Lina Kattan, PhD, PEng

ProfessorUrban Alliance Professor in Transportation Systems OptimizationIISC Program DirectorDepartment of Civil Engineering Schulich School of EngineeringUniversity of Calgary

Research Areas I work on

Intelligent Transportation Systems— Connected and Autonomous Vehicle

Traffic Flow Theory and Modelling Advanced Freeway Control Travellers Responses to Emerging Technologies Application of Emerging Technologies to Transit

Operations and Planning – with Dr. Wirasinghe Demand Modelling and Analysis

Urban Alliance Professorship in Transportation Systems Optimizations

The professorship focuses on applied transportation research, including: Advanced Traffic Flow Modelling and Freeway control Commuters Responses to Emerging Technologies Network evacuation under emergency and Application of Emerging Technologies to Transit Operations and

Planning – with Dr. Wirasinghe

Disruptions to focus on:

Transportation : — Autonomy— Connectivity— Sharing economy – TNC - MaaS— Electrification

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/4257138/calgary-launches-pilot-of-driverless-shuttle/

Source: tesla.com

http://www.calgary.ca/ /Transportation/TP/Documents/strategy/The-Future-of-Transportation-in-Calgary.pdf

Source: Global news

Theme 1:Assessing Disruption

Quantifying the impacts on:

— travel demand and traffic patterns: trip making behavior and frequency, VKT, ZOV.

— auto ownership and parking demand

— energy consumption and air quality

Theme 1 and 3: Transformative Transportation Technologies

Theme 2- Building the Modeling Tools

Mathematical and simulation modelling for infrastructure Interdependencies

Examining the interaction between transportation :

— Transportation (electrification, automation and connectivity) –communication and electric grid

— Case of extreme events and possible infrastructure failure

Theme 4 & 5: InnovationEnabling positive transformation

Directing the disruption - to minimize the impacts on energy consumption and air quality:

New software: Dynamic Infrastructure Control of Connected and Automated Vehicles

New Policies: Road user Charge and Routing— based on time of day, occupancy (zero

occupancy vehicles) and road type Source: https://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/4403?lang=fr

Thanks!