John Tenpenny

Melanie Belz and husband Michael sold their house and are moving into a two-bedroom apartment in Toronto’s upscale Forest Hill neighbourhood this fall. For a…

A growing body of research points to the fact that humans have a fundamental affinity for nature and, more importantly, that we need to be…

The clock is ticking down until next year’s Pan American and Parapan American games in Toronto—and everything is on track for what will be the…

With the recent provincial election, the majority Liberal government now has an excellent opportunity to proceed with its plan to invest $130 billion in infrastructure…

As public dollars become scarcer, the next generation of American infrastructure will require the public, private, and civic sectors to engage and partner in new…

Congestion—and how to get rid of it—has been challenging cities for much of the modern era. In 1982, Boston decided to go ahead with one…

The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway marine industry is committing more than $1.5 billion for infrastructure and capital projects designed to make the navigation system more…

Canada is the largest supplier of energy to the United States, and this trade partnership increases the need for energy reliability. Energy mapping is increasingly…

It’s no secret that Canada faces many challenges related to its transportation infrastructure. The first-ever report card on the state of the nation’s infrastructure health,…

Canadians have been organizing public-private partnerships (P3s) for nearly two decades and are well ahead of the United States. However, with local, county, and state…

Launched in 2013, the Outside the Box program is transforming the city’s intersections one traffic signal box at a time. For the past two years,…

Toronto is a city with more buildings of 12 storeys or higher than any other in North America save New York, and it is experiencing…

Many designers and builders of infrastructure are motivated by the public good; they appreciate that their water treatment plants, sewer systems, electrical networks, and other…

As cities grow, they get hotter—and without proper mitigation efforts, they are projected to heat up even more. Researchers at Arizona State University and the…

When the Ontario government passed Greenbelt legislation in 2005, with the stated goal of protecting sensitive, beleaguered forests and waterways surrounding the Greater Toronto Area,…