iCITY Project

Overview

iCity builds on the University of Toronto’s world-leading urban transportation simulation modelling capabilities, OCAD University’s cutting-edge visualization design capabilities and Esri Canada’s advanced geospatial software systems. Together with urban transportation planners from the University of Waterloo, and public partners from the City of Toronto and Waterfront Toronto, the iCity team develops innovative new solutions for the design and management of urban transportation systems. The iCity project is also supported by IBM Canada, Cellint and Teranet.

Objective 1

Apply urban informatics – the combination of high-performance computing, massive “big data” sets, and advanced analysis, simulation and visualization software -- to the analysis of major urban transportation problems.

Objective 2

Develop a computational “virtual lab” for analysis and design in which powerful, comprehensive computer models simulate the evolution of urban transportation systems to find feasible pathways into the future that take us from the context of a current city to a more resilient and sustainable future.

Objective 3

Mentor and train the next generation of urban informatics and urban transportation engineering and planning professionals through graduate student, post-doctoral fellow and technical staff participation in all facets of the research, as well as through our Youth Outreach activities.