We aim to promote improved transportation and mobility options for students in the GTHA. What's your commuting story? Tag your posts with #HowDoYouMove!
🚍Do transport systems contribute to the difficulties disabled students face with accessing what should be barrier-free education?
Professors @RBuliung & @RaktimMitra lead a recent forum at @TMUsurp to discuss the research—and offer possible solutions: bit.ly/3muun2h.
ALT Close-up of a person in a wheelchair navigating a long hallway.
"Nearly one third of students viewed their commute as a barrier to their academic success."
Great article in TMU Today on the impact commuting has on academic success. These findings are from a study by Ryan Taylor & @RaktimMitra using StudentMoveTO data
torontomu.ca/content/ryerson…
Day 2 of StudentMoveTO Symposium 2022 is about to start here at Toronto Metropolitan University. Today, we have 13 seminar presentations from researchers who have written papers informed by the StudentMoveTO research. Follow along! cc: @RaktimMitra@rkeil
While students’ mode choices can be considered mostly environmentally sustainable, transit users may face social exclusion due to lack of activity participation