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Congratulations Bradley Kloostra! Winner of CTRF undergrad student paper competition
“Fully Autonomous Vehicles: Simulating Transportation System Performance and Operating Scenarios in the Greater Toronto Area,” Bradley Kloostra’s undergraduate thesis, was chosen by the Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF) as the winner […]
UofT researchers report on optimized tolling for GTA freeways
Dr. Aya Aboudina and her thesis advisor, Prof. Baher Abdulhai, recently completed a six-year long study on congestion pricing and dynamic tolling on freeways in the GTA. The study methodology optimizes the […]
Big Data and intelligent interfaces
iCity co-investigator and OCAD University president Sara Diamond and colleagues published an article on the need for designers and artists to help spread data literacy by building intelligent interfaces. Two […]
UTTRI partners with the City of Toronto and Miovision to study the impact of “bike lanes on Bloor”
August 11, 2016 UTTRI is partnering with the City of Toronto and Miovision to capture and analyze multi-modal traffic data to study safety and other changes to traffic operations during […]
Big Transportation Data for Big Cities, June 12-15, 2016
UTTRI and the City of Toronto will host a conference on the theme Big Transportation Data to highlight opportunities for municipalities to make practical use of new forms of urban […]
Sami Hasnine wins the ITE Section Student Presentation Competition
Sami Hasnine won the first prize in the ITE 2016 Joint Student Presentation Competition (Graduate Level) for his presentation on the paper “Investigating the Interplay between the Attributes of At-fault […]
StudentMoveTO: An overview of early findings
In the fall of 2015, Toronto’s four universities collaborated on a massive data collection effort – StudentMoveTO – with the goal of collecting detailed data about where students live and travel […]
Freight Day V discussions on urban commercial vehicle parking
In his article “Loading Zone Challenges for Downtown Urban Goods Movement”, George Liu reported on the presentations and discussions on the subject of urban commercial vehicle parking. “Goods movement presents […]
Curbside Management with SFpark
In his article “Metered Parking”, George Liu reported on our presentation and panel discussion with Jay Primus, ex-project manager at SFpark. “Surface parking is disappearing in downtown Toronto as cranes transform […]
Judy Farvolden joins the WTS Toronto Area Chapter Board
In January 2016, Judy Farvolden will begin a two-year term on the board of the WTS Toronto Area Chapter and will serve as its secretary. WTS is an international organization dedicated […]
Driving Changes: Automated Vehicles in Toronto
“Driving Changes: Automated Vehicles in Toronto“, by David Ticoll, Distinguished Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs is part of a broader UTTRI […]
StudentMoveTO achieves a 10% response rate
More than 7,000 University of Toronto students have filled out an unprecedented survey about their concerns while travelling to and from school. The survey was launched on Sept. 30 at […]