Overview
Smart cities and transportation networks are vital to the health of the economy, and essential to the way we travel and transport our goods, which is changing dramatically.
Our researchers are devising sustainable solutions for the movement of people, goods and services.
This discipline of engineering is largely concerned with road transportation, and networks, rail and subway systems, airports, and shipping ports.
Challenges: Sustainable solutions for the movement of people, goods, and services; designing smart cities around pedestrian and bicycle traffic.

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Related Research Centres
The Centre for Automotive Materials and Corrosion
The Centre for Automotive Materials and Corrosion’s original mandate focused on weight reduction of automotive structures, with a particular emphasis on Mg-alloys. Currently, while the Mg-alloy research does continue, the Centre’s current focus is on the deployment and development of Al-based alloys and advanced high-strength steels for automotive weight reduction and safety applications, with an emphasis on corrosion prevention, microstructure-property relationships, metal forming and joining.
McMaster Automative Resource Centre
The McMaster Automotive Resource Centre is one of Canada’s leading research facilities in electric and hybrid vehicles where researchers, students and industry professionals are working to resolve the issues facing the automotive industry. Together, these teams of engineers, scientists, social scientists and their students are developing sustainable solutions for the industry including the development of hybrid and electric powertrains, building highly efficient and cost-effective powertrain components and identifying light materials to make cars more fuel efficient.