Wednesday, March 2, 2016
On February 25, 2016, the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport tabled the Canada Transportation Act (CTA) Review Report in Parliament.
The Review undertook a broad examination of the national transportation system and identified potential actions to enhance the system’s ability to support Canada’s international competitiveness, trade, and...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
The Canadian National Committee (CNC) of the World Road Association (PIARC) has appointed 15 people to participate on PIARC’s technical committees from 2016-2019.
These appointments were made in coincidence with the release of PIARC’s 2016-2019 Strategic Plan, which identifies the road sector´s most relevant current and future topics. It also...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Three TAC member companies have won top awards in various categories at British Columbia's 12th annual Deputy Ministers' Consulting Engineering Awards.
The awards recognize technical excellence in consulting engineer services that improve transportation infrastructure in the province:
Urban Systems Ltd. of Vancouver was recognized in Alternative...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
End of school and playground zone signs will be updated in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada (MUTCDC) as a result of a Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) volunteer project.
The project was completed under the auspices of the Traffic Operations and Management Standing Committee.
The End of School Zone and End of Playground...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Editor’s Note - In this article written for TAC News, Maureen Van Ravens, Manager of Transportation and Development Engineering, Infrastructure Services, Town of Halton Hills, writes about the streetlights conversion program to reduce overall energy consumption. Prepared on behalf of the TAC Small Municipalities Task Force, this article is part...
Monday, February 1, 2016
This periodic column features notices from people working in the transportation and road-related industries.
The Honourable Al Hawkins has been appointed Minister of Newfoundland and Labrador Transportation and Works.
The Honourable Wally Schumann has replaced Tom Beaulieu as Transportation Minister in the Northwest Territories.
The Honourable Jacques...
Friday, January 29, 2016
The report from the recently completed Guidelines for Coordination of Utility Relocation project has been approved by the Transportation Association of Canada’s (TAC) Chief Engineers’ Council (CEC).
Advanced by the volunteer efforts of the Public Utilities Management Subcommittee of TAC’s Maintenance and Construction Standing Committee, the...
Thursday, January 28, 2016
The World Road Association (PIARC) has released three roads-related electronic manuals available as free PDF downloads on its website.
The Road Safety Manual (RMS) is an important tool for road planners, policy makers and engineers to fufill road safety objectives. The digital manual includes new thinking on road safety and offers a comprehensive argument on...
Thursday, January 21, 2016
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Library can help you access new research it receives and adds to its catalogue on an ongoing basis.
The TAC Research Bulletin highlights recently-published reports and articles from around the world with relevance to road transportation in Canada. Full text links are included, so you get more than just the...
Thursday, January 21, 2016
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) welcomes its newest members – Forum8(Canada) Corp., JD Northcote Engineering, MeteoGroup Weather Services and Emmanuelle Soudé.
Quebec City-based consulting engineering firm Roche Ltd., Consulting Group has changed its name to Norda Stelo Inc. "Our new identity better reflects who we have become, our...
Monday, January 18, 2016
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)’s councils, standing committees and project committees will convene at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel for the 2016 Spring Technical Meetings.
Held from April 6-12, the meetings offer excellent technical information exchange and valuable networking opportunities. Meetings are open to all TAC members unless...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) is now offering webinars as part of its expanded Events and Learning Program, which also includes TAC events and seminars.
Webinars are short (usually 60 to 90 minutes) presentation sessions, led by one or more experts, that take place over the Internet. They are offered live, in real-time, or via recordings of...