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.

Evan is a research assistant at TRAM, he holds a Master's in Urban Planning from McGill University, Canada with a B.A. in Political Science and Russian from the University of Pittsburgh. Before beginning his graduate studies, he worked as a project coordinator at a healthcare software company, helping hospital systems in the US and Canada increase efficiency for patients and staff. Evan is particularly interested in helping cities make public transit more reliable and economically sustainable. He is excited to contribute to TRAM’s research on how public transit projects affect business growth and user satisfaction.

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.

Neil graduated from the University of Alberta with a BA in Urban Planning and a minor in Sociology. He is currently pursuing his MEng in Sustainable Engineering and Design here at McGill. During his undergraduate studies, Neil worked in land use and area planning departments, which sparked an interest in how sustainable transport is integrated with land use and how equity and public concerns are integrated into decision making. He is especially interested in sustainability within cities and ensuring that social sustainability is upheld in urban transformations. He is excited to work with TRAM this summer and research gentrification along sustainable transportation routes and impacts of a second car on household activities.

Clara is a Master of Urban Planning student at McGill University, with a B.A. in Psychology and Russian Literature from the University of Virginia. Before coming to McGill, she worked at the Greater Portland Council of Governments, a regional planning agency in Portland, Maine, where she supported initiatives to expand internet access in rural communities. She is interested in transportation equity and improving access to public transit. She is looking forward to spending the summer at TRAM researching how travel satisfaction varies across different modes of transportation.

Matias is a Master of Urban Planning student at McGill University, where he also earned a Bachelor's and Master's in Music Performance from the Schulich School of Music. As a freelance musician and clarinet teacher who relies entirely on public transit, cycling, and walking to get around Montreal (he does not hold a driver's licence), he developed a first-hand perspective on the city's evolving transportation landscape. His research interests centre around transit equity, public transit accessibility, and active transportation, with a particular interest in the South American context.

Pia is a second-year student at McGill University, studying Urban Studies with a minor in GIS & Remote Sensing and Sociology. She is interested in how cities function through spatial data and social systems, with a particular focus on transportation and accessibility. Pia is looking forward to working with the TRAM team this summer, where she will research transit satisfaction across regions in Montreal and use the Montreal Mobility Survey to examine whether accessibility influences e-commerce behavior.