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Toronto City Council approves first Freight and Goods Movement Strategy

Toronto City Council has approved the City’s first Freight and Goods Movement Strategy that will help make transportation of freight and goods safer, more reliable and more sustainable in and around Toronto. The Freight and Goods Movement Strategy identifies 24 strategic actions that the City, led by the Transportation Services division in partnership with other …

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Farvolden: New thinking needed to improve freight and goods movement

Dr. Judy Farvolden, Executive Director of the University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute, was quoted in “Delivery trucks are common sights in downtown Toronto. But a new city report offers some alternatives. Everyone is getting everything delivered these days. But that can cause chaos on city streets, and Toronto officials are trying to change that” …

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Farvolden presents deputation to City of Toronto about Freight and Goods Movement Strategy

Dr. Judy Farvolden, Executive Director of the University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute, presented a deputation to the City of Toronto Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the release of the  “Freight and Goods Movement Strategy” at their meeting October 6, 2020. She addressed many aspects of the strategy and outlined research goals of the Smart …

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