Evans, Adams: Toronto Ambient Air Quality Impacts from COVID-19
  UTTRI associated faculty Professors Greg Evans (photo, left) and Matthew Adams (photo, right) will collaborate with Ryerson University on research supporting COVID-19 recovery for the City of Toronto.
"Toronto Ambient Air Quality Impacts from COVID-19" is one of eight research projects recently announced by the city.
The research aims to identify sources of air pollution within Toronto that may result from changes in transportation patterns, energy use, employment and industrial operations before, during, and after the pandemic.
Read more about this air quality research project and link to related announcements.
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COVID-19 transportation challenges and solutions explored at student competition
Congratulations to six interdisciplinary student teams who competed in this year's New Frontiers in Transportation competition on the theme Transportation Network Resilience in the Age of COVID-19 and Beyond!
The collaboration of twenty-two students, twelve mentors, and three judges, together with organization and hosting by the U of T Transportation Alumni Committee executive team produced an unforgettable symposium on November 12.
"The future of transportation is so bright!" said Bruce Mori, Chair of the U of T Transportation Alumni Committee, after hearing the presentations.
Read more about the competition, the research projects. sponsors and winners and link to the event videorecording.
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IN THE MEDIA
 "A better way: Can urban transit systems bounce back from the pandemic?" (Globe and Mail, November 13, 2020) references "Preliminary Results from the Public Transit and COVID-19 Survey" by Dr. Matthew Palm, Jeff Allen, Prof. Michael Widener, Yixue Zhang, Prof. Steven Farber and Nicholas Howell, May 2020.
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ONLINE EVENTS
- Today! November 19, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Connected Autonomous Vehicles. Presented by ITE YorkU student chapter. Free. Join on YouTube Live.
- November 20, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m., Urban Services with Demand and Resource Uncertainty, Professor Marlin Ulmer, Technische Universität Braunschweig. UT-ITE Seminar Series. Free, all welcome.
- November 20 & 27, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Smart Freight Symposium. Presented by the Smart Freight Centre, hosted by York University Lassonde School of Engineering. By invitation only.
- November 25, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Transportation Summit, Recovery Summits Series – Moving the Toronto Region’s Economy Forward presented by the Toronto Region Board of Trade. Agenda. Free, registration req'd.
- November 25, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Solved: How the World’s Great Cities are Fixing the Climate Crisis. Speakers: David Miller, Author & Director, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group; Matti Siemiatycki, Interim Director, School of Cities; Soukayna Remmal, School of Cities Fellow. Introductory Remarks by Teresa Kramarz, Co-Director, Environmental Governance Lab, Munk School. Presented by School of Cities and the Environmental Governance Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. Free, registration req'd.
- December 3, 1-2 p.m., Urban Leadership & Innovation During Times of Crisis. Speakers: Carole Saab, Richard Florida, Anita McGahan, Shauna Brail. Moderator: Supriya Dwivedi. Presented by Innovation Policy Lab and School of Cities, University of Toronto. Free, registration req'd.
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