Cost and Constructability of Permafrost Test Sections Along the Alaska Highway, Yukon
A significant amount of Yukon’s highway infrastructure is constructed on warm, ice-rich permafrost interlaced with ice wedges. Reconstruction of the North Alaska Highway 10-15 years ago...
Session title: SOIL STABILIZATION FOR CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Donna Reimchen, Guy Doré, Daniel Fortier, Bill Stanley, Robin Walsh
2009
Cycle Track Concepts for Burlington ON: Design Lessons from Apeldoorn NL
Burlington (ON) has just completed an update to their Cycling Master Plan but with a Dutch twist—their twin city Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, sent one of their bikeway traffic engineers, Mr....
Session title: RETHINKING THE GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF FACILITIES FOR VULNERABLE ROAD USERS
Organizers: Geometric Design Standing Committee
Authors: Norma Moores
2009
Design and Development of a Methodology to Estimate Urban Container Truck Traffic
This paper describes a methodology to estimate container truck traffic volume to help understand the effects of this traffic on transportation engineering and planning issues in urban inland ports...
Session title: URBAN FREIGHT MOVEMENT AND TRADE GATEWAYS: CHANGING THE PARADIGM
Organizers: Urban Transportation Council
Authors: Garreth Rempel, Jeannette Montufar
2009
DESIGN OF CAMPBELL ROAD OVERPASS IN KELOWNA
Campbell Road interchange is located on Highway 97 at Campbell Road, which is at the western end of the William R. Bennett (WRB) Bridge in Kelowna. The new interchange will improve traffic flow...
Session title: BRIDGES IN A CLIMATE OF CHANGE (A)
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Yulin Gao, Samson Chan
2009
DESIGN OF TEMPLETON OVERPASS FOR THE CANADA LINE
The Canada Line is a 19 km rapid transit line connecting Downtown Vancouver with Richmond and the Vancouver International Airport (YVR). The airport section of the Canada Line includes a 1.8 km at...
Session title: BRIDGES IN A CLIMATE OF CHANGE (A)
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Yulin Gao, Samson Chan, Roger Woodhead
2009
Development of a Dynamic Transit Signal Priority Strategy
Transit Signal Priority (TSP) is a popular strategy used to enhance the performance of transit systems by modifying the signal control logic to give transit vehicles priority at signalized...
Session title: Reducing the Carbon Footprint through Traffic Management
Organizers: Traffic Operations & Management Standing Committee
Authors: Wael Ekeila, Tarek Sayed, Mohamed El Esawey
2009
Development of a Framework for Determining Minimum Testing Interval Requirements for Network Level Skid Testing
As transportation agencies begin to shift the ownership and ultimate responsibility of their civil infrastructure assets such as highway networks and toll roads from the agency to the private...
Session title: INNOVATIONS IN PAVEMENT MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Amir Abd El Halim, Susan Tighe
2009
Dossier de candidature au prix de réalisation environnementale 2008 soumis à l’Association des transports du Canada
Comment concilier la cohabitation entre un milieu naturel, un boulevard à forte circulation et des quartiers résidentiels, de même que l’entrecroisement des cyclistes, de la faune, des...
Session title: 2008 TAC Environmental Achievement Award Nominations
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors: Yves Bédard, Daniel Trottier
2009
Eco-Street: Quantifying Energy Efficiency of Roads over Their Lifespan
The objective of this paper was to investigate the practicality and benefits of applying theoretically proposed environmental competency measures to the construction of roads, with LEED standards...
Session title: SUSTAINABILITY IN DEVELOPMENT AND GEOMETRIC DESIGN FOR ROADWAYS
Organizers: Geometric Design Standing Committee
Authors: Rielle Haichert, John Coode, Atish Bajpai, Curtis Berthelot
2009
Ecolobus Service in Old Québec
Session title: 2008 TAC SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORTATION AWARD NOMINATIONS
Organizers: Urban Transportation Council
Authors: Hervé Chapon
2009