Launch event for “The Scarborough Opportunity Report: A Comprehensive Walking & Cycling Network”
Online EventJoin us on Tuesday, October 12, 3-4 p.m. for the official launch and release of “THE SCARBOROUGH OPPORTUNITY REPORT: A Comprehensive Walking and Cycling Network” by Professor André Sorensen, Isaac Bortolussi, Ivan Chong, Jamila Gowie, Nadhiena Shankar and Kelly Anne Vigayan. Register Register on Eventbrite. Learn about a report that provides recommendations to help the City […]
Lynette Cheah presents “Carbon footprint assessment of cross-border e-commerce shipping options”
Online via ZoomThe Smart Freight Centre Leadership Seminar Series presents special guest speaker Professor Lynette Cheah of the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) on Friday, October 15, 2021, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST. All are welcome to attend this free online webinar via Zoom. Join at: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/87624482177. Description In the bid to stay competitive, online […]
Professor Habib presents “Transportation Research @ UofT: Overview and Suggestions to Optimize Your Experience”
Online via ZoomProfessor Khandker Nurul Habib Khandker Nurul Habib is the Percy Edward Hart Professor in Civil & Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto. Professor Khandker Nurul Habib completed his PhD in Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto (CIV PhD 0T7). After finishing his PhD, he joined the University of Alberta as an assistant professor […]
Prof Baher Abdulhai speaks at WRLDCTY 2021 Global Forum for Urban Innovation
Online EventUTTRI associated faculty Professor Baher Abdulhai will speak on the panel "Steering towards an AI movement future" at WRLDCTY 2021. See the full conference agenda below. WRLDCTY runs from October 26-28, with Toronto’s program airing on October 27 from 1-7 EST. Born in the early days of the pandemic as one of the first truly […]
Eric MacNaughton presents “The City of Calgary Transportation COVID Recovery Scenarios”
Online via ZoomAs the COVID pandemic began to take hold in Canada in March of 2020, the City of Calgary’s transportation department initiated several streams of work to manage the short- and longer-term impacts. One of these streams involved the use of strategic foresight to create a set of plausible scenarios for Calgary after the pandemic. Based […]
Seyed Mehdi Meshkani presents “A dynamic many-to-one ride-matching algorithm for shared mobility services on congested networks”
Online via ZoomOn-demand shared mobility is a promising and sustainable transportation approach that can mitigate vehicle externalities, such as traffic congestion and emission. On-demand shared mobility systems require matching of one (one-to-one) or multiple riders (many-to-one) to a vehicle based on real-time information. We propose a novel Graph-based Many-to-One ride-Matching (GMOMatch) algorithm for the dynamic many-to-one matching […]
Marianne Hatzopoulou speaks at “Electrification of Public Transport” roundtable
Online EventUTTRI associated faculty Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou, Canada Research Chair in Transportation and Air Quality, is one of eight speakers taking part in the “Electrification of Public Transport” session of the "Virtual Roadshow on Electrification of Transport" on November 9, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (EST). See the full agenda here. Register now to attend this […]
Joseph Chow presents “Microtransit deployment portfolio management using simulation-based scenario data upscaling”
Online via ZoomDue to transportation technologies having such heterogeneous impacts on different communities, there needs to be better tools to evaluate the deployment of emerging technologies with limited data. Microtransit is one such technology. We propose a novel methodology to “upscale” the limited data available so that further decision-support analysis and forecast modelling can be achieved where […]
2021 Smart Freight Symposium November 19 & 26
Online via ZoomJoin us online to hear the latest about post-pandemic recovery in the freight sector and urban and regional freight innovation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Building on the success of last year’s symposium, Smart Freight Centre’s Symposium 2021 will feature speakers from government and industry leaders and non-profits, as well as updates from […]
Ana Patricia Ayala presents “An overview of knowledge syntheses methods”
Online via ZoomLearn about the different types of knowledge syntheses: systematic reviews, scoping reviews, rapid reviews, and more. The similarities and differences between these study types, the different steps in the process, and key aspects critical for ensuring their successful completion. Patricia Ayala Patricia Ayala is Research Services Librarian at University of Toronto Libraries. She has worked on […]
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Wegener presents CivMin Distinguished Lecture “Integrated modelling of land use and transport”
Online via ZoomThe Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series presents "Integrated modelling of land use and transport" by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Wegener, Spiekerman & Wegener – Germany. Climate researchers agree that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions significantly contribute to climate change, and that radical measures to reduce them and to adapt to no longer avoidable […]
