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David Jeanes
David Jeanes' engineering career in high-tech, (specifically research and
development for corporate, national, and global data networks), and his
volunteer career, (as a researcher and executive in public transportation
advocacy), both span 32 years. Though retired from the high-tech industry,
he is still a professional engineer, and remains very active in his role
as
president of the national advocacy group, Transport 2000 Canada.
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Tim Lane
Tim Lane rode the streetcars to school in the 1950's. He worked for Bell
Northern Research, and its successor,
Nortel, for 28 years. He became involved with promoting better
public transit in Ottawa in 1994. His efforts contributed to the
start up and success of Ottawa's O-Train system. He has since
been active with the Friends of the O-Train, promoting cost
effective solutions to Ottawa's transit problems.
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David Gladstone
David Gladstone holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Engineering and has
worked for the Department of National Defence for 29 years. He has been
actively involved in Ottawa planning and transportation issues since 1993,
including supporting the development of the succesful O-Train light rail
transit service. He founded Friends of the O-Train in 1996 with the
objective of maintaining and expanding this transit service in order to
complement bus service on shared and dedicated roads. He was a founding
member of the City of Ottawa's Pedestrian and Transit Advisory Committee
and is Associate Editor of the Centretown BUZZ.
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Klaus Beltzner
Klaus worked in the federal government for 20 years, and the
next 20 years as an international management consultant.
Klaus holds a B.Sc (McGill) M.Math. (Waterloo) and MBA (Ottawa).
Klaus has been active with the Friends of the O-Train since October,
2006.
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Ron Rancourt
Ron is an IT worker for the Federal Government. He has been active in
promoting sustainable transportation and green space preservation in
the Ottawa region. Currently he is coordinator for a new college
course on converting gas vehicles to electric power.
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Harry Gow
Harry Gow, (Chelsea, Québec) is a former U. of Ottawa criminology teacher
now working on rail and transit as a consultant, a recall of early work
for
Canadian Pacific Railway. He recently served on the Ottawa Mayor's Task
Force on Transport. He is the President of les Transports Collectifs des
Collines and was co-founder of Transport 2000 Canada.
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