Hossein Zarei

Education

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  Sharif University of Technology

  1995 - 1999

  B.Sc. Civil Engineering
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  University of Toronto

  2005 - 2007

  M.A.Sc. Transportation Engineering and Planning

  My graduate work was focused on exploring how built environment and socio-economic factors might relate to travelers mode choice. The main objectives were two folds: to examine how variations in walking distance to rapid transit stations relate to travelers mode choice as well as to their auto ownership and use; and to investigate whether temporal changes in the built environment associated with Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in close proximity to rapid transit (subway) service encourage… Show more My graduate work was focused on exploring how built environment and socio-economic factors might relate to travelers mode choice. The main objectives were two folds: to examine how variations in walking distance to rapid transit stations relate to travelers mode choice as well as to their auto ownership and use; and to investigate whether temporal changes in the built environment associated with Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in close proximity to rapid transit (subway) service encourage residents to use transit. The City of Toronto and one of the most fast-growing suburban centres of Toronto - namely the North York City Centre (NYCC) located near the northern edge of Toronto on the Yonge subway line - were selected as case studies. Show less