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Toronto aims to have 75% of school/work trips under 5 kilometres walked, biked or by transit by 2030. Protected bike lanes have been shown to increase cycling. The question is: where should they go and how should we decide? (photo by anatoliy_gleb, via Envato Elements)

Machine learning analysis sheds light on who benefits from protected bike lanes

By Phill Snel | October 15, 2024
A new study from U of T Engineering used computer simulations to estimate the health benefits of wide-scale electric vehicle adoption and grid decarbonization. They found that cumulative health benefits could be as high as US$84 billion to $188 billion by 2050. (photo by RossHelen, via Envato Elements)

New research reveals how large-scale adoption of electric vehicles can improve air quality and human health

By Phill Snel | October 15, 2024

Call for volunteer clients for 1st year design course

By Phill Snel | October 10, 2024
TORONTO, OCTOBER 1, 2024 — SAUDI DELEGATION VISIT — A photo of the visit of His Excellency Bandar Alkhorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia, to the University of Toronto on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. The delegation met to discuss mining and mineral engineering programs and opportunities with U of T. (Photo by Phill Snel, CivMin/University of Toronto)

CivMin welcomes Saudi delegation led by His Excellency Bandar Alkhorayef

By Phill Snel | October 3, 2024
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Alumni honoured with 2024 Engineering Alumni Network Awards

By Phill Snel | September 27, 2024
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No housing, no healing: What’s holding back First Nations housing progress in Canada?

By Galina Nikitina | September 23, 2024

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Profs Marianne Hatzopoulou, Heather MacLean & Daniel Posen, Dr. Jean Schmitt | Large-scale electric vehicle adoption can drive billions in health benefits

Innovation News Network | October 16, 2024

Prof. Jeffrey Siegel | You Don’t Need a HEPA Vacuum to Improve Your Home’s Air Quality

October 15, 2024 | The New York Times – Wirecutter

Prof. Shoshanna Saxe | Ford wants to build a tunnel under Hwy 401 but infrastructure experts have concerns

October 14, 2024 | The Brock Press

Prof. Shoshanna Saxe | Doug Ford’s Highway 401 tunnel scheme latest disconnect from environmental realities

October 14, 2024 | The Pointer

Prof. Shoshanna Saxe | Ford’s GTA tunnel proposal: ambition or election strategy?

October 7, 2024 | Canada’s National Observer

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An illustration of the adjustable multidimensional (AMD) testing device to be installed in CivMin's Galbraith side of the Structural Testing Facilities (STF).

World’s first adjustable multidimensional structural testing system coming to CivMin’s Structural Testing Facilities

By Phill Snel | July 25, 2023

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Alumni honoured with 2024 Engineering Alumni Network Awards

By Phill Snel | September 27, 2024

Awards & Recognition

CivMin students shine at TimberFever 2024 event, placing in the top three teams
CivMin alumnus, Olugbenga Olubanjo, to receive Rising Star Award
Undergrad wins best overall poster presentation
RDH Research Scholarship winners
Alec Mak is winner of 2024 Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Student Paper Prize
Paul Young elected as ARMA Fellow
Winners of the 2024 Mobility Network 5MT Competition
CivMin undergrads garner fourth-year awards
CivMin grad students win at the third annual symposium for City Logistics for the Urban Economy
CivMin PhD student Bhabishya Khaniya awarded Vanier Scholarship

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