Urban Mobility sheds light on mobility in twenty-first century Canadian cities. The book explores the profound changes associated with technological innovation, pandemic-induced impacts on travel behaviour, and the urgent need for mobility to meaningfully respond to the climate crisis.
Featuring contributions from leading Canadian and American scholars and researchers, this edited collection traverses disciplines including geography, engineering, management, policy studies, political science, and urban planning. Chapters illuminate novel research findings related to a variety of modes of mobility, including public transit, e-scooters, bike sharing, ride hailing, and autonomous vehicles. Contributors draw out the connections between urban challenges, technological change, societal need, and governance mechanisms. The collection demonstrates why the smart phone, COVID-19, and climate present a crucial lens through which to understand the present and future of urban mobility. The way we move in cities has been disrupted and altered because of technological innovation, the lingering impacts of COVID-19, and efforts to reduce transport-related emissions.
Urban Mobility concludes that the path forward requires good public policy from all levels of government, working in partnership with the private sector and non-profits to direct and address the best urban mobility framework for Canadian cities.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Foreword/Preface
Section I: Setting the Stage
1. Mobility Changes in the 21st Century City: How the iPhone, COVID, and Climate Changed Everything
Shauna Brail and Betsy Donald
Section II: The Big Picture – Framing the Questions
2. The Impacts of COVID Policies, Restrictions, and Behavioural Shifts on Urban Canadians
Gabriel Cavalli and Anita M. McGahan
3. Cities in Crisis: COVID, Conflict, and Climate Change
Tom Hutton
4. Urban Mobility and the Digital Economy: Capturing the Experiences of Canadian Cities
Tara Vinodrai
5. Emerging Mobility Technologies and Transportation Systems in Canadian Cities
Lisa Lorena Losada Rojas and Eric J. Miller
Section III: Places, Patterns, and Challenges
6. Prospects for Public Transit Equity in the 21st Century: Lessons from COVID-19’s Impacts on Canada’s Largest Metropolis
Matthew Palm and Steven Farber
7. E-Scooter Sharing as Hope or Hype? Bridging Transportation Equity Divides in Calgary
Vivian Kong and Agnieszka Leszczynski
8. Bike Share Toronto: Building a Network to Meet the Demands of COVID and Beyond
Spencer McNee and Eric J. Miller
9. Montreal’s Digital Mobility Ecosystem: A Place-based Story of a City undergoing a Mobility Transition
Moe Hashemi, Hamed Motaghi, and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
10. Examining Pandemic Pivots: From Ride Hailing to Food-hailing
Shauna Brail and Betsy Donald
Section IV: Governing Mobility
11. Integrated Mobility and the Governance of Urban Transit
Elena Gorachinova, Lisa Huh, and David A. Wolfe
12. Regulating Autonomous Vehicles: Lessons from U.S. Cities
Yuko Aoyama and Luis F. Alvarez León
13. The Evolution of Ride Hailing Regulation in Canadian Cities: COVID-19 and Policy Convergence
Austin Zwick, Mischa Young, and Zachary Spicer
14. Mobility-as-a-Service: A Platform Solution in Search of a Business Model
John Lorinc
Section V: Moving Mobility Studies Forward
16. Conclusion
Betsy Donald and Shauna Brail
Index
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