Title: "Traffic Engineering in the Age of Technology and AI" Technology is driving rapid changes in the world of transportation and traffic. These changes are fundamentally changing the role of traffic engineers and scientists in this space. In this presentation we will provide a glimpse into how we are driving innovation in the traffic management […]
Title: “How Can We Minimize Population Exposure to Air Pollution?” On-road transportation is the main source of air pollution in cities, and studying the influence of anthropogenic activities on air quality is essential for minimizing the impact of air pollution on human health. Air pollution is nevertheless a complex mixture of compounds reacting with each […]
Title: "Crash causation and prevention" Clinical crash causation studies consistently find that in the majority of crashes the road user is the sole cause. But is this finding correct and meaningful? ICTCT will host a webinar in which Dr. Ezra Hauer questions the paradigm followed by many crash causation studies and argues how this approach […]
This week's seminar features presentations by two University of Toronto PhD students, Alireza Dianat and Saeed Shakib. Alireza Dianat Title: "Do we need to redesign our activity-based travel demand models after COVID-19? A survey to collect data on changes and adaptations in daily activity-travel patterns during and post COVID-19 scenarios." The COVID-19 pandemic affects people’s […]
Speaker: Professor Michael J. Widener, Department of Geography and Planning, cross-appointed to Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Title: “Connecting Urban Food Retail to Supply Chains” Date: Monday, October 19, 2020 Time: 16:00-17:00 EDT Location: Virtual - Register below Presented by: University of Toronto School of Cities Over the past three decades, the volume […]
This week's UT-ITE seminar features presentations by two University of Toronto PhD students, Patrick Loa and Sk Md Mashrur. Patrick Loa Title: "A survey-based study into the impacts of COVID-19 on the use of ride-sourcing services in the GTA." Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, ride-sourcing services (such as those offered by Uber and Lyft) were […]
Dr. Ezra Hauer will give two presentations at "Global Road Safety Dialogues" held online October 20, 22, 27, 29 and November 3 & 5, 2020. The events are presented by the Independent Council for Road Safety International (ICoRSI) and La Universidad del Valle. "Crash causation and prevention within the safe systems approach" will be presented […]
Alexandre Milovanoff Mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from light-duty passenger vehicles (LDVs) will be necessary to maintain global warming below 2 C, and ideally below 1.5 C. In this Seminar, Alex Milovanoff will present the common approaches to reduce GHG emissions from LDVs and the quantitative methods to assess them using life cycle assessment. Mitigation […]
The Smart Freight Centre Leadership Series presents special guest speaker Professor Alison Conway of the City College of New York on Friday, November 6, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. EST. All are welcome to attend this free webinar. Register here on Eventbrite. Description Often, freight operations are overlooked or explicitly de-prioritized in the early stages of Complete […]
The University of Toronto Transportation Alumni Committee is proud to present the New Frontiers in Transportation 2020 Student Competition Symposium. All are welcome to attend. November 12, 5:00-7:30 p.m. Register now! Attendees will hear presentations from six interdisciplinary teams of University of Toronto students on a broad range of topics related to this year's theme […]
