Agenda
iCity-ORF: Urban Informatics for Sustainable Metropolitan Growth
4th Annual Research Day, May 31, 2019, University of Toronto
A.M.: GB202, Galbraith Building, 35 St. George Street, 2nd floor
P.M.: MY315 Design Studio, Myhal Centre, 55 St. George Street, 3rd floor
10:00 Welcome and Urban Informatics by Eric Miller, iCity-ORF Principal Investigator
10:15 Layering ontologies, taxonomies, platforms and visualization
- A linked data repository for transportation data, Megan Katsumi
- iCity-ITSoS Integrative Platform, Hasan Bayanouni
- Using data wrangling protocols in mapping applications, Greice Mariano
- Animating TTS and TTC data using Kepler.gl and Deck.gl, Orlando Bascunan
11:45 Measuring, modeling and managing
- KidScore: Child-friendly cities and place-based well-being, Susie Saliola and Josh Fullan
- Development of a functional ArcGIS Pro add-in for customizable OD Matrix output visualizations, Hossein Hosseini, Michael Luubert, Brent Hall and Jon Salter
12:30 Lunch
1:15 Research Café Location: MY315, Myhal Centre, 55 St. George Street, 3rd floor. 3×25 min.
- Choose 3 from among the 9 presentations (outlined below)
2:45 Kickstart ideas for iCity 2.0
- Brainstorming roundtables on iCity 2.0 next steps
- Presentations back
3:45 Closing comments, Judy Farvolden, iCity-ORF Urban Informatics Project Manager
Research Café Presentations
1) KidScore: Child-friendly cities and place-based well-being in ArcGIS Online and Survey 123
with Susie Saliola and Josh Fullan
YouthScore and KidScore are engagement tools and metrics for evaluating streets, places and neighbourhoods based on their youth friendliness. The scores were developed for youth, by youth, based on principles of youth participation and co-creation of solutions for better urban planning and child well-being outcomes for happier, healthier cities. 2) Complete street 3D scenario visualizations and supporting dashboard
with David Kossowsky, Michael Luubert, Brent Hall and Jon Salter
This custom web-based survey and 3D visualizations gather data on complete street preferences on selected street segments in and around downtown Toronto. A web-based dashboard with a real-time data feed provides insight and updates on trends, preference frequency and demographics.
3) Visualizing TASHA OD matrix patterns with ArcGIS Pro
with Hossein Hosseini, Michael Luubert, Brent Hall and Jon Salter
People choose the mode by which they travel between zones in the GTHA on their assessment of the “costs” of different travel modes. Visualizing the difference in costs between different modes offers insight into the causes of our region’s chronic traffic congestion.
4) Visualizing qualitative analytics into transportation planning and placemaking
with Jeremy Bowes
Utilizing the iCity King Street Pilot survey work, and others as case studies, this talk explores some of the tools that can be integrated to provide a more comprehensive visualizations of the qualitative andquantitative placemaking characteristics of particular community streets and neighbourhoods. The intention is that these tools provide assistance in urban design and planning decision support.
5) iCity-ITSoS: How to integrate applications and data
with Hasan Bayanouni
Description
a. Integrating and Linking ITS data
b. Using Semantics to enable ATIS
c. iCity-ITSoS SDK
d. Highway Traffic Estimation
6) How do pedestrians perceive walkable streets? Results of a 3D stated preference survey
with Dena Kasraian
How do pedestrians rate different street designs? Would they opt for on-street dining at the cost of narrower side walks? What do they think of transit-only streets? Do they prefer cyclists or parked cars on the curb lane? We share the results of a 3D stated preference survey on walkable streets carried out on a representative sample of 600 Torontonians.
7) Representing Pedestrian Tours in Contemporary Travel Forecasting Models
with Jeff Casello and Ming Xu
The introduction of ION, Waterloo Region’s new LRT, increased density and changed land use along the corridor. We present observations and modelling constructs on the evolving nature and purpose of pedestrian tours, based on data collected over the course of the LRT construction period.
8) Long-term travel demand and land value developments in the GTHA
with Dena Kasraian
Are GTHA inhabitants travelling longer distances? What are the drivers of kilometres travelled by vehicles and by transit? Which areas produce the highest kilometres travelled? Does access to jobs by transit play a significant role in GHTA land values?
This research discusses the dynamics of travel demand and land values over the past decades across the GTHA.
9) Improved transit route operations through signal priority and bus bridging decision support
with Siva Srikukenthiran, Wenxun Hu and Alaa Itani
In this presentation, we will show how to improve simultaneously speed and reliability of surface transit routes using signal-priority control based on deep learning and microsimulation methods. We will also present a practical tool to help transit agencies decide on shuttle bus strategies in response to subway disruption.
This research is supported by the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science through the Ontario Research Fund-Research Excellence Program, ORF-RE.