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Patrick Loa and Sk Md Mashrur: “Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Travel Behaviour and Demand in the GTHA”

Online Event

This week's UT-ITE seminar features presentations by two University of Toronto PhD students, Patrick Loa and Sk Md Mashrur. Patrick Loa Title: "A survey-based study into the impacts of COVID-19 on the use of ride-sourcing services in the GTA." Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, ride-sourcing services (such as those offered by Uber and Lyft) were […]

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

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 […]