Dr Camila Balbontin Tanhnuz
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Dr Camila Balbontin Tanhnuz

MSc Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; PhD Sydney
Honorary Research Fellow
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Dr Camila Balbontin Tanhnuz

Camila Balbontin is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS). In February 2018, she completed her PhD under the supervision of Professor David Hensher where she focused on integrating decision heuristics and behavioural refinements into travel choice models. She was awarded the ITLS prize for Research Excellence in Transport or Logistics 2017. Camila also holds a bachelor degree in the field of Civil Engineering with a diploma in Industrial Engineering and in Transportation and Logistics from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She did her MSc degree at the same university under the supervision of Professor Juan de Dios Ortúzar. Her MSc thesis estimated the valuation of households and neighbourhood attributes in the centre of Santiago.

As a Postgraduate Research Fellow, her main focus is choice modelling and travel behaviour. She is currently working on projects related to the BRT Centre of Excellence, business location decisions, hybrid modelling, value uplift, among others.

ITLS5200 Quantitative Logistics and Transport

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Hensher, D., Balbontin, C. (2024). Attribute processing as a behavioural strategy in stated preference choice making. In S. Hess, A. Daly (Eds.), Handbook of Choice Modelling (2nd edition), (pp. 319-338). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
  • Hensher, D., Beck, M., Nelson, J., Balbontin, C. (2022). Reducing Congestion and Crowding with Working from Home. In C. Mulley, M. Attard (Eds.), Transport and Pandemic Experiences, (pp. 235-255). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. [More Information]
  • Hensher, D., Balbontin, C., Ho, C., Mulley, C., Macario, R., Stewart, A. (2019). Evaluating bus rapid transit and light rail transit on a level playing field in developed economies: a cross-cultural comparison. In Fiona Ferbrache (Eds.), Developing Bus Rapid Transit: The Value of BRT in Urban Spaces, (pp. 68-89). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]

Journals

  • Balbontin, C., Mulley, C. (2024). A comparison of new transport projects in Sydney, Australia: Decomposition of the impact on residential property prices. Land Use Policy, 145, 107280. [More Information]
  • Hensher, D., Balbontin, C., Beck, M., Wei, E. (2024). Commuting mode choice and work from home in the later stages of COVID-19: Consolidating a future focussed prediction tool to inform transport and land use planning. Transportation Research Part A, 187, 104194. [More Information]
  • Hensher, D., Beck, M., Balbontin, C. (2024). COVID-19 and its influence on the propensity to work from home between March 2020 and June 2021. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 18, 101319. [More Information]

Conferences

  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D. (2019). Are respondents aware of the process strategies used in decision-making? Modelling business location decisions using multiple stated process strategies. 6th International Choice Modelling Conference, Kobe, Japan: International Choice Modelling Conference.
  • Hensher, D., Balbontin, C., Greene, B. (2019). Experience as a conditioning effect on choice - Does it matter whether it is exogenous or endogenous? 6th International Choice Modelling Conference, Kobe, Japan: International Choice Modelling Conference.
  • Balbontin, C., Mulley, C. (2019). How are residential property values affected by the announcement, building and operation of transport projects? A case study of three transport projects in Sydney, Australia. 16th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport (Thredbo 16), Singapore: University of Sydney Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies.

Working Paper Internal

  • Mulley, C., Clifton, G., Balbontin, C., Ma, L. (2016). Information for travelling: Awareness and usage of the various sources of information available to public transport users in NSW.

Research Reports

  • Nelson, J., Hensher, D., Beck, M., Balbontin, C., Wei, E. (2024). Promoting Sustainable University Travel Choices, Port Melbourne, Australia: iMOVE Australia. [More Information]

2024

  • Balbontin, C., Mulley, C. (2024). A comparison of new transport projects in Sydney, Australia: Decomposition of the impact on residential property prices. Land Use Policy, 145, 107280. [More Information]
  • Hensher, D., Balbontin, C. (2024). Attribute processing as a behavioural strategy in stated preference choice making. In S. Hess, A. Daly (Eds.), Handbook of Choice Modelling (2nd edition), (pp. 319-338). Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]
  • Hensher, D., Balbontin, C., Beck, M., Wei, E. (2024). Commuting mode choice and work from home in the later stages of COVID-19: Consolidating a future focussed prediction tool to inform transport and land use planning. Transportation Research Part A, 187, 104194. [More Information]

2023

  • Nelson, J., Balbontin, C., Hensher, D., Beck, M. (2023). A comparative analysis of University Sustainable Travel Plans - Experience from Australia. Transport Policy, 141, 197-208. [More Information]
  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D., Beck, M. (2023). How are life satisfaction, concern towards the use of public transport and other underlying attitudes affecting mode choice for commuting trips? a case study in Sydney from 2020 to 2022. Transportation Research Part A, 176, 103827. [More Information]
  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D., Ho, T., Wei, E. (2023). Identifying the relationship between tyre performance, fuel consumption and maintenance costs in operating urban bus services: A case study in Sydney, Australia using telematics and fitted sensors. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 17(4), 348-368. [More Information]

2022

  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D., Beck, M. (2022). Advanced modelling of commuter choice model and work from home during COVID-19 restrictions in Australia. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 162, 102718. [More Information]
  • Hensher, D., Wei, E., Balbontin, C. (2022). Comparative assessment of zero emission electric and hydrogen buses in Australia. Transportation Research Part D, 102, 103130. [More Information]
  • Khan, M., Balbontin, C., Bliemer, M., Aslani, P. (2022). Eliciting preferences for continuing medication among adult patients and parents of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Health Expectations, 25(3), 1094-1107. [More Information]

