Congratulations to all participants!
UTTRI’s 2019 Public Transit Short Courses were held August 21-23 and attracted participants from a variety of backgrounds – transit agencies, government, consultancies, trade organizations – and from across the country. In common to all: a keen interest to learn key concepts and best practices.
Public Transit Planning and ITS was held over two days, August 21 and 22, and focused on transit planning, network and service design, service standards, transit and land use, and the application of ITS technologies.
Public Transit Modelling on August 23 explored advanced tools for forecasting demand at both the system and route levels, transit assignment, and microsimulation-based analysis.
Participants, volunteers and instructors were enthusiastic about the short courses and gathered proudly for group portraits.
The two certificate short courses are intensive public transit professional development sessions unique in Canada and have been offered annually at the University of Toronto for the past 11 years. Instructors are:
- Dr. Hossam Abdelgawad (Director of Transportation, SETS North Africa; Cairo University)
- Dr. Brendon Hemily (Independent Consultant in Public Transportation; University of Toronto)
- Professor Eric Miller (Civil Engineering, University of Toronto)
- Professor Amer Shalaby (Civil Engineering, University of Toronto)
- Professor Nigel Wilson (Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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