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Lisa Li “Navigating the Transit Network: Understanding Riders’ Information-Seeking Behaviour using Trip Planning Data” MASc thesis presentation

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Lisa Li Lisa Li will present her MASc thesis “Navigating the Transit Network: Understanding Riders’ Information-Seeking Behaviour using Trip Planning Data” on September 10, 2021, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Lisa is an MASc candidate at the University of Toronto Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering working under the supervision of Professor Amer Shalaby. Her […]

New Frontiers in Transportation 2021 Student Competition Symposium

Online Event

  The University of Toronto Transportation Alumni Network (UTTAN) is proud to present its third annual New Frontiers in Transportation Student Competition Symposium. All are welcome to attend. Tuesday, September 14, 2021 - 5:30-7:30 p.m. - via Zoom Attendees will hear presentations from interdisciplinary teams of University of Toronto students on a range of topics […]

Mostafa (Yaser) Kouchakzadeh presents “Analyzing Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Traffic congestion and Commercial Vehicles Travel Patterns within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area”

Online via Zoom

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted virtually all social and economic activities in our society, resulting in changing patterns of travel and traffic congestion in Canada. This analysis first analyzes traffic congestion changes throughout the first and second waves of the pandemic on detected freeway bottlenecks within the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area (GTHA), using HERE travel […]

Shang Zhang presents “Strategic Planning of an Interconnected Crowd Logistics Network”

Online via Zoom

There is a growing market for crowd-shipping, which hires people to transport packages on their regular commutes, in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). This thesis considers a hybrid crowd-shipping operation that hires crowd-shippers and regular drivers in a physical internet environment. An investigation into the spatial distribution of potential crowd-shippers is conducted by leveraging a […]

UT-ITE presents Ice Breaking Event to welcome new grad students in transportation

Online via Zoom

The University of Toronto ITE Student Chapter, UT-ITE, announces a social event to welcome new grad students in transportation. Scheduled to take place within the usual UT-ITE seminar slot (Friday, 11-12), the event will be an interactive and fun ice-breaking social. "Let's sit around one virtual table, get the coffee and snacks ready, and start having […]

Mateen Mahboubi presents “City of Toronto Road Safety Plan”

Online via Zoom

In 2016, in response to a general upward trend in traffic-related fatalities starting in 2012, particularly among vulnerable road users, as well as changes in values representing the Vision Zero approach, City Council approved the Vision Zero Road Safety Plan. This signaled a change in values representing the Vision Zero approach, moving away from primarily […]

Launch event for “The Scarborough Opportunity Report: A Comprehensive Walking & Cycling Network”

Online Event

Join 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 Zoom

The 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 Zoom

Professor 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

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UTTRI 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 […]

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