I am writing this cover letter to you in regards to Metrolinx Capital Projects Group (Planning) in Toronto. I am interested in this position because ever since I been exposed to societies’ environmental and transportation issues, and Jane Jacob’s principles of urban planning, I developed a strong passion for transportation infrastructures, public transit operations, and effective urban planning, with a vision to design better communities.
I would like to work for Metrolinx because they are one of Canada’s largest transit organizations with an objective to plan public transit to promote sustainable modes of transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), which is also a vision of mine. From establishing the Union Pearson Express and the Eglinton Crosstown LRT to integrating Presto to form a uniform payment method for all transit riders in the GTHA; the work that Metrolinx does along with their plan of the “The Big Move”, has inspired me to bring my knowledge and skills to help Metrolinx build a more accessible and sustainable Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.…