Wednesday, November 23, 2016
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) is currently accepting abstracts for the 2017 TAC Conference.
All abstracts must be submitted online by midnight, January 16, 2016.
Help us highlight this year’s theme, Investing in Transportation: Building Canada's Economy, when developing your submission. A description of more than 40 technical...
Thursday, November 17, 2016
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2017 Scholarship Program.
The deadline to apply is Tuesday, February 28.
The scholarship program supports and encourages bright, young college and university (undergraduate and graduate) students pursuing studies and a career in transportation, in particular in the...
Thursday, November 17, 2016
TAC is governed by a Board of Directors which has the important responsibilities of understanding members' expectations and setting policies, directions and annual budgets to achieve them.
Elected by TAC’s membership for three-year terms, Directors are not compensated for their service and are key volunteer leaders in the organization. ...
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Editor’s note – In this article written for TAC News, Catherine Berthod, Engineer and Urban Planner with le ministère des Transports, de la Mobilité durable et de l’Électrification des transports du Québec, provides an account of land use planning measures promoting road safety in small communities.
Presented at the 2016...
Thursday, November 10, 2016
A new award has been created by the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) to recognize outstanding accomplishments as a young professional in the transportation industry.
Nominees for the 2017 Young Transportation Professional Award must be no older than 35 as of December 31 in the year the award is presented. The award is open to employees of all TAC...
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
At its September 2016 meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, the Council of the World Road Association (PIARC) elected its new Executive Committee for 2017-2020. Claude Van Rooten, Director General of the Belgian Road Research Centre, was elected President starting January 2017. Congratulations to Anne-Marie Leclerc, Assistant Deputy Minister, ministère des...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
A new edition of the Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads (GDG) has been approved by the Chief Engineers’ Council of the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC).
It is expected to be published and available for sale in English starting early in 2017, and six to nine months later in French.
The GDG is a fundamental reference document for...
Thursday, October 20, 2016
The Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel welcomed almost 1000 delegates at the 2016 Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Conference & Exhibition, from September 25-28.
Highlights included several international guest speakers, the first-ever TAC Town Hall meeting, and well-attended events. More than 50 technical sessions, panels and workshops covered a...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
This periodic column features notices from people working in the transportation and road-related industries.
The Honourable Bill Fraser has been appointed Minister of New Brunswick Transportation and Infrastructure.
The Honourable David Marit has been appointed Minister of Saskatchewan Highways and Infrastructure.
New Quebec Transport Minister Laurent...
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
The 2016 pavements student poster award winner from the September Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Conference & Exhibition is Gulfam Jannat, PhD candidate, University of Waterloo.
The winning submission, entitled Developing New Performance Index for Assessing Overall Pavement Condition by Incorporating of Mechanistic-Empirical Approach for...
Thursday, September 1, 2016
The Transportation Association of Canada’s (TAC) Chief Engineers’ Council has approved a national guide to assist Canadian agencies develop work zone safety plans.
The guide will be made available for sale in TAC’s Bookstore in the coming months. It is expected a future webinar will also be provided on the Guide.
Recommended by the...
Thursday, September 1, 2016
A completed pooled fund project to develop a guide for load management practices for weak pavement structures has received support from the Transportation Association of Canada’s (TAC) Chief Engineers’ Council.
The guide will be made available for sale in TAC’s Bookstore in the coming months.
Most Canadian provinces limit truck...