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Yemi Adediji

Yemi Adediji

Assistant Professor
EducationPhD
OfficeSouth Bond Building, 4th Floor
Phone416-979-5000, ext. 552412
Areas of ExpertiseData analytics; Mobility; Land-use

Yemi Adediji is an avid scholar of cities. Having lived in and visited many global cities such as Lagos, New York, and London, she is interested in discussing and researching questions surrounding the main theme of cities for people, based on the philosophy that communities should not be inflexibly subjected to the often intractable economic, design and other realities of cities.

Adediji uses mixed research methods that combine data analytics with various qualitative research approaches to address questions in transportation policy including safety modeling, demographic and spatial analysis in mobility and land-use, and disruptive technology in cities.

Adediji holds a PhD in Planning & Public Policy from Rutgers University, a Master's in City and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master's in Real Estate Development from New York University. Prior to joining the School of Urban and Regional Planning as an assistant professor, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Urban Analytics Institute.

Teaching responsibilities:

  • PLG 310: Statistics for Planners
  • PLG 100: Intro to Urban & Regional Planning
  • PLX 333: Planning for Non-Planners

Other teaching interests:

  • The innovative-subversive city
  • The technological city

Peer reviewed:

  • Adediji, Y., Noland, R., (2020). “How Data Imputation affects Crash Modeling Results.” Transport Findings. https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.17386 (external link) 
  • Adediji, Y., Noland, R., (2019). “Variation in Crash Modification Factors due to Specification and Measurement Error “. Presented at the 2020 TRB Annual Meeting.
  • Noland, R., Adediji, Y., (2018). “Are estimates of crash modification factors mis-specified?” Accident Analysis and Prevention, 118, 29-37.

Research briefs and technical reports:

  • Adediji, Y., Donaldson, L., Haider, M. (2019). Regulating Vehicles-for-Hire in Toronto. A Review of the Regulatory Frameworks. Urban Analytics Institute.
  • Adediji, Y., Donaldson, L., Haider, M. (2019). How Parking Regulations Need to Evolve for High-Rise Buildings. A New Approach for Emerging Trends in Transportation, Housing, and the Environment. An independent study commissioned by the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO).
  • Noland, R., Adediji, Y. (2015). “Omitted Variable Bias in Crash Reduction Factors.” University Transportation Research Center- Region 2.
  • Adediji, Y., Cai J., Gass C., He A., Huang l., Huang L., Kang D., Mackiewicz M., Peng N., Scott S., Seabury C., Sweeney G., Vuong K., Winn T., Zhu F. (2010). “Connecting for Global Competitiveness. Florida’s Super-Region.” Prepared for The Tampa Bay Partnership and the Central Florida Partnership.