Ahmed's research interests include land use and transportation planning, transit operations and planning, travel behaviour analysis including both motorized (Auto and Transit) and non-motorized (Bicycle and pedestrian) modes of transportation, travel behaviour of disadvantaged populations (seniors and people with disabilities) and measurements of accessibility and mobility in urban contexts.

Billie completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto. Her research spans integrated land use–transportation modelling, large-scale agent-based urban microsimulation, policy-oriented travel behaviour modelling, and land-use development processes. Her dissertation developed a multi-phase modelling framework for the housing-supply module of the Integrated Land Use, Transportation, and Environment (ILUTE) urban system, utilizing machine learning, spatiotemporal analysis, hazard-based models, and multiple discrete choice models. Before joining the TRAM Lab, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto, where she collaborated with Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC) on a national, standardized framework to evaluate the environmental impacts of public transit investments. She also brings extensive experience from the World Bank Group on travel behaviour modelling and passenger decarbonization in the Global South.

Mathew works as a research assistant at TRAM. He has an Msc. in Urban Studies and Planning from the University of Helsinki and a BASc. in Property from RMIT University, Australia. Before joining TRAM, he worked on several interdisciplinary research projects focused on disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Nordic cities. His current research interests include sustainable urban mobility, active transportation, accessibility and urban inequalities. He is currently working on the project Getting Around to Age in Place, which seeks to measure the daily travel habits and needs of older adults across Canada.

Meredith finished her masters in Civil Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, where she developed a keen interest in the link between travel behaviour, travel satisfaction and the built environment. In her masters thesis, she studied the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on the relationship between Montrealers’ travel satisfaction and their immediate neighbourhood using GIS and survey data, and hypothesized how the the pandemic could impact planning and travel in the long term. Her main research interests are active transportation, more specifically walking, and how urban planning can contribute to healthy and environmentally-friendly travel behaviour.

Rim Anabtawi is a PhD student in Urban Planning at McGill University. She holds a B.Sc. in Architecture from Abu Dhabi University and an M.Sc. in Architectural Engineering from the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), where she received the Chancellor’s Fellowship. Her master’s thesis, The Cost of Connectivity: Assessing the Impact of Superblock Road Design Costs on the Distance, Directness, and Diversity of Pedestrian Routes, analyzed how superblock street layouts affect pedestrian route directness, travel distance, and infrastructure costs using GIS and network analysis. After completing her master’s, she worked as a Research Associate in the Civil Engineering Department at Khalifa University, focusing on non-motorized transportation in the Arabian Gulf. Her interests include sustainable urbanization, walkability, urban morphology, and public transport accessibility.

Thiago graduated from his B.Sc. and MSc. in Civil Engineering at the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, where he developed in interested in transport policy, transport satisfaction, and travel behavior. In his master thesis, he developed an integrated framework of social psychology and marketing theories to explain user loyalty towards public transport using survey data and structural equation modeling. His main research interests are public transport, more specifically satisfaction and attitudes, and how urban policies can foster sustainable travel.

Hisham is a PhD student, with a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Architectural Engineering and Urban Design from the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt. During his course of study, he developed an interest in physical urban design and how people use public urban spaces. This led his master’s research to focus on pedestrian stationary and movement behavior in urban spaces, connecting spatial theories with built environment realities and social interactions. Hisham’s current research interest revolves around accessibility by public transport and its relation to improving quality of life of individuals. He has special interest in understanding the travel needs of marginalized groups and its relation to accessibility to generate practice-ready policy recommendations.

Having developed an interest for transportation research in his last year of undergraduate studies, Lancelot has been working with TRAM since May 2021. He has graduated with a BASC in Sustainability, Science and Society and a MSc in Geography both at McGill University and is now pursuing a PhD in Planning, Policy and Design in the School of Urban Planning. While he collected and studied detailed micro-scale walkability data for his Master's thesis, Lancelot is now exploring post-pandemic pricing and funding issues for public-transit and related equity considerations for his doctoral research. Lancelot is also passionate about the intersection between transportation and planning regulation as well as public perceptions of transportation services and projects.

Hongying completed her master’s degree in Applied Urban Science & Informatics at New York University, where she developed an interest in travel patterns, built environment, and equity in mobility. Her research explored how new transit lines could influence travel behavior and generate more equitable benefits for different population groups. She also gained experience in open data and transit service analysis at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Her main research interests are travel behavior, transport policy, and promoting equity in mobility for minority populations.

Heba holds a B.Sc. in Architectural Engineering from Palestine and an M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning from Ball State University in the United States. Her passion for community development is evident through her extensive work with UN-Habitat, various international NGOs, and civil society organizations in Palestine. Currently, Heba is pursuing a second M.Sc. in Planning, Policy, and Design at McGill University's School of Urban Planning. Her professional journey has revealed a critical need to delve deeper into transport dynamics, planning, and operations. This interest has fueled her focus on transportation issues at the community level. As a member of the TRAM team, Heba is dedicated to exploring the transportation needs of immigrants to Canada and addressing the challenges of mobility inequality faced by recent arrivals.

Anna is a Master of Engineering student in Sustainability and Design with a focus in urban transportation planning. She earned her B.Eng. in Civil Engineering from McGill in 2024, where she developed a strong interest in transportation infrastructure through her coursework, final-year design project on the REM station in Kirkland, and an internship at Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated in 2022. Passionate about sustainable mobility, Anna is particularly interested in high-speed rail investments in Canada and the integration of active transportation to help cities meet climate targets.

Andie graduated from McGill University in 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Urban Planning. Prior to her graduate studies, she worked as a consultant at CPCS contributing to transportation projects for a variety of public-sector clients in the U.S. and Canada. Her interests center on public transit and its role in building more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable cities. She looks forward to contributing to TRAM’s research on how daily travel patterns can shape quality of life.