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I'm Michael Hollander
Welcome to my website! I am a Civil Engineering student at the University of Toronto currently on a co-op term in the Transportation Planning team at HDR during my Professional Experience Year (PEY). You can contact me via email at michael.hollander@mail.utoronto.ca. If you are coming into engineering, perhaps check out my advice page.
If you are interested in what I do, check out my Linkedin profile and my projects page. I am currently an Executive Volunteer at UT-ITE and was the Academic Director at Civ Club during the 2025-26 academic year.
I am very interested in making transportation systems and infrastructure more efficient, particularly for public transportation. I am working on a few projects to explore the different aspects of this and related fields.
Recent updates & Current projects
I will be experimenting with my own model of bus passenger behaviour to analyze proposed changes in Vaughan. More details will come in May.
Line 6 Finch West opened in early December with a rather negative reception. In its aftermath, I examined how Transit Signal Priority (TSP) can and can't be used to improve it, including with a video intended to boost public awareness with visuals created on DaVinci Resolve. I additionally looked at why the line is less frequent than promised.
The math competitions page has been updated with a more recent example showing how bad the cheating problem has become.
I have compiled my images of the construction of the University of Waterloo's Mathematics 4 (M4) building. The page will be updated as construction progresses.
There are many wonderful places you can get to by public transit any day of the week.
Pictured above is one of my favourites.
First published: 12/27/2024
Last updated: 05/10/2026