Redevelopment of Canada’s Second Busiest Border Crossing – An Exercise in Consensus Building
Over the last two decades, Canada and the US have developed the largest bilateral trading partnership in the world. Commercial and passenger traffic crossing the border has increased so...
Session title: GEOMETRIC DESIGN FOR BETTER BORDER CROSSINGS
Organizers: Geometric Design Standing Committee
Authors: Chiu, M, Teft, E
2006
REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PEACE BRIDGE PLAZA AND BORDER CROSSING AT FORT ERIE, CANADA
This paper outlines the design and construction of improvements to the Peace Bridge Border Crossing at Fort Erie, Ontario. The paper briefly describes the evolution of the Border Crossing from its...
Session title: GEOMETRIC DESIGN FOR BETTER BORDER CROSSINGS
Organizers: Geometric Design Standing Committee
Authors: Tansley, G.D
2006
Resolving Network Hierarchy with an Unconventional Core C/D Highway Concept, Highway 63, Fort McMurray.
Highway 63 through Fort McMurray is the Provincial Highway linking south-central Alberta with the oil-sands north of Fort McMurray and the only link between the downtown Fort McMurray core and...
Session title: RECONCILING NETWORK HIERARCHY AND TRAFFIC CALMING REQUESTS
Organizers: Traffic Operations & Management Standing Committee
Authors: Devos, H, Rebus, B, Furtado, G
2006
Review of Alternate Bid Tenders for Canadian Highway Construction Projects with Life Cycle Cost Component
The use of alternate bids with life cycle cost as part of the tender process for pavement choice evaluation has been evolving in Canada since the first contract tendered in 2001. This paper will...
Session title: CURRENT ISSUES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Smith, T, Fung, R
2006
Road Condition Weather Information Systems Automatically Feeds Travellers’ Road Information Portal at the Ministry of Transportation, Ontario
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has implemented a comprehensive winter
Road Condition Weather Information System (RCWIS) to provide highway maintenance
staff with the...
Session title: Road Monitoring and Traveller Information System Benefits for Maintenance and Construction
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: McClintock, H., Barbetti, L.
2006
Road Construction Waste: To Landfill or to Recycle? There is no Question!
The City of Vancouver is a fully developed city with a population of over 500,000 and is currently undergoing significant urban renewal. Vancouver City Council, City staff and residents are...
Session title: 2005 TAC ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors: Bremner, P.
2006
Roadbase Reconsolidation
Session title: 2005 TAC ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors: Fromhart, R.
2006
Safety Performance Assessment of Freeway Interchanges, Ramps, and Ramp Terminals
The paper describes the development of new safety performance functions for interchanges, ramps and ramp terminals for Ontario freeways, using negative binomial regression modelling that relates...
Session title: ROAD SAFETY ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee, Traffic Operations & Management Standing Committee
Authors: Parajuli, B, Persaud, B, Lyon, C, Munro, J
2006
Safety Risk Management in Large Diameter Modern Roundabout Applications
Modern roundabouts are a relatively new intersection treatment in Canada, particularly in the highway context. However, their use is on the rise due to the increasingly recognized safety and...
Session title: ROAD SAFETY ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee, Traffic Operations & Management Standing Committee
Authors: Wilson, C, Dilgir, R, Zein, S.R
2006
Salt Management in Alberta Highway Maintenance Yards
Alberta has recently revised the standards to which highway maintenance yards are managed, particularly with respect to salt and other ice control chemicals. The intent is to bring the management...
Session title: SUCCESS IN ROAD SALT MANAGEMENT
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors: Hood,T, Becker,T
2006