Thursday, February 1, 2024
TAC Sponsor Spotlight Article
By Senior Project Manager Kevin McNally and Transportation Structures Manager Amir Khalil
In the transportation industry, progress is propelled by innovation. Cities around the world are designing and constructing cutting-edge transit solutions focused on safety, sustainability, and responsiveness to the communities they serve....
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
TAC Sponsor Spotlight Article
By Caitlin Burley, Director, Strategic Programs and Transportation, NWMO
Each year, about one million radioactive shipments are transported safely in Canada. The safe transportation of radioactive materials is commonplace in Canada – and with a plan underway to safely consolidate and store all of Canada’s used nuclear...
Friday, January 12, 2024
Updates about people working in, or organizations serving, the transportation and road-related industries.
TAC welcomed the following organizations as members from October 3, 2023, to January 12, 2024:
City of Melfort
Novatech
Town of Westlock
Township of Muskoka Lakes
Town of Lincoln
Trackingme Ltd
Township of Esquimalt
Dentons Canada LLP...
Thursday, January 4, 2024
TAC Sponsor Spotlight Article
By Sunil Kothari (Portfolio Director, AtkinsRéalis) and Angela Brooks (Natural Heritage Lead, AtkinsRéalis)
Climate change and biodiversity loss are fundamentally interlinked. The preservation and protection of biodiversity has become an important consideration for transportation project development with the...
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
TAC Sponsor Spotlight Article
By Philip Murray and Biljana Rajlic, Hatch
In the realm of contemporary infrastructure development, the Waaban Crossing (Kingston Third Crossing) stands tall as an embodiment of transformative methodologies and innovation. This great achievement, orchestrated by the City of Kingston in collaboration with Hatch, Systra, and Kiewit...
Thursday, December 14, 2023
It’s hard to believe 2023 is almost done – how quickly a year passes when you’re as busy as TAC members, volunteers and staff are!
Looking back, it’s impressive to see what we achieved together. TAC’s councils and committees advanced work across the Association’s focus areas. Projects moved forward with strong support from...
Thursday, December 7, 2023
TAC Sponsor Spotlight Article
By David Forsey (Associate Principal – Practice Lead, Transportation Engineering, Arcadis) and David Pau (Transportation Planner, Arcadis)
The City of Ottawa has set a goal to become North America’s most liveable mid-sized city. To help realize this vision, the City has set a goal for most trips to be made using...
Thursday, November 23, 2023
TAC Sponsor Spotlight Article
By Justin Jones, Project Planner, WSP in Canada
Enhancing safety for cyclists and people who are blind through experiential research and new design guidance
In recent years, Canada has seen a significant increase in physically separated cycling infrastructure across its communities. While these facilities improve comfort for...
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
This is one of several articles profiling the in-person Fall Technical Meetings of TAC’s six councils and their committees that took place over September 22-24, 2023.
TAC’s Technology Council welcomed 26 attendees to its fall meeting.
Guest presentations
The Council heard a presentation from Michael Tremblay, President, and CEO of Invest...
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
This is one of several articles profiling the in-person Fall Technical Meetings of TAC’s six councils and their committees that took place over September 22-24, 2023.
TAC’s Mobility Council welcomed 26 attendees to its fall meeting.
Guest presentations
The Council received a presentation from Cecile Lecoq from the Federation of Canadian...
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
The Transportation Association of Canada’s (TAC) pooled-fund projects are only possible due to the organizations that contribute funds and nominate employees to sit on project steering committees. There are currently four projects in development – click on a title below for more information, and contact TAC if your organization would like to...
Friday, November 17, 2023
This is one of several articles profiling the in-person Fall Technical Meetings of TAC’s six councils and their committees that took place September 22-24, 2023.
TAC’s Environment & Climate Change Council had 40 attendees at its fall meeting.
Guest presentations
The Council heard presentations from Dawn Irish on the Ontario Ministry of...