Ticket to rideGO Transit CEO Gary McNeil explains the advantage of using strategically based stations, and shares the companyÔÇÖs expansion plans with Jenn Monroe. The price of fuel should make public transportation an attractive choice for travel in major metropolitan areas such as Toronto, Ontario, but unlike in the 1970s, todayÔÇÖs consumers do not seem to be driving much less than usual.

Flight plansIn less than six years, GA Telesis has grown to become a worldwide presence in the aircraft business. CEO Abdol Moabery told Ruari McCallion how it got there and how it plans to continue to grow. The aircraft industry was showing signs of market decline before 9/11, but that disaster brought air travel to a juddering halt, directly affecting not only the airlines, but associated businesses. It may seem strange, then, to start a business to serve airlines and the aircraft industry shortly afterwards.

Top coachCoach USA is growing profitability through focusing on core services and delivering customer satisfaction. CEO Dale Moser spoke to Ruari McCallion. ItÔÇÖs not often you encounter a company that is happy with revenues 50 percent down on six years ago . . . . . .┬ábut Dale Moser, chief executive officer of Coach USA, is quite happy. ÔÇ£Our revenues are half what they were but weÔÇÖre more profitable,ÔÇØ he said. For over a year after 9/11, air travel was significantly down and passengers looked for other methods of transportation.

Good businessAs befits a firm of engineering, environmental and scientific consultants, Jacques Whitford is committed to sustainability and to the development of its people.

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A building to match┬áThough a city of just one million people, Edmonton has long been home to a thriving arts community. As Keith Regan learns, the Art Gallery of AlbertaÔÇÖs New Vision project is meant to give that community a world-class home for the visual arts. In recent years, the city of Edmonton, Alberta, has built a new performing arts center and has seen its downtown cultural and arts scene gain momentum.

Looking to lead┬áSenior executives Remco Daal and Cheryl Gray tell Martin Ashcroft how CanadaÔÇÖs largest real estate services company is leading the market with proactive initiatives in sustainability. ÔÇ£If youÔÇÖre not building to a LEED standard of some sort, youÔÇÖre not thinking ahead,ÔÇØ says Remco Daal, president and chief operating officer of Bentall LP, CanadaÔÇÖs largest real estate services company.

The Richmond Oval, built for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in nearby Vancouver, will benefit the City of Richmond long after the games are over, Alan Nicholson tells John OÔÇÖHanlonWhen Vancouver was selected to host the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the City of Richmond, located on the south side of the Fraser River from Vancouver, made an agreement to construct the Oval to host the long-track speed skating events. Richmond decided to build a stunning facility that would meet the long-term recreational needs of the population.

As Keith Regan learns, Dimeo Construction believes in constantly evolving and improving how it manages projects, as the Ocean House waterfront mixed-use project exemplifies Dimeo Construction knows that when project owners tap it to serve as construction manager or lead contractor, they are looking to the firm to help take risk out of the project. Providence, Rhode Island-based Dimeo has been doing that for almost 79 years, serving the institutional, higher education and commercial and mixed-use markets from branch offices in Boston and New Haven.