News

Pollution affects some more than others, says Marshall

February 13, 2020

“Just” Cities: Traffic-related air pollution and justice in the context of urban sustainability,” a Distinguished Lecture by Professor Dr. Julian Marshall of the University of Washington, drew a large audience […]

Farber encourages GTA transit planners to build equity cases

February 13, 2020

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Steven Farber‘s presentation at Transport Futures’ “Transportation Equity Summit” December 9 was reported in the article “Scholar encourages GTA transit planners to build equity cases,” Daily […]

Due Feb. 17: TransitData 2020 abstracts

February 13, 2020

Call for abstracts: TransitData 2020 in Toronto, Canada The Toronto symposium will place more emphasis on applications, and substantially broaden the discussion between practitioners and researchers interested in the use […]

Pilot Off-Peak Delivery Program shares final report

February 12, 2020

Researchers have released a report detailing the pilot project “Off-Peak Delivery Program in the Region of Peel” and their conclusions. The complete final report is available on the Smart Freight […]

Henshilwood shares expert advice and resources for transportation researchers

February 12, 2020

Engineering Librarian Angela Henshilwood presented an informative talk designed to help those conducting transportation research get the most from University of Toronto library resources, many of which are open to […]

Travel Modelling Group presents workshop on mobility tools and services

February 12, 2020

The Travel Modelling Group (TMG) held a workshop on mobility tools and services on the morning of February 5, 2020 in the ITS Lab, SF3103 at University of Toronto.  The […]

Mobilizing Justice shares transportation equity videorecordings

February 6, 2020

In the wake of their intensive two-day workshop last November, Mobilizing Justice now shares 16 videos on YouTube. The videorecorded presentations and panel talks all took place at the workshop […]

Campbell on increasing on-demand transit efficiency

February 6, 2020

Hamish Campbell, Country Manager at Via On-Demand Transit presented the seminar “How on-demand transit partnerships are transforming mobility for cities and transit agencies” on January 31, 2020. Campbell’s seminar focused […]

Environmental equity features prominently in Marshall presentation

February 6, 2020

Livestream video is currently still viewable on Twitter @civmin part 1 here. and part 2 here, but will end soon. Guest speaker Professor Julian D. Marshall of the University of Washington […]

Slack co-authors policy paper on municipal-provincial responsibilities

January 30, 2020

UTTRI associated faculty Dr. Enid Slack, Director, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG), has co-authored an opinion piece published in the Globe and Mail January 24, 2020. “Ontario’s relationships […]

Siemiatycki on ride-hailing in Vancouver

January 30, 2020

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki is the expert voice in the January 24 article “Uber, Lyft given green-light in Metro Vancouver, but is that a good thing?” posted online […]

Amy Jiang shares overview of ITE and emerging industry trends at student seminar

January 30, 2020

Amy Jiang, Senior Associate at BA group, was at U of T on January 24th to present “The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and emerging directions in transportation engineering.” She […]

Engineering Dimensions features UTTRI associates

January 22, 2020

Professional Engineers Ontario’s Engineering Dimensions features University of Toronto recent graduate Nazli Kaya (MIE MASc 2019) on the cover of its January/February 2020 issue. “How human factors engineering drives automotive […]

Dr. Mehdi Nourinejad now Assistant Professor at York University

January 20, 2020

Congratulations and best wishes to Dr. Mehdi Nourinejad, who began a position as Assistant Professor (tenure track) at York University in the Department of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, […]

AHB10 2019 Best Paper Award to Shalaby and co-authors

January 15, 2020

The Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations Committee (AHB10) 2019 Best Paper Award went to “Development and Implementation of a Multi-Level Roadway Segmentation Methodology” by Dr. Reza Omrani, Transportation Safety […]

Invaluable resources shared by Mobilizing Justice workshop

January 9, 2020

Keynote and presentation videos and slides from the Mobilizing Justice workshop are now available on the Mobilizing Justice website.  The materials are invaluable transportation equity resources, posted with kind permission […]

DiDi Graduate Awards recognize outstanding student researchers

December 20, 2019

Ten University of Toronto graduate students are receiving DiDi Graduate Awards in recognition of their contributions to the fields of artificial intelligence, vehicle autonomy, transportation analytics, human-machine interfacing and related […]

Farber helps organize a curated track of transport equity sessions for 2020 TRB Annual Meeting

December 19, 2019

UTTRI associate faculty Professor Steven Farber helped the Transportation Research Board (TRB) organize a curated track of transport equity sessions at their Annual Meeting next month. The sessions Sunday, January […]

UTTRI at TRB 2020 – Find us easily with this Quick List

December 19, 2019

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual meeting January 12-16, 2020 will feature the research of thousands. To help you find UTTRI at TRB we share below a TRB 2020 UTTRI […]

Steven Farber proposes research agenda for transportation equity at Transport Futures’ Transportation Equity Summit

December 12, 2019

Professor Steven Farber spoke at the Transportation Equity Summit presented by Transport Futures on December 9, 2019 at Innis Town Hall. He was joined on the panel “Building Fair Transit: […]

From automated vehicles to operating rooms: Human Factors researcher Birsen Donmez studies human and technology integration

December 11, 2019

If you have dreams of reading a book or taking a nap while your self-driving car safely navigates city streets, you will have to wait awhile. That’s according to Professor Birsen […]

Subscribers to receive TransitData 2020 symposium notices via email

December 11, 2019

A new University of Toronto listserv, TransitData2020-l, will be used for direct email updates on the TransitData 2020 symposium. Subscription to TransitData2020-l is open and all are welcome to sign […]

Farvolden moderates discussion of next steps for Smart Mobility at “Ahead of the Curve”

December 3, 2019

UTTRI Executive Director Dr. Judy Farvolden moderated and gave opening comments for the session “Integrating Smart Mobility: Planning to get from here to there” December 2nd at “Ahead of the […]

Bodur on model optimization via stochastic programming

November 30, 2019

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Merve Bodur, of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department, gave a lecture on “Model Optimization Problems via Stochastic Programming” as a part of the UT-ITE seminar […]

Call for extended abstracts: TransitData 2020

November 28, 2019

Call for extended abstracts: TransitData 2020 in Toronto, Canada The Toronto symposium will place more emphasis on applications, and substantially broaden the discussion between practitioners and researchers interested in the […]

Smart Freight Symposium presents broad perspective on freight transport

November 28, 2019

The Smart Freight Symposium on sustainable urban and regional freight innovation was held November 4, 2019 at the University of Toronto Faculty Club. The one-day event featured two keynotes and […]

Zero carbon emissions the goal, says Easterbrook

November 28, 2019

“Ask CBC  News” devoted its November 26 episode, entitled “Earth set to warm 3.2 C by 2100, UN report finds,” to “take stock of Canada’s place in the world when it […]

For collective good, not profit: Saxe on publicly funded transit

November 28, 2019

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe took part in the Toronto Region Board of Trade (TRBOT) 5th annual Transportation Summit on November 27, 2019. She debated against Josipa Petrunic, Executive […]

Farber debates proposed GTA West Corridor highway

November 28, 2019

The current Ontario government may revive a project to build a highway in the GTA West Corridor, the proposed Highway 413. Professor Steve Farber was one of four panelists on […]

Farber on free public transit

November 28, 2019

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Steven Farber was quoted in “Should public transit be free?” [paywall] in the Toronto Star, November 25, 2019. The article by Ben Spurr discusses MPP Michael […]