May 24, 2013
- Feeling Congested: New Movements in Transportation Planning by Jennifer Keesmaat, Chief Planner for the City of Toronto (read more)

April 26, 2013
- Taking the Road Together: Peel Region’s New Approaches to Transportation
With Steve Ganesh, Manager, Transportation Program Planning, Region of Peel (read more)

March 22, 2013
- A presentation by Andy Byford, Chief Executive Officer at the Toronto Transit Commission (read more)

February 22, 2013
- Pedestrian and crowd simulation at Union Station
With Erin Morrow of Arup (Product Director, MassMotion Simulation Software and Pedestrian Planner, Transportation Consulting) (read more)

January 25, 2013
- An Update on the Metrolinx Light Rail Program, with Jack Collins, Executive Vice President - Rapid Transit Implementation (read more)

November 23, 2012
- Planning and Building Rapid Transit in the Toronto Area: A Century of Proposals, Process, Politics – and Paralysis, with Ed Levy (read more)

September 28, 2012
- Highway 407 East Development: Progress and Challenges
Peter Chackeris, Manager of Major Projects Office, Ministry of Transportation
Hwy. 407 is being extended to Highway 35/115. The 407 East Development Group (407EDG) was selected by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Ontario to design, build, finance, and maintain Phase 1 of Highway 407 East. (read more)

June 22, 2012
- Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension: Progress, Successes, and Challenges to Date --- Joanna Kervin, Deputy Chief Project Manager for the Spadina subway extension project (read more)

May 25, 2012
- Porter Airlines: Flying redefined
With Robert J. Deluce, President and CEO, Porter Airlines
Learn what it has taken for Porter to survive for more than five years against cutthroat competition and what the future holds for Porter. (read more)

April 27, 2012
- The Windsor Essex Parkway: The Many Firsts in Ontario Road Projects === Ontario is leading the delivery of a new $1.4-billion highway -- the Windsor-Essex Parkway, the largest current road infrastructure project in the province. Garfield Dales, Manager of Project Delivery for the Windsor Border Initiatives Implementation Group, will share the story of the Windsor-Essex Parkway. He will discuss the background, challenges, and opportunities from the perspective of the owner. (read more)

February 24, 2012
- Andrew Posluns, Ontario Ministry of Transportation --- Ontario's new Transit-Supportive Guidelines (read more)

January 27, 2012
- Brampton Zum – How Little Things Add Up to Big Success with Tom Mulligan, Commissioner of Works and Transportation for the City of Brampton (read more)

November 25, 2011
- Commuting to Work: Results of the 2010 General Social Survey with Martin Turcotte, researcher at Statistics Canada. (read more)

October 28, 2011
- John Campbell, President and CEO, Waterfront Toronto - Waterfront Revitalization (read more)

September 23, 2011
- Kathleen Llewellyn-Thomas, Commissioner of Transportation for the Regional Municipality of York -- Growing Up & Growing Old – Transportation Programs, Issues and Challenges in York Region (read more)

June 24, 2011
- York University is Canada’s third largest university, with more than 65,000 students, staff, and faculty (including Seneca@York). York is an excellent example of success made possible through sustainable transportation. (read more)

May 27, 2011
- The Union Station area is being transformed, including a new northwest path under York Street from Union to Wellington Street, a second TTC platform, and Metrolinx trainshed construction. Hear all the news from Chuck Donohue, Executive Director, Facilities Management Division, City of Toronto. (read more)

April 29, 2011
- Judi Cohen and Ron Aitken from SNC Lavalin Transportation Group will make a presentation regarding the recently successful experience with the Private Public Partnership for the development of the Canada Line in Vancouver. The ambitious plans for rapid transit expansion in Ontario brings into focus a number of questions and challenges pertaining to the securing of adequate project financing. In this regard, the lessons learned from the Vancouver experience are of particular interest. (read more)

November 26, 2010
- Richard Gilbert, Transport Consultant, columnist and former City of Toronto and Metro Toronto Councillor (1976-1991), spoke to GTTC on ‘Electrifying Toronto’s Transportation: Sooner and Later’. (read more)

October 29, 2010
- Dr. Louisa B. Gembora, Clinical Psychologist, will speak on " Drivers - Behaviour, Perception, Personality”. Delays caused by road congestion increases driver frustration and impatience and often precipitate a lack of courtesy toward other road users. A central issue regarding the promotion of active transportation is how to safely share the road right-of-way among cars, trucks, bicyclists and pedestrians.

