McMaster civil engineer studying Hamilton transit
Moataz Mohamed of McMaster University’s Faculty of Engineering and the McMaster Institute for Transportation & Logistics will be working with Hamilton’s public transit provider to do a systematic review of the city’s transit network.
Moataz, other researchers at McMaster and the Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) will assess Hamilton’s transit system by engaging with customers and other key stakeholders. The project aims to better understand what customers want and need from the transit service and will ultimately bring forward suggestions for reconfiguring the transit network across the city.
“Transit is not only about running buses around the city, it is about providing a quality experience to attract more users,” says Moataz. “In this project, this model will be applied to benchmark the quality of [the] HSR from different perspectives including current users, potential users and operators. These, along with performance measures will be used to guide the future of HSR service.”
Public engagement efforts will begin later this spring.
