Rate My Professor Liton Kamruzzaman

Associate Professor Liton Kamruzzaman serves as an ARC Future Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering within Monash University's Faculty of Engineering. He earned his PhD in Transportation from the University of Ulster in 2010, with a thesis on examining activity spaces to identify transport disadvantage in rural Northern Ireland. Prior degrees include an MSc in Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation from the University of Twente in 2007, focusing on spatial multi-criteria evaluation for boundary conflict resolution, and a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1999. His career includes an appointment as Honorary Associate Professor at RMIT University from 2019 to 2024. Kamruzzaman's research investigates the bidirectional interplay between transport systems and urban form, analyzing how planning interventions and major transport projects shape travel behaviour, accessibility, and sustainability outcomes to guide place-based policies. His interests encompass integrated transport and land-use planning to foster sustainable travel, reduce emissions, and enhance liveability; future urban transport pathways including mobility-oriented development, transit-oriented development, high-speed rail's role in sustainable city sizes, and net-zero transport strategies; and spatial analytics employing GIS, big data, and advanced modelling for evidence-based decisions.

Recognized internationally for advancing transport and land-use planning, particularly place-based sustainable mobility and urban decarbonisation, Kamruzzaman ranks as a top researcher in Urban Studies and Planning in Australia and among the most impactful globally in his field, evidenced by over 12,800 Google Scholar citations and an h-index of 54. He holds the ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellowship and editorial board positions with the Journal of Transport Geography, Journal of Transport and Land Use, and Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research. Notable publications include 'Impact of autonomous vehicles on discretionary activities: an agent-based model with space–time accessibility constraints' (Transportation, 2026, with L. Feng et al.); 'Data Typologies in Urban Housing Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature' (Sustainability, 2025, with S. Nikfalazar et al.); 'Did the built environment attenuate reductions in leisure walking during COVID-19? A quasi-panel study' (Journal of Transport and Health, 2025, with M. Naseri and A. Delbosc); 'Environmental impacts of autonomous vehicles' (Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2025, with N. Zheng et al.); and 'Examining parking preferences with private autonomous vehicles using random forest and logit models' (Research in Transportation Economics, 2025, with A. Ribeiro Pimenta et al.). His frameworks, such as the theory of sustainable city size and mobility-oriented development, influence policy, including IPCC recognitions, and have garnered media attention on topics like 20-minute neighbourhoods.