Monday, November 1, 2021
Updates about people working in, or organizations serving, the transportation and road-related industries.
TAC welcomed the following organizations as members from July to September 2021:
Seero Engineering Consulting
EnRoad Engineering Services Inc.
Town of Ponoka
Headlight Consulting Inc.
CAP Engineering
Town of Drumheller
Township of Montague...
Monday, October 25, 2021
TAC is excited to announce new Technical Achievement Awards for 2022. Starting this fall, TAC member organizations can apply for nine prestigious prizes that recognize excellence in a range of disciplines.
Six awards highlighting TAC’s focus areas
Educational Achievement Award – for the use of education or training to improve individual...
Thursday, October 21, 2021
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) has launched a new pooled-fund project called “Mobility Pricing: Opportunities and Challenges in Canada” to help Canadian governments better understand how mobility pricing might be applied, and what impacts it could have on transportation system performance, carbon emissions, public health, social...
Monday, October 18, 2021
Adapting to a Changing World | Virtual | February 7-11, 2022
Join PIARC (World Road Association), Transport Canada, along with the City of Calgary, the 2022 host city, for the virtual XVI World Winter Service and Road Resilience Congress.
Connect with industry decision-makers, technical experts, administrators, academics, equipment...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Each year, TAC recognizes exceptional contributions by member organizations and individuals.
Transportation plays an important role in everyday life, getting Canadians to our jobs and connecting communities. Transportation has the power to directly influence our way and quality of life.
Canada’s best transportation projects make a difference for the...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Each year, TAC offers Student Paper Awards to recognize outstanding accomplishments, technical merit and writing ability of papers delivered by students at TAC’s annual conference. These awards are intended to encourage student participation in TAC.
Paper submissions are no longer required, all student papers accepted for the annual conference...
Thursday, October 7, 2021
As with most things this year, the 2021 Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Conference & Exhibition was held online. From September 20 to October 1, delegates from across Canada gathered online to discuss and learn about Recovery and Resilience: Transportation After COVID-19.
The event saw good attendance with a total of 962 registered...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Traffic signs provide important information about the law, warn about dangerous conditions and help you find your way. Sign symbols, colours and shapes have specific meanings and make the sign’s purpose easy to identify.
The need for new traffic signs is always growing and changing, especially to keep up with advancements in technology and community...
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
TAC spotlight article
by Kip Skabar, Principal, Infrastructure - Business Center Practice Leader, Stantec
Container terminals along B.C.’s west coast are essential to the local and national economy, providing a critical link between consumers and businesses with global markets. To put this in perspective, the Port of Vancouver handles $1 of every $3 of...
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
It’s time to announce the 2021 TAC Foundation Scholarship winners! Twenty-four scholarships valued at $105,225 have been awarded through the Foundation's internally-administered program this year. Congratulations to the 2021 scholarship recipients!
Since the TAC Foundation began awarding scholarships in 2005, a total of 585 scholarships valuing $2,...
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
This article is part of a series profiling some of TAC’s volunteers. Learn more about TAC’s volunteer structure, the role of volunteers and the benefits of volunteering.
Introducing Ethan Askey – a TAC volunteer and Manager responsible for the environmental regulatory compliance and sustainability performance of Calgary’s...
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
TAC is seeking partners for several technical projects to be conducted through its pooled-fund model. Click on any project title below for more detailed information, and contact TAC if your agency would like to contribute to a project and join its steering committee.
Projects that do not find adequate funding within 12 months may be withdrawn or...