Implications of Future Climatic Data for Transportation Infrastructure Design
The design and evaluation of infrastructure, including transportation systems, is based on climatic loads, such as wind, snow, rain, ice accretion and temperature. Currently, the climatic...
Titre de la séance: Climate Action Coast to Coast to Coast
Organisateurs: Comité intégré sur les changement climatiques
Auteurs: Shirkhani, Hamidreza, Lounis, Zoubir
2021
Investigating the Relationship between Speed Variability Measures and Road Safety: A Case Study of Residential Urban Streets in the City of Saskatoon
The relationship between vehicle operating speed levels and road safety (i.e., collision frequency) has been the focus of several research studies in recent years. However, more research is needed...
Titre de la séance: Lowering Vehicle Speeds to Improve Road Safety
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Auteurs: Hamad, Hassan, Sacchi, Emanuele
2021
Jurisdictional Approaches to Transportation Planning as a Climate Change Mitigation Tool
This paper presents how transportation planning concepts are utilized in provincial and municipal climate mitigation action plans across Canada. There is currently a gap in the understanding of...
Titre de la séance: Climate Action Coast to Coast to Coast
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Auteurs: Habib, Ahsan, Elliott, Sarah
2021
Maintenance Equipment Testing on Accelerated Clogged Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavements
Permeable interlocking concrete pavements (PICP) allow stormwater to infiltrate directly through aggregate-filled joints. The lack of proven, cost-effective, practical approaches for permeability...
Titre de la séance: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
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Auteurs: Drake, Jennifer, Sarabian,Tahmineh, Scott, Jody
2021
Means Protection Barrier - Burgoyne Bridge
High-level and landmark type bridges have been found to pose as an opportunity for the vulnerable in society to die by falling which can have a significant impact on roadway users and the general...
Titre de la séance: Transportation Structures
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Auteurs: Archibald, Brent , Tassone, Frank , Luk, Andrew , Nabi, Sardar , Zilstra, Colin
2021
Modelling GTHA Post-Secondary School Location Choice
Post-secondary (PS) student travel represents a significant travel market in many urban regions. Despite this, PS student travel behaviour has generally not been extensively studied and is...
Titre de la séance: Transportation Systems Modelling
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Auteurs: Baron, Ethan , Santos, Gonzalo Martinez , Miller, Eric J.
2021
Our Efforts to Understand Roadway Assets Conditions and Management Techniques in Small Communities of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Two factors may assist in deciding whether or not a municipality should expect to have a roadway management guideline, these being population size and road network size. A large population size...
Titre de la séance: Innovations and Advancements in Asset Management
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Auteurs: Guha, Shajib, Hossain, Kamal, Bernier, Alyssa T.
2021
Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge Rehabilitation
Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge, also known as Idylwyld Freeway Bridge, was built in 1966. This 3-Span reinforced concrete bridge connects one of the main arterial roads to the heart of the City of...
Titre de la séance: Transportation Structures
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Auteurs: Heendeniya, Udara
2021
Using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) for Prediction of Climate Change Impacts on Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement
Driven by human influence, Canada's climate has warmed and will warm further at a rate of double the global average. Climate change phenomenon, commonly known as global warming has caused and...
Titre de la séance: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
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Auteurs: Shafiee, Mohammad, Maadani, Omran, Fahiem, Eslam
2021
Using PMS Data to Identify Premature Cracking in Pavement
A roadway system is often the single largest financial investment for a public agency. Pavement is one of the most important assets in the infrastructure asset system. It is crucial to maintain...
Titre de la séance: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies
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Auteurs: Ayed, Amr, Viecili, Giannin, Korczak, Richard, Ali, Amjad, O'Connor, Susan
2021
