Regionomics is managed by Dr. Murtaza Haider, who holds a doctorate in Urban Systems Analysis from the University of Toronto. Dr. Haider has been a lead investigator of numerous housing market and logistics studies in Canada. These include, among others, determining the impact of smart growth and new urbanism on travel behaviour and urban development (Client: CMHC) and logistics decision making of shippers and carriers in the Quebec City-Windsor corridor (Client: Transport Canada). Dr. Haider has also prepared expert testimony for leading law firms in Canada.

Dr. Haider is an associate professor of supply chain & logistics management at Ryerson University in Toronto.  He is also an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Engineering at McGill University and at the University of Toronto.  Earlier, Dr. Haider held a joint appointment in Urban Planning and Civil Engineering at McGill University where he taught transportation, land development, and urban infrastructure investments.

Dr. Haider’s research has focused on trade & logistics, integrated transportation-land use modeling, real estate market dynamics, and equity concerns in mobility. He is a member of the Transportation Research Board’s Transportation and Land Development committee. A graduate of Engineering University in Peshawar, he later earned a Masters in transportation engineering and planning, and a Ph.D. in urban systems analysis from the University of Toronto. He also obtained a certificate in magazine journalism from Ryerson University. As a columnist, he has written extensively on development issues in South Asia.

Dr. Haider can be reached by email at murtaza@regionomics.com. Please click here for Dr. Haider's CV.

You can listen to Dr. Haider being interviewed by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) about ways to alleviate traffic congestion in Canadian cities (Click HERE).

Dr. Dominique Lord is an Assistant Professor of transportation engineering at the Texas A&M University.  Dr. Lord is an internationally renowned expert on traffic safety.  He has worked on numerous research projects in traffic safety in North America and Africa.  Before joining Texas A&M University, Dr. Lord was a research scientist with the Center for Transportation Safety at the Texas Transportation Institute.  Dr. Lord uses advanced statistical analysis tools to analyze complex traffic safety data to devise policies that improve safety on roads.  He has led studies on roundabout safety and the development of predictive models for multilane rural highways.  In addition, he has participated in the following projects: California Call Box, Median Barrier Guidelines, Rollover Causation and Mitigation Study, Pedestrian Warrants at Unsignalized Intersections, and In-service Performance Evaluation of Roadside Safety Features. Please click here for Dr. Lord's CV. He can be reached at d-lord@tamu.edu.

 

Dr. Nisha Malhotra is a lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of British Columbia.  Her research focuses on the analysis of impact of international trade policies on industry clusters and individual firms. Her current research focuses on anti-dumping legislation in India and Canada, and other issues of trade and investment in India. She has also worked for ICRIER, India’s leading think tank on international affairs, and for the World Bank. 
Dr. Malhotra earned an MA in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland at College Park.  Please click HERE for Dr. Malhotra's CV.  She can be reached at nisha@interchange.ubc.ca.

 

Dr Kouros Mohammadian is an Assistant Professor of transportation engineering at the University of Illinois in Chicago.  Dr. Mohammadian's specializes in transportation planning and demand modeling; microsimulation of urban travel activities; integrated land-use, transportation, and environment modeling systems; traffic flow theory; Intelligent Transportation Systems; and analysis and modeling of demand for alternative fuel vehicles.  Professor Mohammadian is investing the cost of vehicle ownership for Transport Canada.
Dr. Mohammadian can be reached at kouros@uic.edu.