Associate Professor @utsc-humangeo.bsky.social University of Toronto higgicd.github.iohttps://bsky.app/profile/higgicd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/higgicd.bsky.social/post/3m6zltm3ue22zA bit of fun with accessibility analysis now that the Finch West LRT is in the TTC's GTFS data. The TLDR? Some blocks gain access vs 2018 buses, but slow speeds mean gains are limited while some blocks actually lose access with “rapid” transit... https://higgicd.github.io/posts/slow_transit/02 Dec 2025 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:tjp7hdol5mlf4gbjfl6rtujj/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zltm3ue22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/higgicd.bsky.social/post/3lmdccozka225Big turnout for @uoft.bsky.social Department of Geography and Planning Bousfield Visiting Professor @urbandemog.bsky.social ‘s "A Crash Course on Urban Accessibility with R" today!08 Apr 2025 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:tjp7hdol5mlf4gbjfl6rtujj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmdccozka225https://bsky.app/profile/higgicd.bsky.social/post/3llpoulwrrk2wWell, I owe the Detroit People Mover an apology. While I may have used it as an example of failed transit-as-revitalization projects and snickered at its one-way loop, I made something like 10 trips using the DPM last week at the #AAG2025 and it was great fun.01 Apr 2025 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:tjp7hdol5mlf4gbjfl6rtujj/app.bsky.feed.post/3llpoulwrrk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/higgicd.bsky.social/post/3lf42kc3yxs2gProud supervisor moment watching Robert Arku present the results from our paper “Multimodal Accessibility Premiums in Housing Prices Across Canada” at this year’s #TRBAM co-authored with Steven Farber and Eric J. Miller06 Jan 2025 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:tjp7hdol5mlf4gbjfl6rtujj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf42kc3yxs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/higgicd.bsky.social/post/3lcll5wqws22xAlternative (accelerating) Financing and Procurement has been a disaster [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2024 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:tjp7hdol5mlf4gbjfl6rtujj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcll5wqws22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/higgicd.bsky.social/post/3lb3j6i3p2c2xOk… 😅 - Zamboni driver - roof truss builder - concrete tester - kindergarten teacher [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Nov 2024 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:tjp7hdol5mlf4gbjfl6rtujj/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb3j6i3p2c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/higgicd.bsky.social/post/3kp3gygbo3u2yTravel behaviour and the 15-min City: Access intensity, sufficiency, and non-work car use in Toronto https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2024.10078601 Apr 2024 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:tjp7hdol5mlf4gbjfl6rtujj/app.bsky.feed.post/3kp3gygbo3u2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/higgicd.bsky.social/post/3kbgyn7ajkq2qAs a fan of multiprocessing, swapping out R’s math libraries for optimized versions really cuts down on the run time for large spatial models! https://higgicd.github.io/posts/accelerating_r/11 Oct 2023 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:tjp7hdol5mlf4gbjfl6rtujj/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbgyn7ajkq2q