The sustainable infrastructure research of UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe is profiled in the November 22, 2021 issue of “Globe Climate,” a newsletter about climate change, environment and resources […]
On November 12, 2021, a second interactive workshop was hosted by UTTRI associated faculty Professor Chris Higgins in support of “An Integrated Approach to Transit System Evolution,” a research project […]
A multidisciplinary team that includes several U of T Engineering professors has been awarded the 2021 Brockhouse Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering from the Natural Sciences and […]
Professor Shauna Brail comments on planning for community and autonomous vehicles in CBC’s “Kanata North is ready to become more than just big tech,” November 10, 2021.
Dr. Joseph Chow, Institute Associate Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, presented “Microtransit Deployment Portfolio Management Using Simulation-Based Data Upscaling” for the UT-ITE seminar series on November 12, 2021. […]
PhD candidate Seyed Mehdi Meshkani of the Laboratory of Innovations in Transportation (LiTrans) at Ryerson University presented “A dynamic many-to-one ride-matching algorithm for shared mobility services on congested networks” for […]
Eric MacNaughton, Senior Transportation Engineer at the City of Calgary, presented an overview of “The City of Calgary Transportation COVID Recovery Scenarios” for the UT-ITE seminar series on October 29, […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shauna Brail comments on how to make ride-hailing safer in a recent article published by Wheels.ca. “The notion that ride-hailing can provide a safer environment for […]
Congratulations to Sara Wagner (CivMin PhD 2025) who was awarded a scholarship by the WTS Toronto Area Chapter. A live announcement of the WTS scholarship recipients was made during the […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Baher Abdulhai took part in WRLDCTY 2021, a global forum for urban innovation, on October 27, 2021. Professor Abdulhai was a panelist, along with Professor Igor […]
Dr. Lynette Cheah, an associate professor of engineering systems at the Singapore University of Technology and Design presented, “Carbon footprint assessment of cross-border e-commerce shipping options” on October 15, 2021 […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor André Sorensen presented a deputation to the City of Toronto Infrastructure and Environment Committee on action item IE25.20 “Scarborough Cycling Report” at their meeting October 26, […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe was a panelist along with Shelley Carroll, Toronto City Councillor and TTC Commissioner, and Steve Munro, transit activist, on “What’s the Future of the […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor André Sorensen was interviewed on CBC radio today about road safety in Scarborough. He is the lead author of the report The Scarborough Opportunity: A Comprehensive Walking and […]
Mahteen Mahboubi, senior project manager at the City of Toronto, presented an overview of the “City of Toronto Road Safety Plan” for the UT-ITE seminar series on October 8, 2021. […]
Cycling and pedestrian infrastructure in Scarborough is “inadequate and unsafe,” University of Toronto researchers say in a new report offering suggestions to support alternatives to driving. André Sorensen, a professor […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Baher Abdulhai and director Professor Eric Miller comment in the media on increasing traffic congestion in the GTA as COVID restrictions ease, citing lower levels of […]
The Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE) research suggests a majority of Canadians live in areas where levels of air pollution now exceed recently updated WHO air quality guidelines, […]
Congratulations to Omar El Samadisy (CivMin PhD 2023) and Jad Zalzal (CivMin PhD 2024) on receiving CAA Graduate Scholarships in Transportation Engineering! Unique among scholarship donors, CAA invites winners to […]
The Ontario government announced that Metrolinx will provide weekday GO train trips between London and Union Station in Toronto beginning October 18, 2021. The pilot project will include one trip leaving […]
Guests actively contributed their expertise and opinions at a September 10 workshop led by UTTRI associated faculty Professor Chris Higgins in support of “An Integrated Approach to Transit System Evolution,” […]
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to shine a spotlight on inequities in our transportation systems. The U of T Transportation Alumni Committee once again chose a timely and relevant theme for […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Mark S. Fox will head the new Urban Data Centre (UDC) at the School of Cities. The centre aims to enhance the design, planning and operations […]
Building a new transit line or a highway almost always takes longer than initially planned. A new study suggests that the biggest contributor to such delays isn’t necessarily the design, […]
An exciting new initiative on the path to decarbonization started taking shape with the “Road to Net Zero,” an exploratory workshop held on August 9. Organized as a broad opening discussion […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Baher Abdulhai comments in favour of automated GTA photo radar enforcement, with some allowances and properly timed traffic lights. Abdulhai is co-Director of the Centre for […]
Results of “Wave 2” of the Public Transit and COVID-19 Survey of Toronto and Vancouver are shared in “Who’s Back, Who’s Coming Back, and Who’s Left For Good? Results from […]
Congratulations and best wishes to Dr. Sina Bahrami (CivE PhD 2019) on joining the faculty at the Department of the Built Environment at the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e), Netherlands, […]
Air quality on Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway platforms improved substantially with the rollout of new cars on Line 1, a new study from U of T Engineering and Health […]