Monday, July 25, 2016
Hamilton’s Bike Share Program will receive the Transportation Association of Canada’s (TAC) 2016 Sustainable Urban Transportation Award at the September conference in Toronto.
This award recognizes exemplary contributions to the development and enhancement of urban transportation, as well as transferability to other communities.
With over 11,000...
Friday, July 22, 2016
The winner of the 2016 Educational Achievement Award is Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA) in recognition of its Municipal Asset Management Certification Program.
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)’s Educational Achievement Award was created to recognize outstanding contributions in training relating to an in-house or external program or...
Thursday, July 21, 2016
The 2016 Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Environmental Achievement Award will be conferred upon the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) in recognition of Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway – A Parkway in a Prairie.
The award, which recognizes exemplary contributions to the protection and enhancement of the environment or a particularly...
Friday, July 8, 2016
With the successful conclusion of the mandate of the Climate Change Task Force (CCTF) in April 2016, the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)’s Board of Directors has accepted a recommendation of the CCTF to restructure.
Building on the achievements of the CCTF, a new Integrated Committee on Climate Change (ICCC) will enhance the important...
Thursday, June 30, 2016
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) has released Guidelines for Coordination of Utility Relocations (order code RPT-CUR-E) in the TAC Bookstore.
Thanks to the support of several sponsor organizations, the Guidelines are available for free, as a PDF download.
The Guidelines are designed as a template that public agencies can refer to for...
Friday, June 24, 2016
Representatives from six Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) member organizations comprised the first cohort to obtain certifications as an Infrastructure Resilience Professional (IRP) from Engineers Canada.
The engineers, who were certified on June 9, completed four training workshops on topics related to engineering and climate change, including...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
The wig-wag and simultaneous flashing sequence for rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFB) has been approved for inclusion in the next edition of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada (MUTCDC) by the Transportation Association of Canada’s (TAC) Chief Engineers’ Council.
The sequence was brought forward for approval by the...
Friday, June 10, 2016
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)’s Executive Committee has endorsed three new projects in development recommended by the Chief Engineers’ Council, and the Urban Transportation Council in April 2016.
Organizations interested in participating as project partners in either of these three projects, or any other project in development...
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
A project to develop a climate change risk assessment process and tool, launched by the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC), will help transportation agencies determine risks to their infrastructure, services or operating practices related to climate change.
Climate change is forecasted to significantly increase in the coming decades and it is critical...
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
In this article written for TAC News, Samantha Piper, Public Safety Specialist, Safer City Coordinator, Engineering Department, City of Chilliwack, writes about the installation of reflective road panels in school and playground zones to improve road safety. Prepared on behalf of TAC’s Small Municipalities Task Force, this article is part of a series...
Friday, May 27, 2016
This periodic column features notices from people working in the transportation and road-related industries.
The Honourable Blaine Pedersen has been appointed Minister of Manitoba Infrastructure.
Kelly Cain has been appointed Deputy Minister of New Brunswick Transportation and Infrastructure; Sadie Perron is now Assistant Deputy Minister.
Denis...
Friday, May 27, 2016
Major improvements to one of Alberta’s busiest travel corridors are part of more than $7 billion in investment in roads and bridges over five years under the government of Alberta’s Jobs Plan. The province has undertaken an ambitious $34.8 billion plan to build and upgrade critical infrastructure including roads, transit, schools and hospitals. The...