Monday, June 28, 2010

Toronto, Detroit, and the Great Lakes border crossings

After our trip to Vancouver, we took a few weeks to finish up our end-of-term requirements and then packed our bags for an exciting trip to Toronto, Ontario, Detroit, and the Great Lakes region border crossings.

Here was our agenda:
1) Travel to Detroit, cross the border, and drive to Toronto
2) Explore Toronto, ride transit, get a feel for the city
3) Meet with Matt Roorda and others from the University of Toronto
4) Meet with Julia Salvini at Metrolinx
5) Meet with Bill Anderson and others at the University of Windsor
6) Meet with and tour the CBSA crossing at the Ambassador Bridge
7) Explore the area surrounding the Ambassador Bridge
8) Cross the border
9) Meet with the Detroit Chamber of Commerce

We really enjoyed the contrast between Toronto & Vancouver, Metrolinx and TransLink, and the two border regions. Even though the Cascade Gateway is so important in the northwest, we were stunned to see how much larger the Great Lakes crossings are.

More to come on each of our stops . . . .

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