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Balaji Ponnu

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Mid career · publishing since 2012
Transportation Planning and OptimizationTraffic control and managementTraffic Prediction and Management TechniquesStatistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceTraffic and Road Safety

Publications

16

Citations

192

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

14

Publishing since 2012

Research summary
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Balaji Ponnu's research focuses on traffic flow theory and freeway operations, including how traffic behaves in adjacent lanes, how congestion waves (shockwaves) form and move, and how tools like ramp metering and crosswalk controls can improve safety and efficiency on roads. This work is grounded in empirical traffic data analysis and mathematical models of vehicle flow used to inform transportation engineering practice.

Traffic flow theory and modelingFreeway congestion and shockwave analysisRamp metering and traffic control systemsPedestrian crosswalk safetyEmpirical transportation data analysis

Publication output has been low and irregular over the last decade, averaging roughly one paper every two to three years with no clear growth trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.4/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 2 publications218192020: 1 publication2021222023: 1 publication23242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Transportation Research Part B Methodological×2
  • Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice×1
  • Transportation Research Board 97th Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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