Thank you for visiting the website of the Waterloo Public Transportation Initiative (WPTI).
WPTI is a research group committed to providing expertise in the fields of transit planning and transportation engineering to address the challenges relevant to Canadian public transportation agencies. We are dedicated to promoting and improving public transit by executing an integrative approach to research in (1) improving transit operations, (2) attracting riders, and (3) capturing the regional benefits from transit agencies.
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Waterloo Region GPS Cycling Study |

Congratulations Abel!
WPTI is pleased to
announce that PhD Candidate Abel Lopez Dodero has received
an offer for an internship at the World Bank in Washington
DC during the summer of 2011. He will be working with senior
policy officials on issues related to transit delivery in Mexico
- making professional connections and gathering the final
data for his thesis. Well done, Abel!
WPTI at TRB!
The Transportation Research Board conference, held in
Washington DC each year, attracts more than 10,000
transportation professionals. This year, WPTI and the
University of Waterloo sponsored more than 20 students to
attend the meeting and present our research work. Papers
presented at the conference included:
Accurate and Less
Expensive Pavement Distress Surveying Using
Multi-Photogrammetric-Output Fusion
Analytical
Alternative to Transit Signal Priority Microsimulation
Modeling: Model and Application
Automated Quality
Assurance Methodology for Archived Transit Data from AVL-APC
Systems
Analysis of
Stated-Preference and GPS Data for Bicycle Travel
Forecasting
Empirical Models
for Prediction of Pervious Concrete Pavement Performance
Deterioration
Estimating
Signalized Intersection Delays to Transit Vehicles from
Archived AVL-APC Data
Evaluation of
Pervious Concrete Pavement Maintenance Methods at Field
Sites in Canada
Field and
Laboratory Evaluation of Recycled Asphalt Shingle Mixes:
Canadian Study
Method for
Predicting Mean and Variance of Transit Segment and Route
Travel Times
Method to
Estimate Distribution of Average Vehicle Delay at Signalized
Intersections
Pervious Concrete
Pavement: A Sustainable Alternative
Real-Time Freeway Travel Time Prediction Using Vehicle Trajectory Data
WPTI on TV: The Agenda with Steve Paikin - Dr. Jeffrey Casello: Rapid Transit in Ontario





