Monday, June 23, 2025
Province breaks ground on Ontario Line’s Queen Station
The Government of Ontario announced that excavation work at the Ontario Line’s Queen Station has started, marking another milestone in the province’s plan to build…
transit
EXP selected by PowerON to support the TTC Electrification program
EXP has been selected by PowerON Energy Solutions as an engineering services provider on the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) electrification program. The TTC electrification program…
TransLink to receive over $1.5B over 10 years from Canada Public Transit Fund
The Government of Canada announced an investment of more than $1.5 billion over 10 years in public transit funding for Metro Vancouver through the creation…
Canada announces investments in two transit infrastructure projects in Quebec
The Government of Canada announced an additional federal contribution of more than $1.1 billion to help complete the Quebec City tramway and Montréal Metro Blue…
Ontario to fund transit improvements for small and rural communities
The Government of Ontario is investing $5 million annually to help smaller communities across the province build safe and reliable transit services. The funding is…
Hwy 1 improvements to advance RapidBus implementation on Vancouver Island
The Government of British Columbia announced highway improvements are coming to the West Shore communities will help provide faster public transit services for people commuting…
ICBC headquarters will be transformed into hundreds of homes near transit
The Government of British Columbia announced that ICBC’s North Vancouver headquarters property will be transformed into hundreds of new homes for people, close to services,…
Two major B.C. infrastructure projects reach milestones
The Government of British Columbia announced that both the Broadway Subway Project and the Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project have reached significant milestones. Tunnel boring operations…
Edmonton names preferred bidder for Capital Line South LRT construction
The City of Edmonton has selected its preferred bidder to design and build Phase 1 of the Capital Line South Extension from Century Park to…
Canada and Nunavut invest $194M in critical infrastructure and transit projects across the territory
Communities across Nunavut will benefit from the construction of crucial infrastructure and the establishment of vital services thanks to a joint investment of more than…
City of Kingston opens first of 12 transit stations
The City of Kingston and Kingston Transit celebrated the official opening of the city’s first transit stations located on Henderson Boulevard near Jim Beattie Park.…
AECOM awarded contract to serve as technical advisor for Hamilton LRT project
Metrolinx announced it has appointed AECOM as technical advisor for the Hamilton Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, a 14-kilometre transit line that will be the…
First TBM breaks through at future Oak-VGH Station on Broadway Subway Project
The Government of British Columbia announced that the first of two tunnel-boring machines has broken through at the future Oak-VGH Station, achieving another milestone for…
Réseau express métropolitain Phase 1 opens to Montrealers
Phase one of Montreal’s new 67-kilometre electric automated light rail system opened July 28 after five years of construction and testing, with the inauguration of…
Study looks at feasibility of implementing Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in GTA
The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) and infrastructure consulting firm AECOM, announced the release of Mobility as a Service – A feasibility study on implementing MaaS in the…
Calgary, Alberta government to conduct study on feasibility of airport rail connection
The Government of Alberta announced it is partnering with the City of Calgary to study the optimal rail alignment between downtown Calgary and the Calgary…
Metrolinx announces start of construction on next phase of Hazel McCallion LRT
Metrolinx announced that crews building the Hazel McCallion Line (Hurontario LRT) pushed a concrete passageway under the Lakeshore West rail tracks at the Port Credit…
Toronto begins track replacement and road resurfacing projects on Broadview Ave.
The City of Toronto announced the start of a five-month construction project on Broadview Avenue between Gerrard Street East and Danforth Avenue to replace TTC…
Transit Progress
Metrolinx’s Phil Verster on building an integrated regional transit system in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Metrolinx, an Ontario government agency, is currently undertaking one of…
Canada and Calgary invest in electrification of city’s transit buses
The Government of Canada announced a federal investment of more than $325 million to support the electrification of the City of Calgary’s transit buses. This…
Toronto secures provincial funding to continue delivery of SmartTrack program
Toronto City Council voted unanimously to receive $226 million in provincial funding for the delivery of the SmartTrack Stations Program. Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie announced…
Investment to study the electrification of transit in the Town of Okotoks
The Town of Okotoks is partnering with the Government of Canada and the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium to explore the feasibility of…
Redeveloped Edmonton Stadium LRT Station increases access to major events
The City of Edmonton announced that redevelopment work at Stadium LRT Station is now complete – the first major LRT station rehabilitation to be completed…
Broadway Subway tunnel-boring machine Phyllis arrives at Broadway-City Hall
The Government of British Columbia announced that Phyllis, the second of two massive tunnel-boring machines that are excavating twin tunnels for the Broadway Subway Project,…