Toronto City Council updated its bylaws on December 15, 2021 to opt in to the Province of Ontario pilot program to allow for the use of larger cargo e-bikes weighing more than 120 kilograms on public streets, including bike lanes and cycle tracks. Professor Matthew Roorda and Dr. Ahmed Lasisi from University of Toronto, and …
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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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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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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 …
