According to the authoritative BCC report “Lightweight Materials in Transportation,” the global market value for lightweight materials used in the transportation industry will reach nearly $153 billion in 2017, up from an estimated $106 billion in 2011,...
Social media (or, as we prefer it, mobile media*) is changing the landscape of how organizations engage the public. Yet public agencies lag behind the private sector when it comes to using mobile media to gather information from and distribute...
The committee looking at the future of land around a TransCanada Highway project west of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, is recommending provincial land not used for the project be given protected status. Members of the group were asked to come up with ideas for about...
A second high-profile business group, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, is taking the extraordinary step of endorsing new taxes to pay for public transit in the Toronto region. It's the kind of support that Toronto City Council failed to deliver when it voted to reject 14...
The busiest bridge in Canada is in Montreal and it has a hole clear through it. An engineer who was, until recently, responsible for the inspection of the city's Champlain Bridge told Radio-Canada that despite the millions spent to repair the structure, it's becoming harder...
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) has applauded an announcement that will see the redevelopment of Highway 25 access routes to and from the Port of Montreal, and the extension of l'Assomption Boulevard. The MPA says it will be working with the Ministry of Transport in Quebec...
Toronto city council has decided not to endorse any new taxes or fees to pay for transit expansion in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton. The vote on May 9 took about two hours and came after two days of debate. Council had a chance to recommend to transit agency Metrolinx...
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