st udent c h a p te r n ews UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY In October 2019, the University of Calgary ITE Student Chapter held its first guest seminar by having Devin Lafleche, a Transit Coordinator/Planner I at the town of Cochrane, AB, to talk about their most recent transit system, known as: "Cochrane On-demand Local Transit (COLT)". COLT provides shared demand-responsive transit services. Anyone can book their ride through the COLT website, mobile app, or by calling COLT directly. Starting mid-2020, the town of Cochrane is exploring Calgary and regional destinations into COLT services.
and the economic system and their interactions over time, covering the entire province. In December 2019, the student chapter connected junior with senior students to pass on peer knowledge in an exam preparation session. Undergraduate and graduate students were welcomed to attend and participate in the session. Later in December, the student chapter organized an “End of Semester” social event as an informal setting for students to hang out, network, and celebrate!
In November 2019, the student chapter held its second guest seminar by having John D. Hunt, Ph.D. (Cantab), P.Eng., Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Calgary, to present “ASET: The Spatial Economic Transport Model of Alberta”. His talk covered the structure of ASET and issues in its development and the interpretation of its results. Alberta Transportation sponsored the development of ASET over a period of more than three years ending in 2019. ASET is based on the PECAS spatial economic modeling framework and related software. ASET includes simulations of the transportation system
Counterclockwise from left: Guest seminar with Devin Lafleche of Cochrane, AB. Guest seminar with John Hunt, Ph.D, P.Eng. of University of Calgary. Knowledge exchange at the exam preparation event. End of semester social event.
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