Funding – Platial Analysis Lab

New NSERC funding for homomorphic encryption research

May 30, 2023

The lab was recently awarded funding from NSERC to study homomorphic encryption techniques for analyzing, and preserving the privacy of, human mobility data…

New “Idea to Innovation” grant from NSERC

February 2, 2023

The lab was recently awarded a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Idea to Innovation program…

Investigating ship speed on the St. Lawrence

March 28, 2022

The lab was recently awarded funding from the Quebec Maritime Network to help study the impact of ship speed on St. Lawrence river communities…

Seeking applications for fully funded Master’s degree

March 25, 2022

There is still time to apply! The Lab has fully funded positions for Master’s students interested in working with community groups near the Saint Lawrence river…

Two lab members awarded research scholarships

May 7, 2021

We are happy to announce that two Platial Analysis Lab team members have been awarded scholarships to support their graduate research…

New CIRA funding for Location Privacy Educational Platform

June 25, 2020

We are happy to share that our research proposal to build a Location Privacy Educational Platform was selected for funding by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority…

Lab receives new funding for location privacy research

May 28, 2020

The lab is pleased to announce that we were recently awarded a grant from the Quebec government to support our continued research on location privacy…

Qiang, Dan; McKenzie, Grant

Mobility Vitality: Measuring urban vitality through active and micro-mobility modes. Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 28th Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe Conference (AGILE 2025), AGILE GIScience Series, 2025.

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Romm, Daniel; Chavez, Jose Arturo Jasso; Kinman, Lexi; Salsabilian, Pegah; McKenzie, Grant; Manaugh, Kevin

The Cars are Going to be Alright: Examining Micromobility Infrastructure Space Allocation and Potential Improvement Scenarios in Montréal Journal Article

In: Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research, no. 100071, 2025.

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title = {The Cars are Going to be Alright: Examining Micromobility Infrastructure Space Allocation and Potential Improvement Scenarios in Montréal},

author = {Daniel Romm and Jose Arturo Jasso Chavez and Lexi Kinman and Pegah Salsabilian and Grant McKenzie and Kevin Manaugh},

doi = {10.1016/j.jcmr.2025.100071},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-06-07},

urldate = {2025-06-03},

journal = {Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research},

number = {100071},

abstract = {Many cities today are redesigning their streetscapes to redress the historical privilege afforded to the automobile in planning and policy. Much streetscape redesign is around transport infrastructure space, which largely prioritizes car travel and marginalizes other travel modes. Attempts by planners and policy makers to this end often are met with public opposition by advocates of the car, protesting about losing space on the street. This is empirically investigated with the case of Montréal by determining the allocation of street space to transport infrastructures, deriving measures of infrastructure space per traveller, and devising an Equal Infrastructure Allocation score to measure the imbalance between infrastructure provision per travel mode. Per borough, the distribution of transport infrastructure is examined, alongside correlations with demographic, socio-economic, land use, and crash rate variables. Potential scenarios of significant micromobility infrastructure improvement are modelled to test how infrastructure space apportionment per mode changes. This investigation discovers that even large improvements to micromobility infrastructure have a minor effect on space allocated to automobiles. Equal Infrastructure Allocation score and associated indicators are presented as useful tools for planners and policy makers implementing micromobility infrastructure projects, to better communicate with the public and address potential opposition.  },

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McKenzie, Grant; Romm, Daniel; Féré, Clara; Balarezo, Maria Laura Guerrero

Gender differences in urban recreational running: A data-driven approach Journal Article

In: Journal of Transport Geography, vol. 124, no. 104171, 2025.

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Zhang, Hongyu; McKenzie, Grant

Geoprivacy knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours in contemporary China Journal Article

In: Geographical Review, 2024.

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