91社区

In the 20th Century, the automobile became the predominant mode of transport in most cities in North America. This has had a wide range of negative environmental and social impacts. However, transport systems which focus on public transit and 鈥渁ctive鈥� transport (walking and cycling) are uniquely situated to address a wide range of societal goals including reducing GHG emissions and other pollutants at the same time improving health and safety. While cities have begun to embrace a move towards a new mobility paradigm, the path towards sustainable and inclusive transport systems has a number of technical, political economic and societal barriers.

In this 2nd Annual Sustainable Transportation Roundtable, two key themes will be discussed: 1) rethinking streets and 2) overcoming barriers to better public transport. The first theme will involve a keynote from Tom Flood who brings his experience in advertising to reframe how we talk about traffic safety. A panel discussion follows with new perspectives on traffic safety, equity, and how the think about streets. Following lunch, student researchers from 91社区 and Polytechnique Montr茅al will present on diverse topics related to transport and cities. Finally, a panel will discuss overcoming barriers to better public transport.

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Time:听9:30 AM - 17:00 PM听
Location: Armstrong building, Room 365/370

Agenda

9:30 - 10:00 | Arrival and Coffee

10:00 鈥� 10:15 | Opening Remarks by
Representative from the Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI)
Kevin Manaugh, Associate Professor jointly appointed to the Department of Geography and the Bieler School of Environment
Representative from Alstom

10:15 - 11:00 | Keynote Speech by Tom Flood (Presentation in English)

11:00 - 12:15 | Panel #1 鈥楻ethinking Streets鈥�
Marie-Soleil Cloutier (INRS)
Stephanie Watt (Metalude)
Victoria Gay-Cauvin (Ville de Montreal)
Zoe Poirier-Stephens (Ville de Montreal)
Shabnam Abdollahi (Polytechnique Montreal)

12:15 鈥� 13:15 | Lunch

13:15 鈥� 14:15 | Graduate Student Lightning Talks
Pegah Salsabilian
Lexi Kinman
Arturo Jasso Chavez
Pegah Salsabilian
Shabnam Abodollahi
Maria Laura Guerrero Balarezo
Fr茅d茅ric Cournoyer
Mohammad Nikkhah
Alessia Vinet
Jeremy de Sousa
Ella Osdoba
Sadie Campbrey
Thiago Carvalho dos reis Silveira

14:15 鈥� 14:45 | Coffee

14:45 鈥� 16:00 | Panel #2 Public transport - 鈥淥vercoming barriers to implementation鈥�
Zahra Zarabi (Oxford University)
Genevieve Boisjoly (Polytechnique)
Chris Harding (ARTM)

16:00 - 17:00 | Closing remarks & Networking

About Tom Flood

Tom Flood worked in advertising for many years on a wide range of clients including corporate brand work for automotive manufacturers. Things changed direction for him when he took his kids to school on their bikes and noticed the serious imbalance in our shared spaces. Over the last number of years he has been developing strategy & creative through Rov茅lo Creative (creativebyrovelo.com) and giving lectures and workshops around framing and language as it applies to Active TransportT, Road Safety and Road Violence.