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...
Thursday, December 17, 2015
In this article written for TAC News, Heide Schlegl, Coordinator, Traffic & Parking at the Town of Milton and Ali Khan, Supervisor, Traffic, Parking & By-laws, City of Welland, write about how the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games impacted transportation services in their communities. Prepared on behalf of the TAC Small Municipalities Task...
Thursday, December 17, 2015
The report from the completed Synthesis of Transportation Asset Management Best Practices for Canada project is being prepared as a Transportation Association of Canada’s (TAC) publication.
Advanced by the Asset Management Task Force, the synthesis was developed to share information about asset management practices between Canadian transportation...
Thursday, December 17, 2015
A project to develop a warrant system for rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs), aimed at improving pedestrian safety at crosswalks, has been launched by the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC).
TAC’s manuals and guidelines, such as the Pedestrian Crossing Control Guide (2012), include an array of traffic control devices intended to...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) has released the Sustainability Considerations for Bridges Guide (2015) in the TAC Bookstore.
The guide, offered at $225 for TAC members and $299 for non-members (order code PTM-SCBG-E), helps transportation agencies and bridge professionals improve the sustainable benefits of their projects and communicate them...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Did you know that The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) offers a job postings service for organizations seeking transportation professionals and technologists?
TAC member organizations may access the service for free, while non-member organizations are charged $325 per job posting. Ads may be placed for a period of up to 30 days.
Ads are...
Monday, December 7, 2015
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) welcomes its newest members - Carmanah Technologies Corp. (Victoria, British Columbia) and the Township of Stirling-Rawdon (Stirling, Ontario).
The City of Waterloo, in partnership with Region of Waterloo, has installed a fully-actuated bicycle cross-ride system at Erb Street and Peppler Street at the edge of the...