Location: Room SF3103, 3rd floor, Sandford Fleming Building, 10 King’s College Road, University of Toronto.   MAP

When we talk about transport or see it discussed by the media, the focus often seems to be on delays, congestion, poor transit service, etc. This emphasis on problems and bottlenecks is also visible in current transportation planning and the indicators and models that support transport policy making. This seminar proposes a different approach to transportation planning, one that places opportunity and improving travelers’ experience, as opposed to problems, at the centre of policy making. Examples from Thomas and his experience as a transport planner in the Netherlands will be used to illustrate this approach.

Thomas Straatemeier worked as a sustainable urban transportation planner in the Netherlands for 20 years. He worked with the City of Amsterdam, and as a researcher at the University of Amsterdam, where he received his PhD in 2019, and as a senior consultant for Goudappel Coffeng.

Thomas recently moved to Toronto for one year and joined the firm Access Planning to contribute to attractive cities and sustainable urban transportation in a different context.

Thomas specializes in strategic transportation planning on city, regional and national levels, with a special interest in promoting the use of cycling and transit transport alongside land-use integration.

This seminar is presented by the University of Toronto Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter.