Mobility Network presents ‘The Way Forward: Tackling our legendary congestion with ITS and transit’

Presented virtually by the University of Toronto Mobility Network on June 13, 2023. Back in 2013 it was estimated that congestion in the GTHA resulted in $11 million in annual lost productivity, and things haven’t improved. Toronto is the most congested city in Canada, and ranks as third most congested in North America. In 2022, average travel speeds during peak commute periods were 32 km/h, compared to 50 km/h in 2019; the average traveller lost 118 hours commuting. How can Intelligent Transportation Systems and transit help us get more out of existing infrastructure to reduce congestion? Speakers Baher Abdulhai is a professor in the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto. Tim LaChapelle has over 28 years of software development leadership experience in multiple markets from Aircraft Communications, Medical Systems Instrumentation & Data Analysis, Global Internet Optimization, and many other big-data markets in commercial industry.