Tag: highway
Ontario Snowplows: Do They Help?
Over the holidays I was fortunate to do one of the things I love most, to downhill ski. I worked up at a little resort in Southern Ontario, called Alpine Ski Club. And everyday I had to make the trek from my parents place to the hill.
We had a variety of weather, from rain, to [...]
Posted: January 5th, 2009 under Driver Safety, highway.
Tags: highway, Safety, snowplow
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Happy Holidays
It is Christmas day today and I just wanted to send out a reminder to respect the roads. Environment Canada predicts that the entire country will be blanketed in snow for the first time since 1971, which means we need to respect the roads.
Here are some simple driving tips to make sure you arrive safely [...]
Posted: December 25th, 2008 under Driver Safety, Transportation, cars, highway.
Tags: driving, highway, holidays, Safety, travel
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Quebec City Knows What They Are Doing
Having recently returned from a ski camp in Quebec I was just amazed at their snow removal and ice maintenance procedures.
Snow Removal…
The Quebec plows don’t mess around, if you are in the way you get hit AND it’s your fault! Out in the rural areas on the highways the plows drive at about 100 kilometers [...]
Posted: December 24th, 2008 under Driver Safety, Transportation, highway.
Tags: highway, Ice, quebec, Safety, Transportation, urban
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From Ontario to Quebec
Recently I did the drive from Toronto, Ontario to Mount Ste Anne, Quebec (about 50km east of Quebec City); it’s about 850km. Not only was I amazed by how long a drive that really is but how consistent the roads were all the way. From the signage, to the driving surface, the roadside stops and [...]
Posted: December 17th, 2008 under Transportation, highway, toronto.
Tags: attractions, highway, ontario, quebec, signs, tourism, travel
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The Need For Good Infrastructure: Part 2
Earlier this week I wrote about the need for good infrastructure with respect to the trucking industry. The other part of the equation, about 70% of the road users, is commuters. For all the people that commute to work everyday on the highways, having a functioning highway system is paramount.
The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario [...]
Posted: December 4th, 2008 under Congestion, cars, highway, toronto.
Tags: 400-series highways, cars, Congestion, highway, infrastructure, toronto, traffic
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The Need for Good Highway Infrastructure: Part 1
As the term comes to a close here in Toronto (no I do not go to York, which is currently on strike) I am in the process of writing all my final papers. One of my classes is called Concrete Technology and Non-Destructive Testing and initially I thought the paper I was writing was not [...]
Posted: December 1st, 2008 under Sustainable Infrastructure, highway, toronto.
Tags: 400-series highways, highway, infrastructure, Sustainable Infrastructure, toronto, Transportation, truck
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Driving Distractions
As the clean up of yesterday’s accident here in Toronto continues I thought more about distractions while driving. Recently California changed the laws with respect to talking on your mobile while driving; California has become a ‘hands free’ state. Chrysler also announced this week that it will be adding wi-fi to some of it’s new [...]
Posted: September 5th, 2008 under Driver Safety, Transportation, highway.
Tags: commuting, driving, highway, Intersection, toronto
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Fiery Truck Blast … What’s your focus while driving?
This morning a truck driver narrowly escaped death as his truck catapulted into a bridge pier on the transfer from Highway 401 west-bound collectors to the DVP/404. I think this picture says it all in terms of the severity of the crash.
The highway system around Toronto is expansive but with a crash like this it [...]
Posted: September 4th, 2008 under Congestion, Transportation, toronto.
Tags: Congestion, crash, highway, toronto, Transportation
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