TRAM: Transportation Research at McGill

Meredith Alousi-Jones, PhD Student, was interviewed by Sabrina Marandola for CBC Radio about Québec's Bill 61, outlining a new mobility agency, Mobilité Infra Québec. Click here to listen to his interview (timestamp 10:10).

Lancelot Rodrigue, PhD Student, was interviewed by Alyssia Rubertucci for City News Montréal about the propositions for public-transit funding in Québec Click here to listen to his interview.

Meredith Alousi-Jones, PhD student, was interviewed by Montreal Gazette about the metro’s recent shutdowns and future maintenance plans. Click here to read her interview.

Hisham Negm, PhD Student, was interviewed by Nicolas Van Praet for The Globe and Mail about the investment of the Caisse de dépôt in building the REM. Click here to listen to his interview.

Meredith Alousi-Jones, PhD student, was interviewed by La Presse about the Aging Mobility survey and older Montrealers’ intention to use public transport once their fare becomes free. . Click here to read her interview (in French).

Hisham Negm, PhD Student, was interviewed by by Alyssia Rubertucci for CityNews about the inauguration of the REM. Click here to listen to his interview.

Meredith Alousi-Jones, PhD student, was interviewed by Sabrina Marandola for CBC Radio about the upgrades to the metro’s blue line by installing CBTC (Communications-Based Train Control) technology. Click here to listen to her interview.

Lancelot Rodrigue, Masters’ student, was interviewed by Les Aurores Montréal on the Montréal Mobility survey. Click here to listen to the interview (time stamp: 19:55).

Prof. Ahmed El-Geneidy was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal discussing transit service deficit. Click here to access the article.

Prof. Ahmed El-Geneidy was quoted in the Globe and Mail regarding the 15 minutes City idea and its application in Canada Click here to access the article.

Prof. Ahmed El-Geneidy was quoted in the Globe and Mail regarding how the coronavirus is reshaping the way we get around in cities Click here to access the article.

Jamie DeWeese discussed the recent article published by the TRAM group on public transit service cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic Click here to access the article.

Boer Cui, TRAM member was interviewed about commuting trends in Canadaian Cities by CBC Radio. Click here to read response.

Maddie Harreman-Fernandes, TRAM member was interviewed about new mobilities in Montreal by CBC Radio. Click here to listen to her interview.

Jamie DeWeese, TRAM member was interviewed about public transport in Montreal by Daybreak Montreal with Ainslie MacLellan on CBC Radio. Click here to listen to his interview.

Geneviève Boisjoly, TRAM alumni was interviewed in the Le Devoir about our recent article on the directness of the cycling routes in Montreal. Click here to access the article in French.

Nick Chaloux, master's in urban planning graduate and TRAM alumni discussed the outputs from his supervised research project on the decline in public transport ridership in Montreal at the route level was featured in the Montreal Gazette. Click here to access the article.

Nick Chaloux, master's in urban planning graduate and TRAM alumni discussed the outputs from his supervised research project on the decline in public transport ridership in Montreal at the route level with CBC Radio daybreak show. Click here to listen to his interview.

Prof. Ahmed El-Geneidy was quoted in the CBC on the changes in generational behavior and public transport use. Click here to access the article.

Congratulations to Dr. Emily Grisé . Emily defended her PhD dissertation titled "Fostering happiness among public transit users: Analyzing customer satisfaction surveys through non-traditional approaches" A complete version of Dr. Grisé's dissertation can be found in here.

Congratulations to Dr. Geneviève Boisjoly for becoming Prof. Geneviève Boisjoly. Geneviève started a new position in December 2018 as an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal For More information about Prof. Boisjoly's please visit her websit here.

Congratulations to Dr. Geneviève Boisjoly . Geneviève defended her PhD dissertation titled "Towards a better implementation of accessibility indicators in land use and transport planning practice" A complete version of Dr. Boisjoly's dissertation can be found in here.

Geneviève Boisjoly was interviewed in the Le Devoir about our recent article on decline in Transit Ridership in North American regions. Click here to access the article in French.

Nick Chaloux discussed with the Montreal Gazzette some of the recent findings from the TRAM 2018 Montreal Cycling Survey, concentration on the most dangerous intersections identified by cyclists . Click here to access the article.

Geneviève Boisjoly, Emily Grisé, and Ahmed El-Geneidy blog post for Transit Center discussing the recent paper by the TRAM group on the decline of transit ridership in North American regions was featured in City Lab. Click here to access the City Lab article.

Geneviève Boisjoly, PhD candidate was interviewed by the Star to discuss TRAM recent paper on decline in bus transit ridership across North American transit operators Click here to access the news article.