UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki talks to Global News about the Greyhound Canada closure: “Some of Canada’s most remote and impoverished communities are likely to be among those feeling the compounded effects wrought over the lack of accessible and…
The Distinguished Lecture Series of the University of Toronto Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, the Smart Freight Centre, and UTTRI proudly hosted a virtual visit from Professor Genevieve Giuliano on May 5, 2021. Professor Giuliano is Margaret and John…
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida says that the pandemic experience is changing perceptions about the separation of business and residential districts. “The idea of a 15-minute neighborhood, or what I like to call a complete community, is a community…
UTTRI associates postdoctoral fellow Dr. Willem Klumpenhouwer and Professor Matti Siemiatycki comment on demand-responsive transit (DRT) in a recent Globe and Mail article about the Town of Cochrane’s experience. The Town of Cochrane, Alberta (population 34,000) did not have a…
As Toronto real estate becomes increasingly unaffordable, finding new ways to deliver accessible housing and spaces for non-profit organizations to operate and provide quality public services has become a growing challenge across the city. In an effort to help, the…
A recent Toronto Star article hears from experts on both sides of Toronto’s e-scooter debate. Right now, operating an electric kick-scooter (or e-scooter) on public property is illegal in Toronto. In a recent report, the City of Toronto Transportation Services…
OPINION All Aboard How can we build a more equitable transit system? By Steven Farber In February, Toronto City Council voted to reallocate $1.2 billion for the controversial Scarborough subway to another proposed transit project known as the Eglinton East…
The Calgary Journal reports that “Canada Post set a goal in 2009 to cut its carbon dioxide emissions 20 per cent by 2020. Instead, the agency doubled its emissions.” The April 16, 2021 article “Report reveals Canada Post’s CO2 emissions…
“Beyond transit infrastructure, think city building,” says UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki in an opinion piece in The Hill Times. Siemiatycki is Canada Research Chair in Infrastructure Planning and Finance. He says that recent federal transit infrastructure funding commitments can…
Guest speaker Dr. Mohamed Abdelhay Essa presented “Real-time Safety and Mobility Optimization of Traffic Signals in a Connected-vehicle Environment” on April 9, 2021 for the UT-ITE seminar series. In his presentation, Dr. Essa discussed his research methodology and explained the…
