Mehdi is an assistant professor at the Civil Engineering Department of York University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Rotman School of Management for two years. Mehdi’s research focuses on optimal planning and control of transportation systems in smart cities with autonomous vehicles. He is the academic editor of “Journal of Advanced Transportation” and on the editorial board of “Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review.” His research on autonomous vehicles has received media coverage and is published in outlets including Forbes, Fox News, University of Toronto Engineering news, Popular Science, Design Quarterly, Global News, Gizmag, Science Daily, and Tech Xplore.

My research interests include: 

  • Mobility-as-a-Service (MAAS) management,

  • Parking Management in urban areas,

  • Traffic flow theory of autonomous vehicles,

  • Marketing strategies for public transportation,

  • Sensing technology in transportation systems,

  • Emerging delivery services.

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