Road Safety Committee
This committee supports the Safety, Design and Operations Council. It is a centre of expertise within TAC and a national forum for sharing information and addressing challenges related to roadway and roadside safety.
Its goals include:
- Gathering and creating information on road safety issues and initiatives
- Identifying and prioritizing the connection between roadway factors and collision experience in the complex driver-vehicle-road relationship
- Promoting the integration of safety principles in roadway planning, design, construction, maintenance, operation and stewardship
Getting Involved
Committee membership is open to interested employees of TAC member organizations and individual members of TAC.
The Committee meets during TAC’s Spring and Fall Technical Meetings and at other times as needed. Employees of TAC member organizations and individual TAC members may attend; others may attend if invited by the Chair.
Executive
Chair
Mark Hearson
City of Winnipeg
Vice-Chair
Shabnem Afzal
TransLink
Secretary
Liraz Fridman
City of Guelph
Past Chair
Thomas Smahel
Human Factors North Inc.
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Subcommittee
Chair of the Vision Zero and Safe System Subcommittee
Chair of the Project Idea Subcommittee
Subcommittees
Project Idea Subcommittee
Co-Chair
Geoffrey Ho
G. Ho Engineering Consultants
Co-Chair
Reza Omrani
CIMA Canada
Truth and Reconciliation Subcommittee
Co-Chair
Rebecca Peterniak
City of Winnipeg
Co-Chair
Andrew Northmore
Englobe
Vision Zero and Safe System Subcommittee
Co-Chair
Nancy Badeau
Ville de Montréal
Co-Chair
Tony Churchill
City of Calgary