Saturday, April 29, 2017, Room 302, Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Toronto, Ontario TAO Annual General Meeting of members: 10:00am – Noon Public Meeting with guest speakers: 1:30 – 3:30pm. Everyone invited! Railway electrification: planning and building (click headline to read more) regional electric rail in the 21st century. Issues, challenges. Panel presenters: Jennifer Verellen, Director […]
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By Transport Action Ontario | Ontario
Editorial by Tony Turrittin, President, Transport Action Ontario, April 18, 2017. Undoing the ties that bind. It is fair to observe that since the 1980s, our federal government has been getting out of the transportation business. Since the 80s, Transport Canada has been privatizing what it owned and operated or downloaded to other jurisdictions. CN […]
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Transport Action Atlantic’s 2017 Annual General Meeting is coming up. We hope you can join us! Source: TAA
Continue readingBy Rick | British Columbia
An April 5, 2017 column by The Vancouver Sun’s political columnist, Vaughn Palmer, described how the B.C. government’s pre-construction / pre-election photo-op for the $3.5 billion Massey Bridge project was hijacked by a group protesting the mega-project. TABC Member Stephen Rees penned a letter to the paper responding to Palmer’s column. Stephen’s letter follows: “Vaughn […]
Continue readingBy matthew | British Columbia
Long-time Transport 2000 BC/Transport Action BC member, John Howes, died on February 4, 2017. John was a delight to chat with, always smiling and quick to praise. He was a true gentlemen and will be missed. John had a long, distinguished career in academia. He was a Professor Emeritus in UBC’s Department of Asian Studies […]
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