OMTd is an independent platform dedicated to analysis, cooperation, and innovation in mobility and territorial development.
We work to bring research and public policy closer together to design more integrated, equitable, and sustainable mobility policies.
Our work rests on three complementary functions:
OMTd brings together researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers on both sides of the Atlantic, committed to transforming mobility systems.
Our founding team combines railway expertise, service design, territorial governance, and public innovation.
Four evenings, two continents, one conviction: the major transformations in mobility are best thought through together. The Happy Hour Series brings together decision-makers, operators, researchers, and practitioners around the questions reshaping transport systems — with the rigour of the practitioner and the vision of the strategist.
Montréal
Alongside the AQTR 2026 Congress and opening Montréal Design Week
Held
How do we design truly accessible transport systems, from end to end? This first gathering brought French and Québécois approaches to journey design and accessibility engineering into dialogue.
First OMTd Happy Hour · Montréal, April 28, 2026
How can we ensure dignified, equitable, and viable mobility coverage in lower-density territories? Transport authorities, operators, economic actors, and innovative solutions from both sides of the Atlantic are brought together.
Toronto
In preparation
Major cities concentrate infrastructure investment yet struggle to offer smooth everyday journeys. Why does urban density not automatically translate into real accessibility? This Cinq à sept puts French and Canadian approaches to integrated planning, data governance, and user experience in high-pressure urban corridors into direct comparison.
Montréal
How are automation and new forms of urban mobility reshaping journeys and usage patterns in major cities? A forward-looking dialogue between infrastructure, operations, and governance stakeholders.
OMtd is organising its first international Learning Expedition: a field immersion designed for decision-makers, planners, and mobility professionals who want to step out of conference rooms and see systems operating for real.
From the Grand Est high-speed corridor to Karlsruhe's unique interoperability model, and on to Berlin during InnoTrans, the world's leading rail technology trade show, each stop is chosen for its direct relevance to Canadian challenges: intercity corridors, interchange hubs, rail-air integration, multi-stakeholder governance and difficult climates.
OMTd's activities are built around an active research practice. Below are recent contributions from our team members to scientific debates on mobility and transport governance.
High-speed Rail as a Vector of Proximity Governance, Design, and the Architecture of Territorial Integration
Read on ResearchGate ↗Experienced Proximity: Contracting Door-to-Door Performance and User-Centered KPIs for Megaregional High-Speed Rail
Read on ResearchGate ↗Governing the End-to-End Experience: Towards High-Speed Rail That Truly Connects
Read on ResearchGate ↗From Infrastructure to Experience: Governing for Human-Centred Mobility Outcomes
Read on ResearchGate ↗OMTd is an independent platform, and that independence is its primary asset. It ensures the neutrality of our analyses and the credibility of our outputs with decision-makers on both sides of the Atlantic. Our partners do not fund a position — they join a community of practitioners and institutions who believe that sustainable mobility is built through dialogue between territories.
Becoming a partner of OMTd means choosing to be present where the reference frameworks of tomorrow are being shaped — before they are set in stone.
Multi-year commitment with participation in governance, a seat on the advisory board, and leading institutional visibility.
Platform support with exclusive access to publications, participation in executive events, and public recognition.
Targeted collaboration on a learning expedition, thematic study, or event, with co-design and tailored deliverables.
Co-production of applied research, researcher exchanges, and joint publications.
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