Dr Chandra Balijepalli

Dr Balijepalli has over 30 years of work experience in transport sector involving research, teaching and consulting in India, Indonesia and UK. Dr Balijepalli has specialised in transport modelling and developed methods for analysing vulnerability of road networks. He has developed keen interest in researching on the transport issues in the Global South. Dr Balijepalli led the Royal Academy funded research on the use of electric motorcycles in Indonesia in collaboration with Bandung Institute of Technology. Dr Balijepalli also developed MARS model of Jakarta in association with Greater Jakarta Transport Authority and analysed the impact of major infrastructure projects such as Mass Rapid Transit, Light Rail Transit and Jakarta Outer Ring Road considering the land use and transport interactions in JABODETABEK area. He has also conducted collaborative research with Bandung and developed models for recovering a tsunami struck seaport in Sulawesi. Furthermore, in collaboration with University of Gadjah Mada, Dr Balijepalli developed an evacuation plan for the area around Mount Merapi. Dr Balijepalli has supervised PhD research students from India, Indonesia and Malaysia and published in top-rated journals including Networks & Spatial Economics, Engineering Optimisation, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Case Studies on Transport Policy.

Publications related to Southeast Asia:

• Balijepalli, C. (2023) Resilience of transport networks: Post-disaster recovery of Pantoloan Seaport, Sulawesi, Keynote address: 26th FSTPT Symposium & 4th International Symposium on Transport Studies in Developing Countries, Bandung Institute of Technology, 11th November 2023, Bandung, Indonesia

• Balijepalli, C., Shepherd, S., Crastes dit Sourd, R., Farda, M., Praesha, T. and Lubis, H.A. (2023) Preferences for electric motorcycle adoption in Bandung, Indonesia, Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 11(1) - 2238033, https://doi.org/10.1080/21650020.2023.2238033

• Balijepalli, C. (2023) Analysing resilience of transport networks: Applications for pre-disaster planning and post-disaster recovery, RDATE (2023): Recent Developments and Advancements in Transportation Engineering 13th – 18th March 2023, Centre for Transportation Research, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India https://sites.google.com/nitc.ac.in/rdate2023/home

• Zukhruf, F., Balijepalli, C., Frazila, R.B.,Nugroho, T. and Kurnia, I. (2023) Algorithms for restoring disaster-struck seaport operations considering interdependencies between infrastructure availability and repair team assignments, Computers and Industrial Engineering,175 OnlineFirst https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2022.108894

• Zukhruf, F., Balijepalli, C.,Frazila, R.B., Nugroho, T.S.,Burhani, J.T.(2022)A new model of pavement maintenance, rehabilitation and reconstruction considering multimodal network development, Engineering Optimisation, 55(7), 1118-1132, https://doi.org/10.1080/0305215X.2022.2061477

• Nugroho, T.,Balijepalli, C.and Whiteing, A. (2021) Independent retailer restocking choices in urban goods movement and interaction effects with traditional markets. Networks and Spatial Economics, 21(4), 933-969, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11067-021-09555-4

• Hardiansyah, Muthohar, I., Balijepalli, C. and Priyanto, S., (2020) Analysing vulnerability of road network and guiding evacuees to sheltered areas: Case study of Mt Merapi, Central Java, Indonesia, Case Studies on Transport Policy, 8(4), 1329-1340, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2020.09.004

• Farda, M. and Balijepalli, C. (2018) Exploring the effectiveness of demand management policy in reducing traffic congestion and environmental pollution: The case of car-free day and odd-even plate measures for Bandung city in Indonesia, Journal of Case Studies on Transport Policy, 6(4), 577-590, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2018.07.008