News outlets including the Toronto Star and MetroNews Toronto have cited IMFG’s recent paper on tax increment financing (TIF) and author Murtaza Haider in articles about the city of Toronto’s proposed use of TIF to fund transit expansion. In a Toronto Star article entitled Major unknowns, risks in funding Tory’s SmartTrack plan remain ahead of vote, and in the […]
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03 Jun,
2013
Enid Slack comments on the economic impacts of the Metrolinx strategy
In an article for York Region’s online newspaper on June 3rd, following the release of Metrolinx’s transportation investment strategy, IMFG Director Enid Slack commented
Find out more »12 Apr,
2013
Enid Slack participating in CivicAction Forum on Transportation
IMFG Director Enid Slack participated in a Forum organized by CivicAction on April 17th, entitled Our Region, Our Move, where three hundred recognized business, labour, government, and community leaders will make their move to support better transportation for the GTHA. Slack led a session on Sustainable Funding: Revenue Tools & Principles.
Find out more »25 Oct,
2012
IMFG’s transportation report profiled in GTA Novae Res Urbis publication
On October 24, 2012, IMFG’s transportation report was profiled in the GTA publication Novae Res Urbis.
Find out more »22 Oct,
2012
André Côté blogs for Evergreen on transportation governance
André Côté blogged for Evergreen, with a post entitled “Lessons from abroad in transportation governance.”
Find out more »19 Oct,
2012
IMFG report on transportation featured in BlogTO
IMFG’s report on transportation Moving Our Region: Funding Transportation for our Future was featured in BlogTO on October 18th, in an article entitled “What Toronto can learn from how other cities fund transit expansion.”
Find out more »16 Oct,
2012
IMFG releases report about transportation finance in other global city-regions
Toronto, October 18, 2012 – A new report by the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) looks at transportation funding in major city-regions such as Los Angeles, Vancouver, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Find out more »20 Apr,
2012
IMFG Transportation speaker, Richard Katz, interviewed in The Globe and Mail and The Torontoist
IMFG Transportation series speaker, Richard Katz, was interviewed in The Globe and Mail on April 16, 2012, in an article entitled, “L.A. transit advocate has some advice for Toronto politicians.” Katz was also interviewed in The Torontoist on April 16, 2012, in an article entitled “California Dreaming Up New Ways to Fund Public Transit.”
Find out more »09 Apr,
2012
What Toronto can learn from Vancouver on public-private transit
IMFG Transportation Series speaker Jane Bird was interviewed by the Toronto Star on Friday, April 6, 2012, in an article entitled “What Toronto can learn from Vancouver on public-private transit.”
Find out more »27 Mar,
2012
Jane Bird interviewed in The Torontoist
IMFG Transportation series speaker, Jane Bird, was interviewed in The Torontoist on March 27, 2012. See “Public-Private Partnerships: The Better Way?”.
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