Monday, August 8, 2022
Saying farewell to past TACF board members and welcoming new ones
Every spring, the Transportation Association of Canada Foundation (TACF) Board of Directors meets to discuss plans for the upcoming donor and scholarship program. At the beginning of the meeting, President Gerry Chaput was thrilled to inform the group that to date, $76,000 had been successfully...
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
It’s time to announce the 2022 TAC Foundation scholarship winners! Nineteen scholarships valued at $85,225 have been awarded through the Foundation's internally-administered program this year. Congratulations to the 2022 scholarship recipients!
Since the TAC Foundation began awarding scholarships in 2005, a total of 604 scholarships valuing...
Friday, July 22, 2022
TAC is seeking funding partners for six technical projects to be conducted through its pooled-fund model.
We are pleased to announce the addition of two new projects to the list: Shared Micromobility Services in Canadian Communities, and Cross Section Elements: Research and Synthesis of Practice. Click on any project title below for details.
Please...
Monday, July 11, 2022
Performance-Based Decision Making for Asset Management summarizes current practices, describes lessons learned by pioneering Canadian agencies, and presents a toolkit of ways for practitioners to make better asset management decisions. It was authored by MORR Transportation Consulting and can be downloaded from TAC’s website as a free PDF.
As agencies...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) has released the 2022 bilingual edition of the TAC Sign Patterns in its Bookstore.
TAC Sign Patterns (TSP) complements the sixth edition of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada (MUTCDC). It encourages traffic control uniformity across Canada and compatibility throughout North...
Monday, June 20, 2022
A new Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) project to synthesize current access management practices, as the first step in a future update to “Chapter 8 – Access” of the Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads (GDG), has launched. The project was proposed by TAC’s Geometric Design Committee, which reports to the Safety, Design...
Monday, June 13, 2022
Updates about people working in, or organizations serving, the transportation and road-related industries.
TAC welcomed the following organizations as members from March through May 30, 2022:
Town of Edson
Town of Niverville
Roadway Traffic Products (Alberta branch)
Transpo Industries
Sojourn Signs
Town of Morinville
Town of Stony Plain
GEI...
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Pavement engineers often prefer to stabilize, rather than replace, problematic soils and materials during road construction. New soil and material stabilization products appear regularly, but it is important for road owners to evaluate their suitability before approving them for local use. The adoption of a clear and consistent process for evaluation and...
Thursday, May 19, 2022
TAC Sponsor Spotlight Article
By John Howe, Thought Leader and Strategy Advisor, Wood
COVID-19 unleashed a series of unprecedented rapid changes to how Canadians live, work, and move around. How should transportation decision-makers keep pace with – or help shape – these major transformations? Does Canada need a transportation policy refresh or...
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Over the last 20 years the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) has developed the Canadian Road Safety Engineering Handbook, a well-regarded series of publications. However, transportation practitioners working to reduce death and injury from collisions still lack a comprehensive national reference document for road safety engineering to support their...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) volunteer committees began discussing the implications of rapidly emerging Connected & Automated Vehicles (CAV) technologies around 2015.
Three years later, building on the efforts of a small volunteer working group, the Board of Directors created a CAV Task Force to guide and accelerate TAC’s work in...
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
We’re proud to present the 2022 winners of TAC’s Volunteer Contribution and Young Transportation Professional Awards. Congratulations to these deserving individuals, and thanks to the many others that submitted nominations. Click on the award titles to learn more about each award and the past winners!
TAC Distinguished Service...