Ahmed El-Geneidy
Ph.D., Portland State University (USA)
M.Arch., Alexandria University (Egypt)
B.Sc., Alexandria University (Egypt)
Land-use and transport planning; public transport planning and operations;听applications of GIS in transport planning; transport economics; measurements of accessibility; intelligent transportation systems; non-motorized travel modes and behaviour (bicycle and pedestrian); effects of transport infrastructure on travel behaviour and land value.
Professional Affiliations
Ahmed is currently the co-editor in chief of听, he is also serving as an editor for听.听 He is a member of scientific editorial board of the听听听补苍诲听. He served on the board of directors for the regional public transport authority in Montreal from 2017 to 2024. He served on several committees at the听听in the past including the Committee on Public Transportation Planning and Development, AP025 (2011 - 2014; 2014 - 2017; & 2017 - 2020) and Public Transportation Marketing and Fare Policy, AP030 (2012 鈥� 2015, 2015 - 2018, & 2018 - 2021). He also served as the elected chair and board member of the听听(2018 鈥� 2021).
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- Best paper submitted for publication award, Transportation Research Board 103rd annual meeting, Bicycle Committee, paper titled: "Barriers, adoption, and use of a Bike-sharing system: A market-segment approach to current and potential users in Montr茅al, Canada" (2025).
- Best Student-led Paper at the 4th World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR), Bogota, Colombia, with Rodrigo Victoriano-Habit (2024).
- Best poster award at Session 3050 at Transportation Research Board 102nd annual meeting, Explorations in public transportation planning and development. Paper titled Getting into the zone: What can municipal bylaws tell us about transit-oriented development in Montreal, Quebec? (2023).
- Highly Cited Researcher 2022, Clarivate, in recognition of exceptional research performance demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 0.01% for field and year in Social Sciences (2022).
- Best Practice-Ready Paper from the Transportation Research Board Standing Committee on Women and Gender in Transportation (AME20) (2022).
* Denotes Graduate or Undergraduate Student
2025
*Alousi-Jones, M., *Carvalho, T., Zhang, M., Jiminez, I., & El-Geneidy, A. (2025). Who is willing to take transit in the future? Older adults鈥� perceived challenges and barriers to using public transit across Canada. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 192, 104376.
*Carvalho, T., & El-Geneidy, A. (2025). Everything has changed: The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the transit market in Montr茅al, Canada. Transportation.
*Kraycheva, E., *Negm, H., Badami, M., & El-Geneidy, A. (2025). Are all streets created equal? Measuring the differences in the built environment among streets with various socioeconomic characteristics in Montr茅al, Canada. Case Studies in Transport Policy, 19, 101349.
*Negm, H. & El-Geneidy, A. (2025). Subjectivity matters: An outlook on perceived accessibility in a travel behaviour framework. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 193, 104399.
*Rodrigue, L., Manaugh, K., & El-Geneidy, A. (2025). Towards a better understanding of changes in subsidy per riders for bus routes before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Montr茅al, Canada. Journal of Transport Geography.
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2024
*Birkenfeld, C., *Carvalho, T., & El-Geneidy, A. (2024). What Local Travel Behaviour and Land Use Say About the 15-30-Minute City in Montreal, Canada. Urban Mobility, 5, 100076.
*Alousi-Jones, M., & El-Geneidy, A. (2024). If transit is free will older adults use it more? A longitudinal analysis. Transport Findings.听
*Badran, A., El-Geneidy, A., Miranda-Moreno, L. (2024). Intersection movements delay modelling based on crowd-sensed global positioning system trajectory data. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 51, 1056鈥�1065.
*Badran, A., El-Geneidy, A., Miranda-Moreno, L (2024). A review of techniques to extract road network features from global positioning system data for transport modelling. Transport Reviews, 44(1), 69鈥�84.
*Badran, A., El-Geneidy, A., Miranad-Moreno, L. (2024). Extracting networkwide road segment location, direction, and turning movement rules from global positioning system vehicle trajectory data for macrosimulation. Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles, 7(4): 258鈭�265.
*Birkenfeld, C., *Carvalho, T., & El-Geneidy, A. (2024). What Local Travel Behaviour and Land Use Say About the 15-30-Minute City in Montreal, Canada. Urban Mobility, 5, 100076.
*Carvalho, T., *Negm, H. & El-Geneidy, A. (2024). A comparison of the results from artificial intelligence-based and human-based transport-related thematic analysis. Transport Findings.
