Traffic Calming Achieved Using Street Beautification in the Village of Alton Streetscaping Project
Queen Street and Main Street in the Village of Alton, in the Town of Caledon, ON serves two distinctly different purposes.
For locals and tourists, Main Street and Queen Street serve as...
Session title: Improving Safety Through Speed Management (S)
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors: O’Sullivan, D.J., Kabanov, S.
2019
Truck Platooning: Future of the Freight Industry
As the name implies “Truck Platooning” is the formation of a platoon of trucks on highways following each other at established close distances by communicating with each other through smart...
Session title: Innovative Solutions to Enhance Goods Movement (S)
Organizers: Transportation Planning & Research Standing Committee
Authors: Khan, M.
2019
Use of gINT Databases to Analyze 3D Spatial Slope Stability
The use of database applications such as gINT to manage site borehole data in geotechnical consulting practice has become common. Such databases reduce the potential cost of future site...
Session title: Innovations in Geotechnical and Materials Engineering (S)
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Fredlund, M., Loubier, N., Myhre, T., Ivkovic, Z.
2019
Utility Trench Restoration: Strategies and Performance in Low-Volume Urban Roads
Trenching through existing asphalt pavements is a necessity for the installation and maintenance of utilities in most urban areas. This paper will outline expected and observed performance from...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies (S)
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Gallant, L., Miranda, R., Roufail, A., LeDrew, L., Torresan, A.
2019
VISSIM Microsimulation Analysis of Truck Signal Priority
Freight transportation is an important element supporting the Canadian economy. For example, the Region of Peel in Ontario generates more than 48% of all industrial and commercial taxes from...
Session title: New Horizons in Using Technology to Enhance Transportation
Organizers:
Authors: Rampure, R., Gingerich, K., Park, P.Y.
2019
4th Avenue Flyover Project Overview
As a demonstration project of the Pedestrian Strategy, The City of Calgary collaborated with students from Langevin School, the University of Calgary’s Landscape Architecture program,...
Session title: 2018 TAC Educational Achievement Award
Organizers: Education & Human Resources Development Council
Authors: Chapman, J.
2018
A Study in Practice: Evaluating the Life Expectancy of an MSE Wall with Steel Strip Reinforcement
In over 50 years since the invention of Reinforced Earth walls, structures have been designed to
fulfill a variety of retaining solutions for infrastructure projects, as well as mining,...
Session title: Structures
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Mirmirani, S., Rrokaj, T.
2018
A Study on Pavement Network Condition and Reporting in the Province of Alberta Through a Questionnaire Survey
Government agencies such as municipalities own several lane kilometers of roadways all in varying
conditions depending on their traffic loads, environment, material types, and construction...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Newstead, B., Hashemian, L., Bayat, A.
2018
A Transverse Pavement Macro-Texture Performance Index for Network-Level Safety Evaluations
Session title: UTILIZATION OF STRATEGIC ASSET MANAGEMENT TO ASSIST IN THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ACROSS ASSET CLASSES
Organizers:
Authors: Kargah-Ostadi, N.
2018
Alignment of Weight Restrictions on Nine-Month Primary Highways to Mitigate Climate Impacts of Earlier Spring
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Highway and Infrastructure (MHI) has a highway vehicle weight management system to maximize highway infrastructure utilization for economic activities while...
Session title: Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Solutions for Transportation Design and Construction
Organizers: Integrated Committee on Climate Change
Authors: Imran, S., Lui, A.
2018
