Researchers at the University of Toronto are developing an app that allows users to learn about air quality, greenery, walkability and other factors contributing to the environmental health of their […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Steven Farber and Professor Matthew Palm of Worcester State University took part in “New Mobility, Covid-19, and the Future of Sustainable Urban Transport” presented by the […]
Dr. Lama Alfaseeh, postdoctoral researcher at Ryerson University, presented “Prediction of Greenhouse Gas Emission in Downtown Toronto Using Deep Sequence Learning” on January 15, 2020 for the UT-ITE seminar series. […]
Francisco Calderón Peralvo presented “Modelling Mobility Services within Agent-Based Travel Demand Model Systems and Implementation of a Ridehailing Case Study” on January 22, 2021 for the UT-ITE seminar series. Conventional […]
Public transit agencies across Canada are continuing to experience large budget shortfalls during the pandemic. While most agencies continue to provide an acceptable level of service, ridership – and fares […]
A shift to online work and schooling due to the pandemic has some Toronto residents choosing to move their home base outside the city. A recent Toronto Star article interviewed […]
UTTRI associated faculty Dr. Shauna Brail, an associate professor at UTM’s Institute for Management and Innovation, is passionate about urban life, and her previous research endeavors have explored the transformation […]
Congratulations to UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe, a member of one of eight teams comprising 14 researchers selected to receive seed funding from the Innovation at Interfaces Fund, co-funded by […]
Dr. Elliot Siemiatycki, Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Initiatives with RideShark, presented “Achieving Unified Mobility” on December 11, 2020. RideShark is a company that provides Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) by building […]
The movement of some residents from downtown may be a good thing for the City of Toronto, says UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe in a radio interview for CBC […]
UTTRI associated faculty Dr. Enid Slack, Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, was interviewed by Global News in the video “Toronto begins budget process under financial strain” […]
UTTRI Director Professor Eric J. Miller speaks out on public transit in Toronto during the pandemic and beyond in a recent The Toronto Star (Online) article exploring a variety of […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shauna Brail comments in “Mobility tech offers cities enormous opportunities for helping residents get around – if they can avoid the quagmire,” The Toronto Star (Online), […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki comments in “Smart cities will be cleaner, accessible, even more democratic, proponents say. But governments adopting new tech must contend with risks, too,” published […]
A webinar given by UTTRI associated faculty Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou on December 2, 2020 for the U of T Engineering Skule Lunch & Learn Seminar Series is featured in an […]
In May 2020, UTTRI associated faculty Professor Khandker Nurul Habib initiated five new research projects to explore the the impacts of COVID-19 on the travel demand and travel behaviour of […]
Urban planning and data science academic Karen Chapple has been named the new director of the School of Cities at the University of Toronto, where she will continue to amplify the school’s successes […]
UTTRI associated faculty Dr. Enid Slack, Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, points to longstanding fiscal issues in “What Canada’s economic recovery might look like,” macleans.ca, December […]
Synthesis of a future year population is a critical first step in generating travel demand forecasts. UTTRI’s Travel Modelling Group (TMG) hosted “Workshop: Population Synthesis Methods for the GTHA” on […]
Congratulations to UTTRI associated faculty, Assistant Professor Shoshanna Saxe of Civil & Mineral Engineering, and Associate Professor Birsen Donmez of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering who have been named Tier 2 […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki underscores the importance of Canada’s public transit networks in “‘Build it and they will come’: Canada’s public transit looks to rebound from COVID-19,” Toronto […]
UTTRI Director Professor Eric J. Miller was a guest panelist for “How Can Policy Makers Incentivize Innovation in Public Transit,” a webinar presented by Pantonium on December 3, 2020. Other […]
The 2nd annual Smart Freight Symposium presented by the Smart Freight Centre was hosted by the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University the mornings of November 20 and 27, […]
UTTRI Director Professor Eric J. Miller presented “Everything you wanted to know about report writing but were afraid to ask” on December 4, 2020. He discussed various elements of report […]
Ryerson joins York, McMaster and U of T at centre of excellence for goods movement The Smart Freight Centre welcomes Ryerson University, its first new university partner since the centre […]
Toronto developers are reducing the number of parking spaces in new condominiums, and existing parking lots are being redeveloped as housing according to a recent article the National Post. The […]
Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou presented “The Paradox of Net-Zero: Cities, Transportation & Health” on December 2, 2020 for the U of T Engineering Skule Lunch & Learn Seminar Series. In this […]
Congratulations to University of Toronto students Mahia Anhara (CivMin BASc 2022), Joanna Ilunga-Kapinga (MScPl 2021), Alaa Itani (CivMin PhD 2022), and Felita Ong (CivMin MASc 2022) who have been awarded […]
On December 2, 2020, the Transit Analytics Lab (TAL) hosted its first Workshop on the Use of Transit ITS Data for Planning and Management. The event brought together U of T researchers and […]
As cars keep getting smarter, automation is taking many tricky tasks – from reversing to parallel parking – out of drivers’ hands. Now, a University of Toronto study is underscoring […]