Carolyn Kim is the director of the transportation and urban solutions team with the Pembina Institute, Canada’s leading clean energy think tank. Located in the Toronto office, Carolyn leads policy research and engages with stakeholders and partners to advance solutions that respond to the most pressing transportation and planning issues, and that support the sustainable growth of Ontario’s economy and communities. With a background in transportation and land use planning, she brings over 10 years of policy and planning experience from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors to the role.
 
Prior to joining the Pembina Institute, she worked at the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to support a range of transportation and transit policy initiatives. Carolyn is a registered planner with the Ontario Professional Planners Institute and a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners. She holds a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Toronto and bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning from Ryerson University.

Contact Carolyn Kim

cell: 647-478-9563 ext. 213 • tweet: @CarolynKim_YYZ

Carolyn Kim's Recent Publications

Creating vibrant communities around transit Helping municipalities grow and spurring economic development

Blog

April 15, 2019 - By Carolyn Kim

Transit-supportive development, although a technical sounding term, is simply a strategy to build a balanced mix of housing, shopping, jobs, and other services around transit.

How to create vibrant transit supportive communities A Typology & Evaluation Tool

Publication

April 15, 2019 - By Carolyn Kim, Evergreen

Transit-supportive development is a city-building tool that creates vibrant communities. 

Smart growth planning in Ontario Pembina Institute comments on the proposed amendments to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2017

Publication

Feb. 28, 2019 - By Carolyn Kim

 The Pembina Institute welcomes the opportunity to share our views on the government’s proposed amendments . 

The Way to GO Advancing transit-supportive development in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

Publication

Feb. 6, 2019 - By Carolyn Kim

This report examines the benefits and impacts of transit-supportive development and the housing market.

Modernizing Urban Freight Deliveries

Publication

Jan. 29, 2019 - By Carolyn Kim, Janelle Lee, Nitish Bhatt

Last-mile deliveries are being disrupted by e-commerce expansion, customer demands for faster delivery, population growth, rising urban land costs, and increasing congestion.