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Ewing on emissions impact of freight activity
“Freight’s carbon footprint soaring” (Today’s Trucking, November 23, 2020) reports on a Smart Freight Symposium presentation by Maddy Ewing, Analyst at Pembina Institute, on November 20, 2020. Ewing’s presentation “Urban […]
Miller investigates the possible impacts of control measures on disease spread
Professor Eric J. Miller presented “Using an Agent/Activity-Based Microsimulation Model to Test COVID-19 Control Strategies: Model Design & Preliminary Results” for the UT-ITE seminar series on November 13, 2020. He […]
Evans, Adams to collaborate on “Toronto Ambient Air Quality Impacts from COVID-19”
Along with federal and provincial partners, the City of Toronto this week announced a new, long-term partnership model with eight Toronto universities and colleges – including the University of Toronto […]
COVID-19 transportation challenges and solutions explored at student competition
As the COVID-19 pandemic raised awareness of inequities and challenges in transportation, the U of T Transportation Alumni Committee recognized a unique opportunity to focus their annual New Frontiers in […]
Conway: Complete Streets can be freight-friendly
Dr. Alison Conway of the City College of New York presented “Freight and Complete Streets: Moving Goods in Shared Urban Space” on November 6, 2020. The presentation was the inaugural […]
Electric vehicles and our climate change goals: Milovanoff
PhD student Alex Milovanoff presented “Electrification of Light-Duty Vehicle Fleet Alone will not Meet Mitigation Targets” on October 30, 2020. Milovanoff began his presentation by saying that the best thing […]
Shalaby on the impact of connectivity in transit, and Toronto’s future as a smart city
Pervasive and seamless connectivity is a cornerstone of smart transit systems Advanced network infrastructure is the key to smart cities The ‘Smart Cities’ paradigm is predicated on a modern mobility system that […]
Smart Freight Centre launches new research collaborations on safer, cleaner and more efficient transport of goods in the GTHA
From take-out pizza to online shopping — which nearly doubled in Canada this year— the use of home delivery has greatly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. But according to Professor […]
COVID impacts on use of transit, ride-sourcing: Mashrur, Loa
On October 23, 2020, the UT-ITE seminar featured two University of Toronto PhD students working on “Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Travel Behaviour and Demand in the Greater Toronto […]
Widener: Connecting urban food retail to supply chains
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Michael J. Widener presented “Connecting Urban Food Retail to Supply Chains” on October 19, 2020 for the School of Cities seminar series “Building Resilience in Food […]
Shakib, Dianat: COVID-19 impacts on residential relocation decisions and activity-based modelling
The October 16, 2020 UT-ITE seminar featured two University of Toronto PhD students working under the supervision of UTTRI associated faculty Professor Khandker Nurul Habib on “Assessing the Impact of […]
Toronto Freight and Goods Movement Strategy approved by council
Toronto City Council has approved the City’s first Freight and Goods Movement Strategy that will help make transportation of freight and goods safer, more reliable and more sustainable in and […]