Road Safety Achievement Award
This award recognizes initiatives that apply and advance best practices in road safety engineering.
Evaluation Criteria
Outcomes
The initiative has resulted in sustainable improvements to road safety performance. Applicants should explain the initiative’s safety justification, methods of estimating safety benefits and their reliability, and the sustainability of safety outcomes and the resources they require.
Innovation
The initiative shows innovation within a Canadian context in areas like advanced technologies, engineering processes, communications, consultation, financing, project delivery, or collaboration among disciplines and/or sectors.
Transferability
The initiative is relevant to other jurisdictions, offers lessons that can be applied elsewhere, and may contribute to the road safety plans or strategies of other orders of government.
Past Recipients
City of Edmonton
Speed Limit Reduction Initiative
British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, in partnership with the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
High Friction Surface Treatment at Signalized Intersections
Regional Municipality of York
Pedestrian and Cycling Intersection Safety Pilot Project
City of Hamilton
Vision Zero Action Plan
British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Road Weather Information System and Variable Message Sign Integration
City of Calgary
Traffic Calming Curbs
City of London
Vision Zero – London Road Safety Strategy
SNC Lavalin
Safety Swing Arm to Prevent Collisions with Snow Plows
British Columbia Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure
Variable Speed Limit System
City of Toronto
Curb Radii Design Guidelines
City of Calgary
Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons Pilot Project
A TAC Road Safety Engineering Award Honourable Mention was also attributed to Parsons Inc.for its turbo roundabout project.
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) and partners
Road Safety Benefits of British Columbia’s High Risk Corridor Program
Ministère des Transports du Québec
Photo Radar and Red Light Camera System
Ville de Montréal
Initiative to Reduce the Speed Limit to 40 km/h on Some Local Streets
Alberta Transportation
High-tension Median Cable Barrier Program
Ministère des Transports du Québec
Québec’s Road Safety Initiatives
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Advancements in Winter Road Safety
