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Jennifer Keesmaat
August 16, 2018
A group of colleagues and I set up the Transit Alliance back in 2011 to educate the public on the need for dedicated transit funding and […]
November 9, 2017
As of Friday, Nov. 10, street parking will no longer be allowed between Jarvis and Bathurst along King Street. This is part of the King St […]
October 26, 2017
In a few weeks, King St. in downtown Toronto will become a transit-first corridor, catering to the roughly 65,000 people who commute using public transportation every […]
September 1, 2017
Come September, Torontonians will see a different kind of city council. An election is coming in a year’s time, which means that politicians now have to […]
August 29, 2017
Toronto Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat has announced she will be leaving her position with the city as of Sept. 29th “to pursue other interests.” “It’s been an honour […]
July 28, 2017
The staff at Women’s Post like to describe the organization as a social enterprise designed to help promote women and their various initiatives across the Canada. […]
July 26, 2017
The Transit Alliance held a mixer with over 100 of its members on Tuesday night — with a very special guest! Toronto Mayor John Tory stopped […]
July 6, 2017
Toronto Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat was a guest at the Transit Alliance seminar on alternative financing and public-private partnerships. She took a moment during the networking […]
June 19, 2017
PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE TRANSIT ALLIANCE “The Transit Alliance supports Toronto’s Executive Committee’s plan to push forward the King St. Pilot Study, which would see the […]
May 19, 2017
Thursday, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and city staff made their second presentation on the King St. Pilot, a plan that will hopefully alleviate congestion along […]
February 16, 2017
King Street is not only one of the busiest inner-city roads in Toronto, it is one of the most hectic routes in the entire country. When […]
February 2, 2017
Toronto Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat was the keynote speaker at the Transit Alliance’s first (and hopefully annual) Green Cities breakfast. The purpose of the event was […]
January 27, 2017
At the Transit Alliance’s Green Cities conference, Toronto Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat made an important announcement: the City of Toronto has officially launched the King Street […]
January 25, 2017
On Jan. 25, over 300 people entered the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library to discuss and debate this question: How do we […]
January 2, 2017
Happy New Year! With the beginning of 2017, the Transit Alliance can’t help but think back to the incredibly successful year we had in 2016. Tolls […]
December 1, 2016
The Transit Alliance invited Toronto Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat to a members-only dinner, held on Nov. 31, to discuss issues relevant to city building, transit, and […]
October 28, 2016
Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto Chief Planner, spoke candidly at the 2016 Toronto Region Vision Summit about expectations when it comes to city building. City building takes time. […]
September 16, 2016
The Greater Toronto Area is facing a “Transit renaissance,” but can we maintain it? That was one of the questions posed to a panel of special […]
July 14, 2016
At the Toronto Region Vision Summit, Toronto Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat discussed the need for an over-arching ‘motherlode’ transit plan and how to transform the way […]
June 2, 2016
Wednesday, Toronto City Planner Jennifer Keesmaat bravely fielded questions from Twitter on her “motherlode” transit plan. Most of the questions were directed towards the Relief Line, […]
May 10, 2016
Toronto Chief City Planner Jennifer Keesmaat is once again out in the press talking about her big motherlode transit plan. Tuesday, she stood in front of an […]