Regional Planning for School Travel in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)

Green Communities Canada (GCC) has been contracted by Metrolinx, the Provincial Transportation Planning agency for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), to prepare a regional plan for Active and Sustainable School Travel (ASST) in the GTHA. The purpose of this project is to facilitate a coordinated effort to improve walking and cycling among schoolchildren, which is a key strategic goal that is outlined in the Big Move, the regional transportation plan for the GTHA. The plan will comprise six regional reports and one comprehensive GTHA report. The intern will conduct research to support GCC and its collaborators in completing this project. The detailed tasks include producing a best-practice report, identifying policy gaps in the GTHA region which will inform a stakeholder mapping, and contributing to the design and implementation of several stakeholder consultation sessions.

Faculty Supervisor:

Raktim Mitra

Student:

Partner:

Green Communities Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Transportation (excluding aerospace); Environmental Science and Technology; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

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