Posts Tagged: transportation
Professor Baher Abdulhai (CivE) is helping people share information about traffic within a city by being part of the development of a Facebook-like platform called On-Line Network-Enabled Intelligent Transportation Systems (ONE-ITS). ONE-ITS is a software platform and a national research society, including…
Canada has the technological ability to build its own rocket to launch small satellites, which is a top priority for future research at the Defence Department and a capability being studied at the Canadian Space Agency. Canada now relies on…
Engineering’s biggest story of 2010 may well have been that of the “Snowbird” human-powered ornithopter, piloted by EngSci alumnus and UTIAS doctoral candidate Todd Reichert, with Professor Emeritus James DeLaurier acting as faculty advisor. The aircraft with flapping wings, a…
In late 1960, 26 years before the launch of Wheels, the Toronto Daily Star exhaustively tested the gas mileage of 31 new 1961 cars. The scope and technical discipline of the project would have been impressive even in a dedicated automotive…
In an effort to promote innovative and sustainable construction solutions, U of T Engineering, along with the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) and Holcim (Canada) Inc. recently partnered to perform the first public agency trial of a concrete pavement…
A sophisticated counterfeit TTC token obtained by CBC News underscores the challenges faced by the Toronto transit agency as it tries to deal with a problem that is costing it hundreds of thousands of dollars every year. The token, at…
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