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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
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: 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]