January 2016. This joint report by TAF, the MaRS Discovery District, and Coop Carbone assesses the potential for microtransit to drive carbon emission reductions in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and the Greater Montreal Area. The study also identifies key factors that will influence the adoption of microtransit and the approaches needed to […]
Issue: Transportation
Low-Carbon Policy Priorities
March 2015. This TAF report identifies best practices in low-carbon policy advocacy as well as a selection of high impact policy opportunities at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. The research was intended primarily to guide TAF’s future funding and program priorities, and is therefore focused on policy options which would have a significant impact […]
TAF FleetWise EV300 Report
Janaury 2015. Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. The final FleetWise report documents findings from the electric vehicle (EV) usage in sixteen fleets in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). TAF’s ground-breaking FleetWise EV300 Program was a comprehensive, incentivized program to help public and private organizations shift portions of their fleets to plug-in hybrids and […]
Twelve Lessons on Excellence in Advancing Policy Reform
January 2015. This brief presents twelve key lessons TAF has learned from past policy advocacy and grant-making experiences. We hope this can guide policy advocates towards best practices and stimulate discussion among other grantmakers to support policy reform.
FleetCarma FleetWise EV300 Project Report
January 2013. FleetCarma, a division of CrossChasm Technologies, partnered with TAF for FleetWise EV300 project to lay the groundwork for the adoption of electric vehicles (EV) for corporate vehicle fleets in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. By installing a data logger in conventional fleet vehicles, FleetCarma monitored driving patterns and performance. The data was […]
ClimateSpark Report Social Venture Challenge
January 2012. City of Toronto. The ClimateSpark Social Venture Challenge identified and supported a number of social ventures in the Toronto area that offered significant carbon emissions reduction potential through scaled-up product or service delivery. The final report recaps the contest development and the core partnerships, as well as providing more detail on each of […]
