U of T researchers develop app to track environmental health of neighbourhoods
 UTTRI associated faculty Professor Jeffrey Brook was featured in U of T News on February 3 for his work developing an app that allows users to learn about air quality, greenery, walkability and other factors contributing to the environmental health of their neighbourhoods.
The E-Best (Equity in the Built Environment Surveillance Tool) project involves a multi-university team and will be rolled out in stages over the next four years.
The app is tentatively named “Good Score.” Brook hopes that it will empower citizens as well as inform research.
Read the full story U of T News story about the research project and the app.
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Farber, Palm on transport equity and new mobility
  UTTRI associated faculty Professor Steven Farber (left) and Professor Matthew Palm (right) of Worcester State University took part in “New Mobility, Covid-19, and the Future of Sustainable Urban Transport” presented by the Conference Board of Canada’s Roundtable on Shared Mobility on January 27, 2021.
Their discussion ranged from the uneven impact of the pandemic on public transit users to how emerging mobility technologies could be harnessed to solve pressing problems.
Read more about the discussion and the Roundtable on Shared Mobility.
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Modelling mobility services: Calderón
Dr. Francisco Calderón Peralvo presented “Modelling Mobility Services within Agent-Based Travel Demand Model Systems and Implementation of a Ridehailing Case Study” on January 22, 2021 for the UT-ITE seminar series.
Conventional travel demand model systems simulate a typical day by looking at each vehicle, activity, type of transit, and travel distances. However, these models only consider demand and supply interaction. Given that ridehailing is a dynamic, complex service, Calderón adds a third dimension: service provision.
Read more about Dr. Calderón's presentation.
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Alfaseeh: Predicting GHG emissions with deep learning
 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) emissions in the US and Canada. GHG emissions, which include carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, are more harmful to the environment than carbon dioxide alone. Predictive models for routing vehicles proactively have potential in tackling this problem.
Read more about Dr. Alfaseeh's presentation.
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ONLINE EVENTS
- February 4, 7-8 p.m., Autonomous Traffic Management Systems, Dr. Wade Genders, Machine Learning Engineer at Flow Labs. Transportation Talk series presented by ITE McMaster. Free, registration req'd.
- February 5, 12-1 p.m., AI in Transportation – Industry Trends and Opportunities, Daniel Olejarz, Transportation Planner, IBI Group. UT-ITE seminar series. Free, all welcome.
- February 8, 4-5 p.m., Designing Platforms & Algorithms to Optimize Informal Supply Chains, Dr. Joann de Zegher, Assistant Professor, Operations Management, MIT Sloan School of Management. Presented by School of Cities, Building Resilience in Food and Health Supply Chains seminar series. Free, registration req'd.
- February 12, 12-1 p.m., Who shops online and how sustainable is the delivery process?, Dr. Miguel Jaller, UC Davis. Presented by the Smart Freight Centre Leadership Seminar Series. Free, registration req'd.
- February 23, 4-5 p.m., Inclusionary Zoning: Best Practices and Lessons Learned for Toronto. Moderator: Professor Susannah Bunce, Department of Human Geography and City Studies, UTSc. Panelists: Deanna Chorney, Project Manager, City Planning, City of Toronto; Professor Fei Li, Urban Studies Institute, Georgia State University; Jeanhy Shim, President and Founder, Housing Lab Toronto; Jenny Schuetz, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution. Presented by the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG), Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. Free, registration req'd.
- March 4, 3-4 p.m., Research at the Transit Analytics Lab: Leveraging Twitter Data to Support Transit Planning & Operations Webinar. Professor Amer Shalaby, Omar Kabbani, Dr. Brendon Hemily. Presented by ITS Canada. Free for ITS Canada members; $30 for non-members; registration req'd.
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