UTTRI Director, Professor Eric J. Miller was awarded the 2020 Safwat Zaky Research Leader Award by the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering for “leadership in innovative interdisciplinary […]
UTTRI associated faculty Dr. Enid Slack, Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) was quoted in “Cities face massive financial shortfalls because of COVID. How can they […]
UTTRI faculty associate Professor Jonathan D. Hall has been honoured with an essay award from the 2020 Sakip Sabanci International Research Awards for his paper “Can tolling help everyone? Estimating […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Greg Evans‘ air quality research is featured in “COVID-19 restrictions cut downtown Toronto pollution levels by almost half, researchers find,” CBC News, April 9, 2020. Evans […]
In “The Coronavirus Class Divide in Cities” published by CityLab April 7, 2020, UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida looks at how COVID-19 affects a divided workforce. He contrasts professionals […]
Municipal funding pressures created by COVID-19 are discussed in “COVID-19 crisis creates chance to re-examine provincial funding of cities” Toronto Star, April 6, 2020. Last week, the City of Toronto […]
UTTRI associated faculty Nathaniel Baum-Snow‘s research on highways and suburbanization is featured in “Visualizing the Footprint of Highways in American Cities,” Visual Capitalist, April 4, 2020. Highways reshaped the downtown […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida recommends that cities plan now for a gradual return to business as usual, keeping in mind that COVID-19 may revisit in waves. In his […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shauna Brail in her article “Cities lead the charge on the coronavirus front lines” (The Conversation, April 2, 2020) looks at how physical distancing is playing […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Alan Walks, Howard Ramos and Jill L. Grant co-wrote “Coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity to create affordable cities” published in The Conversation, April 1, 2020. Will […]
“We need a readiness and preparedness plan for getting our cities and communities back up and running, and the time to start is now.” UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Tamer El-Diraby was quoted in an article about construction projects in Peel, weighing in on the Ontario government decision to continue allowing construction industry operation while […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe and UTTRI Advisory Board member Andy Manahan, Executive Director of the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) are two of those interviewed […]
A recent article by Andrew Reeves in Novae Res Urbis, Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area, discusses the need for inter-jurisdictional dialogue and cooperation for efficient and environmentally sustainable movement of […]
UT-ITE hosted its annual Student Industry Mixer on March 11, 2020 in the elegant 5th floor atrium of U of T’s beautiful new Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship. […]
In response to COVID-19, the Province of Ontario announced noise by-law exemptions allowing off-peak deliveries permitted through the Municipal Emergency Act, 2020 to ensure that “for the near future, the […]
UTTRI iCity partner Esri Canada has created an online COVID-19 Canada GIS Hub to share information about the coronavirus pandemic. Information sources include the Community Map of Canada, the Living […]
The iCity-Centre for Automated and Transformative Transportation Systems (iCity-CATTS) welcomed two of its public sector partners, the City of Toronto and York Region, to a partners’ progress meeting on March […]
UTTRI associated professor Matti Siemiatycki, Interim Director at the University of Toronto School of Cities, provided analysis and discussion of public-private partnerships (P3s) and how large infrastructure projects are awarded, […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe was interviewed in “Doug Ford’s transit plans: Billions in waste, bad for the planet,” an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail March 9, […]
Research from several UTTRI iCity projects was presented at Esri Canada’s GIS in Education and Research Conference March 4 and 5, 2020 at U of T: Designing a Complete Streets […]
UTTRI Director Professor Eric Miller gave a presentation entitled “Everything you ever wanted to know about report writing but were afraid to ask” to help students organize their writing for […]
Arash Kalatian, a PhD student at Ryerson University, gave a presentation on “Decoding pedestrian and automated vehicle interactions using immersive virtual reality and interpretable deep learning” on February 28, 2020. […]
Sanjana Hossain, a PhD candidate at University of Toronto, presented her ongoing research in a presentation entitled “Inferring the purpose of using ride-hailing service through Data Fusion of Trip Trajectories, […]
UPDATE April 30, 2020 In light of the COVID-19 situation, it will not be possible to hold a physical Symposium in August of this year in Toronto. However, we are […]
U of T Engineering professors Scott Sanner (MIE) and Vaughn Betz (ECE) are among this year’s recipients of the Google Faculty Research Award. The program supports world-class research in computer science, engineering and related […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Steven Farber was quoted in “Why Public Transit Should Be Free For All” published online by The Bullet, February 23, 2020. The article discusses impacts of […]
David Islip gave a presentation on “Housing finance, land use, and transportation networks” to provide a basis for understanding Canada’s housing system and how it impacts land use. Islip is […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor I. Daniel Posen was quoted in the article “Electric vehicles: the good, the bad, the context” posted online by BC’s Watershed Sentinel, February 20, 2020. The […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki, Interim Director of School of Cities, is quoted in the Montreal Gazette February 15, 2020 in “Ottawa’s new light rail is a mess. Could […]