Yuting Zhang

Yuting Zhang is a research fellow on sustainable mobility at the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) at the University of Sydney. She joined ITLS in May 2022, after completing her PhD in Urban and Regional Planning and Policy at the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney. Yuting's doctoral research focused on the impact of the platform-enabled sharing economy on people's residential and work choices, with an emphasis on the spatial live-work relationship in urban areas.

With a background in architecture, Yuting began her career in urban planning in 2014. She holds a Master of Science degree in Urban Planning from Columbia University in the City of New York. Her master's thesis investigated the impact of employment policies on the sustainable livelihoods of landless peasants in China. Yuting has also gained experience working on projects in the United States and China, with a focus on transport, land use, and environmental planning. For example, during her service at the New York City Department of City Planning, Yuting contributed to the Special Districts text amendment of Staten Island. Since arriving in Australia in 2017, Yuting has worked as a research associate in the Urban Housing Lab at the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning, where she has contributed to a variety of Australian housing research initiatives in collaboration with academic and industrial partners.

Yuting is particularly interested in how the sharing economy may affect urban life, by bringing changes in housing, jobs, and commute choices. She is experienced in observing platform-enabled sharing behaviours via interviews, surveys, and big data analysis. Yuting has developed expertise in interpreting urban data from a geographical perspective (ArcGIS), and she takes a keen interest in applying spatial analysis in transportation planning.

Yuting is currently working on an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project on sustainable mobility, collaborating with Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW). The project explores how Active Travel (AT) may influence long-term behaviour change and public health outcomes. Yuting also works on the TfNSW e-scooter trial evaluation project as a main contributor.