In his presentation, Dr. Habib will provide an overview of research outcomes under the NSERC/Alliance Grant on DalTRAC’s COVID-19 research since Lockdown in March 2019. He will talk about what are the impacts of COVID-19 on travel modes, mobility and emissions in the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Dr. Ahsan Habib is a transportation professor and the Director of Dalhousie School of Planning. He is the founder of the Dalhousie Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC), a CFI-sponsored multidisciplinary research unit.His research interests include transportation modelling, microsimulation of urban systems and smarter mobility planning. Dr. Habib believes that multi-modal mobility options are the key to ensure sustainability of our cities.