camila.balbontin@uc.cl
Assistant Professor in the Department of Transportation Engineering and Logistics, Faculty of Engineering, UC.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Civil Engineering with a specialization in Transportation and a Master’s degree in Transportation from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She holds a Ph.D. in the same field, completed at the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) at the University of Sydney in Australia.
She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. She is the director of the Chilean Society of Transportation Engineering (SOCHITRAN) and a visiting researcher at the Institute of Complex Engineering Systems (ISCI).
RESEARCH AREAS
Formulation and estimation of transportation demand models and discrete choice models, as well as data collection and survey design.
LAST 10 PUBLICATIONS
Balbontin, C., Hensher, D.A., and Beck. M.J (2023) «The influence of working from home on the number of commuting and non-commuting trips by workers during 2020 and 2021 pre- and post-lockdown in Australia». Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 179, 103937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2023.103937
Smith, G., Hensher, D.A., Ho, C., and Balbontin, C. (2023) «Mobility-as-a-Service users: insights from a trial in Sydney». European Transport Research Review, 15, 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-023-00612-2
Balbontin, C., Hensher, D.A., and Beck. M.J (2023) «How are life satisfaction, concern towards the use of public transport and other underlying attitudes affecting mode choice for commuting trips? A case study in Sydney from 2020 to 2022″. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 176, 103827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2023.103827
Nelson, J.D., Balbontin, C., Hensher, D.A. and Beck, M.J. (2023) «TDM measures for education precincts – past progress and future prospects». Transport Policy, 141, 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2023.07.021
Balbontin, C., Hensher, D.A., and Beck. M.J (2023) «Relationship between commuting and non-commuting travel activity under the growing incidence of working from home and people’s attitudes towards COVID-19″. Transportation (in press). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-023-10403-2
Hensher, D.A., Beck, M.J. and Balbontin, C. (2023) «Working from home 22 months on from the beginning of COVID-19: What have we learned for the future provision of transport services?» Research in Transportation Economics, 98, 101271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2023.101271
Balbontin, C., Hensher, D.A., and Ho. C. (2023) «Light commercial vehicles destination choice: understanding preferences relative to the number of stop and tour-based trip type». Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 171, 103042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2023.103042
Balbontin, C., Hensher, D.A. and Beck. M.J (2022) «Advanced modelling of commuter choice model and work from home during COVID-19 restrictions in Australia». Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 162, 102718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2022.102718
Hensher, D.A., Beck, M. J. and Balbontin, C. (2022) «Time allocation of reduced commuting time during COVID-19 under working from home». Journal of Transport, Economics and Policy, 56, 4, 399-428.
Balbontin, C., Hensher, D.A., Ho, L. and Wei, E. (2022) «Identifying the relationship between tyre performance, fuel consumption and maintenance costs in operating urban bus services: a case study in Sydney, Australia using telematics and fitted sensors». International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 17(4), 248-268. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2022.2039977