Dr. Gembora will address a number of related factors from the perspective of her practice involving Clinical, Forensic, and Rehabilitation Psychology plus her experience as a race car driver as well as instructing and coaching high performance driving. She enjoys showing the average driver and the competitive racer how to improve their cognitive agility, focus, accuracy and efficiency of thinking with respect to attention, working memory, and executive decision-making while helping them learn to control emotions such as fear, anger, and excitement. For several years she has been one of the judges on the TV show, Canada’s Worst Driver. (read more)

September 24, 2010
- Daryl J. Barnett, Director - Railway Corridor Infrastructure, Metrolinx will speak on: "GO Rail Corridor Capacity Increases - to the Airport & beyond ". (read more)

May 28, 2010
- Angus Cranston, Senior Project Manager, Union Station Revitalization, with the City of Toronto will be the guest speaker and the title of his presentation will be “The Revitalization of Union Station”. (read more)

February 26, 2010
- Elyse Parker, Director, Public Realm Section, Transportation Services, City of Toronto will make a presentation entitled "Toronto at 3 miles an Hour". In the context of its sustainability objectives, the City has developed a Walking Strategy as a framework for renewing and revitalizing the pedestrian realm. This is fundamental to promoting a greater emphasis on active transportation. (read more)

January 29, 2010
- Mark Rivett, Senior Vice President, Aecon Construction and Materials, was the guest speaker and the title of his presentation was the "A Contractors Perspective on Transportation Infrastructure in the GTA and beyond". (read more)

November 27, 2009
- Al Kirkpatrick, Manager of Strategic Planning for the City of Hamilton will be the guest speaker and the title of his presentation is the "New Transportation Agenda for the City of Hamilton”. (read more)

October 30, 2009
- Martin Powell, Commissioner, Transportation and Works, City of Mississauga will be the guest speaker and the title of his presentation is " Updates on the Mississauga BRT and Mississauga/ Brampton Hurontario/ Main Rapid Transit Study". (read more)

September 25, 2009
- Don Loucks, Architect, Heritage Planner and Associate with IBI, will speak about the issues and challenges associated with the rehabilitation of the Union Station Historic Train Shed which is a key element of Go Transit’s infrastructure improvement program for the Union Station rail corridor. (read more)

June 23, 2009
- Tuesday June 23rd -- Special Meeting -- GO Transit Willowbrook M>aintenance Facility -- commencing @ 11:45am and concluding not later than 2:30pm. Lunch will be provided. (read more)

May 29, 2009
- Gary Welsh, General Manager, Transportation Services Division for the City of Toronto will be the guest speaker and the title of his presentation is The Road Ahead. (read more)

April 17, 2009
- Paul Bedford, Member of the Metrolinx Board, will be out guest speaker and his topic will be "Funding the Vision", focusing on the strategies needed fund the Regional Transportation Plan of Metrolinx for the GTHA. Also, Paul will be taking this opportunity to have a dialogue with members about the various options and associated priorities that he believes must be considered to build a great regional transit system. (read more)

February 27, 2009
- Richard Gilbert will be making a presentation on “Child and Youth Friendly Land Use and Transport Planning Guidelines for Ontario”. This set of 21 guidelines resulted from research and analysis mostly funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada. Richard will explain the origin of the guidelines and the rationale for each. (read more)

January 30, 2009
- Mary Frances Turner, the Vice President of York Region Rapid Transit Corporation will speak about vivaNext. (read more)

November 21, 2008
- Graham Vincent, Director of Transportation Planning, Region of Waterloo will be our guest speaker and the topic of his presentation is: Moving Forward 2031 - Implementing the Provincial Growth Plan in Waterloo Region and making connections to the GTA. (read more)

