Alex Gaio
Affiliations
Sessional Instructor
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
PhD Geography, Trinity College Dublin, 2025
MSc Sustainable Urban Planning and Design, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2020
BURPl Urban and Regional Planning, Toronto Metropolitan University, 2018
Biography
Alex is a Sessional Instructor at the University of Calgary and Associate Principal at Leading Mobility. He holds a PhD from Trinity College Dublin focused on autonomous vehicle-bicycle interactions and vulnerable road user perspectives. His expertise spans transport behaviour, demand management, network planning, active transportation, and new mobility. He has contributed to major projects including Calgary's Green Line LRT, Auckland's transport network redesign, and Metro Vancouver's Land Value Capture assessment, with additional consulting experience across Canada, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Alex is especially capable applying a social lens to urban GIS applications through his mapping and strategic planning work.
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| GEOG 588 | Urban GIS | Winter 2027 |
Publications
- A hierarchy of psychological and behavioural needs for urban bicycle users in the age of autonomous vehicles. Alexander Gaio, Federico Cugurullo . Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. (2026)
- The emergence of artificial intelligence in anticipatory urban governance: Multi-scalar evidence of China’s transition to city brains. Ying Xu, Federico Cugurullo, Heming Zhang, Alexander Gaio, Weishi Zhang. Journal of Urban Technology. (2024)
- Reshaping cyclist mobility: Understanding the impact of autonomous vehicles on urban bicycle users. Alexander Gaio, Federico Cugurullo. Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research. (2024)
- Cyclists and autonomous vehicles at odds Can the Transport Oppression Cycle be Broken in the Era of Artificial Intelligence?. Alexander Gaio, Federico Cugurullo. Springer Nature. (2022)
- Do Mobility and Sustainability Rhyme in the Autonomous City?. Federico Cugurullo, Alexander Gaio. Wiley. (2024)
In the News
- As developer plans a new community with hundreds of drive-up homes, councillor suggests another vision. Dublin Inquirer. (2026)
- Calgary uses AI to determine the 50 highest-risk intersections for pedestrians. Global Calgary. (2026)
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