Evolution of Pavement Performance Specifications Integration of Risk and Pavement Asset Management Data
Conventional quality control and quality assurance (QC/QA) specifications typically define the
as-built requirements for pavement rehabilitation and construction activities but have limited...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies - Performance and Management Applications
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Lee, S., Smith, J.D., Kazmierowski, T.
2016
Freight-Supportive Guidelines
As communities grow and change it has become increasingly important to understand, plan
and design for the movement of freight in order to maintain goods movement efficiency and
the...
Session title: 2016 Educational Achievement Award
Organizers: Education & Human Resources Development Council
Authors: Ontario Ministry of Transportation
2016
From Mile Zero to Target Zero – the Dawson Creek Case Study Raheem Dilgir, President, TranSafe Consulting Ltd. and Kevin Henderson, Manager
Dawson Creek is a city in northeastern British Columbia with a population of 11,583 in 2011. It is centrally located in the Peace Region and is served by several highways. The city maintains 88 km...
Session title: Responding to the Safety Needs and Expectations of Residents and other Road Users (Non-motorists)
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors: Dilgir, R.
2016
Ground Improvement for Embankment Design and Construction – A Case Study on Highway 15 and Crosby Creek in Eastern Ontario
Operational improvements to an approximate 27 km stretch of Highway 15 between Seeley’s Bay and Crosby Creek in Eastern Ontario included a new bridge. As part of those improvements, the...
Session title: Innovation in Geotechnical and Materials Engineering
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Sangiuliano, T., Tigchelaar, M., Brown, J., Carnaffan, P., Heffernan, F., Cavers, W.
2016
Hamilton’s Bike Share Program
The City of Hamilton, in partnership with Hamilton Bike Share and Social Bicycles Inc.,
implemented a bike share program in 2015. The new system utilizes smart-bike technology
...
Session title: 2016 Sustainable Urban Transportation Award
Organizers: Sustainable Transportation Standing Committee
Authors: City of Hamilton
2016
HDPE Geogrid on the Low Level Road Project for the City of North Vancouver and Port Metro Vancouver
This paper will focus on the diversity of retaining walls, steepened slopes, and wall transition
sections as utilized on this 2.6 km road realignment project. With retaining heights rising...
Session title: Goods Movement
Organizers: Transportation Planning & Research Standing Committee
Authors: MacDonald, D.
2016
Helping Autonomous Vehicles at Signalized Intersections
The conventional way of operating vehicles is being revolutionized. In the coming years, driverless “self-driving” vehicles will be traveling on roadways alongside human-driven...
Session title: Next Generation Transportation Management Centers
Organizers: Traffic Operations & Management Standing Committee
Authors: Shebeeb, O.
2016
How to Deal Under Budget Constraints with Pavements on Melting Permafrost at Northern Airports
Numerous airports pavements built in the North 50 or 60 years ago were constructed on
permafrost. When the active layer that thaws and freezes again under the pavement was relatively...
Session title: Sustainability and Climate Change Considerations in Pavements
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Uzarowski, L., Morrison, B., Rizvi, R.
2016
Impact of Climate Change in the Implementation of the Seasonal Weights in Manitoba
Seasonal weights are implemented in Manitoba to minimize the pavement damage due to traffic loading in spring and to improve the productivity of the trucking industry during the winter. This paper...
Session title: Sustainability and Climate Change Considerations in Pavements
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Oberez, M., Ahammed, M.A., Liske, T.
2016
Influence of Pavement Maintenance Strategy on Road Traffic Social and Environmental Impacts and Associated Costs
To achieve sustainable road networks, long-term social and environmental costs and
benefits related to traffic emissions should be recognized and considered in the decisionmaking
...
Session title: Sustainability and Climate Change Considerations in Pavements
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Pellecuer, L.
2016