TAC is seeking partners for nine technical projects to be conducted through its pooled-fund model. Click on any project title below for more detailed information, and contact TAC if your agency would like to contribute to a project and join its steering committee. Projects that do not find adequate funding within 12 months may be withdrawn or extended by the responsible council.
This project will research non-standard pavement markings for crosswalks (e.g. rainbow crosswalks) including their impacts on driver perception and recognition, road user distraction, slip and skid resistance, and recognition by automated driving systems.
Safety, Design & Operations Council
80% funded LAUNCHING SOON
This project will identify how mobility pricing can contribute to the performance of urban transportation systems in Canada, and will address shared policy priorities, recent technological advances, emerging business models, and observed shifts in consumer preferences.
Mobility Council
76% funded LAUNCHING SOON
This project will investigate innovative permissive turn signal applications, such as the use of flashing yellow arrows on one-way arterial streets where left-turning vehicles cross two-way separated cycling facilities.
Safety, Design & Operations Council
43% funded FUNDING WINDOW EXTENDED
This project will identify current Canadian practices for noise and vibration assessment and mitigation, review costing tools, decision-making criteria, performance criteria and mitigation approaches, and suggest best practices.
Environment & Climate Change Council
28% funded FUNDING WINDOW EXTENDED
This project will develop indicators for evaluating the integration of urban transportation and land use systems. It will synthesize best practices, suggest standardized metrics, discuss data sources, and give example applications for Canadian cities.
Mobility Council
26% funded FUNDING WINDOW EXTENDED
This project will synthesize current access management practices for all roadway classifications across Canada, and will provide the technical basis for a subsequent project to create a new Chapter 8 of the Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads.
Safety, Design & Operations Council
13% funded 4 MONTHS LEFT
This project will develop a technical guide explaining maintenance and repair interventions for small culverts (i.e. those with a diameter smaller than about 3 m), which are less well documented than larger culverts. The guide will address all culvert materials but will focus on steel, concrete and HDPE as they are most common; it may also highlight technical differences among provinces and municipalities.
Infrastructure & Asset Management Council
1 funder 4 MONTHS LEFT
This project will develop a major national guide to complement the Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads (GDG) and the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada (MUTCDC). The guide will focus on engineering aspects while referencing the multi-disciplinary nature of road safety. It will consolidate, update and expand the knowledge contained in TAC’s Canadian Road Safety Engineering Handbook (CRaSH) publications developed over the last two decades. NOTE: Pooled funds will supplement base funding provided by TAC’s Board of Directors from the Association’s reserve funds.
Safety, Design & Operations Council
0% funded 10 MONTHS LEFT
This project will update the current Guide to Bridge Hydraulics to include provisions related to climate change and to make it a more practical tool for bridge and hydrotechnical engineers. The current Guide includes only cautionary mentions of climate change, and the new Guide will be more robust in this area.
Infrastructure & Asset Management Council
0% funded 10 MONTHS LEFT
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