COVID-19 Media Mentions and Articles: Shoshanna Saxe, Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Infrastructure

Shoshanna Saxe

• Faculty profile – Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering

1. Toronto swaps Google-backed, not-so-smart city plans for people-centred vision (Guardian // 123WorldNews, ClassyBuzz, Digis Mak, MSN News, March 12)
2. ActiveTO, bike lanes, and low-stress cycling (Cycle Toronto, February 25)
3. Opinion: Three ingredients for the future of urban transportation (Hill Times, February 22)
4. Toronto’s COVID-19 bike lane expansion boosted access to jobs, retail: U of T study (U of T News, February 19; Mirage News, February 20; U of T CivMin News, U of T Engineering News, U of T MIE News, February 22; Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi, February 27; Pimander.net, February 28)
   • Expansion of the COVID-19 bike path in Toronto has increased access to jobs, retail, research (Verietyinfo.com, February 22)
   • Toronto’s COVID-19 bicycle lane expansion increased access to jobs, retail, the study states (Vaaju.com, February 22)
   • Toronto’s COVID-19 bike lane expansion boosted access to jobs, retail, study finds (Phys.org, February 22)
   • Toronto’s COVID-19 bike lane expansion boosted access to jobs, retail (Bioengineer.org, EurekAlert!, February 25; Science Connected Magazine, March 2)
   • Toronto’s COVID-19 bike lane expansion boosted access to jobs, retail: U of T Engineering Study (Environmental News Network, February 26)
   • Study: Toronto’s bike lane expansion increased access to jobs, retail during COVID-19 (GlobalSpec, March 1)
5. Could “Amtrak Joe” revolutionize public transport? (New Republic, February 4, 2021)
6. ‘I’m not bumping into other people and there’s fresh air’: COVID-19 is accelerating the flight of Toronto families to smaller centres (Toronto Star, January 24, 2021)
   • Plan now for a more liveable post-pandemic city: Saxe, Florida (U of T UTTRI News, January 26, 2021)
7. Academic Publication: Public defibrillator accessibility and mobility trends during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada (Resuscitation, January 19, 2021)
8. Solidarity Forever: Initiatives in the Global South as a model of the post-COVID-19 solidarity economy (Solutions Journal, December; Resilience.org, December 17)
9. Smart urban planning starts with interdisciplinary thinking and action (Euro Scientist, October 19)
10. Climate Solutions Series: Decarbonizing global transport (CSIS Brief, July 20)
11. Opinion: Stop building more roads (New York Times // WorldNews.us, July 8)
    • Build back better: Saxe, MacAskill in New York Times (UTTRI News – U of T, July 9)
    • To really cut carbon emissions, stop building new roads (Gizmodo // MSN News, July 10)
    • A better use of federal infrastructure spending (StrongTowns.org, July 10; Upzoned, July 15)
    • America needs to prioritize rebuilding and modernizing interstate highways (Reason Foundation, July 17)
12. Are we there yet? – Now that states are reopening, it’s time to rethink how we get around (Grist, June 24)
    • The COVID recovery is coming. How will we get around? (WhatCausesGlobalWarming.net, June 24; The Medium, June 25)
13. Cities in the time of COVID-19: How can cities advance climate change priorities in the COVID recovery? (Canadian Urban Institute, May 14; Canadian Urban Institute Youtube channel, May 18)
14. Which will dominate our cities after the coronavirus, bikes or cars? (Zenic // Information Society, May 11; Treehugger, May 13)
    • ¿Qué dominará nuestras ciudades después del coronavirus, las bicicletas o los automóviles? (Treehugger, May 13)
15. Google sibling abandons ambitious city of the future in Toronto (New York Times // Earth Info Now, FastWorldNews.com, Janes Trinket, Trending News, May 7; Breaking NewsCentral, Entrepreneur Fund, Hive News, Info Shooter, International News Headline, ireportnews, News Vevo, Newsedgepoint, Tweety Pin, May 8; ReportGlobalNews, May 10; Techy Lawyer, May 12)
    • Google sibling abandons formidable town of the potential in Toronto (Critic Journal, May 8)
    • Alphabet abandona plano de construir “cidade do futuro” em Toronto – Alphabet abandons plan to construct “city of the future” in Toronto (Exame, May 14)
    • Google Brothers and sisters refuses an ambitious city of the future in Toronto (Breaking U.S. News, May 21)
16. Toronto needs to create space for people during (and after) the pandemic (Spacing Toronto, April 17)
17. Cities have been invaded by cars. Now they are being liberated (Positive.News, April 7)
18. COVID-19 likely to force long delays in major GTA transit projects, experts warn (Toronto Star // Flamborough Review, Toronto.com, WorldNews.net, March 25)
    • Saxe and Manahan offer insights on transit project delays (UTTRI News – U of T, March 26)