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Raphael Dumas presents “Analyzing the transportation impacts of Toronto’s vehicle-for-hire industry 2019-2021”

Online via Zoom

In 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 Zoom

While 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 Zoom

Please 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 Event

Presented 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 Zoom

University 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 Town

University 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 Event

Inspired 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 Event

Transit 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 Event

Our 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 Zoom

The 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 […]

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