18-kilometre Autoroute 70 Construction Project at Jonquière
Session title: 2002 TAC Environmental Achievement Award
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors: Martel, D.
2003
A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERISING GRANULAR MATERIALS: PROVIDING MATERIAL INPUT FOR PAVEMENT DESIGN
The new 2002 AASHTO Guide for Pavement Design advocates the use of the resilient modulus parameter for the characterization of granular materials used as base and sub-base layers in flexible...
Session title: SUPERPAVE IMPLEMENTATION AND EXPERIENCE IN CANADA
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Khogali, W.E.I, Zeghal, M
2003
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON ROAD SAFETY ANDTECHNOLOGY
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) represents the 30 wealthiest countries in the world. OECD maintains a Transport Research Program to examine issues that are of...
Session title: ROAD SAFETY – WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE CANADA SAFER
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors: Hasson, P, White, J
2003
A METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVELY PRIORITISING TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ON THE BASIS OF SUSTAINABILITY
There is currently a great deal of interest in and discussion of the concept of sustainable transportation. A large number of factors, such as global warming, the Kyoto agreement, increased...
Session title: ROADWAY INVENTORY AND CONDITION RATING DATA FOR EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE DECISION-MAKING
Organizers: Transportation Planning & Research Standing Committee
Authors: Hellinga, B, McNally, R
2003
A Review of the Alberta Performance Measures
Performance measurement is a vital component of asset management which is used in planning and programming to identify assets that are under or over performing and to assess overall agency...
Session title: PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Cowe Falls, L, Jurgens, R
2003
Alberta Guidelines for Upgrading Bridgerails and Approach Guardrail Transitions
Experimental crash testing has demonstrated that static design procedures are inadequate to predict the complex interaction that occurs when an errant vehicle strikes a bridgerail system. As a...
Session title: BRIDGES – ENGINEERING IMPACTING SOCIETY
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Yu, R, Ramsay, B, Clarke, C, Kenny, B
2003
An Intelligent Transportation System Plan for Highway 2 Between Edmonton and Calgary
In response to continuous demand for safe and efficient flow of goods and people, Alberta Transportation has developed a high level vision (ITS Strategic Plan) for implementing Intelligent...
Session title: TRAFFIC OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
Organizers:
Authors: Schnarr, T, Lo, A
2003
Applying Safety and Operational Effects of Highway Design Features to Two-Lane Rural Highways
Background: Rural two-lane highways constitute a majority of the mileage of public roads in the United States. Rural two-lane highways have 40% of the total travel but experience 60% of the...
Session title: ROAD SAFETY – WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE CANADA SAFER
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors: Ranck, F
2003
Bayview Avenue Extension Project
The Bayview Avenue Extension project is a deserving candidate for the 2002 Environmental Achievement Award for its innovative design used to minimize environmental impacts, at the same time,...
Session title: 2002 TAC ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors:
2003
Benchmarking Municipal Roads – the Ontario Experience
The Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA) has for the past several years been encouraging municipalities to adopt performance measurement as a management tool for their roads program. To...
Session title: PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Anderson, B
2003
