In a recently published study, researchers at SOCAAR, the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, have found that policies to reduce emissions have yielded co-benefits in terms of reductions of ultrafine particles (UFP) in downtown Toronto. This improvement in…
Dr. Miguel Jaller, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Sustainable Freight Research Center at the University of California, Davis, presented “Who shops online and how sustainable is the delivery process?” on February 12, 2021 for the Smart Freight Centre Leadership…
What rolls around the city getting a lot of admiring looks for its flashy chromed finishes and high tech roof protrusions? It’s not the latest tech from a popular web search engine company; it’s something entirely different. Meet UrbanScanner, a mobile…
Researchers at the University of Toronto are developing an app that allows users to learn about air quality, greenery, walkability and other factors contributing to the environmental health of their neighbourhoods. Tentatively named “Good Score,” the app promises to lay…
Dr. Lama Alfaseeh, postdoctoral researcher at Ryerson University, presented “Prediction of Greenhouse Gas Emission in Downtown Toronto Using Deep Sequence Learning” on January 15, 2020 for the UT-ITE seminar series. Transportation systems contribute the largest amounts of greenhouse gas (GHG)…
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…
Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou presented “The Paradox of Net-Zero: Cities, Transportation & Health” on December 2, 2020 for the U of T Engineering Skule Lunch & Learn Seminar Series. In this webinar, Hatzopoulou confronts the challenges of climate change on transportation.…
Along with federal and provincial partners, the City of Toronto this week announced a new, long-term partnership model with eight Toronto universities and colleges – including the University of Toronto – to lead research related to the pandemic. U of…
Postdoctoral fellow Dr. Laura Minet presented “How Can We Minimize Population Exposure to Air Pollution?” for the Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR) Seminar Series on October 7, 2020. Minet splits her time between the Transportation and Air…
“Electrification of light-duty vehicle fleet alone will not meet mitigation targets” by Alexandre Milovanoff, UTTRI associated faculty Professor I. Daniel Posen and Professor Heather MacLean is making headlines. The research paper published in Nature Climate Change analyzes the U.S. and…