The University of Toronto Mobility Network is a leader in rail-related research on the use of analytics and simulation tools to enhance planning and operations.
This free half-day workshop will provide an overview of recent research. The event will be held virtually over Zoom.
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Program (2022-12-19)
09:00 Introduction to the Transit Analytics Lab (TAL) and Rail Analytics Research at the University of Toronto
- Words of Welcome and Update on TAL Activities (Amer Shalaby)
09:20 Operations Analytics to Improve Rail Performance
- Nexus: An Agent-Based Simulation Platform for Planning and Management of Multi-modal Transit Systems (Siva Srikukenthiran)
- Nexus: Sample Use Cases (Amer Shalaby)
- SPUR: Modular, Data-Driven Mesoscopic Simulator to analyze Stochastic Railway Networks (Peter Lai)
- Using Delay Logs and Machine Learning to Support Passenger Railway Operations (Willem Klumpenhouwer)
10:40 Break
10:55 Other Rail-Related Research
- Using Customer Facing Wi-Fi Data for the Analysis of Subway Service Performance and User Experience (Aidan Grenville)
- Modelling Origin-Destination Demand in Toronto's Subway Network using Wi-Fi and AFC Data (Diego Da Silva)
11:40 A Discussion of Future Rail Research Needs
- Comments and Thoughts (Kenny Ling)
12:30 End of Workshop
