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Current News
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
February 10, 2024
CART Codes: HACK HOW WE MOVE | 24-Hour Student Hackathon
Halifax, N.S. - In the face of climate change, globalization, and inequity, transportation network and the communities they serve are becoming increasing vulnerable. Data collection and analysis are more important now than ever to establish benchmarks, quantify progress, and enact change. The complexity of these problems demands collective action to implement informed and proactive decisions and policies. Post-secondary students and recent graduates in computer science, engineering, and planning disciplines were invited to participate in the inaugural hackathon: CART Codes 2024.
February 9, 2024
Inaugural Research Showcase of the Climate Action Research for Transportation Network
Halifax, N.S. - The effects of climate change are having increasingly severe consequences across the country. Recent extreme weather events, including wildfires, flooding, and record breaking snowfalls are stark examples of the growing severity of the climate crises. As of 2022, the transportation sector accounts for 24% of Canada's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Urgent actions needs to be taken to reach the federal governments goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2025. To accomplish this goal, an all hands-on deck approach is needed. With this in mind, the CART Network was established.
HIGHLIGHTING OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS
October 15, 2024
TRB Decisions Are In!
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Halifax, N.S. - All decisions from the Transportation Research Board have come in. 15 of our papers were accepted! We would like to say thank you to our collaborators and amazing work to our graduate students! Very well done!
October 5, 2024
CTRF Transport Canada Scholarship 2024-2025 Recipient
Halifax, N.S. - Congratulations to our graduate student Rifat Bhuiyan, who was awarded the CTRF Transport Canada scholarships for the 2024/2025 academic year!
August 27, 2024
New Publications Alert!!
Halifax, N.S. - Congratulations to our graduate students Hasan Shahrier, (co-author Dr. Ahsan Habib) for the publication of their paper "Electric Vehicle (EV) Type Choice Model: Latent Class Modelling (LCM) Approach" with the International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology!
July 18, 2024
17th International Conference on Travel Behavior Research (IATBR) - July 14th-18th
Vienna, Austria. - Our graduate students had an impactful presence at this years IATBR conference. Our team, led by Dr. Ahsan Habib, presented four research papers addressing a wide range of topics related to travel behavior issues in an urban context. Md Asif Hasan Anik, our Ph.D. student, presented his research titled "Activity Participation and Time Allocation: Fragmentation into Physical and Virtual Environment." He brought forward important discussion relating to the interaction of physical and virtual activities and its implication on overall travel behaviour. Md. Rifat Hossain Bhuiyan presented the work titled "Examining Online Grocery and Food Ordering Behavior Using a Latent-Class Ordered Logit Approach," which aimed to uncover the underlying factors influencing online shopping behavior to better understand its implications for policymakers in the future. Additionally, he presented another study on behalf of Hasan Shahrier, our Ph.D. student. This research focused on electric vehicle type choice based on a latent class-multinomial logit approach.
June 26, 2024
New Publications Alert!!
Halifax, N.S. - Congratulations to our graduate students Hasan Shahrier, Arunakirinathan Vajeeran (co-author Dr. Ahsan Habib and Fariba Hossain, MASc) for the publication of their paper "Developing an Integrated Activity-Based Travel Demand Model for Analyzing the Impact of Electric Vehicles on Traffic Networks and Vehicular Emissions" with Sage Journal's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board!!
June 21, 2024
2024 World Symposium of Transport and Land Use Research - June 17 to 20
Bogotá, Columbia. - Graduate students Niaz Mahmud and Vajeeran Arunakirinathan had the opportunity to attend and present during this years WSTLUR conference. They presented important research relating to freight manual trip generation, characterization of electric vehicles (EV) adopters, development of an emission modelling framework, and integrated transport and land use models with traffic flow simulators. Congratulations to both Niaz and Vajeeran, as well as Kashfia Nokshi, Venkata Vijaya Rama Raju Mandapati, and Hasan Shahrier for your papers acceptances into WSTLUR!
May 27, 2024
New Publications Alert!!
Halifax, N.S. - Congratulations to our graduate student Md Asif Hasan Anik (co-author Dr. Ahsan Habib and Muhammad Ali Nayeem, PhD) for the publication of his paper "Development of a Dynamic Traffic Microstimulator for On-Demand Transit Operations within an Integrated Modelling System" with Taylor & Francis Group's Journal: Transportation Planning and Technology!
May 17, 2024
59th Annual Canadian Transportation Research Forum - May 12 to 15
Kelowna B.C. - Graduate students Kashfia Nokshi, and Hasan Shahrier had the opportunity to attend and present during this years CTRF conference. They presented important research relating to potential factors influencing household decisions regarding vehicle types, particularly electric vehicles (EV) adoption, as well as the integration of vehicle evaluation and fuel type choices in relation to emissions. Congratulations to both students on this accomplishment!
April 15, 2024
Smart Energy Student Poster Competition
Halifax, N.S. - Graduate students had the opportunity to showcase their research at the Smart Energy Conference 2024, held in Halifax. The conference, focusing on our net-zero future, aligned perfectly with Kashfia Nokshi, Hasan Shahrier, and Harshavardhen Aleti's work. Congratulations Kashfia for winning the Student Poster Competition!
"I was happy to represent DalTRAC and the CART Network in the conference. Winning the poster presentation session was an excellent experience! Here's to more moments like these - cheers!"
March 8, 2024
DalTRAC's Very Own OpenThinker
Halifax, N.S. - Offered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University, the OpenThink Initiative empowers a select group of PhD researchers to engage with communities beyond the university. Congratulations to our PhD Student Md Asif Hasan Anik for being selected as one of 16 PhD students across the University forming the program's 2024 cohort.
February 26, 2024
New Publications Alert!!
Halifax, N.S. - Congratulations to our graduate student Rifat Bhuiyan (co-author Dr. Ahsan Habib) for the publication of his paper "Missing Typical Weekdays in Travel Surveys: A Pseudo-Panel Approach to Explore Weekly Travel Patterns" with Sage Journal's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board!
January 8, 2024
It's TRB Season!
Washington, DC. - TRB is always an excellent way to start the year, it boosts motivation and helps develop new ideas and projects. This year, six graduate students presented 10 posters and one lecture session throughout the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Review Board.