The new Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship is one of seven University of Toronto buildings featured in this year’s Doors Open Toronto. Officially opened in March 2018, the […]
UTTRI associated faculty Shoshanna Saxe will receive the Engineering Medal for Young Engineer from the Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA) at the OPEA Gala on November 16, 2019. The OPEA Gala is […]
Professor Luís M.A. Bettencourt presented a free public lecture in Toronto on April 24, 2019 as part of the University of Toronto Department of Civil+Mineral Engineering 2018/2019 Distinguished Lecture series. Bettencourt […]
Researchers from the University of Toronto will play a key role in a national charity’s roll out of accessible playground facilities in cities across Canada. The playgrounds, built by Canadian […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professors Eric Miller and Shoshanna Saxe weigh in on provincial transit plans in the Toronto Star article “Over the Don and under Fort York — where experts […]
The demand for goods transportation continues to rise, leading to increased traffic congestion across the GTHA. The newly launched Smart Freight Centre looks to find solutions. Leading experts from the […]
A brief video interview of UTTRI Director Professor Eric Miller was aired on CBC’s The National news item entitled Doug Ford commits $11.2B toward $30B Toronto transit expansion plan, April 10, 2019. […]
Congratulations to UTTRI associated faculty Professor Amer Shalaby who was awarded the 2019 ThinkTransit Award of Excellence in Innovation. He was honoured at the ThinkTransit Technology Conference in Tampa, Florida, April […]
Shoshanna Saxe, Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto, gave a fascinating talk about the importance of understanding embodied materials and emissions […]
“With new governments come new transit plans.” UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki, Jennifer Keesmaat, and Murtaza Haider join Steve Paikin as The Agenda evaluates the province’s new ideas for transit […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professors Matti Siemiatycki and Shoshanna Saxe are working with Dr. Dan Durrant of UCL’s Bartlett School of Planning to identify the pressures created in infrastructure planning and delivery in London […]
PhD student Laura Minet was awarded a Frances Bradfield Graduate Fellowship in Environmental Engineering from the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. “I am thrilled to have received the Frances Bradfield […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe was quoted in “Should Canada charge drivers to use roads during rush hour?” posted March 30, 2019 by Global News. Congestion pricing has been […]
Dr. Francesco Corman of ETH Zurich presented a special guest lecture at University of Toronto on March 28, 2019. His talk “Disruption management in railway networks” was well attended. Dr. […]
The University of Toronto Institute of Transportation Engineers (UT-ITE) student chapter hosted its annual networking event, the Student-Industry Mixer, on March 27 at the Debates Room of Hart House. Over […]
Discussion of a broad range of road safety interests was the focus at the fifth gathering of the Ontario Road Safety Forum on March 27, 2019. Participants filled the Michael E. […]
Mr. Yousef Kimiagar, Vice President of Transit Rail Systems at Gannett Fleming, gave a talk about advanced train control systems on March 29, 2019. His presentation was welcomed by a […]
News of Lyft going public pulled ride-hailing into prominence in the news. On the topic of ride-hailing services and their impacts on transportation in Canadian cities, UTTRI Director Professor Eric Miller […]
Congratulations to Professor Michael J. Widener who was awarded the American Association of Geographers Health and Medical Geography Speciality Group’s 2019 Emerging Scholar Award.
UTTRI associated faculty Mark S. Fox and Shauna Brail were quoted by Christine Wong in futur*ithmic‘s “Smarter, safer and more inclusive communities” March 21, 2019. They spoke, respectively, about smart cities’ […]
The threat of rising property taxes is casting a shadow on transit improvements proposed in the City of London, as reported March 23 in “Cost of some transit projects on London […]
Participating in a hackathon for three full days is a serious commitment. A UTTRI team demonstrated dedication last week during a Statistics Canada (StatCan) hackathon on Urban Transit Data. Faculty […]
UTTRI’s Travel Modelling Group (TMG) held a half-day workshop March 13 focusing on Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) applications in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area (GTHA). TMG is led by Professor Eric […]
Brendon Hemily, an MIT PhD graduate and independent consultant in public transportation, gave a fascinating talk entitled “Transit Fare Policy and Payment; Perspectives, Challenges, and Developments.” The presentation took place at […]
Professor Matti Siemiatycki delivered the School of the Environment’s annual Eric Krause Memorial Lecture on March 18, 2019 at the Faculty Club. He was introduced by School of the Environment […]
Dr. Willem Klumpenhouwer presented “The Markovian Bus” on March 8 as part of the UT-ITE Seminar Series. Transit, especially buses that run in mixed traffic, are subject to randomness from a variety […]
The Human Factors & Applied Statistics Lab at the University of Toronto is looking for participants for an on-road driving study with the following criteria: Having a valid G driver license […]
UTTRI associated faculty and Interim Director, School of Cities, Professor Matti Siemiatycki was interviewed on CTV television program “Your Morning” February 22, 2019 in “How suburban areas are dealing with […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou will co-Chair the 2019 Air & Odor Management Conference and Technology Showcase (AOMCTS), “Air Pollution in the Cloud: Transformative Sensing and Data Mining for […]