Prof. Saxe investigates the relationship between the infrastructure we build and the society we create, with a particular focus on environmental sustainability. Our infrastructure systems are the skeletal structure of society; they drive how we live, work, consume and travel. The need for quantitative understanding of the sustainable impact of infrastructure is pressing. Toronto alone will spend $40 billion in the next 10 years on infrastructure; globally $90 trillion will be spent within 15 years.

Prof. Saxe is an alumna of Action Canada, a member of the Transportation Research Board’s standing committee on Transportation and Sustainability, and sits on Waterfront Toronto’s Capital Peer Review Panel.