October 17, 2008
- Leslie Woo, General Manager, Policy and Planning at Metrolinx: “The Big Move: A Draft Regional Transportation Plan for the GTHA”. (read more)

September 19, 2008
- MICHEL GRAVEL, Executive Director of the Transportation Association of Canada -- “Transportation Association of Canada - Canada's Toolbox for Addressing Current and Emerging Transportation Infrastructure and Planning Issues”. (read more)

June 20, 2008
- Gary Webster, TTC Chief General Manager will be the guest speaker for the June 20th meeting. The title of his presentation is: “ TTC – The Way Forward – State of Good Repair – Modernization and Expansion” (read more)

May 23, 2008
- Gary McNeil, Managing Director and CEO of GO Transit provided an update on GO Transit's 10 year plan and on their progress and issues regarding expansion and improvements. (read more)

April 18, 2008
- Roger Hanmer, Regional Director, MTO Central Region

“Provincial Highways in the GTA - Outlook and Issues” (read more)

February 15, 2008
- Bob Oliver is the Transportation Programme Director at Pollution Probe.

Bob presented an overview of the motor vehicle fuel efficiency project, highlighting the use of the “Pollution Probe Approach” (read more)

January 18, 2008
- Mr. Joe Lam, Chair of ITS Canada made a presentation entitled "Advances in ITS Applications and Developments for the Future”. (read more)

November 30, 2007
- Professor Eric Miller, Interim Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto and Director, Joint Program in Transportation made a presentation entitled "Travel Behavior in the GTA - Trends and Prospects". (read more)

November 2, 2007
- The speaker will be Rod McPhail, Director, Transportation Planning for the City of Toronto who will make a presentation on the recently completed plan regarding Sustainable Transportation Initiatives for the City. (read more)

September 28, 2007
- GTA Fare System Project

David Smith, Senior Manager, GTA Fare System Project

An integrated interregional transit system can influence more people to leave their cars at home and reduce congestion on our roads and highways, thus supporting the goals of the GTTA and the province's Greater Golden Horseshoe Growth Plan.

The Province, municipalities and transit systems are working together to make transit more convenient for commuters by creating a virtual integrated transit system in the GTA through the GTA Fare System.

The presentation will include project objectives, status, branding, governance, contract and progress to date.” (read more)

June 20, 2007
- GTTC Annual Social & Networking Event Private Tour and Dinner at the Halton Radial Railway Museum (read more)

May 25, 2007
- John W. Campbell President and Chief Executive Officer Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (read more)

May 4, 2007
- Phil McNeely, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister Transportation (read more)

March 23, 2007
- Please note: The GTTC is taking a 'March Break' and there will not be a luncheon this month. (read more)

February 23, 2007
- Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal, Hon. David Caplan (read more)

January 26, 2007
- Greater Toronto Transportation Authority - Chair, Rob MacIsaac (read more)

November 24, 2006
- GO Transit Infrastructure Expansion Program

For this meeting, our guest presenter will be Kees Schipper. Since October, 2005, Kees has acted as Program Director of the AGM portion of GO TRIP, GO Transit’s infrastructure expansion program.

Kees will discuss GO Transit's infrastrucutre expansion program. The projects include adding many kilometres of new track on the Lakeshore and Georgetown lines to allow for better train service, underpasses or overpasses that will separate GO Train service from CPR or CN freight traffic on the Georgetown, Bradford, and Stouffville lines, and improvements to allow GO Train service to extend north to Barrie. At Union Station major construction projects include rehabilitation of the roof over the train platforms, a new platform for tracks 13 and 14, and a second GO concourse, in the west end of the building, also be replacing the tracks, modernizing the signal system, and building a midday train storage yard east of the station. (read more)

October 27, 2006
- Ontario Community Transportation Association

For this meeting, we had a most interesting presentation. Our guest presenter was Beatrice Schmied, Executive Director, Ontario Community Transportation Association. The Ontario Community Transportation Association (OCTA) is the association of organizations and individuals committed to improving mobility for all people through the delivery of effective transportation services. OCTA members represent public transit systems, health and social service agency transportation providers, suppliers to the industry, consultants and government representatives.

