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UTTRI Director, Professor Eric J. Miller was awarded the 2020 Safwat Zaky Research Leader Award by the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering for “leadership in innovative interdisciplinary […]
UTTRI associated faculty Dr. Enid Slack, Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) was quoted in “Cities face massive financial shortfalls because of COVID. How can they […]
UTTRI faculty associate Professor Jonathan D. Hall has been honoured with an essay award from the 2020 Sakip Sabanci International Research Awards for his paper “Can tolling help everyone? Estimating […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Greg Evans‘ air quality research is featured in “COVID-19 restrictions cut downtown Toronto pollution levels by almost half, researchers find,” CBC News, April 9, 2020. Evans […]
Municipal funding pressures created by COVID-19 are discussed in “COVID-19 crisis creates chance to re-examine provincial funding of cities” Toronto Star, April 6, 2020. Last week, the City of Toronto […]
UTTRI associated faculty Nathaniel Baum-Snow‘s research on highways and suburbanization is featured in “Visualizing the Footprint of Highways in American Cities,” Visual Capitalist, April 4, 2020. Highways reshaped the downtown […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida recommends that cities plan now for a gradual return to business as usual, keeping in mind that COVID-19 may revisit in waves. In his […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shauna Brail in her article “Cities lead the charge on the coronavirus front lines” (The Conversation, April 2, 2020) looks at how physical distancing is playing […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Alan Walks, Howard Ramos and Jill L. Grant co-wrote “Coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity to create affordable cities” published in The Conversation, April 1, 2020. Will […]
“We need a readiness and preparedness plan for getting our cities and communities back up and running, and the time to start is now.” UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida […]
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