*Carvalho, T., Palm. M., Farber, S., & El-Geneidy, A. (2024). Changes in perception over time and spatially towards a new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) infrastructure in Montr茅al, Canada. Sustainable Transport and Livability, 1(1), 2296707.
*James, M., *Rodrigue, L., El-Geneidy, A. (2024). Towards a better understanding of the construction impacts of a light rail system in Montr茅al, Canada. Transportation Research Record, 2678(11) 915-928.
*Kapatsila, B., Gris茅, E., Crumley, M., & El-Geneidy, A. (2024). Empirical analysis of battery-electric bus transit operations in Portland, OR, USA. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 128, 104120.
*Negm, H., & El-Geneidy, A. (2024). Exploring the changes in the interrelation between public transit mode share and accessibility across income groups in major Canadian cities in the post-pandemic era. Transport Geography, 115, 103792.
*Negm, H., De Vos, J. & El-Geneidy, A. (2024). Exploring the relationship between travel mode choice, preference, and satisfaction. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 127, 104053.
*Soliz, A., *Rodrigue, L., *Bernard, I., & El-Geneidy, A. (2024). Zoning in on transit-oriented development: Understanding municipal bylaws as critical policy groundwork. Journal of the American Planning Association, 90(2), 318-335.听
*Redelmeier, P., & El-Geneidy, A. (2024). If you cut it will they ride? A longitudinal examination of the elasticity of public transport. Transportation Research Record, 2678(11), 241-252.
*Rodrigue, L, El-Geneidy, A., & Manaugh, K. (2024). Sociodemographic matters: Analyzing interactions of individuals鈥� socio-demographics with walkability when modelling walking behavior. Transport Geography, 114, 103788.
*Rodrigue, L., *Soliz, A., Manaugh, K., Kestens, Y., El-Geneidy, A. (2024). Variation in public perceptions across sustainable transport projects in Montr茅al, Canada. Transport Policy, 157, 34-45.
*Victoriano-Habit, R., & El-Geneidy, A. (2024). Why are people leaving public transport? A panel study of changes in transit-use patterns between 2019, 2021, and 2022 in Montr茅al, Canada. Journal of Public Transportation, 100087.
*Victoriano-Habit, R. & El-Geneidy, A. (2024). Studying the interrelationship between telecommuting during COVID-19, residential local accessibility, and active travel: A panel study in Montr茅al, Canada. Transportation, 51, 1149鈥�1166.
2023
*Birkenfeld, C., *Victoriano-Habit, R., *Alousi-Jones, M., *Soliz, A., & El-Geneidy, A. (2023). Who is living a local lifestyle? Towards a better understanding of the 15-Minute-City and 30-Minute-City concepts from a behavioural perspective in Montr茅al, Canada. Urban Mobility, 3, 100048.
*Carvalho, T, & El-Geneidy, A. (2023). The dimensions of loyalty in public transit: A comparative analysis across three Canadian Regions. Transport Findings.
*Commers, G., *Victoriano-Habit, R., *Rodrigue, L., Kestens, Y., El-Geneidy A. (2023). Impacts of commute mode on body mass index: A longitudinal analysis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Transport and Health, 30, 101615.
*Fournier, J., *Van Liefferinge, M. *Ravensbergen, L., DeWeese. J., & El-Geneidy A. (2023). Evaluating the need for secured bicycle parking across cyclist typologies. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 17(12), 1278-1286.
*Hawa, L., DeWeese, J., Diab, E., Crumley, M., & El-Geneidy A. (2023). Does the squeaky wheel get the complaint? Linking bus performance, sociodemographic characteristics, and customer comments. Travel Behaviour and Society, 32, 100594.
*Hickson, S., Badami, M., Manaugh, K., DeWeese, J., & El-Geneidy, A. (2023). Who is buying SUVs and light trucks in Montreal? A factor and cluster analysis. Transportation Research Record, 2677 (8), 541-552.
*Kapatsila, B., *Santana Palacios, M., Gris茅, E., & El-Geneidy, A. (2023). Resolving the accessibility dilemma: Comparing cumulative and gravity-based measures of accessibility in eight Canadian cities. Transport Geography, 17, 103530.
*Negm, H., Miller, H., & El-Geneidy, A. (2023). Exploring the X-Minute City by Travel Purpose in Montr茅al, Canada. Transport Findings.
*Ravensbergen, L., & El-Geneidy, A. (2023). Toward evidence based urban planning: Integrating quality assessments in literature reviews. Journal of The American Planning Association, 89(3), 389-398.
