A third and final interactive workshop was hosted December 3, 2021 by UTTRI associated faculty Professor Chris Higgins in support of “An Integrated Approach to Transit System Evolution,” a research project funded by a Knowledge Synthesis Grant on mobility and public transit.…
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe was a panelist along with Shelley Carroll, Toronto City Councillor and TTC Commissioner, and Steve Munro, transit activist, on “What’s the Future of the TTC?” on The Agenda with Steve Paikin. The episode looks…
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Baher Abdulhai and director Professor Eric Miller comment in the media on increasing traffic congestion in the GTA as COVID restrictions ease, citing lower levels of transit ridership, more cars on the roads, and more home…
Results of “Wave 2” of the Public Transit and COVID-19 Survey of Toronto and Vancouver are shared in “Who’s Back, Who’s Coming Back, and Who’s Left For Good? Results from Wave 2 of The Public Transit and COVID-19 Survey in…
Congratulations to UTTRI associated faculty, Professors Christopher D. Higgins and David A. Wolfe, who have been awarded Knowledge Synthesis Grants on mobility and public transit. “An Integrated Approach to Transit System Evolution” – Christopher D. Higgins, Principal Investigator Understanding the…
An opinion piece by UTTRI associated faculty Professors Matti Siemiatycki and Shoshanna Saxe on making the most of transit project funding was published in the Toronto Star, May 21, 2021. Siemiatycki and Saxe applaud the recent “record investments in new public transit…
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki talks to Global News about the Greyhound Canada closure: “Some of Canada’s most remote and impoverished communities are likely to be among those feeling the compounded effects wrought over the lack of accessible and…
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Richard Florida says that the pandemic experience is changing perceptions about the separation of business and residential districts. “The idea of a 15-minute neighborhood, or what I like to call a complete community, is a community…
OPINION All Aboard How can we build a more equitable transit system? By Steven Farber In February, Toronto City Council voted to reallocate $1.2 billion for the controversial Scarborough subway to another proposed transit project known as the Eglinton East…
“Beyond transit infrastructure, think city building,” says UTTRI associated faculty Professor Matti Siemiatycki in an opinion piece in The Hill Times. Siemiatycki is Canada Research Chair in Infrastructure Planning and Finance. He says that recent federal transit infrastructure funding commitments can…