2021

  • Hensher, D., Balbontin, C., Greene, B., Swait, J. (2021). Experience as a conditioning effect on choice: Does it matter whether it is exogenous or endogenous? Transportation, 48(5), 2825-2855. [More Information]
  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D., Beck, M., Giesen, R., Basnak, P., Vallejo-Borda, J., Venter, C. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on the number of days working from home and commuting travel: A cross-cultural comparison between Australia, South America and South Africa. Journal of Transport Geography, 96, 103188. [More Information]
  • Hensher, D., Wei, E., Beck, M., Balbontin, C. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on cost outlays for car and public transport commuting - The case of the Greater Sydney Metropolitan Area after three months of restrictions. Transport Policy, 101, 71-80. [More Information]

2020

  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D., Ho, C., Mulley, C. (2020). Do preferences for BRT and LRT change as a voter, citizen, tax payer, or self-interested resident? Transportation, 47(6), 2981-3030. [More Information]
  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D. (2020). Identifying the role of stated process strategies in business location decisions. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 141, 102028. [More Information]
  • Mulley, C., Ho, C., Balbontin, C., Hensher, D., Stevens, L., Nelson, J., Wright, S. (2020). Mobility as a service in community transport, in Australia: can it provide a sustainable future? Transportation Research Part A, 131, 107-122. [More Information]

2019

  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D. (2019). Are respondents aware of the process strategies used in decision-making? Modelling business location decisions using multiple stated process strategies. 6th International Choice Modelling Conference, Kobe, Japan: International Choice Modelling Conference.
  • Hensher, D., Balbontin, C., Ho, C., Mulley, C. (2019). Cross-cultural contrasts of preferences for bus rapid transit and light rail transit. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 53(1), 47-73.
  • Hensher, D., Balbontin, C., Ho, C., Mulley, C., Macario, R., Stewart, A. (2019). Evaluating bus rapid transit and light rail transit on a level playing field in developed economies: a cross-cultural comparison. In Fiona Ferbrache (Eds.), Developing Bus Rapid Transit: The Value of BRT in Urban Spaces, (pp. 68-89). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. [More Information]

2018

  • Hensher, D., Balbontin, C., Collins, A. (2018). Heterogeneity in decision processes: Embedding extremeness aversion, risk attitude and perceptual conditioning in multiple process rules choice making. Transportation Research Part A, 111, 316-325. [More Information]
  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D., Collins, A. (2018). Process homogeneity, process heterogeneity, and preference heterogeneity: How to better represent decision making and preferences. 15th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research 2018, Santa Barbara, United States, 15-20 July 2018: International Association for Travel Behaviour Research.
  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D., Collins, A. (2018). Process homogeneity, process heterogeneity, and preference heterogeneity: How to better represent decision making and preferences. Interdisciplinary Choice Workshop (ICW), Santiago, Chile, 7-10 August 2018: Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingenieria.

2017

  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D., Ho, C., Mulley, C. (2017). Developing country cross-cultural contrasts of preferences for BRT and LRT. 15th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport- Thredbo 15, Stockholm, Sweden 13-17 August.
  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D., Collins, A. (2017). Do familiarity and awareness influence voting intention: The case of road pricing reform? Journal of Choice Modelling, 25, 11-27. [More Information]
  • Hensher, D., Balbontin, C., Collins, A. (2017). Heterogeneity in decision processes: embedding extremeness aversion, risk attitude and perceptual conditioning in multiple heuristics choice making. 5th International Choice Modelling Conference, Leeds, UK: International Choice Modelling Conference.

2016

  • Mulley, C., Clifton, G., Balbontin, C., Ma, L. (2016). Information for travelling: Awareness and usage of the various sources of information available to public transport users in NSW. The 38th Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF) 2016, Canberra: Australasian Transport Forum.
  • Mulley, C., Clifton, G., Balbontin, C., Ma, L. (2016). Information for travelling: Awareness and usage of the various sources of information available to public transport users in NSW.
  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D., Collins, A. (2016). Integrating Attribute Non-Attendance and Value Learning with Risk Attitudes and Perceptual Conditioning. 9th Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis (TRISTAN IX), Oranjestad, Aruba: TRISTAN.

2015

  • Balbontin, C., de Dios Ortuzar, J., Swait, J. (2015). A Joint Best-Worst Scaling & Stated Choice Model Considering Observed and Unobserved Heterogeneity: an application to residential location choice. Journal of Choice Modelling, 16, 1-14. [More Information]
  • Balbontin, C., Hensher, D., Collins, A. (2015). Do familiarity and awareness influence behavioural response: The case of road pricing reform? 14th International Association for Travel Behaviour Research IATBR Conference, Windsor, United Kingdom: International Association for Travel Behaviour Research.

2014

  • Balbontin, C., de Dios Ortuzar, J., Swait, J. (2014). Importance of Dwelling, Neighbourhood Attributes in Residential Location Modelling: Best Worst Scaling vs. Discrete Choice. Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences, 160, 92-101. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2021

  • Design of a Regional Town and Rural Hinterland (RTRH) MaaS Blueprint, Nelson J, Hensher D, Ho C, Balbontin C, Pinto A, iMOVE Australia Ltd/CRC Research Agreement