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Traffic planning and management in the real (congested) world: Rob Pringle

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

Traffic management in a congested urban/suburban environment – what is different about a congested environment? Micro-simulation as an analysis tool in congested environments Emerging trends (real-time/intelligent traffic management, managed lanes, connected and automated vehicles, tolling, etc.) Some quirks and paradoxes Rob Pringle Rob Pringle is Senior Project Manager at WSP Canada. He has 38 years of experience, […]

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 […]

TransitData 2020 Symposium – ONLINE

Online Event

Technological advances and research on methodologies have dramatically increased the availability and quality of automated data that can be used to develop applications that enhance the planning and operations of public transportation systems. Automated Data Systems include: Advanced Fare Collection (AFC), Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), Automatic Passenger Counting (APC), GTFS-RT, on-board video surveillance, but also new sources of passive data obtained from mobile devices, social media and other Internet of Things (IoT) sensors. A series of workshops have been held in recent years to explore both methodological challenges and potential applications, including: Gifu, Japan (2014), Boston, United States (2016), Santiago, Chile (2017), Brisbane, Australia (2018), and Paris, France (2019) .

The next Symposium will be held August 11-13, 2020 in Toronto, Canada, and we are planning to place more emphasis on applications, and substantially broaden the discussion between practitioners and researchers interested in the use of public transportation automated data.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Wegener presents CivMin Distinguished Lecture “Integrated modelling of land use and transport”

Online via Zoom

The Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series presents "Integrated modelling of land use and transport" by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Wegener, Spiekerman & Wegener – Germany. Climate researchers agree that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions significantly contribute to climate change, and that radical measures to reduce them and to adapt to no longer avoidable […]

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 […]

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, […]

Antonio Gittens & Peter Stokes of StreetLight Data present ‘Big Data for transportation: applications in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area’

Online via Zoom

Antonio Gittens Antonio Gittens, Solutions Manager at StreetLight Data, has 10 years’ experience in multimodal planning, transportation policy, and software implementation. His experience spans urban and rural, from helping Transport Canada bring emerging mobility to rural Canada, to helping Metrolinx—one of Canada’s largest transit agencies—assess the feasibility of on-demand transit. Peter Stokes Peter Stokes, Regional […]

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