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The Long View and Next Steps – iCity webinar series #5 of 5
June 17, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The final webinar in the five-webinar series presented by iCity, The Long View and Next Steps features two presentations.
1. Multi-Decade Longitudinal Analysis of Urban Growth and Transport Network Expansion in the GTHA – Eric J. Miller
This study explores the dynamic relationship between transportation infrastructure investment and urban growth in the GTHA. A comprehensive database of urban growth indicators, population socio-economic attributes and transportation networks and accessibilities was constructed for the time period 1971-2016 from a variety of sources. Econometric models were then constructed to explore the role of road and transit accessibility in urban development, the effects of urban form on travel demand and factors influencing housing prices.
Speaker
UTTRI Director Professor Eric J. Miller is Past Chair of the U.S. Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Travel Behavior and Values, Member Emeritus of the TRB Transportation Demand Forecasting Committee and Past Chair of the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR). He served on the US National Academy of Sciences Committee for Determination of the State of the Practice in Metropolitan Area Travel Forecasting. He has chaired or been a member of numerous travel demand modelling peer review panels throughout North America. He is the recipient of the 2009 Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Educator Award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers, the inaugural winner of the University of British Columbia Margolese National Design for Living Award (2012) and recipient of the 2018 IATBR Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the developer of GTAModel, an advanced regional travel demand modeling system used by municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) to forecast travel demand that is based on TASHA, a state-of-the-art agent-based microsimulation model of activity and travel, and ILUTE, an integrated land use-transportation model system for the GTA.
2. Next Steps and iCity 2.0 – Eric Miller, Sara Diamond, Steven Farber, Amer Shalaby, Judy Farvolden
iCity 2.0 builds on the successful collaborations established in iCity and is an outcome of a series of workshops held with key stakeholders over the summer of 2019. The research will address three issues key to equitable, healthy, wealthy and sustainable development: How do we manage the risks and reap the benefits of emerging mobility services? How can we create complete communities in both existing neighbourhoods and new developments? How can we allocate surface transportation capacity to move more people safely, efficiently, and reliably on existing roads? A multidisciplinary research team from the University of Toronto and OCAD-U will be complemented by partnerships with mobility start-ups, technology firms, engineering, data and analytics firms, property developers, not-for-profits, and municipal and regional governments, creating an urban innovation ecosystem of next-stage recipients and end-users that ensures iCity 2.0 will achieve research impact.
Speakers
Eric J. Miller (see above)
Dr. Sara Diamond is the President of OCAD University, Canada’s “university of the imagination.” She holds a PhD in Computer Science and degrees in new media theory and practice, social history and communications. She is an appointee of the Order of Ontario and the Royal Canadian Society of Artists. While retaining OCAD University’s traditional strengths in art and design, Diamond has guided the university in becoming a leader in digital media, design research and curriculum through the Digital Futures Initiative, new research in Inclusive Design, health and design, as well as in sustainable technologies and design. She also played a leading role in OCAD University’s establishment of the unique Aboriginal Visual Culture Program. These initiatives have built strong partnerships for OCAD University with science, business and communities, in Ontario and abroad. Currently, she serves on the Ontario Ministry of Culture’s Advisory Council on Arts & Culture, ORION (Ontario’s high-speed network), SHARCNET, IO (Interactive Ontario), Canadian Women in Communications; i-Canada; is Chair of the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Toronto Advisory Committee. Diamond serves the larger university community through her membership on the Standing Advisory Committee on University Research (SACUR) of the Association of Universities and Colleges and as Chair of the Standing Committee on Relationships with Other Postsecondary Institutions for the Council of Ontario Universities. Diamond is a member of the Council of the Canadian Academies’ expert panel on the State of Science & Technology in Canada.
Professor Steve Farber is a quantitative transportation geographer and spatial analyst. His research investigates how land use and transportation systems affect social and economic outcomes in urban areas. His work is aimed at better understanding this link in an effort to improve the sustainability of transportation and land use planning. Steve’s interdisciplinary approach draws from and contributes to the theories of activity and travel behaviour modelling, urban-, transportation-, and time-geography, spatial analysis, and geographic information science (GIS).
Dr. Amer Shalaby is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering at University of Toronto, Director of the Transit Analytics Lab (TAL) and Associate Director of the iCity-Centre for Automated and Transformative Transportation Systems (iCity-CATTS). He is specialized in transit planning and operations, intelligent transportation systems, and transportation planning for large-scale events and mega cities. His research program has been sponsored by many organizations from both the public and private sectors. In addition to research, Dr. Shalaby has delivered consulting services to various transportation organizations in Canada and internationally, and he has offered annual short courses on public transit planning and modelling to the professional community since 2008.
As the founding Executive Director of UTTRI, Dr. Judy Farvolden has helped create a leading transportation research centre, leveraging the cross-disciplinary knowledge of University of Toronto researchers to address real-world challenges. Judy works collaboratively with industry and government partners to identify opportunities that can be addressed by U of T’s broad and deep transportation research expertise. Through an extensive network of stakeholders, UTTRI has successfully created numerous collaborations with partners locally, nationally and internationally. Her own interests are in harnessing the disruption created by emerging transportation technology and services to realize a future of seamless, integrated mobility that enhances access and equity, and mitigates climate impacts.
Note: Registration closes Wednesday, June 17, at 10:59 a.m. and Zoom details will be forwarded to all registrants by email via Eventbrite at 11 a.m.
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About this webinar series
This webinar series, hosted by UTTRI Executive Director Dr. Judy Farvolden, will summarize, share and celebrate the research initiatives and innovations produced over the course of the project, wrapping up with a preview of research proposed for iCity 2.0.
The online presentations are scheduled over five days as shown below. Admission is free and all are welcome. Registration for each webinar is required.
– June 8, 2020, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.: Ontologies and Platforms
– June 10, 2020, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.: Visualization
– June 12, 2020, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.: Foundations for Planning and Operations
– June 15, 2020, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.: Elements of the Street and its Users
– June 17, 2020, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.: The Long View and Next Steps
Details and registration links for all webinars
About iCity: Urban Informatics for Sustainable Metropolitan Growth
The iCity: Urban Informatics for Sustainable Metropolitan Growth project is coming to a close after five years of successful collaboration between UTTRI, OCAD-U and University of Waterloo. Led by Principal Investigator and UTTRI Director, Dr. Eric Miller, the goal of iCity was to find innovative ways to improve urban transportation system performance and design efficient, sustainable cities for the well-being of individuals and society.
iCity researchers co-created innovative ways to improve urban transportation system performance through the design of complete streets, understanding parking behaviour, improving transit resilience, exploring the behaviours of pedestrians, and extending our understanding of the interactions between land use and transportation. Rigorous transportation research, built on a foundation of data, ontologies and platforms was effectively enabled by novel visualizations, resulting in a suite of data standards, dashboards and tools we hope will be useful to our iCity partners and others.
iCity: Urban Informatics for Sustainable Metropolitan Growth is funded by the Ontario Research Fund, Research Excellence, Round 7.