Development of Tools to Evaluate Quiet Pavements in the Laboratory and Field
Road traffic noise is becoming a major public concern. While there have been many claims of noise reduction from different agencies over the years, there was limited conclusive documentation and...
Session title: QUIET PAVEMENTS: REDUCING NOISE AND VIBRATION
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee, Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Leung, Y.F, Tighe, S, MacDonald, G
2006
DEVELOPMENT OF WINTER SEVERITY INDICATOR MODELS FOR CANADIAN WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE
This paper discusses the development of two winter severity indicator models that will be used to evaluate the relative harshness of a winter in comparison with a base period, by using...
Session title: SUCCESS IN ROAD SALT MANAGEMENT
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors: Suggett, J, Hadayeghi, A, Mills, B, Andrey, J
2006
Drive West - A Multi-Agency Approach to Traveller Information
In 2004, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was established between the
Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia (BC) and Parks Canada to set the
framework for a collaborative and...
Session title: Road Monitoring and Traveller Information System Benefits for Maintenance and Construction
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Griffiths, S., Peters, B.
2006
Effectiveness of Pre-wetting Strategy for Snow and Ice Control on Highways
Maintaining bare pavement conditions under winter storms is critical to the safe and expedient flow of road traffic in Canada. One of the principal snow and ice control methods is the application...
Session title: SUCCESS IN ROAD SALT MANAGEMENT
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors: Sooklall, R, Fu, L, Perchanok, M.S
2006
En ville, sans ma voiture!
Session title: CANDIDATURES AU PRIX DE RÉALISATION ENVIRONNEMENTALE DE L’ATC DE 2005
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors:
2006
EVALUATION AND MITIGATION OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT TOP-DOWN CRACKING
Top-down cracking has become an asphalt surface course distress of growing concern that must be dealt with during the design, construction, maintenance, and resurfacing of long-life asphalt...
Session title: ASSESSMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE CONDITION OF MATERIALS
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Emery, J.J
2006
Evaluation of Work Zone Strategies and User Delay Costs Associated with Strategies and Treatments
The transportation sector is an integral part of the local, provincial and national economies.
There are three important issues, including mobility, safety and economics, which must be...
Session title: Road Monitoring and Traveler Information System Benefits for Maintenance and Construction
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Hein, K., Ren, S., Tighe, S., McCabe, B.
2006
Fine-graded Stone Mastic Asphalt – Pavement Rehabilitation of Bloomington Road (York Region Road 40)
Bloomington Road is a two-lane roadway that carries more than 10,000 AADT with approximately 10 % heavy commercial vehicle mostly hauling aggregate to the Greater Toronto Area. Prior to...
Session title: QUIET PAVEMENTS: REDUCING NOISE AND VIBRATION
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee, Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Croteau, JM, Hanasoge, N
2006
Glenmore Trail/Elbow Drive/5 Street SW Interchange – Managing Traffic on Calgary’s Largest Interchange Project
The Glenmore Trail/Elbow Drive/5 Street SW Interchange has been on The City of
Calgary’s transportation improvements list for nearly 30 years. In late 2003, City
Council...
Session title: Road Monitoring and Traveler Information System Benefits for Maintenance and Construction
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Halford, J.
2006
Helping Build A Sustainable Future By Constructing Roadways with Portland Cement Concrete Pavement
Portland cement concrete pavement (PCCP) has long been known as a long lasting, durable pavement surface with low maintenance costs. Although Life Cycle Cost analysis components are being...
Session title: WALKING THE TALK: SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION IMPLEMENTATION, PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS
Organizers: Sustainable Transportation Standing Committee
Authors: Smith, T
2006