Posts Tagged: civil engineering
“In 1990, we had a horrible death in the subway where a blind woman fell in front of a train,” said Susan Reed Tanaka, Manager of Engineering with the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Standing in the Great Hall of Hart…
Civil Engineering Professor Emeritus Ezra Hauer explained why he feels older drivers have an unfair reputation as bad drivers in the latest issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal. In the paper, Professor Hauer argued that the only groups to have 10 or…
To better understand the current challenges in expanding Toronto’s transit system,The Toronto Star recently took a closer look at its history, with insight from Professor Eric Miller (CivE), Director of the Cities Centre at U of T. In 1959, it had been five…
As city council gets set to meet Wednesday to debate Toronto’s transit plan, U of T’s Cities Centre, led by Professor Eric Miller (CivE), has issued an open letter to councillors urging them to consider a plan that answers the needs of commuters.…
The average commute time in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area will jump by a third in 20 years without a major injection into transit, according to expert calculations. And the traffic congestion is only going to get worse unless…
U of T Engineering graduate Suneet Tuli (CivE 9T0) has a vision: to make computer technology available to people around the world, including some of the poorest. The CEO of DataWind, a company that develops wireless web access products and services, seeks to…
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