Name: Enhancing transportation data: The development of a national origin and destination survey and its potential for policy and infrastructure planning
Start: 2025-05-28T10:30:00-0400
End: 2025-05-28T10:50:00-0400

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Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:30am - 10:50am EDT

Desmarais 1160

This paper examines Canada's new national Origin-Destination Survey, an initiative led by Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities Canada in collaboration with Statistics Canada. The survey is designed to address a long-standing gap in Canada's understanding of transportation and mobility patterns, providing critical data to inform policy and infrastructure planning.

The paper outlines the methodological framework and design considerations underpinning the survey, including sampling strategies, key metrics, and approaches to capturing data on transit behaviors, modal choices, vehicle-kilometers traveled, and travel patterns at household and individual levels. It discusses the inclusion of demographic data to understand the mobility challenges faced by equity-deserving populations, ensuring the survey addresses issues of accessibility and inclusivity.

Furthermore, it explores the anticipated utility of the survey findings in addressing national priorities, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, enhancing public transit access, and supporting evidence-based initiatives like Canada's Permanent Public Transit Fund.

Additionally, the paper highlights the timeline for data collection (scheduled for late 2025 or early 2026) and discusses the implications of the expected 2027 data release. The survey aims to drive transformative advancements in transportation planning by providing a comprehensive framework for leveraging large-scale data to inform sustainable, equitable mobility solutions and infrastructure policy across Canada.

Speakers

Eiad El-Fateh

Director of Data and Analytics, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada

Eiad El Fateh is currently the Director of Data and Analytics within the Policy and Results Branch at Infrastructure Canada. Prior to Infrastructure Canada, Eiad held a variety of positions in economic policy across the federal government, most recently at Environment and Climate... Read More →

Yanick Clement-Godbout

Infrastructure Canada (INFC)

62. Goudboutt Paper CTRF2025 pdf

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:30am - 10:50am EDT
Desmarais 1160 55 Laurier Ave E, Ottawa ON K1N 6N5

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CTRF 2025

Eiad El-Fateh

Yanick Clement-Godbout

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