Ensuring road safety is a key priority for transportation professionals in engineering, planning, or operations. Understanding best practices for road safety is critical, and the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) has many resources available to help you stay up to date.
Safety, Design & Operations Council
This Council guides TAC in fulfilling its commitment to a safe and efficient transportation system with enhanced mobility and a reduced rate of death and injury among all road users. It is a national forum for information exchange and problem-solving related to road safety programs, geometric design, and traffic operations as key elements of a safe system approach; it also offers a lens on priority issues for small municipalities. The Council is supported by four committees: the Geometric Design Committee, the Road Safety Committee, the Small Municipalities Integrated Committee, and the Traffic Operations & Management Committee.
Celebrating Industry Achievements
Each year, TAC recognizes a member organization for excellence in the application and advancement of road safety engineering practices. Visit TAC’s Road Safety Achievement Award webpage to read about this award and view detailed applications of all winners since 2007.
Professional Development
TAC is pleased to offer Road Safety for Canadian Practitioners, the most in-depth online training program for road safety engineering in North America. It was developed by a team of Canadian experts in partnership with ITE Canada and with the support of TAC member organizations. It includes five courses:
- Module 1 – Foundations of Road Safety
- Module 2 – Measuring Safety
- Module 3 – Human Factors and Road Safety
- Module 4 – Solving Safety Problems
- Module 5 – Implementing Road Safety Programs
TAC also offers many free webinar recordings on road safety topics:
- Vision Zero and the Safe System Approach – An Emerging Paradigm for Road Safety
- TAC Road Safety Achievement Award: 2022 Finalists
- 2021 Road Safety Engineering Award Finalists (Part 2)
- 2021 Road Safety Engineering Award Finalists (Part 1)
- Safety Performance of Bicycle Infrastructure in Canada
- Application Guidelines for Speed Display Devices
- Pedestrian Crossing Control Guide
- National Guidelines for Work Zone Safety in Canada
- Traffic Calming Curbs: Making Roads Safer in Calgary
- Community Road Safety in British Columbia
- Promoting Safety for Vulnerable Road Users
- Protected Intersections in Vancouver
Technical Guidance
TAC’s Publications Catalogue offers the following reports for free download or purchase:
- Vision Zero and the Safe System Approach: A Primer for Canada (Free)
- Applied Human Factors in Road Safety Guide: A Book in the Canadian Road Safety Engineering Handbook (CRaSH)
- Canadian Guide to In-service Road Safety Reviews: A Book in the Canadian Road Safety Engineering Handbook (CRaSH)
- The Canadian Road Safety Audit Guide: A Book in the Canadian Road Safety Engineering Handbook (CRaSH)
- Guidelines for the Network Screening of Collision-Prone Locations: A Book in the Canadian Road Safety Engineering Handbook (CRaSH)
- Road Safety Engineering Management Guide: A Book in the Canadian Road Safety Engineering Handbook (CRaSH)
- Speed Management Guide: A Book in the Canadian Road Safety Engineering Handbook (CRaSH)
- Safety Performance of Bicycle Infrastructure in Canada
- National Guidelines for Work Zone Safety in Canada
- Primer on Work Zone Safety in Canada
- Digital and Projected Advertising Displays: Regulatory and road safety assessment guidelines
- PRIMER: Digital and Projected Advertising Displays: Regulatory and Road Safety Assessment (Free)
- Climate Change and Road Safety: Projections Within Urban Areas (Free)
