Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of Universidad de Concepción.
He is an industrial civil engineer and holds a master’s degree in Engineering Sciences from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He received his PhD in Transportation Engineering and Planning from University of Toronto.
RESEARCH AREAS
His research focuses on transport planning and engineering, the development of transport behaviour and demand models, and the study of the social context of transport demand. He also addresses public transport policies and transport-related land use.
LAST 10 PUBLICATIONS
Lizana, M., Carrasco J.A., and Victoriano R. (2021) Daily activity-travel and fragmentation patterns in the weekly cycle: Evidence of the role of ICT, time use, and personal networks” Transportation Letters: The International Journal of Transportation Research, accepted. https://doi.org/10.1080/19427867.2021.1879623
Troncoso, G., A. Frei, M. Kowald, S. Guidon, M. Wicki, P. van den Berg, J.A. Carrasco, T. Arentze, H. Timmermans, B. Wellman, K. Takami, N. Harata, and K. W. Axhausen (2021) A comparative study of contact frequencies among social network members in five countries. Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 90, January, 102934. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.36215.57764
Zegras, C., J. Leape, J.A. Carrasco, C. Navas, C. Venter, and E. Vergel-Tovar (2020) Scaling up innovative participatory design for public transportation planning: Lessons from experiments in the Global South. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2674(12), 25-37. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198120940998
Jirón, P., J.A. Carrasco, and M. Rebolledo (2020) Observing gendered interdependent mobility barriers from an ethnographic and time use approach. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 140, October 2020, 204-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2020.08.018
Guzmán, L.A., J. Peña, and J.A. Carrasco (2020) Assessing the role of the built environment and sociodemographic characteristics on walking travel distances in Bogotá. Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 88, October 2020, 102844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102844
Matus, C., R. Ganter, J.A. Carrasco, and C. Barraza (2020), Neoliberal Urbanization and Synergistic Violence in Postearthquake Concepción. Latin American Perspectives, 47(3), 221–234. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582X19879147
Lizana, M., Carrasco J.A., and Tudela A. (2020) Studying the relationship between activity participation, social networks, expenditures, and travel behavior on leisure activities. Transportation, 47(4), 1765-1786. DOI:10.1007/s11116-019-09980-y
Steiniger, S., E. Wagemann, F. de la Barrera, M. Molinos-Senante, R. Villegas, H. de la Fuente, A. Vives, G. Arce, J.C. Herrera, J.A. Carrasco, P. Pasten, J.C. Muñoz, J.R. Barton (2020) Localising urban sustainability indicators: The CEDEUS Indicator Set, and lessons from an expert-driven process. Cities, June 2020, 102683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102683
Victoriano, R., Páez A., and Carrasco J.A. (2020) Time, space, money, and social interaction: Using machine learning to classify people’s mobility strategies through four key dimensions. Travel Behaviour and Society, 20, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2020.02.004
Jirón, P. and J.A. Carrasco (2020) Understanding daily mobility strategies through ethnographic, time use, and social network lenses. Sustainability, 12(1), 312. DOI: 10.3390/su12010312
