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Purolator recognized with U of T Sustainable Action Award for environmental benefits of Urban Quick Stop pilot project

March 15, 2023

Purolator Inc. was awarded the University of Toronto Sustainable Action Award, External Business or Partner category, on March 3, 2023, at the 2022-23 Adams Sustainability Celebration Award Ceremony and Innovation Pitch Prize Competition held at Hart House, University of Toronto. The award recognizes individuals and teams who make tangible contributions to sustainability at U of …

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Yoshizaki shares details of São Paulo night deliveries pilot project at Smart Freight Centre Leadership Seminar

March 13, 2023

Professor Hugo Yoshizaki presented the webinar “The night deliveries pilot project in São Paulo: Lessons learned from a practitioner point of view” on Friday, March 3, 2023, from 11 AM to 12 PM. The webinar was simultaneously screened to a live audience at the University of Toronto ITS Lab. Abstract This talk presents the main …

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Urban Quick Stop provides a living laboratory to study the challenges of last-mile delivery

October 13, 2022

By Tyler Irving, U of T Engineering News, October 13, 2022 A partnership between U of T Engineering, Purolator and the City of Toronto has resulted in a new installation on campus: the Urban Quick Stop. The pilot project offers researchers such as Professor Matthew Roorda (CivMin) an innovative way to study the challenges of last-mile delivery.  …

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Creating inclusive environments: dynamic discussion delves into EDI initiatives, outcomes, and the need for data

March 15, 2022

“Equity, diversity and inclusion in freight transportation: a panel discussion” was presented virtually March 1, 2022, by the Smart Freight Centre Freight Leaders Series, co-sponsored by Mobility Network and UT-ITE. Inspired by the desire to create an equal and inclusive work environment where individual differences are valued, many government and private sector organizations have initiated …

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Using Robotics To Improve Warehouse Efficiency And Speed Up Deliveries

March 10, 2022

This story by Izabela Shubair was originally posted by McMaster University DeGroote School of Business, March 10, 2022. At first, the circular robots appear to be doing a strange, synchronized dance. They spin, move forward, change directions. Eventually, each robot picks up a large product rack, which rests on top of it, before zooming across …

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Finding Sustainable Solutions To Minimize The Impact Of Local Deliveries In Communities

March 10, 2022

This story by Izabela Shubair was originally posted by McMaster University DeGroote School of Business, March 3, 2022. After patiently waiting at the bus stop, you board the city bus. But rather than finding a seat, you punch in a combination that opens a locker. It contains one of your online orders. Mobile package lockers …

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How improving EDI policies can address the labour shortages in trucking/transportation

March 10, 2022

This story by Izabela Shubair was originally posted by McMaster University DeGroote School of Business, February 24, 2022. In his role as professor of Operations Management at DeGroote, Elkafi Hassini had students in his classes tell him their parents worked in transportation and warned them to stay away from the industry. During conversations with various …

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CHET selected as training partner for City Logistics for the Urban Economy research project

February 9, 2022

Ontario-based truck driving school, Commercial Heavy Equipment Training Ltd. (CHET), has been selected as a training partner for the government funded Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) research project on City Logistics for the Urban Economy (CLUE). The purpose of CLUE is to fill gaps in the Canadian urban freight system—a system …

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SFC U of T researchers win TRB Urban Freight Transportation Paper Award

January 14, 2022

Congratulations to University of Toronto authors Tufayel Chowdhury, James Vaughan, Marc Saleh, Kianoush Mousavi, Marianne Hatzopoulou, PhD, and Matthew J. Roorda, PhD, who received the Best Applied Research Paper Award for their paper “Modeling Impacts of Off-peak Delivery in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area” from the Transportation Research Board’s Standing Committee on Urban Freight Transportation …

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