Bicycle Access to Downtown Montreal: Investing in a Better Future
The need to facilitate and encourage bicycle access to downtown Montréal has long been a concern expressed by the cycling community. The process that has been initiated by the municipality in...
Session title: EMERGING BEST PRACTICES IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (A)
Organizers: Transportation Planning & Research Standing Committee
Authors: Jolicoeur, M
2005
Bow Corridor Regional Mobility Strategy
The objective of the Strategy was to create an overall framework to absorb or manage the major types and modes of transportation traffic in the Bow Corridor without negatively affecting ecological...
Session title: 2004 TAC ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors:
2005
Constructability of the North Saskatchewan River Bridge
The North Saskatchewan River Bridge (NSRB) is an important river crossing on Alberta’s North South Trade Corridor. It forms part of the South West leg of the Anthony Henday Drive Ring Road...
Session title: INNOVATIONS IN BRIDGE ENGINEERING (B)
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Nima, M, Bassi, P, Middleton, D, Spratlin, M
2005
Contracted Maintenance Services At the Ministry of Transportation, in Ontario
In 1996, the Ministry or Transportation (MTO) began the transition from an in-house delivery of maintenance services to a fully outsourced delivery model. Prior to then, the ministry had...
Session title: BEST PRACTICES IN CONTRACTING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SERVICES – FROM MANAGED OUTSOURCING TO FULL PRIVATE-SECTOR DELIVERY
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: MacLean, M, Gwartz, S, Skinner, S
2005
Costs of Congestion in Canada’s Urban Areas: Methodological Considerations
‘Congestion’ is commonly cited as a major urban ill by the public, politicians and the media. Urban transportation authorities aim continuously to manage (if not altogether eliminate)...
Session title: EMERGING BEST PRACTICES IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING (B)
Organizers: Transportation Planning & Research Standing Committee
Authors: Kriger, D, Joubert, F, Baker, M, Miller, C
2005
COTTON CREEK CULVERT REPLACMENT Integrating Mobility with Environmental Innovation
Years of accidents and negative publicity prompted the BC MoT to reconstruct 6.5 kilometers of existing highway through Moyie Bluffs at the cost of $16M. McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. was...
Session title: 2004 TAC ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors:
2005
CPR TECHNIQUES IN ONTARIO - 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE
In the summer of 1989, the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) undertook the rehabilitation of an exposed concrete pavement exhibiting various distress manifestations. Highway 126 in...
Session title: VERY LONG-TERM LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS OF PAVEMENTS – DETERMINING THE TRUE VALUE OF OUR INVESTMENT (B)
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Kazmierowski, T.J, Chan, S
2005
Crown Street Vancouver’s First Environmentally Sustainable Street
The City of Vancouver has undertaken an exciting new approach to residential street design and storm water management. Vancouver’s Crown Street has recently become the City’s first...
Session title: 2004 TAC ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors:
2005
Dangerous Goods Route Selection Criteria
The movement of Dangerous Goods on the roads through a major city represents a challenge to transportation engineers, enforcement officers, and emergency response personnel. One of these...
Session title: TOWARDS A SAFER ROAD NETWORK
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors: Dilgir, R, Zein, S.R, Popoff, A, Finn, H
2005
Deerfoot Trail Extension – Innovative Approach Leads to Geometric Innovations
The Deerfoot Trail Extension is 11 km of new freeway, which was completed in 2004. The project cost $100M, and extends south from Hwy 22X to the existing Hwy 2 / 2A interchange south of Calgary....
Session title: INNOVATION AND EMERGING ISSUES IN GEOMETRIC DESIGN
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors: Carter, D
2005