Willem Klumpenhouwer
Willem Klumpenhouwer presents “Talking Demand-Responsive Transit in Canada: Effective, or Exaggerated?”
Online EventDemand-responsive transit, on-demand transit, microtransit. Adding technology-powered flexibility to transit service is not a new concept, but with smartphones in (almost) every pocket and the emergence of cloud-based applications, a huge number of new on-demand transit services are being piloted in Canada. Many politicians, planners, and operators have looked to on-demand transit as a potential […]
Willem Klumpenhouwer and Diego Silva present “Living on a fare: Dashboarding fare-sensitive access and equity in major U.S. urban areas”
Online via ZoomWhile premium transit modes such as commuter rail can improve access to opportunities, the higher fares that accompany these services create barriers to their use. Fare-sensitive access measures require accurate estimation of fare costs between origins and destinations. They are not often included in public transit access analyses because of data limitations and computational complexity. […]
Mobility Network Summer School: Planning More Equitable Transportation Systems
Galbraith Building, Room GB202 35 St. George Street 2nd floor, Toronto, ON, CanadaCall for applications Mobility Network calls for applications for "Planning More Equitable Transportation Systems," a two-day summer school taking place on July 18 and 19, 2022 at the University of Toronto's St. George campus. About the summer school With urban inequality on the rise, there is a growing understanding that government investments in infrastructure can […]