The City of Toronto is working to make travel by bike safer and more inviting, which helps ease congestion, creates a cleaner environment, and promotes physical activity. One way the City is working towards this goal is by upgrading and renewing existing parts of the network to improve safety through the Quick Build Program. Upgrades and renewals typically include implementing new line markings, bundling with state-of-good repair road or water projects, or standalone cycling or intersection improvements.
Join us to learn more about the program and the possible application in our local context.
Simran Patel
Simran Patel is a Transportation Technologist in the Cycling and Pedestrian Projects unit at the City of Toronto. She is involved in designing cycling infrastructure for various projects throughout the City. She has been working in the transportation sector for over three years, with experience in active transportation, preliminary design and planning, traffic signal and roadway design, traffic modelling and construction staging. Simran graduated from the University of Waterloo’s Civil Engineering Program with a Bachelor of Applied Science in 2020. Prior to joining the City in May 2022, Simran worked as a Transportation Designer at AECOM working on roadway design, utility plans and construction staging plans.
Zach Wang
Zach works at the City of Toronto’s Planning, Delivery and Management (PDM) Section’s Civil Construction Unit. The unit works on the delivery of construction projects via a roster of contractors for various partner units within the PDM section (i.e. Neighborhood Projects, Cycling and Pedestrian Projects, Vision Zero Projects).
Prior to joining the City in February of 2023, Zach worked as a Project Engineer in the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario’s (MTO) Project Delivery Office.
Zach graduated from the University of Toronto’s Civil Engineering program with a Bachelor of Applied Science in 2019. Upon graduating, he joined the MTO as a part of the Engineering Development Program (EDP). During his time in the EDP, he had the opportunity to explore and work in various offices including Construction Operations, ITS, Contract Traffic Engineering, and Structural Engineering.
