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APTA Study Mission to Canada Focuses on Best Practices
An APTA delegation representing public transportation agencies and businesses visited four Canadian cities July 22-27 to learn about how major investments in public transit infrastructure north of the U.S. border are being structured, developed and financed.
APTA members participated in presentations, panel discussions and site visits with Canadian public transportation authorities, government officials and business leaders throughout the six-day mission.
APTA Chair Nathaniel P. Ford Sr. and APTA President and CEO Paul P. Skoutelas led the 30-member study mission representing both the public and private sectors to Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.
Canadian systems and agencies that participated in the mission included L’Autorité Régionale de Transport Métropolitain, the regional authority for metropolitan transport for Montréal; Exo, officially the Metropolitan Transportation Network, the public transit system for the greater Montréal region; Société de Transport de Montréal, the Montreal public transit operator; OC Transpo, the urban transit service of Ottawa; Metrolinx, manager of public transit and road transportation services in the greater Toronto and Hamilton areas; the Toronto Transit Commission; and TransLink, the regional transportation network of metropolitan Vancouver.
In addition, the APTA delegation met with the mayors of Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver; U.S. Embassy officials in Ottawa; and national leaders, notably the associate deputy minister for infrastructure and communities for Canada, Yazmine Laroche.
One of APTA’s long-standing international partners, the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA), supported and participated in the trip.
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| Members of the study mission at the conclusion of the event, along with (at center) Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Kevin Desmond, CEO of TransLink. |
“At a time when the U.S. public transportation industry is adapting to the changing mobility landscape, this study mission gives APTA members a unique opportunity to gain insights from world-class systems and companies that are on the cutting edge of innovation for infrastructure development and operations,” said Ford.
Skoutelas said, “Public transit in Canada is being modernized and transformed thanks to a federal investment in infrastructure that is leveraging provincial, local and private funds. There are relevant lessons for us in the Canadian partnership models for governance, financing and procurement.”
Members of the delegation will share key takeaways at APTA’s Annual Meeting, Sept. 23-27 in Nashville. In addition, APTA will publish a report on the mission in the fall.
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