CLUE pilot project featured in BlogTO article A CLUE pilot study is featured in “Toronto may be getting a cool new solution to missing your package deliveries,” BlogTO, May 25, 2022.
CHET selected as training partner for City Logistics for the Urban Economy research project Ontario-based truck driving school, Commercial Heavy Equipment Training Ltd. (CHET), has been selected as a training partner for the government funded Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) research project on City Logistics for the Urban Economy (CLUE). The purpose of CLUE is to fill gaps in the Canadian urban freight system—a system that has fallen more under the...
LARGER CARGO E-BIKE PILOTS NOW PERMITTED IN CITY OF TORONTO Toronto City Council updated its bylaws on December 15, 2021 to opt in to the Province of Ontario pilot program to allow for the use of larger cargo e-bikes weighing more than 120 kilograms on public streets, including bike lanes and cycle tracks. Professor Matthew Roorda and Dr. Ahmed Lasisi from University of Toronto, and Professor Kevin Gingerich from York...
SMART FREIGHT CENTRE RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP RECEIVES MAJOR FUNDING AWARD The Smart Freight Centre is delighted to announce that a new research initiative entitled “CLUE: City Logistics for the Urban Economy,” has received a major funding award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Research projects funded by NSERC Alliance Grants must be supported by partner organizations that provide funding or in-kind resources, participate in project research...
ANNOUNCING THE SFC FREIGHT DATA WAREHOUSE (FDW) The Smart Freight Centre (SFC) is pleased to announce the Freight Data Warehouse (FDW). The Smart Freight Centre (SFC) is pleased to announce the Freight Data Warehouse (FDW). The Freight Data Warehouse makes private freight data available for evidence-based research that improves goods movement in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. It consolidates, manages, and distributes freight data in a...
CLUE Partners’ Workshop The first partners’ workshop featured Public Sector Updates, Short Presentations, Follow-up Q&A, Discussions, Research Café, Presentations and Discussion in Breakout Rooms. It was successfully held online with great feedback from attendees from the public and private sectors as well as non-governmental organizations.
