The Calgary Journal reports that “Canada Post set a goal in 2009 to cut its carbon dioxide emissions 20 per cent by 2020. Instead, the agency doubled its emissions.” The […]
“Beyond transit infrastructure, think city building,” says UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki in an opinion piece in The Hill Times. Siemiatycki is Canada Research Chair in Infrastructure Planning and Finance. […]
Essa: Real-time safety & mobility optimization of traffic signals in a connected-vehicle environment
Guest speaker Dr. Mohamed Abdelhay Essa presented “Real-time Safety and Mobility Optimization of Traffic Signals in a Connected-vehicle Environment” on April 9, 2021 for the UT-ITE seminar series. In his […]
Congratulations to the team for the “Uptown Brampton Transit-Oriented Communities Toolkit” project, which won a 2021 Award of Excellence from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA). Project team members […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor David A. Wolfe, in a special to the Financial Post, outlines the need for a national innovation strategy to aid deployment of digitization and decarbonization throughout […]
Congratulations to Dr. Mischa Young, who has received the 2021 TGSG PhD Dissertation Award by the Transportation Geography Specialty Group (TGSG) of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) for “What […]
Transportation management consultant William Denning presented “How will economics figure in your engineering career?” for the UT-ITE seminar series on March 26, 2021. Denning opened his seminar by saying, “I […]
The Government of Canada has announced $400 million for Canada’s first active transportation fund, and the development of Canada’s first National Active Transportation Strategy. UTTRI associated faculty Professors Steven Farber, Khandker Nurul […]
Congratulations to UTTRI associated faculty Professor Baher Abdulhai, who has been awarded the 2021 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA) Engineering Medal for Engineering Excellence. The Engineering Medal honours those PEO […]
The University of Toronto ITE Student Chapter welcomed special guest speaker Professor Moshe Ben-Akiva of MIT on March 19, 2021 to present “Tri-POP: An online platform for smart mobility with […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Michael J. Widener, Canada Research Chair in Transportation and Health, talks about food environments and barriers that affect our access to healthy food in “Why food […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Jeff Brook, Scientific Director and Nominated Principal Investigator of the Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE), spoke to CBC News about how the improvement in […]
Dr. Brendon Hemily presented “From SOP to DRIP to Business Intelligence: Challenges of Using ITS Data for Transit Planning & Management” on March 5, 2021 for the UT-ITE seminar series. […]
Researchers at SOCAAR, in collaboration with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks, have published a new method for measuring vehicle emissions from roadways. Traffic is a major […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe talks about quick and inexpensive ways to increase the capacity of our transportation system for our growing population while we wait for large infrastructure […]
Carlo Ratti, Director of the Senseable City Lab at MIT, and UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida co-authored a commentary on how changes made by cities during the pandemic may […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki says that decisions made now about allocation of public funds will “shape the direction of Canadian cities for generations to come.” Siemiatycki is Canada […]
Patrick Loa presented “Exploring the Impacts of COVID-19 on Modality Styles for Non-Mandatory Trips in the Greater Toronto Area” on February 26, 2021. In his seminar, Loa looked at pre-pandemic […]
UTTRI shares transportation-related pandemic resources available free online. We welcome your recommendations. Contact us at uttri@utoronto.ca with additional resource sites. American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Public Transit Response to Coronavirus […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Steven Farber speaks out on Ontario’s plans for proposed Highway 413, or GTA West Corridor, in “A new highway dooms a new generation to become the […]
The Korea Herald today reported on the first AI achievement by LG, a South Korean multinational electronics company. According to the article, LG “announced two academic papers on explainable AI […]
In a recently published study, researchers at SOCAAR, the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, have found that policies to reduce emissions have yielded co-benefits in terms of reductions […]
With COVID-19 making it vital for people to keep their distance from one another, the City of Toronto undertook the largest one-year expansion of its cycling network in 2020, adding […]
Motorists preparing to turn at an intersection must quickly process several pieces of information before making their move: traffic signals, traffic signs, pedestrians, cyclists and, of course, other vehicles. But […]
Dr. Sheng Liu, Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Statistics at the Rotman School of Management, presented “Data-Driven Approaches in Smart City Operations” on February 19, 2021. In this UT-ITE […]
Dr. Miguel Jaller, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Sustainable Freight Research Center at the University of California, Davis, presented “Who shops online and how sustainable is the delivery process?” […]
What rolls around the city getting a lot of admiring looks for its flashy chromed finishes and high tech roof protrusions? It’s not the latest tech from a popular web […]
Congratulations to the Region of Peel, a leader in the area of goods movement and founder of the Smart Freight Centre, on being designated a Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) […]
On February 10, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $14.9 billion for public transit projects over the next eight years, which includes permanent funding of $3 billion per year for Canadian […]
Daniel Olejarz, Transportation Planner at IBI Group and graduate of U of T’s MASc program, presented “AI in Transportation – Industry Trends and Opportunities” on February 5, 2021. Through data […]