PhD candidate Daniel Romm recently attended the 60th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF), held this year in Ottawa. The CTRF is Canada’s leading academic and policy-oriented forum for transportation research, bringing together scholars, practitioners, and policymakers from across the country to discuss current and emerging issues in the transport sector. The annual conference is a key event for fostering dialogue across disciplines and modes, and for highlighting new research that informs decision-making in transportation planning and policy.
At the 2024 conference, Daniel presented his short paper, “Even in New York, the Car Rules the Street: Inequality in Street Space Allocation.” His work examines how urban streets—often perceived as shared and public—are still disproportionately dominated by private vehicles, even in global cities with ambitious mobility goals. His analysis underscores how this imbalance reflects deeper structural inequalities in urban infrastructure planning.
The CTRF conference this year featured invigorating presentations on a wide range of transport-related research topics, reflecting the urgency of rethinking transportation systems in the face of climate change, equity concerns, and changing patterns of mobility. With a growing demand for inclusive and sustainable transport solutions, the conference served as an important venue for dialogue and collaboration.
In addition to his own presentation, Daniel is a co-author, along with Prof. McKenzie, on another short paper titled “Human-Centered Mobility Flow Classification: Examining the Difference Between Travel Patterns of Men and Women,” which was presented by Maria Laura Guerrero Balarezo, a PhD candidate at Polytechnique Montréal. This research explores gendered differences in urban travel behaviour, contributing to a growing body of work focused on human-centred and equity-aware mobility analytics.
