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As claustrophobic congestion on Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway worsens with years-long lane closures to accommodate road repairs, Ontario’s minister of transportation is suggesting around-the-clock construction could dramatically shorten the time frame. Parts of the Gardiner, between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue, have been reduced by one lane in each direction for …
Read More »Amtrak service between NYC and Montreal to resume in April – Montreal
By Staff The Associated Press Posted March 15, 2023 11:17 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Amtrak service connecting New York City and Montreal will resume next month, more than two years after the pandemic halted trains from crossing across the shared border between the U.S. and …
Read More »More bus drivers needed to get Calgary students to school, says transportation operator
With students back in school this week, Jonathan Weal is also back in the driver’s seat. He’s a school bus operator with Southland Transportation, picking up and dropping off about two dozen students from kindergarten to Grade 12 across southwest Calgary. It’s a job he loves, but he says it hasn’t …
Read More »Taxi operator closure has ‘left a gap’ in local transportation services, says northern B.C. mayor
Some businesses in a northern B.C. town are being impacted by the closure of the only local taxi service provider three months ago. In May, Paddy Hirshfield and Patrick Hibbitts said they would close Bulkley Valley Taxi as the market in Smithers — roughly halfway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, and home …
Read More »St. Catharines to consult with migrant workers on transportation planning, after roadside death
When Blanca Islas Perez heard about the death of Fermin Soto Sanchez in St. Catharines, Ont., earlier this month, it brought her straight back to the 1990s. That’s when her husband died and she became a migrant worker, like him, in order to take care of her family. She has been travelling to Canada to …
Read More »25 innovation hubs churn out technologies that aid Covid treatment, vaccine transportation, Health News, ET HealthWorld
NEW DELHI: New and emerging technologies are being developed at 25 innovation hubs, which have been set up across the country under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), to provide solutions to people-centric problems. Several such technologies and technology platforms have turned fruitful in several sectors, including the …
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