“Strategies to achieve deep reductions in metropolitan transportation GHG emissions: the case of Philadelphia” by Mohamad-Kenan Al-Rijleh, Ahsan Alam, Romano Foti, Patrick L. Gurian, Sabrina Spatari and Marianne Hatzopoulou is cited in the November 30 […]
Eman Hammad, Chair for IEEE Toronto Communication Society Chapter, gave a talk entitled “Cybersecurity & Innovation: Digital Trust” at the UT-ITE seminar series on November 30, 2018. Cybersecurity, an essential […]
Tyrone Gan, Senior Vice President at HDR Corporation and University of Toronto alumnus, gave a fascinating talk about lessons transportation professionals should learn from one hundred years of history of […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Michael Widener‘s research will benefit from a recent grant awarded across the ocean, to Dr. Mark Green in Liverpool. The University of Liverpool awarded Dr. Green […]
Congratulations to four UTTRI associated faculty within the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering who have been awarded Dean’s Spark Professorships (DSP). All twelve recipients of the DSP are within […]
Many factors combined to create a very memorable evening and successful fundraiser on November 15: a record turnout of alumni, professors, current students and postdocs incredibly generous sponsor support speakers […]
Didi Chuxing Technology Company (DiDi), the world’s largest ride-sharing service, officially launched its DiDi Labs in Toronto on November 19. DiDi has research labs in China and Silicon Valley and recently selected […]
New legislation around ride-hailing introduced in British Columbia this week has caused concern for a coalition of ride-hailing advocacy groups. UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shauna Brail, one of U of […]
Over one hundred students and practitioners of Human Factors participated in an inter-university workshop held at University of Toronto on Saturday, November 17. The gathering, hosted by U of T’s Human […]
Dr. Mark Ferguson, Senior Research Associate at the McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics (MITL), gave a talk entitled “The Evolution of Canadian Consumer Attitudes on Electric Vehicles 2015-2018” for […]
Yousaf Shah of Hemson Consulting presented “Demand Forecasting for land use and transportation planning in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area” for the UT-ITE seminar series on November 9, 2018. […]
November 1, 2018. iCity researchers, technology partners and expert users’ groups presented a workshop October 31 as part of IBM’s 28th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering […]
A UTTRI team of five – Sina Bahrami, Tufayel Chowdhury, Bo Wang, Glareh Amirjamshidi, and supervisor Professor Matthew Roorda – took part in the “Freight Flows Hackathon” organized by the […]
October 26, 2018. Dr. Samira Ramezani is enjoying a two-month visit to UTTRI to learn more about the ILUTE (Integrated Land Use, Transportation, Environment) model developed by Professor Eric Miller […]
Dr. Gregory Erhardt, Assistant Professor in Department of Civil Engineering at University of Kentucky, presented his ongoing research on measuring the effects of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs), such as Uber […]
October 25, 2018. Architect, urban designer and researcher Tanvi Maheshwari was warmly welcomed by UTTRI October 22 in a roundtable discussion with PhD students and postdoctoral fellows. Tanvi is currently pursuing […]
October 25, 2018. Computer scientist Dr. Lachlan Birdsey has been a guest of UTTRI since September 24 and will return home to Finland in a few days. The Postdoctoral Researcher […]
Moataz Mohamed, Assistant Professor at McMaster University, presented his research on “the electrification of Canadian urban bus transit” at the UT-ITE seminar on October 5, 2018. Professor Mohamed reviewed six […]
Help make Toronto streets more livable, sustainable, safe and efficient for pedestrians. The Walkable Street survey is a fun and easy way for you to give your input into street […]
UTTRI welcomed guests from the 21st TCI Network Global Conference hosted by the Institute of Competitiveness and Prosperity. The October 16, 2018 visit to UTTRI was part of their “Transportation […]
Congratulations to UTTRI associated faculty Professor Steve Easterbrook of the Department of Computer Science, who has been appointed Director of the School of the Environment for a three-and-a-half year term […]
David Kuperman presented “King Street transit pilot strategies to improve surface transit performance in the City of Toronto” at the UT-ITE seminar on September 28, 2018. King Street is a […]
University of Toronto Magazine‘s The Cities We Need autumn 2018 issue highlights ongoing local and international research involving several UTTRI associated faculty: (L-R) Mark Fox, Marianne Hatzopoulou, Eric Miller, Ron Buliung, Richard […]
The School of Cities has created new funding programs to support University of Toronto urban-focused education, outreach and research initiatives. Goals of the funding program include support of outstanding urban initiatives, and creation of connections with as many urban-focused faculty and students as possible. UofT Faculty, staff and students are eligible to apply for these funds.
Professor Merve Bodur presented “Stochastic integer programming in staffing and scheduling problems under uncertainty” at the UT-ITE seminar on September 21, 2018. Stochastic integer programming is a useful tool for […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe, Assistant Professor in Sustainable Urban Infrastructure in the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, has been named a Clean50 Emerging Leader. “Shoshanna drives researchers, engineers and […]
Toronto hosted the International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications for its 10th anniversary September 23-25, 2018. The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science and […]
Professor Baher Abdulhai, Director of the iCity Centre for Automated and Transformative Transportation Systems, was quoted in “Toll charges seen down the road once driverless cars take over” by Peter Nowak […]
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