Mobilizing Justice is a two-day workshop focused on developing a shared vision and future research needs for social equity and emerging transportation technologies. Agenda for Mobilizing Justice - November 7-8, 2019 Registration is by invitation only. The workshop is made possible by the generous support of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, as well […]
The City of Belleville introduced on-demand transit for their evening service in September of 2018. After a year in service, and 3,000 registered users, a research team from the University of Toronto conducted a survey to better understand the social benefits of on-demand transit service. Read the full report The Benefits Of On-Demand Transit In […]
Speaker: Professor Michael J. Widener, Department of Geography and Planning, cross-appointed to Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Title: “Connecting Urban Food Retail to Supply Chains” Date: Monday, October 19, 2020 Time: 16:00-17:00 EDT Location: Virtual - Register below Presented by: University of Toronto School of Cities Over the past three decades, the volume […]
Transportation systems - and the planning decisions that mold these systems - are important factors that influence both food and health supply chains. The ability to make good decisions about the design and policies underlying these systems requires a significant amount of data. This data is drawn from a wide range of sources and presents […]
Summary The COVID-19 crisis has put urban infrastructure under the spotlight. New questions on the ways we build (and build back) infrastructure in cities are now front and centre globally. Faced with a combination of economic, environmental, health and social challenges, cities are learning from each other, experimenting and innovating with strategies in an increasingly […]
