TransitData 2026 will include 140 lightning presentations in 25 technical sessions to be given by speakers from 20 countries, as well as several Plenary Sessions. The technical presentations will cover a wide array of application and methodological themes including the use of transit data for the following topics:

·       Data management

·       Artificial Intelligence frameworks

·       Service planning

·       ODX-Origin destination tables

·       Demand forecasting

·       Network service redesign

·       Analyzing/understanding travel behavior            

·       Understanding/enhancing bus performance      

·       Patterns of overloading/crowding                         

·       Analyzing/enhancing reliability/bunching

·       E-Bus charging and operations

·       Bus priority / bus stations

·       Rail planning

·       Comprehensive data-driven network platforms               

·       Managing transit operations for special events  

·       Scheduling

·       On-Demand Transit (ODT)                                       

·       Access to destinations and equity implications                

·       Customer satisfaction                                                            

·       Customer behavior during disruptions                 

·       Managing disruptions                                              

·       Assessing/developing operational control strategies       

·       Wayfinding                                                                               

·       Fare policy/changes/elasticities                                           

·       Modal integration                                                     

·       Transit-oriented development support for transit            

TransitData 2026

DRAFT Program at a Glance

(subject to change)

Monday 22 June, 2026

14:00-17:00          Registration open

(Participants may wish to do the self-guided Toronto Transit Highlights tour that will be provided)

Tuesday 23 June, 2026

08:00 - Registration

09:00 - Plenary Session:  Introduction to Symposium and to Transit Analytics Lab

09:45 - Plenary Session

10:30 - Break

10:50 - Three Parallel Technical Sessions of Lightning Presentations - Part 1

11:50 - Lunch Break

13:00 - Three Parallel Technical Sessions – Part 2

14:30 - Break 

14:50 - Three Parallel Technical Sessions – Part 3 

16:00 - Plenary Session

17:00 - End of Sessions

Wednesday 24 June, 2026 

08:00 - Registration

09:00 - Three Parallel Technical Sessions – Part 4

10:30 - Break 

10:50 - Plenary Session

12:00 - Lunch Break 

13:00 - Three Parallel Technical Sessions – Part 5

14:00 - Break

14:20 - Parallel Sessions - Part 6

15:30 - Plenary Session

17:00 - End of Sessions

19:00 - Dinner

Thursday 25 June, 2026

09:00 - Three Parallel Sessions - Part 7 

10:00 - Break

10:20 - Three Parallel Technical Sessions – Part 8

11:20 - Plenary Session

12:20 - Lunch Break

13:20 - Three Parallel Technical Sessions – Part 9 

14:20 - Break

14:35 - Plenary: Transit Data Challenge

15:35 - Plenary Symposium Conclusion 

17:00 - End of Symposium