Transportation

The transportation cluster is engaged in research on urban and regional transportation and land use planning, and its intersection with social, economic, health and environmental conditions of people and places. We have expertise in the following areas:

• Automobility and automobile dependence
• Land use, urban form and street design
• Social equity and environmental justice
• Accessibility and participation
• Time use and travel behaviour
• Transport, health and environment
• Affordability and gentrification
• Child and youth transport studies
• Transport and critical disability studies

Cluster Members

FACULTY Ron Buliung, Steven Farber, Paul Hess, Anna Kramer, Matti Siemiatycki, Andre Sorensen, Alan Walks, Michael Widener

Transportation Courses:

While many courses in geography, planning and cities studies include transport topics as part of a larger area of study, here we list the undergraduate and graduate level courses that specifically focus on transportation.

@UTSC

• CITC18H3 — Transportation Policy Analysis
• GGRC12H3 — Transportation Geography

@UTM

• GGR370 — The Geography of Transportation

@UTSG

• GGR424 — Transportation Geography and Planning

Grad Courses:

• JPG1554 — Transportation and Urban Form
• JPG1558 — Transport: Contemporary, Historical and Geographical Perspectives
• PLA1702 — Pedestrians, Streets, and Public Space
• PLA1801 — Urban Infrastructure Planning

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