Biography

Professor Chin has taught courses on Traffic Engineering, Transportation Planning and Traffic Management. Among his research interests in transportation are transport systems modelling, transportation safety and congestion management. He has published some 40 papers in journals and conferences related to traffic management and safety of transportation systems. He has also undertaken a number of projects with local land and port authorities as well as private companies to evaluate the performance of their transportation systems. A registered professional engineer and an accredited road safety auditor, he has undertaken a number of traffic impact studies and road safety reviews in Singapore.

Prof Chin has been on several government committees and transport interest groups to review land transport policies and road safety practices in Singapore. Prof Chin is the Vice Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport as well as a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Transport Management.

Qualifications

Professor Chin Hoong Chor holds a BEng and MEng in Civil Engineering from the National University of Singapore and a PhD in Transportation Engineering from the University of Southampton.

Honours & Awards

Faculty Innovative Teaching (Gold) Award, 2001/2002, for Problem-based Learning.

UK Institution of Civil Engineers Webb Prize 2003 for best paper in Transport: Evaluating Safety Performance of Road Projects.

Professional Activities

• Member, Institution of Engineers, Singapore
• Member, Institution of Highways and Transportation
• Member, Institution of Transportation Engineers
• Member, PSB Advisory Committee on Certification
• Member, MINDEF Requisition of Resources (Vehicles) Compensation Board
• Vice Chairman, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

Teaching Areas

• Transportation Engineering
• Transportation Planning
• Traffic Flow and Control
• Highway and Traffic Management
• Transportation Analysis

Research Interests

• Transportation System Modelling
• Transportation Safety Assessment
• Vehicle Detection using Image Processing Techniques
• Analysis of Traffic Speeds
• Traffic Conflict Analysis
• Public Transport Operations

Selected Publications

1. Chin, H.C., "SIMRO: A model to simulate traffic at roundabouts", Traffic Engineering and Control, Vol 26, No. 3, March 1985, pp 109-113.
2. Tanaboriboon, Y., Sim, S. H. and Chin, H.C., "Pedestrian characteristics study in Singapore", Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol 112, No. 3, March 1986, pp. 229-235.
3. Chin, H.C., "Effect of automatic red-light cameras on red-running", Traffic Engineering and Control, Vol 30, No 4, UK, April 1989, pp. 175-179.
4. Chin, H.C., Quek, S.T. and Cheu, R.L., "Traffic conflicts in expressway merging", Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 117, No. 6, 1991, pp. 633-643.
5. Chin, H.C. and May, A.D., "An examination of the speed-flow relationship at the Caldecott Tunnel, Transportation Research Record, No. 1320, 1991, pp. 75-82.
6. Chin, H.C, Quek, S.T. and Cheu, R.L., "A quantitative examination of traffic conflicts, Transportation Research Record, No. 1736, 1993, pp. 86-91.
7. Chin, H.C., "A re-examination of the analysis of freeway bottlenecks", Transportation Journal, Vol. 66, No. 1, Institute of Transportation Engineers, United States, 1996, pp. 86-91.
8. Chin, H.C., Analysis of highway bottlenecks, Transport, Vol 117, No. 2, Institution of Civil Engineers, May 1996, pp. 136-142.
9. Chin, H.C., S.T., Quek, Measurement of Traffic Conflicts, Safety Science Vol 26, No. 3, 1997, pp. 169-185.
10. Chin, H.C., Urban Transportation Planning in Singapore, In Singapore in Planning (ed. B. Yuen), Institute of Planners, Singapore, 1998.
11. Yuen, B. and Chin, H.C., Pedestrian streets in Singapore, Transportation, Vol 25, 1998, pp. 225-242.
12. Chin, H.C., “An investigation on the effectiveness of the speed camera”, Transport, Vol 135, No 2, May 1999, pp 93-101.
13. Mitra, S., Chin, H.C., Quddus, M.A., Study of intersection accidents by maneuver type, Transportation Research Record, 1784, Aug 2002, pp 45-50.
14. Chin, H.C., Tan, S.M.E., Evaluating Safety Performance of Road Projects, Transport, Vol 153, No 3, Aug 2002, pp 191-196.
15. Quddus, M.A., Noland, R. B., Chin, H.C., An analysis of motorcycle injury and vehicle damage severity using ordered probit models, Journal of Safety Research, Vol 33, No 4, Dec 2002, pp 445-462.
16. Chandrashekar, P., Cheu, R.L., Chin, H.C., A simulation evalution of route-based control of bus operations, Journal of Transportation Engineering, Vol 128, No 6, 2002, pp 519-527.
17. Chin, H.C., Quddus, M.A., Applying the random effect negative binomial model to examine traffic accident occurrence at signalized intersections, Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol 35, No 2, Mar 2003, pp 253-259.
18. Chin, H.C., Quddus, M.A., Modelling count data with excess zeros, Sociological Methods and Research, Vol 32, No 1, Aug 2003, pp 90-116.