With the new year, Ontario’s new penalties for distracted driving come into effect. These penalties are some of the toughest in the country… but what’s the motivation behind them? Where is the need coming from? Distracted driving has become a serious road safety issue. To provide some context for the new rules, I used some…

One of my favourite transportation and highway web sites is The King’s Highway. I recommend that anyone reading this check it out. It’s a virtual compendium of history and trivia about the Ontario provincial highway network. I’ve found it very easy to get lost in all the interesting stuff there… and there have been a…

Welcome! I started this blog for two reasons: To provide a resource to Canadian transportation engineers, especially ones working on their own. To motivate myself to keep up-to-date on changes in the profession and to keep my own skills and knowledge sharp. Before I launched this blog, I looked around the blogosphere to see what…