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Keesmaat, Florida, McKenzie offer vision of improved “new normal” for Canadian cities post-COVID
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida coauthored the opinion piece “Canada’s new normal begins in our cities,” with Jennifer Keesmaat (CEO, Keesmaat Group) and Kwame McKenzie (CEO, Wellesley Institute), published […]
Siemiatycki on getting transit back on track
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the City of Toronto’s budget, not least because of the steep decline in TTC ridership. As UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki says in CBC’s […]
Sandford Fleming Award to Khandker Nurul Habib
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Khandker Nurul Habib has been awarded the 2020 Sandford Fleming Award by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE). Professor Habib’s citation for the Sandford Fleming […]
Introducing the City Data Model Project Collaboratory
One of the great research outcomes of iCity: Urban Informatics for Metropolitan Sustainable Growth is the creation of the City Data Model Project Collaboratory. The City Data Model Project Collaboratory […]
GTHA highway congestion significantly reduced by COVID-19 lockdown
Traffic and speed patterns in the GTHA have changed dramatically since COVID-19 restrictions came into effect. Much of the GTHA workforce no longer needs to travel to work, due to […]
Dr. Adam Weiss appointed to Carleton University
We congratulate Dr. Adam Weiss who begins a tenure-track faculty position in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa on July 1, 2020. Dr. Weiss […]
Costing a project without considering environmental consequences shortsighted: Saxe
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe was interviewed by Daily Commercial News by Construct Connect about findings published in “Embodied emissions in rail infrastructure: a critical literature review,” a paper […]
Transport equity highlighted in Mobilizing Justice report
Dr. Matthew Palm and UTTRI associated faculty Professor Steven Farber have just released Towards Transportation for All: The Mobilizing Justice Workshop Outcomes Report. The report summarizes findings from the November 2019 […]
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on travel behaviour and demand in the GTHA
How will COVID-19 impact the travel demand and travel behaviour of residents of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)? The Travel Demand Modelling Group (TDMG), headed by UTTRI associated […]
Smart Freight Centre studies COVID-19 impacts on GTHA freight flows and supply chains
The Smart Freight Centre (SFC) has started assessing the impact of COVID-19 on freight flows and supply chains in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Changes in freight flow and […]
Will TTC riders return? Preliminary results for Public Transit and COVID-19 Survey
Dr. Matthew Palm was interviewed by CP24 about preliminary results from the “Public Transit and COVID-19 Survey,” based on a sample of 2,753 survey respondents. In the video interview and article […]
When coughing and sneezing become disruptions: Using Twitter as a detector for passenger disruption on transit
Analyzing Twitter data is useful for planning and operating transportation systems. Current University of Toronto research in partnership with Calgary Transit, CUTRIC, SP NA, and NSERC creates a framework for […]