HIGHWAY EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTION OVER SOFT SOILS IN THE LOWER MAINLAND OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
This paper describes the successful construction of new highway embankments over soft soils alongside existing high-traffic volume highways in the Greater Vancouver area of British Columbia....
Session title: SLOPE AND EMBANKMENT ENGINEERING FOR CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: C.N.Weech, D.R. Lister
2009
Host City Olympic Transportation Plan (HCOTP) for the 2010 Winter Games
The Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are the biggest events to occur in the history of the City of Vancouver, with more than a quarter of a million visitors and 10,000 media...
Session title: REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT THROUGH TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
Organizers: Traffic Operations & Management Standing Committee
Authors: Dale Bracewell
2009
Impact of Intercity Trucking on Urban Environment Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Case Study
Trucking is the dominant mode for transportation of goods in Ontario. More than 200,000 trucks travel on Ontario highways every day and carry about $3 billion worth of goods. As many as 40,000...
Session title: URBAN FREIGHT MOVEMENT AND TRADE GATEWAYS: CHANGING THE PARADIGM
Organizers: Urban Transportation Council
Authors: Selva Sureshan
2009
Impacts de l’évolution des façons de faire en matière de collecte et de traitement des données de circulation
Durant les 25 dernières années, la collecte et le traitement des données de circulation ont subi une évolution très importante autant sur le plan du contenu que sur le plan du contenant. Sur le...
Session title: BONNES PRATIQUES DE PLANIFICATION DES TRANSPORTS URBAINS : MESURER LES CHANGEMENTS (B)
Organizers: Transportation Planning & Research Standing Committee
Authors: Jean David
2009
Improvements in Piezoelectric Sensors and WIM Data Collection Technology
Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) technology has been applied in traffic monitoring and weight enforcement, pavement design protocols, pavement management, and transportation safety for approximately fifty...
Session title: INNOVATIONS IN PAVEMENT MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Xiaohua Jiang , Shahram H. Vaziri , Carl Haas, Leo Rothenburg, Gerhard Kennepohl, Ralph Haas
2009
Incorporating Recycled Concrete Aggregate in Pervious Concrete Pavements
Pervious concrete is a green alternative to conventional pavements with minimal fine aggregate and high void content. Pervious concrete allows water to infiltrate through the pavement thereby...
Session title: PAVEMENT EVALUATION, PERFORMANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Rabiah Rizvi, Susan L. Tighe, Jodi Norris, Vimy Henderson
2009
Initiatives visant l'amélioration de la sécurité routière
Session title: CANDIDATURES AU PRIX D'INGÉNIERIE EN SÉCURITÉ ROUTIÈRE DE L'ATC DE 2008
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors:
2009
INTEGRATED REGIONAL SIGNAL SYSTEM BENEFITS OF REGIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL TIMING
Traffic signal management systems have been proven to demonstrate significant benefits from the coordination of traffic signal operations. However, with the continued growth of the various urban...
Session title: TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
Organizers: Traffic Operations & Management Standing Committee
Authors: Joseph K. Lam, Keenan Kitasaka
2009
Integrating Frequent Transit Service & Corridor-based Transit Supportive Environments in the Metro Vancouver Region
Frequent transit networks have been developed in a number of metropolitan areas in North America, Australia, and Europe. TransLink has recently introduced a Frequent Transit Network (...
Session title: LESSONS LEARNED IN INTEGRATING TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE
Organizers: Urban Transportation Council
Authors: Lyle Walker, Lee‐Ann Garnett, Ray Kan, Peter Klitz
2009
Kicking Horse Cantilever Structure
The largest cantilever roadway structure in B.C was completed in 2007 on the Trans-Canada Highway approximately 10 km east of Golden in the Kicking Horse Canyon. In September 2004, Emil Anderson...
Session title: BRIDGES IN A CLIMATE OF CHANGE (B)
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Bruce Hamersley, Keith Mitchell, Brian Borton
2009