Ignacio Tiznado-Aitken

I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto, and Associate Director of the Mobilizing Justice project (https://mobilizingjustice.ca/). I hold a PhD in Transportation Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. During 2018-2019, I was a postgraduate researcher at the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds (2018-2019) and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CEDEUS) in 2020-2021. I also served as the research coordinator of the Suburban Mobilites Cluster (2021-2023) (https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/suburban-mobilities/).

My research interests encompass a wide range of topics associated with transport and land use planning in urban and suburban areas, particularly:
(i) geospatial analytics of transport systems, particularly public transport considering system performance, travel behaviour and user experiences,
(ii) transport equity and the distribution of transport-related benefits and burdens across space for different population groups, and
(iii) sustainable transport and urban space allocation policies considering new mobility trends
This work is achieved through multi-sourced data and several methods, including statistical analyses, econometric modelling and machine learning techniques, GIS-based approaches, and mixed (quantitative + qualitative) methods.

Publications

Tiznado-Aitken, I., Palm, M., & Farber, S. (2024). Exploring the interplay of transportation, time poverty, and activity participation. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 26, 101175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101175

Zhang, Y., Farber, S., Young, M., Tiznado-Aitken, I., & Ross, T. (2023). Exploring travel patterns of people with disabilities: A multilevel analysis of accessible taxi trips in Toronto, Canada. Travel Behaviour and Society, 32, 100575. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2023.100575

Tiznado-Aitken, I., Lucas, K., Muñoz, J.C. & Hurtubia, R. (2022). Freedom of choice? Social and spatial disparities on combined housing and transport affordability. Transport Policy 122 (Special Issue), 39-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.04.005

Tiznado-Aitken, I., Lucas, K., Muñoz, J.C. & Hurtubia, R. (2020). Understanding accessibility through public transport users' experiences: A mixed methods approach. Journal of Transport Geography, 88. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102857

Vecchio, G., Tiznado-Aitken, I. & Hurtubia, R. (2020). Transport and equity in Latin America: a critical review of socially oriented accessibility assessments. Transport Reviews, 1-28. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2020.1711828