Associate professor at the Department of Transport and Logistics Engineering and the School of Architecture of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is also a researcher at the Complex Engineering Systems Institute (ISCI) of Universidad de Chile.
He is an industrial civil engineer and holds a master’s degree in Engineering Sciences with a specialization in Transport from Universidad de Chile. He received his PhD in Mathematics from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
RESEARCH AREAS
His research deals with integrated transport and land use models; discrete choice models applied to the behaviour of users of public spaces and transport systems, with a particular focus on walking and cycling; and the use of accessibility indicators as tools for the evaluation of transport projects and policies.
LAST 10 PUBLICATIONS
González-Espejo, F., Astroza, S. and Hurtubia, R. (2022). On the relation between school and residential location choice: evidence of heterogeneous strategies from Santiago de Chile. Journal of Transport Geography, 102, 103359 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2022.103359
Tiznado-Aitken, I., Lucas, K., Muñoz, J. C., and Hurtubia, R. (2022). Freedom of choice? Social and spatial disparities on combined housing and transport affordability. Transport Policy, 122, 39-53 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.04.005
Mix, R., Hurtubia, R. and Raveau, S. (2022). Optimal location of bike-sharing stations: A built environment and accessibility approach. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 160, 126-142 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2022.03.022
Cox, T. and Hurtubia, R. (2022). Compact development and preferences for social mixing in location choices: Results from revealed preferences in Santiago, Chile. Journal of Regional Science, 62(1), 246-269 https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12563
Hurtubia, R., Mora, R. and Moreno, F. (2021). The role of bike sharing stations in the perception of public spaces: A stated preferences analysis. Landscape and Urban Planning, 214, 104174 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104174
Valenzuela-Levi, N., Echiburu, T., Correa, J., Hurtubia, R. and Muñoz, J.C. (2021). Housing and accessibility after the COVID19 pandemic: rebuilding for resilience, equity and sustainable mobility. Transport Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.05.006
Echiburu, T., Hurtubia, R., & Muñoz, J. C. (2021). The role of perceived satisfaction and the built environment on the frequency of cycle-commuting. Journal of Transport and Land Use, 14(1), 171–196. https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2021.1826
Cox, T. and Hurtubia, R. (2021). Latent segmentation of urban space through residential location choice. Networks and Spatial Economics 21, 199–228 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11067-021-09520-1
Ramirez, T., Hurtubia, R., Lobel, H. and Rossetti, T. (2021). Measuring heterogeneous perception of urban space with massive data and machine learning: An application to safety. Landscape and Urban Planning, 208, 104002 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.104002
Tiznado-Aitken, I., Muñoz, J.C., and Hurtubia, R. (2021). Public transport accessibility accounting for level of service and competition for urban opportunities: An equity analysis for education in Santiago de Chile. Journal of Transport Geography, 90, 102919 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102919
