UTTRI associated faculty Professor André Sorensen presented a deputation to the City of Toronto Infrastructure and Environment Committee on action item IE25.20 “Scarborough Cycling Report” at their meeting October 26, 2021. Professor Sorensen told the committee that the recent Scarborough…
On July 28, the Active Transportation Fund was launched by Infrastructure Canada. First announced in March, the national fund will invest $400 million over five years to help build new and expanded networks of pathways, bike lanes, trails and pedestrian…
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Paul M. Hess collaborated with Dr. Raktim Mitra of Ryerson University, and The Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) on the multi-year SSHRC-funded project “Urban Cycling Facilities and Travel Behaviour Change” featured in a recent BlogTO article. The…
The Government of Canada has announced $400 million for Canada’s first active transportation fund, and the development of Canada’s first National Active Transportation Strategy. UTTRI associated faculty Professors Steven Farber, Khandker Nurul Habib and Shoshanna Saxe comment on Canada’s first active transportation fund…
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe talks about quick and inexpensive ways to increase the capacity of our transportation system for our growing population while we wait for large infrastructure projects to be completed. In “Three ingredients for the future…
With COVID-19 making it vital for people to keep their distance from one another, the City of Toronto undertook the largest one-year expansion of its cycling network in 2020, adding about 25 kilometres of temporary bikeways. Yet, the benefits of…
Dr. Sheng Liu, Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Statistics at the Rotman School of Management, presented “Data-Driven Approaches in Smart City Operations” on February 19, 2021. In this UT-ITE seminar, Liu discussed two projects around data-driven solutions for city…
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida was interviewed for a Q&A in “Urbanist discusses the pitfalls, possibilities for Toronto: The city will change and leaders need to be ready to help it adapt – or else” in the Toronto Star,…
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida recommends that cities plan now for a gradual return to business as usual, keeping in mind that COVID-19 may revisit in waves. In his Globe and Mail opinion piece April 2, 2020, “COVID-19 has…
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shauna Brail in her article “Cities lead the charge on the coronavirus front lines” (The Conversation, April 2, 2020) looks at how physical distancing is playing out in urban areas. On the subject of transportation Brail…
