TAC TIDBITS
ITE Canada has a strong partnership with the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC). One of the cornerstones of this relationship is participation on a number of TAC technical councils and committees through Appointees. In this edition of TAC Tidbits, our Appointees share updates from the TAC 2023 Spring Technical Meetings.
CHIEF ENGINEERS PANEL The TAC Chief Engineers Panel met virtually on April 28, 2023. The committee received updates from each of the TAC Councils, as well as four external organizations. The councils are all extremely active, with many pooled-fund projects as well as volunteer projects underway. Key themes during the roundtable discussions: •
Environment & Climate Change — climate mitigation, transit system electrification
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Infrastructure & Asset Management— snow/ice control priority & investment
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Safety, Design & Operation — Vision Zero, school zones, automated speed/red light cameras, traffic calming
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Workforce Development — staff shortages, aversion to overtime, lack people to spend budgets
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Other — contractor shortages, safety of internal
Mobility— big active transportation budgets, on-street patio programs, multimodal plans
operations (speeding, side guards) The CEP also received the interim report from the Task Force on Developing Highly Qualified Personnel.
Ryan Vanderputten M.Eng., P.Eng., FITE Chief Engineer and Director, Business & Engineering Services | City of Calgary President | ITE Canada
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