In March 1979, Bill Sproule took over from Imants Haumanis as editor of the ITE Canadian District’s newsletter and introduced the name Transportation Talk. At the time, Al Swanson was Chairman of the District and Leo Laviolette was District Director—individuals who became the first two Canadian presidents of ITE International. While the format has evolved from a printed and mailed newsletter to a digital only publication, Transportation Talk continues to share news from transportation professionals across Canada 46 years on.
Bill, now retired after a long career in the transportation profession, has kindly donated copies of the 14 editions he edited between 1979 and 1983 which we have digitized for your perusal. There are many interesting articles of the time such as the conversion to metric, celebrations of new rapid transit systems in Edmonton, Toronto, and Calgary, and the introduction of traffic collision database systems. Like today, Sections were given the chance to share news from their local activities and ITE members were featured. We invite you to browse this resource which we hope to grow in the coming years. If you have any copies of Transportation Talk in your archives, please contact us.
Vol. 1, No. 1 – March 1979
Vol. 1, No. 2 – May 1979
Vol. 1, No. 3 – July 1979
Vol. 1, No. 4 – September 1979
Vol. 1, No. 5 – November 1979
Vol. 1, No. 6 – Christmas 1979
Vol. 2, No. 1 – March 1980
Vol. 2, No. 2 – May 1980
Vol. 2, No. 3 – Sepember 1980
Bill stepped aside as Editor of Transportation Talk when he left Canada to earn a Ph.D.in transportation engineering at Michigan State University. He returned to Canada and his editing duties in 1982.
Vol. 4, No. 3 – November 1982
Vol. 5, No. 1 – March 1983
Vol. 5, No. 2 – May 1983
Vol. 5, No. 3 – July 1983
Bill Sproule returned to the United States in the fall of 1983 and handed over the reigns of Transportation Talk. Thank you Bill for your generous contribution to ITE Canada District’s archival records!
