In the News
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Source: Stephen Wong
Television, Radio, and Video
Alberta Motor Association: Electric Vehicles and Disaster Mitigation, October 23, 2023.
Human Behaviour in Fire Webinar Series: International Association for Fire Safety Science, September 2023
Alberta Primetime: CTV News Edmonton, July 2023
CTV Morning Live: CTV News Edmonton (2:08:50 mark), May 2023
U of A researcher studying how cities can be better prepared for natural disasters: CBC Radio, Edmonton AM, May 2023
Is Alberta's capital city ready for a natural disaster?: CBC Radio Active (Edmonton), March 2022
Responding to Wildfires Amid Compounding Disasters: California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), June 2021
Yulin Liu and Stephen Wong: ITS Berkeley Doctoral Candidate Presentations: UC Berkeley ITS, May 1, 2020
UC Berkeley Researchers Study Fire Evacuation Patterns: KCBS Radio, December 30, 2019 [Link unavailable]
Source: US Forest Service, Public domain
Quotes in News Media
How best to evacuate B.C. communities from wildfires centre of unique study: Nelson Star, October, 30, 2023
Researchers simulating wildfire evacuations for five Western Canadian communities: The Globe and Mail, September 10, 2023
Canmore residents encouraged to take part in wildfire evacuation study: Rocky Mountain Outlook, September 7, 2023
What to expect in the days ahead with Alberta wildfires: The Globe and Mail, May 12, 2023
In wildfire country, towns build permanent evacuation centres: The Globe and Mail, May 3, 2022
U of A research aims to help Edmonton prepare for more climate disasters: CBC, March 24, 2022
After siege of blazes, experts say California must improve wildfire evacuation plans: Washington Post, October 7, 2021
Survey to ask East Bay residents how they would deal with wildfire evacuations, power shutoffs: East Bay Times, December 29, 2019
Researchers Study Evacuation Decision-Making Process In Thomas Fire: KCLU, May 21, 2018
Tech companies are redefining how we respond to natural disasters—in a good way: Quartz, September 13, 2017
Source: University of Alberta, John Ulan
Source: New Jersey National Guard, Public domain
Features
The Challenge: Building transportation resilience following natural disasters across Canada: TELUS’s Data for Good Program, June 1, 2023
Edmonton-based study aims to help cities improve planning for natural disasters: University of Alberta, Folio, March 23, 2022
A UC ITS Report Offers Several Key Takeaways and a Model for Scenario Analysis That Could Make Future Transit Planning More Agile: California Transit Association, April 2021
Double the Trouble: Evacuations During COVID-19: Medium, May 7, 2020
Evacuation Planning Principles For Every Community: Kittelson & Associates, February 25, 2020
Can the Sharing Economy be Leveraged in Disaster Relief? Lessons from California: Medium, September 12, 2019
How can companies like Airbnb, Lyft or Uber help in disasters?: Berkeley Engineering, June 20, 2019
Stephen Wong analyses evacuations with a focus on human behaviour: TU Delft, October 7, 2018
Transportation Sustainability Research Center Profile: Stephen Wong: TSRC, September 10, 2016
Johns Hopkins University Student Profile: Stephen Wong BS ’15: Johns Hopkins University, August 15, 2015
Source: Stephen Wong
Awards
Wong Earns the 2020 Eric Pas Dissertation Award: UC Berkeley ITS, November 21, 2021
Wong, Zhao Earn Best Poster Award: UC Berkeley ITS, May 18, 2021
11 ITS Students Earn Eisenhower Awards: UC Berkeley ITS, November 6, 2019
ITS Berkeley Wraps Up Successful Transportation Research Board: UC Berkeley ITS, January 17, 2019
ITS Berkeley Earns 8 Eisenhower Fellowships: UC Berkeley ITS, December 10, 2018
Wong selected as an Eno Fellow for 2018: UC Berkeley ITS, March 12, 2018