Matthew Palm, University of Toronto; Jeff Allen, University of Toronto, and Steven Farber, University of Toronto. Canadian cities are contending with how to maintain effective public transit during the coronavirus-induced […]
Short Biography Dr. Hurdle died June 1. He was born on December 27, 1935, in Pocatello, Idaho, and grew up in the smaller nearby town of Blackfoot. In 1950, he […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida coauthored the opinion piece “Canada’s new normal begins in our cities,” with Jennifer Keesmaat (CEO, Keesmaat Group) and Kwame McKenzie (CEO, Wellesley Institute), published […]
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the City of Toronto’s budget, not least because of the steep decline in TTC ridership. As UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki says in CBC’s […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Khandker Nurul Habib has been awarded the 2020 Sandford Fleming Award by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE). Professor Habib’s citation for the Sandford Fleming […]
One of the great research outcomes of iCity: Urban Informatics for Metropolitan Sustainable Growth is the creation of the City Data Model Project Collaboratory. The City Data Model Project Collaboratory […]
Traffic and speed patterns in the GTHA have changed dramatically since COVID-19 restrictions came into effect. Much of the GTHA workforce no longer needs to travel to work, due to […]
We congratulate Dr. Adam Weiss who begins a tenure-track faculty position in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa on July 1, 2020. Dr. Weiss […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe was interviewed by Daily Commercial News by Construct Connect about findings published in “Embodied emissions in rail infrastructure: a critical literature review,” a paper […]
Dr. Matthew Palm and UTTRI associated faculty Professor Steven Farber have just released Towards Transportation for All: The Mobilizing Justice Workshop Outcomes Report. The report summarizes findings from the November 2019 […]
How will COVID-19 impact the travel demand and travel behaviour of residents of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)? The Travel Demand Modelling Group (TDMG), headed by UTTRI associated […]
The Smart Freight Centre (SFC) has started assessing the impact of COVID-19 on freight flows and supply chains in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Changes in freight flow and […]
Dr. Matthew Palm was interviewed by CP24 about preliminary results from the “Public Transit and COVID-19 Survey,” based on a sample of 2,753 survey respondents. In the video interview and article […]
Analyzing Twitter data is useful for planning and operating transportation systems. Current University of Toronto research in partnership with Calgary Transit, CUTRIC, SP NA, and NSERC creates a framework for […]
Demand-responsive transit, where vehicles, routes, and stop locations adapt in near-real time to customer requests, has gained new popularity in an app-enabled world. Transit agencies are considering this type of […]
A new Transit Analytics Lab (TAL) has been awarded funding for three years by the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering through its Dean’s Strategic Fund. The lab is headed […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida, along with ten other leading global experts, shared his predictions for post-COVID cities in “How Life in Our Cities Will Look After the Coronavirus […]
What will COVID-19’s long-term impact be on Toronto? Will it forever change how people work and live? “Cities have been around for centuries and have survived pandemics,” says [UTTRI associated […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Amer Shalaby says public transit systems in COVID-19 recovery have implemented a variety of measures to keep transit safe for all in “Public transit prepping for […]
In light of the COVID-19 situation, the Public Transit Short Courses, previously scheduled for August 17 – 19, 2020, are postponed to a later date, to be determined based on developments. […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Jeff Brook believes that the improved air quality we’re experiencing during the pandemic can be part of our post-COVID reality. With COVID-19 the recognition of public […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida was interviewed for a Q&A in “Urbanist discusses the pitfalls, possibilities for Toronto: The city will change and leaders need to be ready to […]
UTTRI associated faculty Dr. Enid Slack, Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) took part in “A COVID-19 Crisis for City Budgets” on TVO’s The Agenda with […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida was featured in the online webinar “How Will Cities Re-Open After the Pandemic? In Conversation with Richard Florida” presented by the Toronto Region Board […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Greg Evans, Director of The Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR), was interviewed on Earth Day in “World marks Earth Day during coronavirus pandemic,” […]
UTTRI faculty associate Professor I. Daniel Posen thinks that habit-changing pandemic protocols may lead to longer-term, environmentally friendly changes in behaviour. “Seeing is believing,” he says in an article by […]
We’ve added a new resource to our website: research reports generated by our faculty associates and their research teams. We are proud to archive reports on important research questions on […]
The Field Measurement Facility of the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR) at 200 College Street continuously monitors traffic volume and major traffic related air pollutants. Visit their web […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida is quoted in “Here’s what reopening a city under coronavirus lockdown would look like, according to one expert,” Global News, April 21, 2020. Urban […]