Steven Farber

Steven Farber is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Geography at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on transport geography, spatial analysis, accessibility, and public transportation equity, with a strong emphasis on Geographic Information Science (GIS) and social sustainability.

• Current research: Distributional aspects of transit accessibility, personal mobility, activity participation
• Teaching: Undergraduate courses on multivariate analysis and transportation geography, graduate seminars on transportation and urban form

Key research trends include:

• Transport equity and social inclusion
• Time-geography in urban mobility
• Spatiotemporal accessibility modeling
• Behavioral impacts of transport infrastructure
• GIS-based spatial econometric methods

Grants include multiple SSHRC Insight awards, Ontario Ministry of Research funding, and municipal partnerships for transport equity studies.