Good Roads is pleased to offer the following study tours as part of the 2026 Conference. Please register for the tours here.
Experience Toronto’s evolving cycling network firsthand on this guided study tour through the city’s waterfront and downtown core. Beginning at Bay and Wellington, participants will be equipped with bikes and helmets before setting out on a curated route highlighting recent investments in active transportation and public realm design.
The ride will travel along Bay Street, the Martin Goodman Trail, and the Cherry Street trail, with stops that showcase innovative infrastructure and placemaking.
At Biidaasige Park, representatives from Waterfront Toronto will discuss the park’s construction, ecological restoration features, and design vision, with time for participants to explore the site. The tour will then continue to The Esplanade, where City staff will highlight the Market Street cycle track extension, accessibility improvements, construction coordination, and future plans for David Crombie Park.
The tour concludes at Scott and Front Streets, offering participants a practical, on-the-ground look at how Toronto is building a safer, more connected cycling city.
Helmets and bikes to be provided by the City of Toronto.
Go behind the scenes at Miller Paving’s Scarborough asphalt plant for an in-depth look at how hot mix asphalt (HMA) is produced, from raw materials to the trucks that deliver it to municipal roads.
This guided tour will walk participants step-by-step through the asphalt production process. Highlights include aggregate stockpiles and asphalt cement (AC) tanks, material loading operations, cold feed bins, the dryer and burner system, the operator control room, baghouse dust collection, storage silos, and truck loading. Participants will also visit the on-site quality control (QC) laboratory to see how mix designs are tested, verified, and documented, right down to the tickets that ensure traceability and compliance.
A special focus will be placed on reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP): how RAP stockpiles are managed, processed, and tested, and what best practices enable higher RAP incorporation in municipal paving projects. Attendees will engage in practical discussion on how HMA plants and municipalities can collaborate to expand RAP use while maintaining performance, durability, and environmental standards.
This tour offers a rare, practical look at the operational, technical, and sustainability considerations that shape modern asphalt production.
Lunch will be provided by Good Roads.
Union Station is the gateway to the region and is undergoing much needed modernization while preserving heritage features to meet transit needs now, and in the future. A tour at CIBC Square’s fourth floor park will provide an eastern and western vantage point to highlight progress happening in and around the station and rail corridor to support the creation of a network that has the capacity to deliver two-way, all-day service every 15 minutes or better along core segments of the GO rail network as well as enabling works for the Ontario Line. The tour will also touch on bus and rail operations today and discuss how we work with local communities through construction.
The tour will highlight important aspects of the P3 model employed at Union Station and how P3s have contributed to the success of modernization and enhancement projects.
Please be mindful that as lunch will not be provided on this tour, we encourage delegates to eat beforehand.
Discover how Metrolinx is building the future of Toronto’s transit on this guided walk of the Don Yard area, one of the largest construction zones of the Ontario Line, and the nearby Corktown Station area. At the Don Yard, you’ll learn how this pivotal site will connect underground tunnels to the aboveground Lakeshore East rail corridor. This is also where the line’s first two tunnel boring machines will complete their six kilometre journey from Exhibition Station. Just steps away, explore the Distillery District and the neighbourhoods surrounding the future Corktown Station and get an inside look at how this major transit project is reshaping Toronto’s east end.
Lunch will be provided by Good Roads.
Please register for the tours here.
