Posts Tagged: public transit
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 […]
“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. […]
Congratulations to the team for the “Uptown Brampton Transit-Oriented Communities Toolkit” project, which won a 2021 Award of Excellence from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA). Project team members […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Shoshanna Saxe makes a case for improving shared infrastructure and investing in transit in “Could “Amtrak Joe” Revolutionize Public Transport?”. The article focuses on President Biden’s interest […]
UTTRI associated faculty Professor Steven Farber and Professor Matthew Palm of Worcester State University took part in “New Mobility, Covid-19, and the Future of Sustainable Urban Transport” presented by the […]
Public transit agencies across Canada are continuing to experience large budget shortfalls during the pandemic. While most agencies continue to provide an acceptable level of service, ridership – and fares […]
Dr. Elliot Siemiatycki, Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Initiatives with RideShark, presented “Achieving Unified Mobility” on December 11, 2020. RideShark is a company that provides Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) by building […]
An opinion piece by Tomas Hachard, Manager of Programs and Research at U of T’s Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance, published by CBC, discusses the value of better coordination […]
Pervasive and seamless connectivity is a cornerstone of smart transit systems Advanced network infrastructure is the key to smart cities The ‘Smart Cities’ paradigm is predicated on a modern mobility system that […]
The new age of on-demand transit in Canada Dr. Willem Klumpenhouwer Postdoctoral Fellow, Transit Analytics Lab, University of Toronto Smartphones have enabled a wide range of mobility options for Canadians. […]
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