Innovative Materials for Road Insulation in Cold Climates: Foam Glass Aggregates.
Freezing and thawing cycles cause road network damages associated to differential heaving and bearing capacity loss during spring. As a result, deterioration of the ride quality, cracking of...
Session title: Innovation in Geotechnical and Materials Engineering
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Segui, P., Doré, G., Bilodeau, J.-P., Morasse, S.
2016
Investigating Life Cycle Cost Analysis to Identify a Sustainable Pavement Maintenance and Rehabilitation Strategy: A Case Study on Ontario Highways
Pavement maintenance and rehabilitation (M&R) are the most critical and expensive components of infrastructure asset management. Increasing traffic load, climate change, and resource...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management and Technologies - Performance and Management Applications
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Jannat, G.-E., Tighe, S.L.
2016
Investigation of Ontario’s Fine Aggregate Sources for use in Exposed Concrete Pavements
Pavement friction is an integral component in the design process of large volume, high speed roads. Research has shown that the fine aggregate of exposed Portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements...
Session title: Advanced Testing and Modeling of Road and Embankment Materials
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Abma, M., MacDonald, C.A., Senior, S., bykerk, H.
2016
La Vélostation de l'AMT
Session title: 2014 Sustainable Urban Transportation Award4
Organizers: Sustainable Transportation Standing Committee, Urban Transportation Council
Authors:
2016
Lake Ice Cover Deflection Induced by Moving Vehicles: Comparing Theoretical Results with Satellite Observations
Ice roads are essential to the livelihood of several communities and the operations of several industries in Canada’s North. Safe yet maximized exploitation of such roads is paramount...
Session title: New Research and Developments in Road Safety
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors: Babaei, H., van der Sanden, J., Short, N., Barrette, P.
2016
Land Use Planning Measures Promoting Road Safety
The number of road victims is decreasing in Québec, despite the increase in the
number of vehicles in operation and in the number of driver’s licence holders. However,
in 2015...
Session title: New Research and Developments in Road Safety
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors: Berthod, C.
2016
Les solutions de logistique urbaine et leur applicabilité dans le contexte d'une métropole nord-américaine : Le cas de Montréal
Session title: Goods Movement
Organizers: Transportation Planning & Research Standing Committee
Authors: Simo, M.
2016
Life Cycle Environmental Assessment Using Athena Pavement LCA Tool: A Manitoba Case Study
Environmental sustainability is one of the four strategic priorities of the Department of Manitoba
Infrastructure. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is acknowledged as one of the most...
Session title: Sustainability and Climate Change Considerations in Pavements
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Ahammed, A., Sullivan, S., Finlayson, G., Goemans, C., Meil, J.
2016
Local Calibration of Cracking Models in MEPDG for Ontario’s Flexible Pavement
The AASHTO Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) introduces a pavement design method which uses both the mechanistic analyses and empirical models to predict pavement distresses and...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies - Design Applications
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Ahmed, S., Yuan, X.-X., Lee, W., Li, N.
2016
Making a Case for Microsimulation as a Concept Development Tool: Case Studies of Innovative Design Concepts
As congestion increases and space & resources become more constrained in the United States, transportation professionals seek new and innovative solutions through their design concepts. As...
Session title: Geometric Design - Lessons Learned
Organizers: Geometric Design Standing Committee
Authors: Siromaskul, S., Giese, K.
2016