Northeastern University
December 2024
Integrated Travel Office (ITRD) is a non-profit organization commenced operations in January 2024, which researches the viability of reintroducing passenger rail and inter-community busing along the Canamex corridor. Their goal is to signal to investors and the government that offering daily connecting communities services within each state and province will make a connecting neighbors long-distance corridor achievable. ITRD Research Team at the University of Toronto shared their project proposal, which outlines the objective of enhancing public transportation access for Alberta's rural and Indigenous communities. They will leverage Geographical Information Systems (GIS) spatial analysis methods to model and propose new transit routes based on identified underserved areas. This involves using network analysis, population density mapping, and route optimization algorithms to design efficient and accessible transit solutions. Given the team's strong expertise in GIS, which effectively covers key analytics components, I am focusing on literature reviews aimed at promoting transportation equity in rural areas to address the deliverables in Canvas.
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