Nico Malfara and Yunfei Zhang present “Applications of Transportation Planning in Practice”
Online via ZoomThis presentation will demonstrate how concepts of transportation planning are applied in practice. Areas of transportation planning such as travel demand modelling, master planning, multi-modal planning, complete streets, transit planning and functional planning will be featured through real-world case studies, such as the City of Mississauga Lakeshore Transportation Studies, City of Brampton LRT Extension, City […]
Dr. Rick Donnelly presents “Rediscovering the lost art of travel forecasting”
Online via ZoomThe point of travel forecasting is to inform decision-makers about the likely impacts of transport policies and investments that will irrevocably shape our cities and regions. In the past we've assumed that tomorrow will simply be a more crowded, prosperous, and congested version of our existing world. But today assuming a "business as usual" progression towards 20-30 […]
Introduction to “Mobility Network at the School of Cities”
Online EventPlease join us for a special virtual seminar from the new Mobility Network at the School of Cities on Friday, December 10th from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the UT-ITE's traditional weekly seminar time slot. Professor Eric Miller, Academic Director, and Dr. Judy Farvolden, Executive Director of the Mobility Network welcome all University of […]
Kevin Wong presents “Developing a generative design framework for optimising public transit network design”
Online via ZoomDespite the plethora of tools and data available to transit planners, transit network design has remained mostly a manual task. Nevertheless, there have been many attempts to use algorithms and computing to optimise transit network design based on geography, demand and operating resources. However, the Transit Network Design Problem (TNDP) and Transit Network Design and […]
Dr. Eric Miller presents “Everything you wanted to know about report writing but were afraid to ask”
Online via ZoomThis presentation discusses various elements of report writing as a guide to graduate students preparing term project reports, journal articles, theses, etc. It is intended to address some typical issues that graduate students encounter in their writing. Topics discussed include: report organization; report style; treatment of tables, figures, exhibits and appendices; grammar and syntax; spelling […]
Kanchan Maharaj presents “Equity in active transportation planning, design, and delivery”
Online via ZoomThe City of Toronto's Cycling Network Plan (CNP) serves as a roadmap and work plan outlining the City’s planned investments in cycling infrastructure in the near-term and intentions for the long-term. The CNP is grounded in many city policies and strategies including the Official Plan, the Road to Health, Vision Zero Road Safety Plan, TransformTO […]
Raphael Dumas presents “Analyzing the transportation impacts of Toronto’s vehicle-for-hire industry 2019-2021”
Online via ZoomIn 2019 the Big Data Innovation Team, in partnership with Municipal Licensing and Standards, prepared an analysis of the impacts of Vehicles for Hire and Private Transportation Companies on the City of Toronto’s Transportation Network including on congestion, equity, transit, and curb utilization. Following that report Council required further datasets of the Vehicle-for-Hire industry starting […]
Willem Klumpenhouwer and Diego Silva present “Living on a fare: Dashboarding fare-sensitive access and equity in major U.S. urban areas”
Online via ZoomWhile premium transit modes such as commuter rail can improve access to opportunities, the higher fares that accompany these services create barriers to their use. Fare-sensitive access measures require accurate estimation of fare costs between origins and destinations. They are not often included in public transit access analyses because of data limitations and computational complexity. […]
Lama Alfaseeh presents “Tips to land a job quickly and your to-do-list before you graduate”
Online via ZoomPlease join us for a seminar by Dr. Lama Alfaseeh on Friday, February 18 from 11 am-12pm. Dr. Lama Alfaseeh Lama started her PhD in 2016 at Ryerson University and joined the Laboratory of Innovations in Transportation (LiTrans) in 2017. Lama was supervised by Dr. Bilal Farooq and defended her dissertation in 2020. Lama’s research […]
Teodor Gabriel Crainic presents “Urban freight transportation and logistics”
Online EventPresented by the Smart Freight Centre Freight Leaders Series. All are welcome to attend this free online webinar. If any specific accommodations are needed, please contact smartfreight@utoronto.ca as early as possible. Please join us for Q & A following the presentation. Register here on Eventbrite. Abstract Urban freight transport stands for the movement of vehicles carrying goods […]
Daniel Haufschild presents “Managing planning and engineering consulting assignments: tips for success in the public and private sector”
