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.

In recent news, Dr Balijepalli been appointed to the role of Visiting Professor at the Institute of Technology Bandung under the EQUIP programme funded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Indonesia.

Publications related to Southeast Asia:

• Arifin, T.S.P., Balijepalli, C. and Whiteing, A.E. (2026) Assessing wholesale market relocation decisions considering mobile vendor routing: A generalisable GIS-based spatial analytics model, Journal of Transport Geography, 133, 104659, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2026.104659
• Arifin, T.S.P., Balijepalli, C. and Whiteing, A.E. (2026) Assessing customer choice between mobile vendors and traders under wholesale market relocation, 58th Annual Conference of the Universities’ Transport Study Group, UTSG2026, Surrey, UK, 13-15 July 2026, Surrey, UK
• Farda, M., Balijepalli, C. and Liu, R. (2026) Multiclass First-in-First-Out Cell Transmission Model (MF-CTM): A Traffic Flow Model to Estimate Dynamic Road Capacity due to Connected Autonomous Vehicles Operating in Mixed Traffic, Transportation Research Procedia, 95, 656-663, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2026.02.083
• Arifin, T.S.P., Balijepalli, C. and Whiteing, A.E. (2026) Mobile vendor routing adoptions to wholesale market relocations considering cooperative and non-cooperative behaviours, Asian Transport Studies, 12, 100178, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eastsj.2026.100178
• Romadhona, P., Liu, R. and Balijepalli, C. (2025) The Effect of Motorcycle and Informal Park-and-Ride on the Performance of Transit-Oriented Development and Transit Ridership: A Case Study at Greater Jakarta, Travel Behaviour and Society, 41
• Karim, N., Balijepalli, C. and Whiteing, A. (2025) A systems thinking framework of human - machine interactions and their impact on warehouse operations, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, Online First
• Arifin, T.S.P., Balijepalli, C. and Whiteing, A.E. (2025) Assessing the Impact of Market Relocations on Mobile Vendors Considering Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Behaviour, In proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, EASTS 2025, 1-4 September 2025, Surakarta, Indonesia. (Received Best Paper Award for methodological development).
• Farda, M., Balijepalli, C. and Liu, R. (2025) Multiclass Cell Transmission Model with Connected Autonomous Vehicles: Adherence to First-in-First-out, Dynamic Maximum Flow Rate and Cell Occupancy, Euro Working Group on Transportation 27th Annual Conference, EWGT2025, Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus, 1-3 September 2025, Edinburgh, U.K.
• Romadhona, P., Liu, R. and Balijepalli, C. (2025) How is the Performance of Transit-Oriented Development and Hub Stations Evaluated in a Complex Network Framework? Euro Working Group on Transportation 27th Annual Conference EWGT2025, Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus, 1-3 September 2025, Edinburgh, U.K.
• Purnomo, R., Dekker, T.J., and Balijepalli, C. (2025) Uncovering the Preferences Heterogeneity for Electric Motorcycle Adoption (Case Study: Indonesia), Euro Working Group on Transportation 27th Annual Conference, EWGT2025, Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus, 1-3 September 2025, Edinburgh, U.K.
• Nugroho, T., Balijepalli, C. and Zukhruf, F. (2024) Wholesale market relocation considering independent retailer choices, Case Studies on Transport Policy, 18
• Satagopam, P.T., Balijepalli, C. and Prasad, CSRK. (2024) Revealing Commute Choice Factors: A SEM Analysis of Public Transport and Active Modes in Hyderabad, India, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 150(3).
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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