Beatrice gave GTTC members an update on the activities of the OCTA generally and specifically discussed the new "Ontarians with Disabilities Act" (ODA Bill 125) and its significant implications for public transit services in Ontario. (read more)

June 28, 2006
- Special Meeting - Tour the APM at LBPIA



This was a Special Meeting featuring a unique pre-public-opening guided tour of the new Automated People Mover at Lester B. Pearson International Airport courtesy of the good people at the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. The tour started at 3:30pm and was followed by a group dinner at the Sheraton Hotel Mahogany Grill. (read more)

May 26, 2006
- Logisitics Solutions and New Strategies for Goods Movements

Our guest presenter will be Bas Groothedde, Senior Consultant, Mobility and Transportation Unit of TNO (Dutch Institute for Applied Science). Bas has a PhD from the Delft School of Technology. He is also a lecturer and author of many publications.

Bas has specialized in logistics network design for the retail industry and in managing complex design and implementation projects including advice on their government structure and logistics network. He has designed innovative mobility solutions for groups such as The Greenery (fresh vegetable network), The Ricoh Supply Network and the European Fashion Network.

Bas will discuss the development and implementation of logistics solutions and new strategies for goods movement recognizing the challenges of severe congestion. (read more)

April 28, 2006
- The Smart Commute Initiative

The Smart Commute Initiative is a public-private partnership in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton for managing commuter transportation demand.

Ryan Lanyon is the Project Director for the Smart Commute Association and has worked in transportation demand management (TDM) since 1999 in both the nonprofit and government sectors. (read more)

February 24, 2006
- State of Trucking in Ontario

David Bradley, CEO of the Canadian Trucking Alliance and President of the Ontario Trucking Association, made a presentation concerning the trucking industry in Ontario and the challenges it faces. (read more)

January 27, 2006
- Canadian Railways - The State of the Industry.

Bruce Burrows, the Acting President and CEO of the Railway Association of Canada, was our guest speaker. With 60 some members, the Association represents virtually all freight and passenger railways operating in Canada today. (read more)

November 25, 2005
- The Toronto Subway System - Past, Present and Future

October 28, 2005
- "Windsor Gateway - Gateway to the GTA"

John Tofflemire, General Manager of Public Works, City of Windsor will discuss the modern history of the international border crossing, and provide an update on the various studies underway (including the bi-national environmental assessment process) to determine the needs and long range solution. John will comment on the City of Windsor perspective on the issues. (read more)

September 23, 2005
- The End of Cheap Transport Fuel

A relevant and timely topic presented by Richard Gilbert a well known urban issues consultant and author of "Energy and Transport Fuels" for the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. (read more)

June 16, 2005
- We had a special social meeting which included a behind the scenes tour of Union Station, presentations of the past and future of the Station, and dinner at ACQUA Restorante. (read more)

April 22, 2005
- Steven Staples and Robert McBride presented the findings and recommendations of a study recently completed for the City of Toronto relating to the technical and economic feasibility of Toronto hosting a major world's fair for six months during the year 2015. (read more)

February 25, 2005
- Michael Roschlau the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Urban Transit Association addressed a variety of the most relevant issues facing the urban transit industry including foreseeable improvements in government funding. CUTA website is found at: < http://www.cutaactu.on.ca/> (read more)

January 28, 2005
- Pat Boeckner, Director of Transportation Planning MTO presented current initiatives of the provincial government intended to address the current and future transportation requirements of the steadily growing Greater Golden Horseshoe. (read more)

November 26, 2004
- Brad Graham, Assistant Deputy Minister in the Ontario Growth Secretariat at the Ontario Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal discussed the Greenbelt Plan & the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. (read more)

October 29, 2004
- Gary McNeil, Managing Director of GO Transit presented a status report on GO Transit's plans and priorities. (read more)