental Impacts of Traffic Signal Design Parameters. 2000 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, London, Canada.
• Roy, R., F. Saccomanno & Fu, L. (2000). A GIS-based Platform for Accident Analysis. 2000 Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, London, Canada.
• Xu, Y. & Fu, L. (2000). Automated Vehicle Location and Paratransit Performance. 2000 Annual Conference of the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers, Niagara Falls, Canada.
• Fu, L., Y. Zhu & B. Hellinga (2000). Real-time Estimation of Overflow Queues at Signalised Intersections. 2000 Annual Conference of the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers, Niagara Falls, Canada.
• Roy, R., F. Saccomanno & Fu, L. (2000). Development of GIS-based Accident Analysis System. 2000 Annual Conference of the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers, Niagara Falls, Canada.
• Fu, L. (2000). Evaluating Advanced Pickup and Delivery Systems: a Simulation Study. CTRF 2000 Proceedings/ACTES, Vol. 1, Second prize of Conference Paper Competition. Charlottetown, PEI, June 4-7, 2000, pp. 201-215.
• Fu, L. & B. Hellinga (1999). Estimation of Arrival-time Dependent Delay Variability at Signalized Intersections. CD-ROM Preprint, 78th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., January 10-14, 1999.
• Hellinga, B., Fu, L., & S. Selkirk (1999). Route Selection Considering Travel Time Variability. Proceedings of ITS World Congress, CD-ROM, Toronto, November 11-16, 1999.
• Fu, L. (1998). FirstWin: A Decision Support System for Dial-A-Ride Paratransit Operations. Proceedings of the Third INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Montreal, April 26-28, 1998, pp. 216-233.
• Fu, L. & S. Teply (1997). Improving the Reliability of Paratransit Service Using Better Travel Time Information. Proceedings of the Joint Conference of the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers, Pacific Northwest ITE Quad Section and Western Canada Traffic Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 13-16, 1997.
• Teply, S. & Fu, L. (1997). Vehicular, Person and Pedestrian Delays at Signalised Intersections. Proceedings of the 8th International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Symposium on Transportation Systems, V3, edited by M. Papageorgiu and A. Pouliezos, Chania, Greece, June, 1997, pp. 1403-1408.
• Teply, S. & Fu, L. (1996). Theoretical Foundations of a Practical Canadian Guide for the Design of Signalised Intersections. Proceedings of the Colloquium on Transport – the Subject of Scientific Research, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech, September, 1996, pp. 182-198.

Project Reports

• Fu, L., Heydari, S. & Thakali, L. (2016). Improvement and Development of Collision Risk and Treatment Effectiveness Models for GradeX. Final Report submitted to Transportation Association of Canada.
• Kwon, T. J., and Fu, L. (2015). RWIS Network Planning: Optimal Density and Location, Final report submitted to Aurora Program (http://www.aurora-program.org), Aurora Project 2010-04, Jan 2016.
• Fu, L., Thakali, L., Usman, T., and Kwon, T. J. (2014). Application of WRM Performance Models for Evaluating the Implications of Varying Service Standards. Final Report submitted to Ontario Ministry of Transportation.
• Hossain, S. M. K., & Fu, L.(2014). Optimal Snow and Ice Control for Parking Lots and Sidewalks. Funding Sources: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Landscape Ontario, Milton, Ontario; Snow and Ice Management Association (SIMA) USA;The Region of Waterloo; Toronto Region and Conservation Authority (TRCA).
• Hossain, S. M. K., Fu, L., & Hosseini, F. (2014). Evaluation of Organic Liquid Salts for Transportation Facilities. Funding Sources: Toronto Region and Conservation Authority (TRCA), Toronto, Ontario and MITACS
• Omer, R., Fu, L.,Hossain, S. M. K., Muresan, M., & Hosseini, F.(2013). Evaluation and Optimization of Winter Snow and Ice Control Operations for Railway Platforms. Funding Source: GO Transit, Metrolinx, Toronto, Ontario
• Kwon, T. J., Fu, L., & Perchanok, M.S. (2013). Performance Benchmarking of RWIS Pavement Temperature Forecasts. Proceedings of the 92nd Annual TRB conference, Washington D.C., Jan 13-17.
• Fu, L. & R. Sooklall, M. (2006). Effectiveness of Alternative Chemicals for Snow Removal on Highways, Final Report submitted to Ministry of Transportation Ontario, Department of Civil Engineering.
• Fu, L., L. Miranda Moreno, Q. Ali Shah, C. & Lee, E. (2005). Effects of Winter Weather and Maintenance Treatments on Highway Safety, Final Report submitted to Ministry of Transportation Ontario, Department of Civil Engineering.
• Fu, L, J. Henderson, & B. Hellinga. (2003). Inventory of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Projects in Canada, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, June, 2003. (project funded by ITS Canada)
• Saccomanno, L. Fu, C. Ren & L. Miranda (2003). Identifying Highway-railway Grade Crossing Blackspots: Phase 1, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Oct. 2003 (project funded by Transport Canada)
• Fu, L., J. Henderson, & B. Hellinga (2003). Inventory of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Projects in Canada, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, June, 2003. (ITS Canada)
• Saccomanno, L. Fu, C. Ren & L. Miranda (2003). Identifying Highway-railway Grade Crossing Blackspots: Phase 1, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Oct. 2003. (Transport Canada)
• Fu, L. (2002). A Guide to SimParatransit – A Simulation Model for Intelligent Paratransit Systems (draft), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, 20 pages, 1999-2002.
• Fu, L., (2002), A Guide to SimParatransit – A Simulation Model for Intelligent Paratransit Systems, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, 20 pages, 1999-2002. (NSERC)
• Fu, L. (2001). User’s Guide: FirstWin – A Tool for Routing and Scheduling Dial-A-Ride Paratransit Vehicles, Waterloo, Ontario, 78 pages, 1997-2001.
• Fu, L. (2001). User’s Guide: FirstWin – A Tool for Routing and Scheduling Dial-A-Ride Paratransit Vehicles, Waterloo, Ontario, 78 pages, 1997-2001. (NSERC)
• Fu, L. (1996). Real-time Vehicle Routing and Scheduling in Dynamic and Stochastic Traffic Networks, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
• Fu, L. (1987). Finite Element Analysis of Load Transfer between Concrete Slabs, MSc. Thesis, Department of Road & Traffic Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R.China.

