Tag: infrastructure
Cabinet Shuffle and Eco Fees
Yesterday Dalton McGuinty shuffled cabinet in a hope to improve operations of Ontario Governments. Although, that’s also what he said in January when he had again shuffled cabinet. Instead of efficient, reliable government Ontarian’s were sidled with an eco-fee debacle, a raid on ministries and a strengthened sense that our government is no longer serving [...]
Posted: August 19th, 2010 under Energy, environment, infrastructure, politics.
Tags: Economy, Energy, infrastructure, ontario, politics
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Welcome to Gridlock
Toronto has been said to have two seasons ‘Winter’ and ‘Construction.’ On this hot, humid, sticky day traveling through the Toronto area I noticed that there seems to be even more construction. It seems like most north-south routes through the core of the city are under construction (Bayview, Mount Pleasant, Yonge and Avenue). And a [...]
Posted: July 6th, 2010 under Congestion, cars, highway, infrastructure, toronto.
Tags: Congestion, highway, infrastructure, public transportation, toronto, Transportation
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How Climate will Change Transportation: Part 2
To continue from the other day, our warming climate will drastically change how we design highway infrastructure. Cindy Burbank then took over the presentation. Her presentation highlighted 5 main topics Climate change science, sources and trends The importance of climate change to the state DOTs Strategies to reduce GHG emissions from transportation Climate adaptation for [...]
Posted: March 4th, 2010 under environment, highway, infrastructure, sustainability.
Tags: driving, environment, highways, infrastructure, sustainability, Transportation
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The Future of Ontario's Health Care
Build them smaller? Build them greener? Build them with the future in mind. I had the opportunity to attend the Ontario Centre for Engineering and Public Policy’s (OCEPP) lecture on Engineers and the Future of Ontario’s Healthcsare System. The presentation was delivered by Dr. Kimberly Woodhouse, a chemical engineer, Dean of the Queen’s University Engineering [...]
Posted: February 16th, 2010 under health, infrastructure, ontario.
Tags: health, hospitals, infrastructure, innovation, ontario
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Barriers
Wind. Solar. Geothermal. Hydroelectric. These all are forms of renewable energy that should be part of our future electricity mix. Currently there are incentives in place to help residents invest in personal renewable energy, but what about commercial incentives To date the government has offered no incentives to commercial businesses to invest in individual renewable [...]
Posted: November 21st, 2009 under Climate Change, environment, infrastructure, ontario, sustainability.
Tags: efficiency, electricity, Energy, environment, GHG, infrastructure, ontario, Power, renewable energy, wind
Comments: 2
Zermatt: The City With No Cars
I’ve been traveling for the last two weeks, getting away from the hectic life of the city – work, magazine, running, school – to spend a few weeks in the alps preparing for the up and coming ski season. Zermatt is known for it’s view of the Matterhorn, an iconic mountain the Alps, it’s cheese [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2009 under Congestion, Sustainable Infrastructure, cars, environment, travel.
Tags: air pollution, construction, electric, environment, EV, infrastructure, Pedestrian, sustainable, travel
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Construction Procurement and Constructing with Glass
As the summer comes to an end most university and college students are rushing around trying to get everything organized for this year. A select few are trying to get their PhD and Masters Thesis defence done so they don’t have to pay another term of tuition. Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend two [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2009 under economics, infrastructure.
Tags: concrete, economics, infrastructure, politics, procurement, public sector
Comments: 2
We Just Can't Give Up Driving
As much as we try in North America, it is almost impossible to give up driving. Not because we aren’t trying but because we lack the infrastructure to get anywhere without a car. Tips for efficiency Since we’re unable to trade in those cars for other means of transportation here are some tips to minimize [...]
Posted: August 24th, 2009 under cars, environment, fuel efficiency, infrastructure.
Tags: cars, driving, efficiency, environment, idling, infrastructure, pollution, public transportation
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From Anarchy to Order
Have you ever been driving home during rush-hour wondering why it is taking so long to get through the traffic light? Through a busy interchange? Only to see it open up and you travel along smoothly for a few minutes or the rest of the way to your destination. Frustrating as it may be it’s [...]
Posted: August 6th, 2009 under Congestion, Sustainable Infrastructure, cars, engineering, infrastructure, toronto.
Tags: car, infrastructure, road, Sustainable Infrastructure, toronto, Transportation, travel times
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What courses to take next year?
It’s that time of the year when students are scrambling to pick their courses for the year (myself included). What courses do they take that both inspire them and open up doors for their future working careers? When looking at the courses available this morning I was required to request permission from the instructor to [...]
Posted: July 28th, 2009 under education, road, sustainability.
Tags: cars, education, infrastructure, sustainability, Transportation
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