Advancements in Infrastructure
Issue 2 - April 2018

From the Editor's Desk

By Gord Hume

First and most importantly—THANK YOU! We were thrilled (and a bit astonished) at the wonderful response to our first edition of PERSPECTIVES.
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Investing in Transit Means Investing in Prosperity

By Don Iveson | Mayor of Edmonton

Canadians spent an average of 26.2 minutes travelling to work in 2016 – the longest commutes on record – and a greater proportion of commuters took public transit than ever before, according to a Statistics Canada report released last year. With commute times getting longer and longer each year, and with Canadian cities growing faster than ever, now is the time to double down on the role of public transit in managing congestion in our cities.
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How Innovating Got Our Town Moving Again

By Jason Reynar | Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Innisfil, ON

Two years ago, I was on my way to work in Innisfil, Ontario when I noticed a resident walking along the shoulder of our town's rural roads. She was wearing the shirt of a local grocery store, so it seemed she was walking to work. I saw her again on the same road, going the same way, with the same shirt, but this time I pulled over, offered her a ride to work, and we struck up a conversation.
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Mayors Approve Largest Transit and Transportation Investment in Metro Vancouver History

By Metro Vancouver

The Vancouver Metro area has always been an innovative leader in regional transportation thinking. The region has particular vehicular issues with its limiting bridge crossings and its unique geography.
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We are Making Progress on Asset Management

By Wally Wells P. Eng. | Executive Director, BC Asset Management Association

Municipalities have been managing assets for decades. Asset Management is quantifying in time and money the risk and consequences of our decisions as local governments look ahead. Without this step, and improving our forward-thinking and planning process, our ability to provide reliable services for our communities will continue to deteriorate as costs rise and assets fail.
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Civic Comment

By Gord Hume

I have been arguing for several years that the traditional definition of the "Municipal Infrastructure Deficit" is limiting. Infrastructure is too often considered to be only the hard services' provided by a municipality roads, sewers, water and so on.
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