Congratulations to UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe, a member of one of eight teams comprising 14 researchers selected to receive seed funding co-funded by the Low-Carbon Renewable Materials Centre (LCRMC) and their respective University of Toronto department. Professor Saxe…
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 custom-branded web and mobile applications for organizations like transit agencies,…
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 Metro Morning, January 19, 2021. Saxe holds a Canada research…
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” discussing the City of Toronto’s budget shortfalls and its lack…
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 ways to improve the City of Toronto by 2030. Miller…
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), January 11, 2021. The article examines many aspects of smart…
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 or COVID-19 Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) has announced three new…
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 in the Toronto Star, January 4, 2020. The article by…
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-depth article by engineering.com. In the webinar “The Paradox of…
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 residents of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). He…
