FEASIBILITY OF ALTERNATIVE SALT STORAGE STRUCTURES IN SASKATCHEWAN - NEILBURG CASE STUDY
The focal point of an efficient winter maintenance program is to provide safe driving conditions by breaking the bond between snow/ice and the road to enable traction between tires and the road...
Session title: MEASURING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR DECISION-MAKING IN WINTER MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Lazic, Z, Gerbrandt, R
2004
Guide for the Mechanistic-Empirical Design of New and Rehabilitated Pavement Structures Materials Characterization Is your Agency Ready?
Implementation of the first AASHTO Design Guide in the early 1960’s was a major paradigm shift in the pavement design process and required highway agencies to undertake several efforts over...
Session title: MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION FOR INPUTS INTO AASHTO 2002 GUIDE
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Olidis, C, Hein, D
2004
GUIDELINES FOR SAFETY IMPACTS STUDIES
Road authorities regularly call for the provision of traffic impact studies (TIS) in order to assist in obtaining sufficient information to make decisions. The purpose of a TIS is to assess the...
Session title: HUMAN FACTORS IN ROAD SAFETY ENGINEERING – NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND INITIATIVES
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors: Skene, M, Malone, B, Soldo, E
2004
Heritage Hills Wetlands Project
The Heritage Hills Wetlands project was the first attempt by a Developer and Strathcona County to conserve a naturally occurring wetland in the process of developing a new urban subdivision within...
Session title: INNOVATIONS IN MANAGING ROADWAY RUNOFF TO PROTECT SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER
Organizers: Environment Council
Authors: Girvan, L, Schilbe, D
2004
HIGHWAY SIGNING FOR DRIVERS’ NEEDS
Traffic signing and pavement marking practitioners rely on a number of very useful manuals to assist them in selecting appropriate highway signs and corresponding field installation locations....
Session title: HUMAN FACTORS IN ROAD SAFETY ENGINEERING – NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND INITIATIVES
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors: Smiley, A, Houghton, J
2004
HUMAN FACTORS AND SAFETY IMPACTS OF DELINEATION COUNTERMEASURES ON TWO-LANE RURAL ROADS
A conventional approach to reducing lane departure crashes is to improve path delineation, in particular on curves. Current treatments on two-lane rural highways include permanent raised pavement...
Session title: HUMAN FACTORS IN ROAD SAFETY ENGINEERING – NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND INITIATIVES
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors: Smiley, A, Bahar, G, Persaud, B.N
2004
Implementation of a Bridge Management System In The Province of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Public Works (NSTPW) is responsible for the safety and management of approximately 4000 bridges on the provincial highway system in Nova Scotia. A...
Session title: INNOVATIONS IN BRIDGE ENGINEERING (B)
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Speiran, K, Francis. J, Ellis, RM, Thompson, P.D
2004
Information technologies for household survey management
Nowadays, large transportation household surveys cannot be conducted without the help of powerful management and support tools, and the information technologies are useful for preparing,...
Session title: BEST PRACTICES IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
Organizers: Transportation Planning & Research Standing Committee
Authors: Trépanier, M, Chapleau, R, Allard, B, Morency, B
2004
Integrating Pavement and Asset Management in Functionl and Operational Terms
Session title: COORDINATING PAVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT WITH TRANSPORTATION ASSET MANAGEMENT
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Haas, R., Tighe, S., Cowe Falls, L.
2004
INVESTIGATION OF POLYMER MODIFIED ASPHALT BY SHEAR AND TENSILE COMPLIANCES
Although C-SHRP and Superpave procedures are currently being used in the testing of polymer modified asphalt (PMA) and asphalt binders, it is believed that further laboratory investigations will...
Session title: MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION FOR INPUTS INTO AASHTO 2002 GUIDE
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Vacin, O
2004
