Mobility Network presented “Guiding transportation and land use planning,” the first panel discussion in its new series, The Way Forward, on March 1, 2022. The session was introduced by Professor […]
“Equity, diversity and inclusion in freight transportation: a panel discussion” was presented virtually March 1, 2022, by the Smart Freight Centre Freight Leaders Series, co-sponsored by Mobility Network and UT-ITE. […]
Electric cars aren’t the only way to lessen greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, says Marianne Hatzopoulou, a professor in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. “Decarbonization […]
Ontario-based truck driving school, Commercial Heavy Equipment Training Ltd. (CHET), has been selected as a training partner for the government funded Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) […]
Kanchan Maharaj, Senior Engineer in the City of Toronto’s Cycling & Pedestrian Projects unit in the Transportation Services Division, presented “Equity in active transportation planning, design, and delivery” on January […]
Professors Matthew Adams and Shoshanna Saxe are among the 12 recipients of research project funding from the School of Cities Urban Challenge Grant 2.0: Climate, Justice, and Cities for 2022-23. […]
“Integrated Mobility and the Governance of Urban Transit,” a Knowledge Synthesis Report prepared for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada by Elena Goracinova, Lisa Huh and David […]
Professor Matti Siemiatycki, Director of the Infrastructure Institute at School of Cities, took part in the panel “ULI Toronto: Transit Oriented Communities: Lessons Learned – Future Opportunities” on January 13, […]
The December 2021 final report for “An Integrated Approach to Transit System Evolution,” a Knowledge Synthesis Grants project co-funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Infrastructure […]
The Mobility Network at the University of Toronto Mississauga congratulates the following inaugural recipients of the Graduate Student Research Awards: Click here for a PDF version Hanlin Zhou Walkability Assessment […]
Congratulations to University of Toronto authors Tufayel Chowdhury, James Vaughan, Marc Saleh, Kianoush Mousavi, Marianne Hatzopoulou, PhD, and Matthew J. Roorda, PhD, who received the Best Applied Research Paper Award for their […]
Congratulations to UTTRI associated faculty Professor Heather MacLean and Professor I. Daniel Posen, who are recipients of new Canada Research Chairs (CRCs). MacLean is the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Systems […]
The many challenges we face to achieve zero emissions with positive outcomes for accessible, healthy, and equitable cities can’t be addressed by technology alone. Policy, planning, and changes in behaviour […]
An interview with UTTRI Director Professor Eric Miller about how the design of cities affects our transportation emissions is featured in a podcast from In Over My Head, a series which centres […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki, Director of the Infrastructure Institute at School of Cities, comments on the 58 fatalities on Toronto roads in 2021, saying that widespread changes are […]
Congratulations and best wishes to Dr. Laura Minet on starting a new position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at University of Victoria on January 1, 2022. […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki is confident that transit riders will return, although it may take time. He speaks out in an article about the STM (Société de transport […]
Dr. Willem Klumpenhouwer, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Transit Analytics Lab, comments on the situation in Cobourg, Ontario where commuters who relied on Via Rail service pre-pandemic now have no option […]
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Wegener of Spiekerman & Wegener, Dortmund, Germany was welcomed virtually to University of Toronto on November 25, 2021. He attended a Research Roundtable with graduate students in […]
A third and final interactive workshop was hosted December 3, 2021 by UTTRI associated faculty Professor Chris Higgins in support of “An Integrated Approach to Transit System Evolution,” a research project funded […]
The 3rd annual Smart Freight Symposium presented by the Smart Freight Centre was hosted on Zoom by the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University on the mornings of November […]
Dr. Rick Donnelly, Vice President and Technical Fellow at WSP USA, presented “Rediscovering the lost art of travel forecasting” on December 3, 2021 for the UT-ITE seminar series, sharing personal […]
Lina Elmorshedy took first prize at the fourth annual ITS Canada Essay Competition with her essay “Evaluating the Impacts of Adaptive Cruise Control Systems on Congested Urban Freeways and Emphasizing […]
Yunfei Zhang and Nico Malfara, Project Managers at HDR, presented “Applications of Transportation Planning in Practice” on November 26, 2021 for the UT-ITE seminar series. Abstract This presentation will demonstrate […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki comments to CTV News Toronto about the current requirement that new condos in the City of Toronto include a minimum number of parking spaces. […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shauna Brail comments to CTV News on the increased popularity of driving or ride-hailing versus other modes of transportation—such as taking public transit, cycling, and walking—saying […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Baher Abdulhai is quoted in a recent article about Ontario’s Highway 413. Abdulhai says in the article that “the highway would inflict ‘irreversible damage’ by further […]
Ana Patricia Ayala, Research Services Librarian at University of Toronto Libraries, presented “An overview of knowledge syntheses methods” on November 19, 2021 for the UT-ITE seminar series. A specialist in […]
Prospective urban planners will learn the importance of integrating accessible city designs for those living with a disability. Recently awarded the Mikey Milner International Professorship Award, University of Toronto Mississauga […]