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Technical University of Munich

Yangqian Cai

Research Associate

Email: yangqian.cai@tum.de

 

Vitae

Yangqian Cai studied Civil Engineering  at Chang'an University, China from 2016 - 2020. He then completed his master's program delivered by Imperial College London and University College London, in 2022, focusing both on transport modelling and micromobility. He also did his Master thesis in UCL PEARL, where he gained experience on psychological experiment. After that, he joined the Travel Behavior Research Group at TUM as a research associate in Feb. 2023.

Research Interests

  • Cycling behavior
  • Transport psychology
  • Discrete choice modeling

Teaching

  • Project seminar
  • Object-Oriented Programming for Transport Engineers

Publication

  • Cai, Yangqian; Paulsen, Mads: Using Bayesian online changepoint detection to reveal the impact of weather on individual-level cycling frequencies. 13th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation, 2025
  • Moreno, Ana Tsui; Cai, Yangqian; Takayasu, Anna: Empirical Insights into Rural Bicycle Facility Design: A User-Centered Approach to Define Level of Traffic Stress Criteria. 13th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation, 2025
  • Moreno, A.T., Cai, Y., Linares-Ramirez, S., Washburn, S.S., Al-Kaisy, A., Barrios, J. and Schroeder, B., 2025. Evaluating quality of service for bicyclists on rural highways: insights from a comprehensive user survey and mixed-logit analysis. Transportation, pp.1-37.
  • Cai, Yangqian; Moreno, Ana Tsui; Paulsen, Mads: Cycling confidence and perceived comfort level: The role of rural leisure and typical cycling habits. 8th Annual Meeting of Cycling Research Board, 2024.
  • Cai, Y. and Moreno, A.T., 2024. Identifying non-universal heterogeneity of preferences of leisure cyclists for rural highway environments: A latent-class model. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 186, p.104129.
  • Cai, Y., 2024. Pedestrian auditory perception of approaching vehicles from behind in shared space: the impact of quietness of electric vehicles. Transportation Research Procedia, 78, pp.594-601.
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