Posts Tagged: civil engineering

Engineering Science Students Offer City New Solutions

“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 Offers Defence of Older Drivers

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…

Toronto Transit: Lessons from the Past

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…

Battling the Traffic Bulge

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 Alumnus is Engineering Social Change

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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