Online via ZoomUniversity planning and engineering curricula are centered around the technical skills and knowledge needed to be successful in the industry. Increasingly, project management training specific to the industry has also been offered. What remains a gap is how to effectively manage consulting assignments and the procurement process, with new graduates expected to learn on the […]
UT-ITE 2022 Student-Industry Mixer
Online via Gather TownUniversity of Toronto transportation students are invited to join us on Gather Town for our 2022 virtual UT-ITE Student-Industry Mixer. It is a great chance to connect with transportation industry professionals from world-class organizations. The event will be hosted virtually using Gather Town. The details for joining the event will be shared with the registered participants […]
Equity, diversity and inclusion in freight transportation: A panel discussion
Online EventInspired by the desire to create an equal and inclusive work environment where individual differences are valued, many government and private sector organizations have initiated practices to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion. To provide examples of such initiatives in practice, Sophia Sniegowski Begidzhanov (The Musket Transport Ltd. and CHET), Melissa Magder (Region of Peel), and […]
Mobility Network presents “The Way Forward: Guiding transportation and land use planning”
Online EventTransit service together with planning and policy that support transit-supportive densities that themselves lead to good social outcomes – reduced emissions, improved accessibility – can create a compelling context for realizing land use change. On the other hand, new highways increase the amount of space on which people can affordably live while reducing commuting times, […]
U of T Transportation Alumni Network 2022 AGM
Online EventOur Annual General Meeting (AGM) is on March 1. You’re invited to the University of Toronto Transportation Alumni Network (UTTAN) Annual General Meeting. At the AGM, we will review our last year's performance and activities, elect new executive members, and discuss our goals for next year. We will also be voting on revised Terms of […]
José Holguín-Veras presents “Freight transportation policy and planning in the fight against climate change: The role of connected trucks, land use, and other tools nobody talks about”
Online via ZoomThe obvious changes in the climate—exemplified by former “hundred year weather events” taking place every other year—are adding tremendous urgency to efforts to reduce the emissions produced by mobile sources. In this context, reducing the freight transportation’s environmental footprint is an essential, though extremely hard to achieve, component of sustainability efforts. To a great extent, this […]
Daniel Olejarz presents ‘Transportation planning in unfamiliar environments’
Online via ZoomTransportation planners often undertake projects outside their home cities or regions. Working in unfamiliar geographies brings a unique set of challenges that can impact project success if not considered early and often. This presentation will identify some of the key challenges faced by planners when contributing to projects in unfamiliar locations and, informed by personal […]
Mobility Network presents ‘The Way Forward: Governing transit and integrated mobility’
Online via ZoomNew mobility providers claim that smart technology and services – self-driving vehicles, ride sharing – will increase road safety and reduce emissions and that the data produced can reduce congestion by improving traffic flow. Shared mobility and self-driving vehicles may reduce dependence on personal automobiles or they may worsen traffic and by competing with public […]
Saeed Shakib presents ‘A new choice experiment design method to capture post-pandemic residential relocation behaviour in Greater Toronto Area’
Online EventIn this presentation, I will discuss the progress and our most recent findings on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on households' long-term residential mobility and relocation choice, on behalf of the Transportation Demand Modelling Group. The data used in the study is from a two-stage survey we collected in July 2020 and 2021. The […]
Sk. Md. Mashrur & Brenden Lavoie present ‘Development of a multimodal network microsimulation model for a regional agent-based travel demand modelling for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)’
Online via ZoomInnovative mobility solutions are constantly emerging with the advent of information and communication technologies, offering travellers multidimensional choices including, but not limited to, modes, routes, and locations. Without a fully agent-based and dynamic travel demand microsimulation modelling system, it is impossible to evaluate such emerging mobility solutions/options realistically. The network modelling component is the most […]
Mobility Network presents ‘The Way Forward: Leading the way to transportation equity’
Online EventThe past automobile-dominated century enabled unprecedented urban growth, economic development and social engagement, but negatively affected the environment, public health, and social equity. Do we know how mobility should be delivered to improve social and economic justice? How do we engage communities to learn from them about what they need? Speakers Heather Dorries is an assistant […]
