Ela BABALIK-SUTCLIFFE, Assistant Professor (Vice Chairperson)

B.C.P., METU; Master of Urban Policy Planning, METU; PhD, University College London.

Department of City and Regional Planning Faculty of Architecture, METU, Ankara 06531

Phone: + 90 312 210 2241
E-mail: ebaba@arch.metu.edu.tr

Research interests: Transport Policy, Urban Transport Planning, Urban Rail System Planning, Traffic Reduction and Management

Taught Courses:
CRP 351 Urban Transport Planning
CRP 301 Planning Studio V
CRP 302 Planning Studio VI

Selected Publications:
Babalik-Sutcliffe, E., 2002, Urban rail systems: analysis of the factors behind success. Transport Reviews 22 (4) 415-447.

Mackett, R.L. and Babalik-Sutcliffe, E., 2003, New urban rail systems: a policy-based technique to make them more successful. Journal of Transport Geography 11 (2) 151-165.

Babalik-Sutcliffe, E., 2002, Conflicts in EU policies of Trans-European Transport and their implications for candidate countries. Proceedings of the International Symposium 'Transportation Infrastructure in South-East Europe Countries', held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 2002.

Mackett, R.L. and Babalik, E., 2001, Enhancing the success of light rail systems. The Transport Economist, 28, 1-16.

Babalik, E., 2000, Urban rail systems: overestimated success or underdeveloped policy-making? Proceedings of the 32nd Annual UTSG (Universities Transport Study Group) Conference, held in Liverpool, UK, January 2000.

Awards:
Second Prize in the Research Medal Competition under the category 'Infrastructure and Development', held by the Global Development Network (GDN) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 9-12, 2001, with: "Urban Rail Systems: A planning framework to increase their success".

Award Finalist in the Competition for Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development, held by the Global Development Network (GDN) in New Delhi, India, January 28-30, 2004, with: "Pro-market reform in transport: introduction of privately operated buses in Ankara and its impact on the urban poor".