*Ravensbergen, L., *Fournier, J., & El-Geneidy A. (2023). An exploratory analysis of mobility of care in Montr茅al, Canada. Transportation Research Record, 2677(1) 1499-1509.
*Ravensbergen, L., Wasfi, R., *Van Liefferinge, M., *Ehrlich, I. Prince, S., Butler, G., Kestens, Y., & El-Geneidy, A. (2023). Associations between light rail transit and physical activity: A systematic review. Transport Reviews, 43(2), 234鈥�263.
*Rodrigue, L., *Negm, H., *Alousi-Jones, M., *Victoriano-Habit, R., Zhang, M., Jimenez, I., & El-Geneidy, A. (2023). Planning for accessibility by public transport: A methodology to prioritize accessibility-based interventions for older adults in Canada. Applied Geography, 158, 103022.
*Rodrigue, L, *Soliz, A., Manaugh, K., El-Geneidy, A. (2023). Situating divergent perceptions of a rapid-cycling network in Montr茅al, Canada. Active Travel Studies, 3(2), 1-20.
*Soliz, A., *Carvalho dos Reis Silveira, T., Sarmiento-Casas, C., S谩nchez-Rodr铆guez, J., & El-Geneidy, A. (2023). Scaling up active transportation across North America: A comparison of national policies from Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Transportation Research Part A, 176, 103788.
*Villafuerte, J., *Victoriano-Habit, R., Soliz, A., El-Geneidy, A. (2023). Who does light rail serve? Light-rail transit and gendered mobilities in Montreal. Transportation Research Record, 2677(9) 104-115.
* Denotes Graduate or Undergraduate Student
*Soliz, A., *Carvalho, T., *Alousi-Jones, M., *Redelmeier, P, & El-Geneidy A. (2023). Mobilizing active transport: From federal policies to local realities. Active Transport Forum, Infrastructure Canada, Montr茅al, Qu茅bec, Canada.
*Alousi-Jones, M., *Carvalho, T. & El-Geneidy, A. (October 2023). Getting around to age in place: Meeting Older Canadian鈥檚 Mobility Needs via Public Transportation. Toronto Metropolitan University Urban Planning Trip, 91社区, Montr茅al, Qu茅bec, Canada.
*Negm, H., *Victoriano-Habit, R., *Rodrigue, L., El-Geneidy, A. (October 2023). The REM: An LRT for Montreal. Toronto Metropolitan University Urban Planning Trip, 91社区, Montr茅al, Qu茅bec, Canada.
*Alousi-Jones, M., *Carvalho, T. & El-Geneidy, A. (September 2023). Getting around to age in place: Meeting Older Canadian鈥檚 Mobility Needs via Public Transportation. 91社区 Community Lifelong Learning (MCLL), 91社区, Montr茅al, Qu茅bec, Canada.
*Rodrigue, L. & El-Geneidy, A. (May 2022). Walkability around light rail transit stations: How to measure and assess? 91社区 Community Lifelong Learning (MCLL), 91社区, Montr茅al, Qu茅bec, Canada.
*Rodrigue, L. & El-Geneidy, A. (May 2022). Audit de l鈥檈nvironnement b芒ti autour du REM 鈥� R茅sultats de la Phase 1 (脡t茅 2021). Autorit茅 r茅gionale de transport m茅tropolitain (ARTM), Montr茅al, Qu茅bec, Canada.
*Fournier, J., *Ravensbergen, L., & El-Geneidy A. (July 2021). Planning for secured bicycle Parking in Montreal. Agence de mobilit茅 durable, Montreal, QC, Canada.
*Gris茅, E., & El-Geneidy, A. (April 2019). Fostering happiness among public transit users: Analyzing customer satisfaction surveys through non-traditional approaches. Autorit茅 r茅gionale de transport m茅tropolitain (ARTM), Montr茅al, Qu茅bec, Canada.
*Gris茅, E., & El-Geneidy, A. (January 2019). A multi-criteria approach for redesigning bus networks: A case study from Longueuil, Canada. Transportation Research Board Young Member Council鈥檚 Public Transportation Subcommittee Meeting: Washington, D.C. USA.
*Cui, B., *Khan, M., *Turim, A., *Gris茅, E. *Boisjoly, G., Manaugh, K., & El-Geneidy, A. (July 2018). 91社区 transport survey 2018. 91社区 Campus Planning and Development Office, Montr茅al, Qu茅bec, Canada.