Antonio Gittens & Peter Stokes of StreetLight Data present ‘Big Data for transportation: applications in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area’
Online via ZoomAntonio Gittens Antonio Gittens, Solutions Manager at StreetLight Data, has 10 years’ experience in multimodal planning, transportation policy, and software implementation. His experience spans urban and rural, from helping Transport Canada bring emerging mobility to rural Canada, to helping Metrolinx—one of Canada’s largest transit agencies—assess the feasibility of on-demand transit. Peter Stokes Peter Stokes, Regional […]
UT-ITE’s Annual General Meeting & Elections
Online via ZoomUT-ITE's Annual General Meeting and Elections will take place on Wednesday, April 8, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. via Zoom. If you would like to run for one of these positions or would like to nominate someone, fill out this form by Monday, April 4: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlfM77zmOKAFb9X0cDA927seCrvjA9jV7pBMUku6F_kumrDw/viewform Please join via the Zoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/s/81320181425 […]
Mobility Network presents ‘The Way Forward: Getting mobility to Net Zero’
Online EventIn its 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan, the Federal Government pledges to make it easier for Canadians to switch to electric vehicles, promising millions for charging infrastructure, and incentive programs for purchasers of electric vehicles. It refers to the benefits of hybrid and electric buses, major public transit projects, like the Ontario Line, and notes that […]
Professor Carolina Osorio presents ‘Efficient search in high-dimensional spaces: the case of Bayesian optimization for large-scale urban traffic control’
Online via ZoomIn this talk, we consider high-dimensional traffic signal control problems that arise in congested metropolitan areas. We focus on the use of high-resolution urban mobility stochastic simulators and formulate the control problems as high-dimensional continuous simulation-based optimization (SO) problems. We discuss the opportunities and challenges of designing SO algorithms for these problems. An important component in […]
Mobility Network presents ‘The Way Forward: Negotiating with robots in the public realm’
Online EventSidewalk robots can perform useful services like contactless, last-mile delivery, sidewalk clearing and inspection, and remote monitoring and security. They may also shift congestion from our streets to our sidewalks, competing for space in unpredictable, dynamic environments, and impeding accessibility. Are we ready to share our sidewalks with robots? Speakers Shauna Brail is an associate professor […]
Travel Modelling Group workshop: Introducing the new Region of York Activity/Travel Demand Model System
Online via MS TeamsYork Region developed a new generation of travel demand model, known as activity-based model (ABM). The model simulates daily activities and travel patterns of all individuals in the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) area, including York Region, as affected by transportation system level of service. The model was successfully applied to the Official Plan, Transportation Master […]
Mobility Network presents ‘The Way Forward: Designing complete communities’
Online EventHow can the 3 Ds of density, land-use diversity and pedestrian-oriented designs reduce our lengthy work commutes and build healthy, safe, equitable, sustainable complete communities? Who do these communities include? What makes them complete? Speakers Margaret Kohn is a professor and the chair of the Department of Political Science, UTSC. Matti Siemiatycki is a professor at […]
Mobility Network presents ‘Harnessing intelligence in transportation systems’
Online EventIf you use a wayfinding app, if you idle at centrally controlled traffic lights, if your license plate is read as you get on the 407, or if the changeable message sign tells you how long it will take you to get across town — then you’ve been guided or governed by intelligent transportation systems […]
StudentMoveTO presents ‘Moving the Student Body’ symposium
StudentMoveTO presents a two-day symposium and seminar event on student travel in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), "Moving the Study Body." This event will feature conversations, presentations, debates, and panel discussions from a diverse body of researchers, academic leaders, policy makers and advocates, to discuss insights from the StudentMoveTO study and their implications […]
Transformative Transportation ’22: 5th Annual CATTS Symposium
TBAThe Centre for Automated and Transformative Transportation Systems (CATTS), University of Toronto, team is inviting you to its 5th annual research day on June 7, 2022. The Centre was established in 2017 with the purpose of quantifying and guiding the transformation of transportation systems in the era of rapid innovations in vehicular technologies and in […]
CLUE 2022 Symposium
Faculty Club 41 Willcocks St., TorontoCLUE will present its inaugural symposium on June 24, 2022, showcasing the research of the project’s first year and looking ahead to the future. View details on the CLUE website.
