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U of T library resources for transportation researchers

Sandford Fleming Building, ITS Lab and Testbed, Room SF3103 10 King's College Road, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, Canada

In this seminar, Angela will discuss: transportation related resources available via University of Toronto Libraries - to researchers within U of T and outside U of T advanced search techniques and citation management workshops and other library services that may be useful to transportation researchers Angela Henshilwood Angela Henshilwood has been a librarian at the […]

Inferring the Purposes of Using Ride-Hailing Services through Data Fusion of Trip Trajectories, Secondary Travel Surveys, and Land-Use Attributes – Sanjana Hossain

Sandford Fleming Building, ITS Lab and Testbed, Room SF3103 10 King's College Road, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, Canada

Title: Inferring the Purposes of Using Ride-Hailing Services through Data Fusion of Trip Trajectories, Secondary Travel Surveys, and Land-Use Attributes Abstract: The increasing market penetration of ride-hailing services offered by private transportation companies is making it imperative to understand why the trips are being made. Trip purpose information directly relates to the activities for which ride-hailing is […]

Housing finance, land use, and transportation networks – David Islip, Quantitative Risk Analyst, Canada Guaranty Mortgage Insurance Company

Sandford Fleming Building, ITS Lab and Testbed, Room SF3103 10 King's College Road, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, Canada

David Ryan Islip Abstract: It is recognized that the decision-making processes of households play a fundamental role in land-use planning. Furthermore, in the case of Canada, the housing finance system and its political economy have a significant influence on household decision-making. This session will provide a basis for understanding Canada’s housing system and how it […]

Sidewalk Labs and the Public: Toronto’s Tech Utopia?

Innis Town Hall Theatre 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A moderated panel discussion presenting multiple perspectives on how we think of the ‘public’ in the Sidewalk Labs proposal. Presenting: Zhixi C. Zhuang, Associate Professor, Ryerson School of Urban & Regional Planning Shoshanna Saxe, Assistant Professor, UofT Dept. of Civil & Mineral Engineering Alex Mather, Vice President, The Keesmaat Group Matti Siemiatycki, Associate Professor, UofT Dept. […]

Decoding pedestrian and automated vehicle interactions using immersive virtual reality and interpretable deep learning – Arash Kalatian

Arash Kalatian To ensure pedestrian friendly streets in the era of automated vehicles, reassessment of current policies, practices, design, rules and regulations of urban areas is of importance. This study investigates pedestrian crossing behaviour, as an important element of urban dynamics that is expected to be affected by the presence of automated vehicles. For this […]

Esri Canada GIS in Education and Research Conference

Hart House 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto

The 4th biennial GIS in Education and Research Conference will be held on March 4 and 5, 2020, at Hart House, University of Toronto. Online registration is now open! Capacity is limited for this conference. To be sure you don’t miss this important event, register now. Professor Mike Batty, Bartlett Professor Emeritus of Planning in the […]

Everything You Wanted to Know About Report Writing but Were Afraid to Ask – Professor Eric Miller

Sandford Fleming Building, ITS Lab and Testbed, Room SF3103 10 King's College Road, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON, Canada

This 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 our graduate students encounter in their writing. Topics discussed include: report organization; report style; treatment of tables, figures, exhibits and appendices; grammar and syntax; […]

Transformative Transportation ’20, iCity-CATTS Research Day

The iCity-Centre for Automated and Transformative Transportation Systems (iCity-CATTS) presents its 3rd annual Research Day, Transformative Transportation ’20. This year's event will take place online. All are welcome to attend, but registration is required. Registration closes at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2nd. AGENDA (Download PDF) 9:00-9:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks, Professor Baher Abdulhai 9:15-10:45 […]

The Social Benefits of On-demand Transit

Online Event

The City of Belleville introduced on-demand transit for their evening service in September of 2018. After a year in service, and 3,000 registered users, a research team from the University of Toronto conducted a survey to better understand the social benefits of on-demand transit service. Read the full report The Benefits Of On-Demand Transit In […]

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