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Lu Xu
- MS studentMSDepartment of Civil and Environmental EngineeringSamueli School of EngineeringUC Irvine20162019
- PhD studentPhD, Civil and Environmental EngineeringDepartment of Civil and Environmental EngineeringSamueli School of EngineeringUC Irvine20192022
- MS studentMSDepartment of Civil and Environmental EngineeringSamueli School of EngineeringUC Irvine20162019
- GSRITS-IrvineUC Irvine20162022
- PhD studentPhD, Civil and Environmental EngineeringDepartment of Civil and Environmental EngineeringSamueli School of EngineeringUC Irvine20192022
- InternFehr and Peers20212021
- Postdoctoral FellowUT Austin20222025
- Research Engineering/Scientist AssociateUT Austin2025
Record last updated: October 23, 2025.
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Recent Research Products
conference paper |
Jan 2025
The Rise of Self-Driving: Impacts on the Number, Size, and Location of Warehouses
Proceedings, 104th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
published journal article |
Feb 2024
Does e-shopping impact household travel? Evidence from the 2017 U.S. NHTS
Journal of Transport Geography
Events
Past Jan 21, 2022 @ 10:00am
PhD Defense
PhD Defense: The Impact of E-shopping on Household Travel in the Age of the Pandemic
Publications
Note: Publications listed below are generally limited to those associated activity during Lu Xu's affiliation with ITS-Irvine. The list may be incomplete. For a more comprehensive list, please visit their Google Scholar profile or consult other data sources in their Related Information.
Journal Articles
- Lu Xu and Jean-Daniel Saphores (2024) “Does <i>e</i>-shopping impact household travel? Evidence from the 2017 U.S. NHTS”, Journal of Transport Geography, 115, p. 103827. Available at: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.103827. [ITS-Irvine record]
- Yi Sun, Fu Li, Tao He, Yaohan Meng, Jie Yin, Ilona S. Yim, Liyan Xu and Jun Wu (2023) “Physiological and affective responses to green space virtual reality among pregnant women”, Environmental Research, 216, p. 114499. Available at: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114499. [ITS-Irvine record]
- Lu Xu and Jean-Daniel Saphores (2022) “Grocery shopping in California and COVID-19: Transportation, environmental justice, and policy implications”, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 113, p. 103537. Available at: 10.1016/j.trd.2022.103537. [ITS-Irvine record]
- Jean-Daniel Saphores and Lu Xu (2021) “E-shopping changes and the state of E-grocery shopping in the US - Evidence from national travel and time use surveys”, Research in Transportation Economics, 87, p. 100864. Available at: 10.1016/j.retrec.2020.100864. [ITS-Irvine record]
Conference Papers
- Lu Xu, Dewei Xiao and Saphores, Jean-Daniel (2025) “The Rise of Self-Driving: Impacts on the Number, Size, and Location of Warehouses”, in Proceedings, 104th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, D.C.. [ITS-Irvine record]
- Lu Xu and Jean-Daniel Saphores (2021) “DOES ONLINE SHOPPING REDUCE TRAVEL? Evidence from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey”. 100th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. [ITS-Irvine record]
Theses and Dissertations
- Lu Xu (2022) E-Shopping and Household Travel Before, During, and After the Time of COVID-19. Ph.D.. University of California, Irvine. Available at: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5cj3k8gc (Accessed: October 12, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
Books and Book Chapters
- Jean-Daniel Saphores, Lu Xu and Bumsub Park (2023) “COVID-19 and Food Shopping: Results from California and Comparisons with China and South Korea”, in A. Loukaitou-Sideris, A.M. Bayen, G. Circellaand R. Jayakrishnan (eds.) Pandemic in the Metropolis: Transportation Impacts and Recovery. Cham: Springer International Publishing (Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic), pp. 95–111. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00148-2_7 (Accessed: October 5, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]
Policy Briefs
- Jean-Daniel Saphores and Lu Xu (2024) Grocery Shopping in California and COVID-19: Transportation, Environmental Justice, and Policy Implications. Policy Brief. UC ITS. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7922/g29g5k53. [ITS-Irvine record]