Books and Awarded Articles

• Miranda-Moreno, L. F. & Fu, L. (2009). Chapter 2: Traffic Safety Study: Empirical Bayes or Hierarchical Bayes. Transportation Statistics / edited by B. W. Sloboda, J. Ross Publishing, 2009
• Ren C., Fu, L., & F. Saccomanno (2003). Identifying Blackspots at Highway-rail Grade Crossings in Canada, Second Prize of Conference Paper Competition, Ottawa, Ontario, May 11-14, 2003, pp. 168-182.
• Fu, L. (2000). Evaluating Advanced Pickup and Delivery Systems: a Simulation Study. Second prize of 2000 CTRF(Canadian Transportation Research Forum) Conference Paper Competition.

Workshops and Seminars

• Hossain, S.M.K., & Fu, L. (2014). Improving Pedestrian Safety in Parking Lots and Sidewalks by Employing Optimal Deicing Strategy. Invited Presentation at Landscape Ontario Headquarter, Milton, Ontario, September 24, 2014.
• Hossain, S.M.K, Fu, L., & Omer, R. (2013). Winter Snow and Ice Control of Railway Platforms: Field Tests on Alternative Methods and Materials, Invited Presentation at GO Transit Headquarter, Toronto, Ontario, June 12, 2013.
• Kwon, T. J. and Fu, L. (2014). Development and Evaluation of Models and Algorithms for Locating RWIS Stations, Invited Talk at 2nd International Symposium & Exhibition on Winter Road Maintenance, Harbin, China, Aug, 2014.
• Fu, L. (2011). Winter Road Maintenance Performance Measurement. Professional Development Workshop, CSCE Conference, Edmonton, June, 2012.
• Kwon, T.J. & Fu, L. (2011). Data for Performance Measurement. Professional Development Workshop, CSCE Conference, Edmonton, June, 2012.
• Fu, L. (2005). Hotspot Identification and Countermeasure Evaluation at Canadian Highway-Rail Grade Crossings, The Annual Grade Crossing Workshop, Montreal, Canada, Nov. 11-12. 2005.
• Fu, L. (2005). Routing and Scheduling in Dynamic and Stochastic Networks, invited talks at the four universities in P. R. China (Chuangqing, Tongji, Jilin, and Beijing), May-June, 2005
• Fu, L. (2002). Seminar on Shortest Path Routing in Time-dependent, Stochastic Networks, invited by Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China. March, 2002.
• Helling B. & L. Fu. (2002) Workshop on Traffic and Transit Simulation, CITE 2002 Annual Conference, May 12-15, 2002, Ottawa.
• Fu, L. (2002). Seminar on Shortest Path Routing in Time-dependent, Stochastic Networks, invited by Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China. March, 2002.