The Monitor is the CST’s annual academic review of the current movement towards sustainable transportation in Canada and internationally. The publication considers the impact of transport activity, technological improvements, legislative changes, and other events of significance. Each issue contains timely articles and an in-depth feature on a key issue relating to sustainable transportation.
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions March 2007/08
Topics covered: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from road transport, children and transport, sustainable transportation indications, potential of plug-in hybrids.
The Move to The University of Winnipeg June 2005
Topics covered: The Centre moves to The University of Winnipeg, performance measurements, emissions from freight transport, Canada’s climate change plans, Memo of Understanding with the automobile industry, health and youth, and glimmers of hope in the move towards sustainable transportation.
The Need to Reduce Transport Energy Use and Ways of Doing It June 2004
Topics covered: Energy updates on oil and natural gas, growth in energy use for trucking, inter-city traffic loads factors in Canada, reducing fuel use for personal vehicles, a consideration of tethered vehicles and their disadvantages.
Children and Transportation September 2003
Topics covered: Children and Transportation, Kids on the Move in Ontario’s Halton and Peel regions, affect of transportation on childhood obesity.
A Medium-term Strategy for Canada’s Transport April 2003
Special Issue: What transportation in Canada should look like during the years after Kyoto, from 2010-2025.
Canada’s Major Urban Regions: How they Compare October 2002
Topics covered: A look into energy use, greenhouse gas emission, pollution, financial costs, and congestion as related to transportation across Canada’s five largest urban areas including Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Calgary.
Transportation, Terrorism and Sustainability May 2002
Topics covered: Transportation, terrorism and sustainability, safety and security, changes in aviation activity, sustainability and aviation, improving aviation safety and security, improving safety and security of other modes, and the implications for urbanization.
Technology and Sustainable Transportation November 2001
Topics covered: Sustainable transportation, OECD’s assessment of technology’s contribution, related local and regional issues, transportation fuel, including electricity, hydrogen, biomass fuels, and natural gas, vehicle technology including trolley vehicles, battery-electric vehicles, fuel cells, hybrid electric vehicles, ICE vehicles, and fleet turnover issues.
Freight Transport April 2001
Topics covered: Freight transport, energy use, shifting modes, consideration of local pollution, both particulates and nitrogen oxides, load factors and logistics, urban freight movement, energy availability, and air freight.
The Future of Aviation March 2000
Topics covered: Pre-9/11 look at the future of aviation including, aviation and climate change, patterns of air travel in Canada, hope for air travel, and new definition of progress, an update on projects including performance indicators, the university curriculum project, oil update and update on research and actions on road freight transport. Other topics include the transportation table’s option papers, and a comparison with The Netherlands on Kyoto.
Sustainable Transportation and the End of Cheap Oil February 1999
Topics covered: The early end of cheap oil, Canada’s move to less sustainable transportation, Canada’s national climate change process, the Moving the Economy conference, NRTEE Backgrounder, achieving sustainable transportation, fuel efficiency standard, fuel taxes, emissions trading, entitlements to purchase vehicles, coordinating transport policy-making in Canada, levelling the field, and the promising signs.
Why a Sustainable Transportation Monitor? March 1998
Topics covered: Introducing the Monitor, defining and envisioning sustainable transport, social and economic sustainability of transport, trends in the movement of freight and people in Canada, urban and suburban travel, energy efficiency of different passenger modes, note on transportation data, local, regional and global environmental impacts of transportation, a look at whether transportation in Canada is becoming more or less sustainable, a look at the Kyoto protocol, meeting Kyoto targets, and beyond.