Ben-Akiva presents seminar on Tri-POP platform for operations of smart mobility
 The University of Toronto ITE Student Chapter welcomed special guest speaker Professor Moshe Ben-Akiva of MIT on March 19, 2021 to present “Tri-POP: An online platform for smart mobility with prediction, optimization and personalization.”
Ben-Akiva's talk about operations of smart mobility included examples of smart mobility solutions that his research group has worked on, a detailed look at Tri-POP analytics, and a summary of three Tri-POP applications that his research group has been engaged in.
Read more about Professor Ben-Akiva's presentation and watch the video recording.
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Widener discusses barriers to accessing healthy foods
 UTTRI associated faculty Professor Michael J. Widener, Canada Research Chair in Transportation and Health, talks about food environments and barriers that affect our access to healthy food in a recent article in Canada's National Observer.
He says that retail store location is just one possible barrier to accessing healthy food. “Money,” he says, “is probably the biggest barrier, because money buys you space and time.”
Read more of Widener's comments, and link to “Why food access is about more than location,” Canada’s National Observer, March 22, 2021.
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FEATURED EVENT
Friday, March 26, 12-1 p.m.
HOW WILL ECONOMICS FIGURE IN YOUR ENGINEERING CAREER?
Speaker: William Denning
This presentation outlines a framework for economics in the transport sector and for transportation planning. It develops microeconomic applications for project or program evaluation, looks at current practice in transportation economics, and seeks to answer the question, “How will economics figure in your engineering career?”
Presented by University of Toronto ITE Student Chapter. Free. All welcome. Details and join link.
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MORE EVENTS
- March 30, 3-4 p.m., Changing cities | Reshaping cities through youth-driven data solutions. Panel discussion launch event presented by Pivot Hub. Free. Registration required.
- April 6, 1-2 p.m., Using Future Climate Data to Design Resilient Transportation Infrastructure. Dr. Zoubir Lounis and Dr. Hamidreza Shirkhani, National Research Council Canada. Presented by Transportation Association of Canada (TAC). Free. Registration required.
- April 6, 4 p.m., How Do Our Cities Prepare for the Post-Apocalypse?—The World We Want. Moderator: Somini Sengupta, International Climate Reporter, New York Times. Speakers: Richard Florida, University of Toronto professor and urbanist; Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone; Samaneh Moafi, Senior Researcher, Forensic Architecture. Presented by Zócalo and the University of Toronto. Free. Registration required.
- April 7, 2 p.m., Applying Telematics to Modeling Vehicle Emission Inventories, John Koupal, Eastern Research Group, Inc. Presented by StreetLight Data. Free. Registration required.
- April 8, 6-7 p.m., Building Better, More Inclusive Cities: The Collective Leadership Needed to Get Us There. Keynote from Leslie Woo at Friends of Planning Spring Social 2021. Free. Registration required.
- April 13, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Experts discuss AI and Data x Supply Chain presented by TD Management and Data Analytics Lab, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and sponsored by Kinaxis. Free. Registration required.
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PAST WEBINARS / PODCASTS
- Toronto will come roaring back, 1920s style: Urban studies theorist Richard Florida, CBC radio Metro Morning with Ismaila Alfa, March 24, 2021 (excerpt 9:41).
- Tri-POP: An online platform for smart mobility with prediction, optimization and personalization, Dr. Moshe Ben-Akiva, MIT, March 19, 2021. Webinar presented by UT-ITE.
- From SOP to DRIP to Business Intelligence: Challenges of Using ITS Data for Transit Planning and Management, Dr. Brendon Hemily, March 5, 2021. Webinar presented by UT-ITE and Transit Analytics Lab.
- Exploring the Impacts of COVID-19 on Modality Styles for Non-Mandatory Trips in the Greater Toronto Area, Patrick Loa, February 26, 2021. Webinar presented by UT-ITE.
- Taking Flight: The Role of Airports in Thriving City Regions. Webinar presented by the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, and the School of Cities, University of Toronto, March 10, 2021.
- Transit Unplugged podcast, Tilly Chang - San Francisco County Transportation Authority (30:31).
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