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Small communities benefit from transit innovation: Siemiatycki

July 16, 2019

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki commented on plans by BC transit authority TransLink to launch a pilot project on Bowen Island, population 3,500. The pilot project will introduce ride-booking to […]

Siemiatycki: Improve surface transit with quick low-cost interventions

July 11, 2019

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki was interviewed in “TTC vehicles get caught in gridlock too often. Should the King Street pilot project be replicated?” by Ben Spurr, Toronto Star, July […]

Sidewalks basic to urban neighbourhoods, says Hess

July 3, 2019

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Paul Hess comments in the CBC News article “Windsor might get more sidewalks — but people are divided over the idea” July 3, 2019. Professor Hess, whose […]

Future of Urban Mobility seminar with Hall, Baum-Snow

June 28, 2019

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Jonathan Hall and Rotman’s Professor Nate Baum-Snow spoke at the June 27 seminar in the Cities By Design: The Future of Urban Mobility series, part of the […]

Transformative Transportation ’19

June 27, 2019

On June 26, 2019, iCity-Centre for Automated and Transformative Transportation Systems (iCity-CATTS) hosted Transformative Transportation ’19, its 2nd annual Research Day, at the Health Sciences auditorium at the University of […]

Scoping out iCity 2.0

June 27, 2019

Two half-day workshops were convened on Monday, June 24 and Tuesday, June 25 to capture research ideas and flesh them out. Those ideas were then presented as the outline of […]

UTTRI participates in Subway Planning Forum

June 27, 2019

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe and Executive Director Dr. Judy Farvolden took part in Transport Future’s “Subway Planning Forum” the evening of June 26, 2019 at Innis Town Hall. […]

Future of Urban Mobility seminar with Hess, Brail

June 19, 2019

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Paul Hess and Professor Shauna Brail spoke at the June 13 seminar in the Cities By Design: The Future of Urban Mobility series, part of the Urban […]

Brail, Evans, Fox & others speak at Smart Villages Conference June 22-24

June 18, 2019

The Fields Institute will host the interdisciplinary Smart Villages Conference June 22-24, bringing together academic researchers from the mathematical and physical sciences, the social sciences, engineering, as well as from industry. […]

Kianoush Mousavi wins scholarship

June 18, 2019

Congratulations to Kianoush Mousavi (CivE PhD candidate) who was awarded a CN Scholarship from the Canadian Transportation Research Forum for the 2019-2020 academic year.

Sorensen: Tokyo “peak urban”

June 18, 2019

The June 14 Guardian article “Has Tokyo reached ‘peak city’?” discusses current conditions in Tokyo, Japan. Professor André Sorensen, a scholar of Japanese urban planning, provided commentary for the article, some […]

Shalaby receives 2019 Sandford Fleming Award

June 18, 2019

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Amer Shalaby received the 2019 Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) Sandford Fleming Award in a ceremony on June 14, 2019. The award was bestowed at the […]

aUToronto wins SAE AutoDrive Challenge(TM) second year in a row

June 17, 2019

The aUToronto team has done it again. Competing against seven other universities at Year 2 of the AutoDrive Challenge, the team — composed of U of T Engineering and Computer […]

Free public transit? Professor Amer Shalaby comments

June 13, 2019

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Amer Shalaby comments on the pros and cons of free public transit in an article about Victoria’s plans to eliminate fares for children and youth under 18. […]

4th Annual iCity Urban Informatics Research Day 2019

June 13, 2019

UTTRI Director Professor Eric Miller opened the 4th Annual iCity Urban Informatics Research Day with a warm welcoming address. The day’s program showcased Year 4 achievements as well as new research […]

Sharing perspectives for a shared vision

June 11, 2019

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Amer Shalaby and UTTRI Executive Director Dr. Judy Farvolden teamed up May 31 for the second seminar in the Cities By Design: The Future of Urban […]

Bahrami, Roorda: Runner-up to Best CTRF Conference Paper

June 11, 2019

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Sina Bahrami and Professor Matthew Roorda on the Runner-Up to Best Conference Paper award at the recent Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF) conference for “Optimal Operations […]

U of T student team competes at “Traffic Bowl”

June 11, 2019

Three graduate students in transportation engineering represented U of T at the annual Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) Canadian District Traffic Bowl June 3 at the CITE Annual Conference […]

Miller wins Best Paper award at CTRF

May 30, 2019

UTTRI Director, Professor Eric J. Miller won the “Best Paper” award for “A Prospectus for Improved Long-Distance Travel Demand Models” at the 2019 Canadian Transport Research Forum (CTRF) Conference. CTRF […]

Mobility – 50 years down the road

May 30, 2019

The Royal Canadian Institute for Science presented a public panel in their RCITalks series, “Cities of the Future: Getting Around in 2070” at U of T on May 26. Two […]

Grad students share their work at Doors Open

May 30, 2019

Transportation-related research was the focus for two graduate students who gave “lightning talks” for Doors Open Toronto visitors at the Myhal Centre May 25-26. Both volunteered their time and said […]

Scentroid Partners with University of Toronto to Map Street Level Air Quality

May 30, 2019

Spot the Urban Scanner in your neighborhood this summer! A new partnership, led by Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou, has just launched the Urban Scanner project. Urban Scanner is a partnership between […]

Help improve parking by playing “iCity Park”

May 27, 2019

Call for parking game participants Have you ever been frustrated because you can’t find a parking spot and keep searching forever? Are you motivated to improve parking conditions? Now you have […]

Sina Bahrami: Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on Parking and Congestion

May 23, 2019

Sina Bahrami, a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil + Mineral Engineering under the supervision of Professor Matthew Roorda, presented his thesis research at a public seminar entitled “Impacts […]

Farber, Miller: The challenge of emerging urban mobilities

May 23, 2019

Professors Steve Farber and Eric Miller teamed up May 16 for the first seminar in the Cities By Design: The Future of Urban Mobility series, part of the Urban Challenge Project […]

Call for speakers on future of urban mobility

May 15, 2019

Call for Speakers: The Future of Urban Mobility Seminar Series The Mobility Cluster of the School of Cities invites speakers to present their perspectives on the future of urban mobility.  Interested speakers […]

Farvolden shares expertise at Innovation in Mobility

May 13, 2019

UTTRI Executive Director Dr. Judy Farvolden took part in Innovation in Mobility, a half-day learning event hosted by Region of Peel on May 7, 2019. The workshop was organized to […]

Future of urban mobility focus of new School of Cities seminar series

May 9, 2019

The University of Toronto School of Cities has announced an exciting new biweekly series of talks entitled “Cities by Design: The Future of Urban Mobility.” The first seminar on May […]

Jami presents case study on public charging of electric vehicles at EV2019VÉ

May 9, 2019

Dr. Anahita Jami, UTTRI Postdoctoral Researcher and CUTRIC Research and National R&D Program Manager, presented her research and participated in a panel discussion on the topic of “Public Charging” at the […]

Abdulhai weighs in on province’s review of highway speed limits

May 8, 2019

UTTRI associated faculty Professor Baher Abdulhai was quoted in the May 5, 2019 article by Adam Burns, Canadian Press, Ontario government’s move to review highway speed limits: An explainer. He […]