Mashrur Rahman, Ph.D.

Dr. Rahman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration. He teaches courses in urban and regional planning, land use, and transportation planning. His research program investigates how transportation infrastructure and land-use systems affect travel behavior. At the core of his work is the vision of creating communities and cities that promote sustainable and equitable transportation. To achieve this, Dr. Rahman’s work focuses on strategies to reduce automobile travel, promote active modes of walking and cycling, public transit, and design multimodal urban transportation systems. A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Rahman earned his Ph.D. in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at Austin and his Master’s degree in Transportation Science from the University of California, Irvine. He serves as an editorial board member for two leading journals– PLOS One and Transportation Planning and Technology. 

• Ph.D. in Community and Regional Planning
  School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin
• M.Sc., Statistics, University of Texas at Austin
• M.Sc. in Transportation Science, University of California Irvine
  (Fulbright Scholarship, Department of States, USA)
• Master’s, Urban and Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
• Bachelor, Urban and Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Transportation policies, land use, sustainable mobility, emerging mobility and transport technologies

Journal publications

1. Young, M., Farber, S., & Rahman, M. (2025). Unveiling Inequalities in the gig Economy: Analyzing driver earnings in Toronto’s ride-hailing industry. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 101463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2025.101463
2. Rahman, M. (2023). Commute mode switch and its relationship to life events, built-environment, and attitude change. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 120, 103777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2023.103777
3. Rahman, M. & Sciara, G.C. (2022) Travel Attitudes, The Built Environment and Travel Behavior Relationships: Causal Insights from Social Psychology Theories. Transport Policy, 123, 44-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.04.012
4. Rahman, M., Kockelman, K. & Perrine, K. (2022) Investigating Risk Factors Associated with Pedestrian Crash Frequency and Injury Severity in Texas. Traffic Injury Prevention, 23 (5): 283–289. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2022.2059474
5. Rahman, M., Gurumurthy, K.M. and Kockelman, K. (2022) Impacts of Flextime on Departure Time Choice for Home-Based Commuting Trips in Austin, Texas. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2676 (1): 446-459. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211035757
6. Liu, H., Rahman, M., & Karner, A. (2023) Bus network redesign and public transit equity analysis: Evaluating system-wide changes in Richmond, Virginia. Travel Behavior and Society 31, 151-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2022.12.002
7. Sciara, G.C., Rahman, M., and Walthall, R. (2021) A Seat at the Table? Transit Representation in U.S. Metropolitan Planning. Transport Policy, 114, 165-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.09.011
8. Rahman, M., Akther, S. and Recker, W. (2022) The First and Last Mile of Public Transport: A Study of Access and Egress Mode Choice Behavior of the Commuters Living in the Suburban Areas of Dhaka. Journal of Public Transportation, 24, 100025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubtr.2022.100025
9. Rahman, M. & Akther, M.S. (2022) Intercity Commuting in Metropolitan Regions: A Mode Choice Analysis of Commuters Traveling to Dhaka from Nearby Cities. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 148(1). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000777
10. Hasan, M.M.U., Quium, A., Rahman, M., Khatun, F., Akther, M.S., Haque, A., Jahan, S., Islam, I., Ahmed, T., Shubho, T.H. (2022) A Methodology for Planning and Prioritization of Rural Roads in Bangladesh. Sustainability, 14(4), 2337. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042337
11. Rahman, M. & Hasan, M.M.U. (2022) Pavement Dweller Center (PDC) – An Innovative One-Stop Service for Homeless People: The Case of Sajida Foundation’s Amrao Manush Project. Community Development Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2022.2028300
12. Rahman, M., Barua, U., Khatun, F., Islam, I., & Rafiq, R. (2018) Participatory Vulnerability Reduction (PVR): An Urban Community-based Approach for Earthquake Management. Natural Hazards, 93(3), 1479-1505. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-018-3364-2
13. Rahman, M., Zaman, K. B., & Hafiz, R. (2016) Translating Text into Space for Mapping the Past Territory of a City: A Study on Spatial Development of Dhaka during Mughal Period. City, Territory and Architecture 3(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40410-016-0036-y
14. Rahman, M., & Neema, M. N. (2015) A GIS based Integrated Approach to Measure the Spatial Equity of Community Facilities of Bangladesh. Aims Geosciences, 1(1), 21-40. https://doi.org/10.3934/geosci.2015.1.21