Transit Analytics Lab (TAL) 2022 Research Day
Online via ZoomThe Transit Analytics Lab (TAL) of the University of Toronto brings together transportation and technology researchers from across the University of Toronto, transit systems in the Golden Horseshoe area, and private sector technology providers and consultants. Among its objectives are to: foster innovation in transit data-driven tools (analytics) using advanced methods of data science, machine […]
2nd Information Session for 2022 New Frontiers in Transportation Student Competition (proposal due date extended to July 18)
Online EventAttend the second Information Session July 11, 5:30-6:30 p.m. to learn more about this student competition for transportation enthusiasts! About this event Are you a U of T student or recent grad interested in transportation? Then this opportunity is for you! The University of Toronto Transportation Alumni Network is launching its 2022 annual student competition. […]
Mobility Network Summer School: Planning More Equitable Transportation Systems
Galbraith Building, Room GB202 35 St. George Street 2nd floor, Toronto, ON, CanadaCall for applications Mobility Network calls for applications for "Planning More Equitable Transportation Systems," a two-day summer school taking place on July 18 and 19, 2022 at the University of Toronto's St. George campus. About the summer school With urban inequality on the rise, there is a growing understanding that government investments in infrastructure can […]
NECTAR Conference 2022
Chestnut Conference Centre 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe Network on European Communication and Transport Activity Research (NECTAR) will have its 16th International Conference July 20-22, 2022 in Toronto, Canada. The 2022 conference theme is Mobilizing Justice: Moving Toward Action for an Equitable Transportation Future. See the NECTAR 2022 conference website for all details. Participation and NECTAR membership In order to participate in the […]
Rick Liu presents his MASc thesis “A social equity lens on Toronto transit network performance using a graph theory approach: Examining node criticality, service redundancy, delays and disruptions”
Online via ZoomRick Liu will present his MASc thesis "A social equity lens on Toronto transit network performance using a graph theory approach: Examining node criticality, service redundancy, delays and disruptions" via Zoom on August 5, 2022 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Many past studies have examined where transit disruptions are […]
Positive Zero presents virtual panel “Roadmap for emission-free road transport and healthy urban living”
Online via ZoomAbout the "Place-based solutions for decarbonizing transport" seminar series Place-based decarbonization recognizes that different places have different capacities, paths, and costs for decarbonization; it also involves communities and businesses in designing the cities, towns, and villages they want. This seminar series, "Place-based solutions for decarbonizing transport," hosted by Positive Zero Transport Futures and co-sponsored by […]
2024 Public Transit Short Courses
Galbraith Building, Room GB202 35 St. George Street 2nd floor, Toronto, ON, CanadaPT-Courses-2024-brochure-Final High quality public transit is the linchpin of liveable cities. Not only does it enhance mobility, accessibility, economic productivity, and help address climate change, but the COVID pandemic also illustrated its critical role in public health and ensuring the mobility of essential workers. Transit has always faced challenges in our auto-dominant society, but […]