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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Transportation 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 […]
New 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 […]
In 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 […]
