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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki, Interim Director of School of Cities, was interviewed by CBC News Ottawa in the November 25 item “Public-private partnerships boast ‘mixed record,’ expert warns.” […]
Providing accessible transit systems is a major challenge for transportation planners nowadays. Thomas Straatemeier, a Dutch transport planner, was at University of Toronto to give a talk on strategies to […]
Shauna Brail, University of Toronto Mobility is essential to urban life. It contributes to people’s ability to access work, food, education, leisure and more. It also contributes to climate change. […]
TransitData 2020, the 6th international symposium on the use of public transit automated data for planning and operations, will be held at the University of Toronto August 11-13, 2020. Organizers […]
Professor Hao Yang of McMaster University was at UTTRI on November 15th to present “Integrated Traffic Management systems under connected environment”. He spoke about the scope of Connected Autonomous Vehicles […]
An evidence-based opinion piece authored by four road safety experts appears in the November 21, 2019 issue of Safety Network Newsletter of the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP). […]
About 50 U of T transportation alumni returned to the University of Toronto the evening of Thursday, November 14th, 2019 to see familiar faces and meet new, mingle, listen to […]
Congratulations to Nazli Kaya (MIE MASc 2019), who has been awarded the “Advancing Women in Transportation” scholarship by the WTS Toronto area chapter. The scholarship will be presented to Kaya […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe was one of five panelists on “Toronto’s Risky Roads,” an episode of TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin which aired November 5, 2019. The […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matthew Roorda talks about improving the efficiency of freight transport in “Double-trailer trucks could soon be driving during GTA rush hour.” The CBC article discusses the […]
Rob Pringle, Senior Project Manager at WSP Canada was at the ITS Lab and Testbed on November 8th to give a talk on “Traffic planning and management in the real […]
UTTRI Executive Director Dr. Judy Farvolden spoke to the City of Toronto’s Infrastructure and Environment Committee at their October 17 meeting about the Draft AV Tactical Plan. Dr. Farvolden’s later […]
“How Toronto Reined In Big Tech,” an opinion piece by UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe and Professor Matti Siemiatycki was published in the New York Times November 1st with the subheading […]
The Smart Freight Centre, a centre of excellence for goods movement launched last April, held a one-day symposium on November 4 at University of Toronto. Like the Smart Freight Centre, […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Steve Farber and PhD student Jeff Allen co-authored the report “The Ontario Line: Socioeconomic Distribution of Travel Time and Accessibility Benefits” for Metrolinx, which featured an […]
Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing companies have been changing marketplaces in cities all over the world. The City of Toronto’s Big Data Innovation Team is examining the impacts of private […]
Professor Greg Evans, Director, SOCAAR, shown with title page of 2019 Near-Road Air Pollution Pilot Study A study on traffic-related air pollution across Canada, The Near-Road Air Pollution Pilot […]
Daniel Haufschild, senior planner for Arup, gave a presentation about behind-the-scenes scenarios of large infrastructure projects, notably demonstrating that the decision-making process is based on more than just technical analysis. […]
“We had to turn people away,” says coordinator Geni Bahar of the sixth and largest meeting to date of the Ontario Road Safety Forum (ORSF) October 17, 2019. With 80 […]
UTTRI Executive Director Dr. Judy Farvolden presented to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee at their meeting October 17, 2019. Dr. Farvolden addressed many aspects of the report from City of […]
TransitData2020, the 6th International Workshop and Symposium on research and applications on the use of massive passive data for public transport, will be held in Toronto, August 11-13, 2020. A […]
Are smart intersections the first step to smart cities? With traffic volume increasing every day, it is a challenge for traffic analysts to study signalling at intersections. Miovision’s representatives, Salman […]
A new paper based on MASc thesis research by Christos Stogios at the University of Toronto has been published in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Vol. 76, Nov. 2019, […]
The idea of using cargo bikes for delivery is widely popular in the US and UK. But how efficient are they? Can they substitute for delivery trucks to reduce greenhouse […]
UTTRI Executive Director Dr. Judy Farvolden and associated faculty Professor Greg Evans were among those gathered on October 16, 2019 at Ontario Tech University for a day of moderated panel […]
Professor William H.K. Lam gave a special guest presentation for the UT-ITE seminar series. His talk, “A household-based optimum utility approach for modeling joint activity-travel choices in congested road networks,” […]