Dr. Nael Alsaleh

Dr. Nael Alsaleh is an Assistant Professor of Transportation Engineering at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. He earned his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering in 2015 and his M.Sc. in Transportation Engineering in 2017 from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Jordan. Dr. Alsaleh completed his Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering in 2022 at Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, followed by postdoctoral research at the Mobility Network at the University of Toronto, Canada. He has over nine years of experience in transportation field, working with universities and private consultants both in the Middle East and Canada. He has worked on various transportation projects, including public transit operation and design, traffic operations, traffic impact studies, and parking analysis. In addition to his industry experience, Dr. Alsaleh has extensive teaching experience, having taught a variety of undergraduate engineering courses at institutions in Jordan, Canada, Kuwait, and the UAE. His research interests include travel demand modelling, connected and autonomous vehicles, on-demand shared mobility services, and transportation systems simulation.

• Postdoctoral Studies, University of Toronto, Canada, 2023.
• Ph. D., Civil/Transportation Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, 2022
• M.Sc., Civil/Transportation Engineering, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan 2017
• B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Jordan 2015

Research Interests

• Travel demand modelling
• Connected and autonomous vehicles
• On-demand shared mobility services
• Transportation systems simulation
• Transportation planning
• Sustainable mobility

List of Publications

a) Journal Papers

• Xu, S., Alsaleh, N., Hamzaev, T., & Miller, E. J. (2025). Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of ride-hailing services: A study of demand and supply patterns using a large-scale driver activity dataset. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 101533.
• Ansar, M. S., Alsaleh, N., & Farooq, B. (2024). Driver heterogeneity in willingness to give control to conditional automation. Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour, 103, 18-34.‏
• Alsaleh, N., & Farooq, B. (2023). Sustainability analysis framework for on-demand public transit systems. Nature Scientific Reports, 13(1), 13488.‏
• Alsaleh, N., Farooq, B., Zhang, Y., & Farber, S. (2023). On-demand transit user preference analysis using hybrid choice models. Journal of choice modelling, 49, 100451.
• Ansar, M. S., Alsaleh, N., & Farooq, B. (2023). Behavioural modelling of automated to manual control transition in conditionally automated driving. Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour, 94, 422-435.
• Alsaleh, N., & Farooq, B. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on ridesourcing services differed between small towns and large cities. Plos one, 17(10), e0275714.
• Alsaleh, N., & Farooq, B. (2021). Interpretable data-driven demand modelling for on-demand transit services. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 154, 1-22.
• Sanaullah, I. (equal contribution), Alsaleh, N. (equal contribution), Djavadian, S., & Farooq, B. (2021). Spatio-temporal analysis of on-demand transit: A case study of Belleville, Canada. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 145, 284-301.
• Khasawneh, M. A., Aljarrah, M., & Alsaleh, N. (2021). Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Approach to Predict LWST Values from Friction and Texture Measurements. International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 13 (3), 31-35.
• Khasawneh, M. A., & Alsaleh, N. (2018). Turbo roundabout usage in Lieu of conventional roundabouts for the Jordanian traffic conditions. International Journal of Civil Engineering, 16, 1725-1738.

b) Conference Proceedings

• Alsaleh, N., & Shbeeb, L. (2018). Turbo, flower and conventional roundabouts in Jordan. In Proceedings of 6th Annual international Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE 2018), May (pp. 14-15).
• Shbeeb, L., & Alsaleh, N. (2018). Evaluation of School Zone Improvement Schemes. In Proceedings of 6th Annual International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE 2018), May (pp. 14-15).

c) Invited Speaker at Various Conferences and Professional Workshops

• Transportation Research Board (TRB) 103rd Annual Meeting. “Understanding the Dynamics of Ride-Hailing Services in the Greater Toronto Area: A Comprehensive Study of Demand And Supply Patterns." January 7-11, 2024. Washington DC, USA.
• Transportation Research Board (TRB) 103rd Annual Meeting. “Does Willingness to Give Control to Automation Differ Among Drivers? Modelling the Differences Between Internalizers and Externalizers." January 7-11, 2024. Washington DC, USA.
• The Centre for Automated and Transformative Transportation Systems (CATTS), University of Toronto, "Understanding the Dynamics of Vehicle for Hire Services in the Greater Toronto Area". 6th annual CATTS Symposium, July 6, 2023. Canada.
• University of Toronto Institute of Transportation Engineers Student Chapter (UT-ITE), University of Toronto, "Sustainability Analysis of Shared On-Demand Transit Systems". March 10, 2023. Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Transportation Research Board (TRB) 102nd Annual Meeting. "Sustainability Analysis of Shared On Demand Transit with a focus on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion." January 8-12, 2023. Washington DC, USA.
• 16th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR 2022). "Sustainability Analysis of Shared On-Demand Transit with a focus on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion." December 11-15, 2022. Santiago, Chile.
• Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge, "Sustainability Analysis of Shared On-Demand Transit with a focus on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion." Applied Urban Modelling Conference (AUM2022), June 28 – July 1, 2022. United Kingdom.
• Town of Innisfil, Ontario, "Exploring On-demand Transit Options for The Town of Innisfil." Uber Transit Project - Monthly Updates, February 17, 2022.
• Transportation Research Board (TRB) 101st Annual Meeting. "Analysis of Driver Behaviour Towards CAV Control Transition in Mixed Traffic Environment." January 9-13, 2022. Washington DC, USA.
• 10th Conference on Scientific Research in Jordan. "Demand Modelling Framework for Emerging Shared On-Demand Mobility Services in Low Density Areas." November 27, 2021. Amman, Jordan.
• Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge, "Spatio-Temporal Demand Modelling for On-Demand Transit Services." Applied Urban Modelling Conference (AUM2020), January 28, 2021. United Kingdom.
• 6th Annual international Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering. "Turbo, flower and conventional roundabouts in Jordan." May 14-15, 2018. Singapore.
• 6th Annual international Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering. "Evaluation of School Zone Improvement Schemes." May 14-15, 2018. Singapore.
• 8th International Conference on Engineering, Project and Product Management. "Turbo roundabout usage in lieu of conventional roundabouts for the Jordanian traffic conditions." September 19-21, 2017. Amman, Jordan.

• Transportation Engineering
• Highway Engineering and Design
• Advanced Pavement Design
• Geographic Information System (GIS)
• Infrastructure Systems
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Surveying Lab
• Computer Aided Drawing (CAD)
• Statics
• Senior Design Project I
• Senior Design Project II