Featured papers
Pedreira Junior, J. U., Pitombo, C. S. (2026). Exploring the heterogeneity of changes in work-related mobility patterns throughout the COVID-19 crisis in Brazil: A latent Markov chain analysis of a 3-year panel data. Travel Behaviour and Society, v. 42, p. 101160, 2026. DOI
Firmino, C. R. S., Pedreira Junior, J. U. , Alves, L. R. G., & Esquerre, K. (2026). Data Science in Basic Education: an evidence-based framework integrating learning and assessment. Revista de Geopolítica, 17(1), e1475. DOI
de Moraes Tavares, A. L., Furlan, A. P., Fabbri, G. T. P., & Pedreira Junior, J. U. (2025). Soil-aggregate-cement mixtures for base pavement layers: A strength and stiffness characterization. Transportation Geotechnics, 50, 101456. DOI
Pedreira Junior, J. U., Pitombo, C. S. (2024). Unveiling substitution patterns of work trips by teleworking and their associations with physical and virtual accessibility in the Brazilian COVID-19 crisis. Travel Behaviour and Society, v. 34, p. 100657 DOI
Suzuki Goshima, C. Y., Dias, V. C., Pedreira Junior, J. U., & Pitombo, C. S. (2023). Relationships between teleworking and travel behavior in the Brazilian COVID-19 crisis. Future Transportation, 3(2), 739-767. DOI
Louro, T. V., Pedreira Junior, J. U., Gardin, G. T. D. O., & da Silva Junior, C. A. P. (2023). Factors influencing lateral distance and speed of motorized vehicles overtaking bicycles. Transportation Research Record, 2677(7), 51-61. DOI
Pedreira Junior, J. U., Rodrigues da Silva, A. N., & Pitombo, C. S. (2022). Car-free day on a university campus: determinants of participation and potential impacts on sustainable travel behavior. Sustainability, 14(6), 3427. DOI
Pedreira Junior, J. U., Galindo, E. P., Batista, A. H., Pitombo, C. S., & Rodrigues da Silva, A. N. (2022). The panorama of public officials’ meeting trips after the COVID-19 pandemic: Impact level, recovery, and prospects. Frontiers in Future Transportation, 3, 972133. DOI
Pedreira Junior, J. U., Assirati, L., & Pitombo, C. S. (2021). Improving travel pattern analysis with urban morphology features: a panel data study case in a Brazilian university campus. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 9(4), 1715-1726. DOI
Preprints
Pedreira Junior, J. U. P., Louro, T. V., de Assis, L. B. M., & Brito, P. L. (2025). Measuring land-use mix with address-level census data. engrxiv. DOI
Pedreira Junior, J. U., do Nascimento, A. N., & de Oliveira Fontes, C. H. (2019). Improving Strategic Decision-Making in a Closed-Loop Rail Network with Hybrid Simulation-Optimization Modeling. preprints.org. DOI
Featured conference proceedings
Assis, L. B. M., Pedreira Junior, J. U., Monari, M., Segantine, P. C. L., Amado, M. J. N. P. (2025). Mapping healthcare accessibility in São Carlos-SP: A 2-Step Floating Catchment Area approach for accessibility analysis. In: XXI Simpósio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto, 2025, Salvador. Proceedings
Pedreira Junior, J. U., Assis, L. B. M., Louro, T. V. (2025). Cycling under pressure: the role of traffic stress in limiting urban job accessibility by bicycle. In: 39º Congresso de Pesquisa e Ensino em Transportes (ANPET), Goiânia-GO. Proceedings
Louro, T. V., Assis, L. B. M., Pedreira Junior, J. U., Cunha, A. L., Geurs, K. (2025). Job accessibility in the 15-minute city: a comparative analysis of walking, cycling, and e-bikes in four Brazilian cities. In: 39º Congresso de Pesquisa e Ensino em Transportes (ANPET), Goiânia-GO. Proceedings
Assis, L. B. M., Pedreira Junior, J. U., Louro, T. V., Segantine, P. C. L., Amado, M. J. N. P. (2025). Benchmarking the X-minute city: a multi-city assessment of primary health care accessibility from a socio-spatial inequality perspective. In: 39º Congresso de Pesquisa e Ensino em Transportes (ANPET), Goiânia-GO. Proceedings
Sgura, M., Pedreira Junior, J. U., Pedrassoli, J. C., Oliveira-Esquerre, K. (2025). Street network susceptibility to flooding based on the Height Above the Nearest Drainage (HAND) model: a case study in Salvador, Brazil. In: 39º Congresso de Pesquisa e Ensino em Transportes (ANPET), Goiânia-GO. Proceedings
Books, chapters and technical reports
Rodrigues da Silva, A. N., Pitombo, C. S., Pedreira Junior, J. U., Ciriaco, T. G. M., & Costa, C. S. (2023). Changes in mobility and challenges to the transport sector in Brazil due to COVID-19. In Transportation amid pandemics (pp. 105-118). Elsevier. DOI
Pedreira Junior, J. U., Chaves, J. N., & de Souza Santos, L. A. (2019). Developing a Ride Comfort Monitoring System from Scratch: An Experience in a Suburban Railway [J]. Sustainable Rail Transport, 19-36. DOI