UofT researchers launch new app to gather transit data, help inform decisions
TORONTO — University of Toronto researchers are launching an app today designed to collect transit data that can be used by the provincial and local governments as they make transit planning and funding decisions.
The university has been conducting transit surveys every five years since 1986, as part of a project funded by the Ontario government and municipalities in the Toronto area, as well as key transit agencies such as Metrolinx and the Toronto Transit Commission.
Eric Miller, a professor of civil engineering at the university, and the principal investigator on the project, says that until now, the surveys have been conducted using landlines.
But as more people are using smartphone, Miller says trying to reach subjects by landline has become an issue, which is why the university is launching the new app, called City Logger.