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Mahtot [Mah-tote] Gebresselassie, PhD

RESEARCHING THE INTERSECTION OF SMART MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE

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Category: Disability and accessibility

Recruiting Participants for a Study

Please click here for an accessible version of the flyer

Accessible transportation, Blind or partially sighted, Canada, disability, Disabled accessibility, Toronto, Transportation, Transportation disadvantage, Uber

My New Co-Authored Publication (in JAPA): Accessibility for Aging and Disability in Planning

So very happy to share our article, titled “Bridging the Gap: Accessibility for Aging and Disability in Planning,” published in … More

Aging, disability, Housing, Planning, Transportation

Find My (Co-created) Open Data on Open Data and Transit Agencies. It Is on Figshare.

My colleague Melanie Baljko at Lassonde Engineering and I created this database for our research project that we recently published. … More

Accessible technology, disability, Information and communication technologies, Open data, Public transit, Smartphone apps, Transportation

My New (Co-authored) Publication: Accessibility of Third-Party Transit Apps and the Role of Transit Agencies and Their Open Data

So very excited to share our new publication! This research focuses on the relationship between #transit agencies that provide open … More

#Disability, a11y, ADA, Open data, Public transit, Smartphone apps

New Appointment!

I am elated to share that I have been appointed member of the Standing Committee on Accessible Transportation and Mobility … More

Accessible Transportation and Mobility, achievements, Appointments, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, TRB

Good People of the Internet, I Am Killing It!

I am thrilled to share that I got my third large research grant as a primary investigator (PI)! All of … More

Accessibility, AI, Artificial Intelligence, disability

‘Tis the ACSP Season!

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Conference is taking place this week in Seattle. I am participating in … More

ACSP2024, Conferences

Life Isn’t Good; It’s Splendid… I Got My First SSHRC Grant!

The first time was the charm. My first application as a Primary Investigator for a SSHRC Grant was successful, and … More

Disability and transportation, Uber and Lyft, Wheelchair users

My New Publication: Why app-hailed transportation remains inadequately accessible to wheelchair users

Soo excited to share my other new publication – 2nd in a week! When it rains, it surely does pour. … More

a11y, App-hailing, disability, Regulations

My New Publication: Labor issues from the perspective of drivers on the Uber and Lyft apps and the impact on riders who use wheelchairs

So excited this is finally published – I waited for 14 months from submission to acceptance! For an early career … More

disability, Platform labor, Transportation, Uber & Lyft, wheelchair use

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