IMPROVED ROAD SAFETY THROUGH REAL-TIME ADVANCE WARNING SYSTEMS
Despite significant improvements during the past 20 years, traffic collisions continue to be the biggest transportation safety problem in Canada. Investments in Intelligent Transportation Systems...
Session title: TRAVEL SPEED MANAGEMENT
Organizers: Geometric Design Standing Committee, Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors: . Lam, J.K, Craig, P, Tai, K, Browne, R
2007
Improving Saskatchewan’s Highways through Federal-Provincial Partnerships
The National Highway System (NHS) provides the foundation of our entire transportation network and supports economic activity on a national, regional and provincial basis by tying together major...
Session title: ECONOMICS OF ROAD SAFETY INVESTMENTS
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee, Traffic Operations & Management Standing Committee
Authors: Judd, C, Belluz, L, Stearns, D, Czernick, J
2007
INNOVATIVE MEANS OF COMPLETING THE FORGOTTEN COMPONENT OF RAPID TRANSIT PLANNING: TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
Many municipalities in North America are in the process of initiating the development of or enhancing existing rapid transit systems (Bus Rapid Transit, Light Rail Transit (LRT), and/or Heavy Rail...
Session title: RAPID TRANSIT PLANNING : A GROWTH MANAGEMENT TOOL
Organizers: Transportation Planning & Research Standing Committee
Authors: Lambert, B, Dyer, G
2007
Le boulevard Daniel-Johnson: un corridor urbain à la mesure des besoins de la collectivité
Dans le cadre de son programme de réfection de la chaussée, la Ville de Laval s’est interrogée sur la nécessité de conserver le gabarit actuel du boulevard DanielJohnson. Ce boulevard...
Session title: CANDIDATURES AU PRIX DE RÉALISATION EN TRANSPORTS URBAINS DURABLES DE L'ATC DE 2006
Organizers: Urban Transportation Council
Authors:
2007
Low-volume road grading maintenance management: New Zealand experience with a Canadian system
Like Canada, New Zealand leans heavily on a handful of primary industries. The health of those industries in turn depends on low volume roads (LVR). Over 45% of the national New Zealand road...
Session title: PRESERVING LOW-VOLUME ROAD INVESTMENTS
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee, Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Douglas, R.A, Pidwerbesky, B, Mercier, S
2007
L’intelligence artificielle au service du déglaçage des chaussées
Nous définirons au cours de cette présentation ce qu’est un réseau de neurones et comment on peut, à partir des informations qui y circulent, générer un modèle mathématique qui permette d...
Session title: SYSTÈMES DE GESTION À L'APPUI DE LA PRISE DE DÉCISIONS POUR L'ENTRETIEN HIVERNAL ET ESTIVAL DES ROUTES
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Fournaise, Y
2007
MacDonald Bridge Rehabilitation TAC Environmental Achievement Award Submission
Just before the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers, where Fort Calgary, an 1863 Northwest Mounted Police post, keeps watch over the water, stands the MacDonald Bridge. Since 1911, the...
Session title: 2006 TAC ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors:
2007
Making Context Sensitive Design an Everyday Part Of Geometric Design Practice
At the last TAC meeting in 2006 in Charlottetown, a full morning was devoted to a workshop on Context Sensitive Design (CSD) practices. Nearly 100 people participated in the workshop. Four...
Session title: APPLIED HUMAN FACTORS IN THE GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF ROADS
Organizers: Geometric Design Standing Committee
Authors: Collings, J
2007
Manitoba Floodway Expansion Project Bridge Replacement
The Red River Floodway around the City of Winnipeg was constructed in the 1960s as a result of a major flood event in 1950, which required the evacuation of over 100,000 people, flooding of 10,000...
Session title: BRIDGES - ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LINKAGES (B)
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Ulyatt, N
2007
MDSS—the U.S. Success Story
The purpose of this paper is to capture the current state of development of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Maintenance Decision Support Systems (MDSS), deployment of MDSS by vendors and...
Session title: MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT WINTER AND SUMMER ROAD MAINTENANCE DECISION-MAKING
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Smithson, L.D
2007