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- June 20-22, 2013; ACEC Summit 2013
- June 24, 2013: Transport Futures Great Media Debate
- Aug 18 - 21, 2013: AMO AGM & Annual Conference 2013, Communities: Inspiring & Aspiring
- Aug. 25-28, 2013: APWA International Public Works Congress & Exposition
- Sept 9-11, 2013: Meeting of the Minds
- Sept. 16-18, 2013: PWABC 2013 Technical Conference & Trade Show
- Sept 22 - 25, 2013; 2013 TAC Conference & Exhibition
- Oct 7-10,2013: CanWEA Annual Conference
- Oct 27 - 30, 2013: Sustainable Mobility Summit
- October 30-31, 2013 Globalization at a Crossroads - Toronto Global Forum
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Posted on June 17, 2013
The Northwest Territories are looking for a significant investment in transportation infrastructure from the federal government under the New Building Canada Fund. The territory is reportedly asking for $600 million over 10 years, which would go toward infrastructure rehabilitation and improvement, all-weather seasonal road systems, and safety improvements for highways. The funding proposal was released under the name Corridors for Canada III: Building for Prosperity.
“This plan proposes strategic investments in transportation infrastructure across all [...]
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Posted on June 14, 2013
With the recent release of their Investment Strategy, Metrolinx has been thrust into the provincial limelight, as politicians and media debate the merits and drawbacks of their ambitious funding proposal. Transport Futures, an Ontario-based organization that aims to facilitate dialogues on issues of transportation demand management and infrastructure spending, is hosting Metrolinx and several journalists on June 24 to discuss ways in which the media can create and compromise support for a project as large and complex as the one in question.
One of the [...]
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Posted on June 14, 2013
The founding partners of the Electric Circuit—Les Rôtisseries St-Hubert, RONA, METRO, the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT), and Hydro-Québec—have signed a partnership agreement with the city of Drummondville, Quebec, for the installation of public charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs). The city becomes the 38th partner of the largest public charging network in Quebec.
A first charging station was unveiled this week at the downtown train station parking lot, located on Rue Lindsay, and will be operational in July. A second charging [...]
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Posted on June 14, 2013
Today, almost 81 per cent of Canadians live in urban areas, contributing to a significant portion of national GDP. Attracting talent has become a challenge in recent years, as Canada faces an ever-growing municipal infrastructure deficit, estimated by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to exceed $123 billion for existing municipal infrastructure, $115 for new infrastructure, and $300-400 billion if federal and provincial needs are accounted for. Moving toward a model of investing in sustainable infrastructure means building new infrastructure and rehabilitating [...]
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Posted on June 14, 2013
Partners for Climate Protection (PCP), created by the federally funded Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and ICLEI-Canada have released 2012’s National Measures Report. The report evaluates and summarizes ways in which Canadian communities of varying sizes are working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It considers initiatives of all scopes and complexities, from energy efficient retrofits to district energy systems.
The report aims to highlight the many unique strategies municipalities have adopted nation-wide in order to conserve their regional [...]
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Posted on June 7, 2013
Golder Associates Ltd. has made several expansions to its laboratory services around Ontario, including enhancements at Golder labs in Mississauga, Cambridge, Whitby, and Barrie, and the construction of a brand new facility in Markham. The additions to the existing laboratories include new equipment and more space in Cambridge and Whitby, new equipment in Barrie, and a relocation and expansion of the Mississauga location.
“Golder has been working with the infrastructure, construction, and land development industries for over 50 years. With nine labs [...]
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Posted on June 7, 2013
In a video that went viral last week, a Russian pedestrian is seen crossing over a car that stopped abruptly on a crosswalk. Without surprise, there’s a verbal confrontation afterward (without audio). YouTuber Alexander Egorychev caught the action and posted it online:
According to the Halifax Regional Municipality, “Drivers must yield the right of way to pedestrians who are lawfully within a crosswalk.” the driver may have been in the wrong, was this the right action to take?
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Posted on June 7, 2013
Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa has requested the inclusion of the federal government in talks about funding for the expansion of Ontario’s transit system, especially in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area (GTHA). The request is a direct response to federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s refusal to accept any increase in the region’s sales tax. Metrolinx had put forward a number of funding suggestions recently, including raising sales taxes around the GTHA by one per cent.
Metrolinx has estimated that a region-wide one-per-cent increase would [...]
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Posted on June 6, 2013
The Government of Canada has announced a call for tenders for the construction of a causeway-bridge in Quebec between Île des Soeurs and Montreal. It is meant to be a temporary piece of infrastructure as part of the project to construct a new bridge for the St. Lawrence. The causeway will be quite substantial: three lanes in each direction, a transit lane, and cycling and pedestrian access will be included.
Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Denis Lebel made the announcement June 4. “Building a new bridge for the St. Lawrence continues [...]
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Posted on June 5, 2013
Canadian and American politicians have announced new measures to increase the efficiency of the world’s largest trading partnership: the joint Canada-United States Border Infrastructure Investment Plan (BIIP).
The BIIP will focus on understanding, developing, and planning for a series of potential infrastructure projects along the Canada-U.S. border, particularly at smaller, more remotes crossings. The goal is to facilitate expanded commercial and non-commercial traffic in and out of both countries by reducing wait times and increasing the reliability [...]
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