Online Training ROAD SAFETY for Canadian Practitioners

The Road Safety For Canadian Practitioners online training program, presented by TAC & ITE Canada, allows you to tailor your learning to your specific professional development needs Five courses are offered:

Foundations of Road Safety

Measuring Safety

Human Factors and Road Safety

Solving Safety Problems

Implementing Road Safety Programs

Comprehensive & tailored professional development

Format

Courses are delivered through TAC’s Online Training Centre as self-paced, on-demand modules that include recorded lectures, case studies, exercises, supplemental reading lists & quizzes

Duration

Lectures in each course range from 3-6 hours. In total, the five courses offer 24 hours of learning. Modules are accessible for 6 months after payment.

Purchase

The five modules can be purchased individually or as discounted bundles. Find complete course details and prices at tac-atc.ca.

More Information: www tac-atc ca/en/events-and-learning/online-training

9 ITE Canada 2023 Excellence in Transportation Awards & Scholarships Winners

19 ITE Canada/CARSP 2023 Winnipeg Conference Highlights

29 Student Leadership Summit (SLS) 2023

31 ITE Canada Merchandise

Erik Nevland shares our merch trial run in Winnipeg with an opportunity for you to provide feedback

34 The Safe System Approach

A comic book primer by Ryan Martinson and Tyler Golly based on their presentation in Winnipeg

45 York University Cycling Connections: Toronto’s First Projected Intersection

Becky Katz, Kanchan Maharaj, Nataliya Pekar, and Kate Whitfield profile their Stan Teply Outstanding Technical Project Award winning project

51 From Rhetoric to Reality: Promising Practices for Advancing Transportation Equity in Canadian Communities

Tessa Williams and Meghan Winters highlight their project on Canadian cities embedding equity into sustainable transportation practices, also featured in a joint CARSP webinar and workshop in Winnipeg

55 Member Highlight: Raheem Dilgir

Meet a road safety leader and committed volunteer for ITE Canada, CARSP, and TAC, exemplifying partnership

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Ryan Vanderputten, P.Eng., M.Eng., MBA, FITE President, ITE Canada president@itecanada.org

As a community of transportation professionals, we work closely with so many colleagues across the transportation industry to make life better for people each and every day by improving safe and accessible transportation options. Some of the distinctive elements of ITE Canada that sets us apart is our individual membership, passionate volunteers, and significant student presence. Over the past few months, we have been working to establish or renew partnership agreements with a number of other organizations with similar objectives as ours to focus on key areas of collaboration and provide increased value to our membership.

We enjoyed a successful collaboration with the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP) around road safety at our recent Joint Conference in Winnipeg. Our two Boards of Directors had the chance to meet and connect between our individual Board meetings on the Sunday prior to the conference, and we were able to benefit from many presentations by members of each of our organizations throughout the event. At the closing lunch for the conference, ITE Canada and CARSP announced a new partnership agreement focused on road safety which will see further collaboration around student/young member initiatives, as well as national technical webinar sessions. For more information, see the full announcement on page 8.

We have also renewed our partnership agreement with the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) for another 3 years. This partnership is focused on joint collaboration on a number of publications and research projects, as well as training courses. The Road Safety for Canadian Practitioners online training program was launched last fall and has been well-received by many in our industry. Furthermore, I have been invited to speak as part of a Safe System Implementation panel discussion at the upcoming TAC Fall Conference in Ottawa, sharing the work that ITE has been working on related to delivering road safety knowledge. ITE Canada is also a funding partner for a number of TAC pooled fund projects, contributing our organization’s experience to these important research projects. These include the update of Chapter 4 of the Geometric Design Guide (Cross Section), a new Road Safety Guide for Canada, and the Design and Operation of Lower-Speed Collector and Arterial Roads. We are proud to partner with TAC on these important research initiatives.

Our work with the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) will grow in the coming years to focus on many of our students and young leaders. While attending the CUTA Spring Summit in Saskatoon, I was able to speak with CUTA Leadership about renewing our partnership agreement and identifying tangible areas of opportunity for collaboration. We will be working closely with CUTA to support their

Young Leaders Summit in Edmonton this fall, building on our experience hosting the annual ITE Canada Student Leadership Summit. We will also be exploring areas of joint research and knowledge sharing through technical projects, national webinars, and joint newsletter articles. We will also be consulted on relevant advocacy topics that CUTA is engaged in.

This summer, a number of our members will also be attending the ITE International Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon. ITE Canada appointees are extremely active on a number of ITE International committees and councils, and bring the Canadian perspective to these discussions. One of the focus areas of ITE for this year and for the ITE Councils is establishing better connectivity between the Councils and Districts. There is a desire to embrace the “International” component of ITE and make sure the value proposition appeals to all members, not just US-based members. At the request of the ITE Council Leadership Team, Edward Soldo and I will be taking part in a panel discussion at the Council Leadership Team (CLT) meeting during this year’s annual meeting in Portland. I look forward to discussing how to increase the value of ITE to our Canadian members.

With summer well underway, I hope you take the time to travel, spend time with friends and family, and reflect on the year to date. I am still firming up plans to get out and visit some more sections before the end of my term, so if we haven’t had the chance to connect, I look forward to doing so this fall. Thanks, and have a safe summer!

Ryan Vanderputten, P.Eng., M.Eng., MBA, FITE President, ITE Canada

Time flies when you are having fun. Summer is here and our ITE Canada/Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP) Joint Conference in Winnipeg was a resounding success. It was so good to see all the ITE Canada members there; the conference always feels like it is a transportation family get-together. Special thanks to all the members that joined me for a morning run in some very hot conditions along the river.

It was a fabulous technical program and exhibition and, as always, the social events provided the memberships with great opportunities to network and create new friendships. Congratulations to all the award winners—in particular to Russell Brownlee, the H. Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award recipient. Russell is a passionate leader who has shown exemplary volunteerism in section, district and international roles with ITE.

As Chair of the ITE Canada Nominating Committee, I want to congratulate Pedram Izadpanah and Irini Akhnoukh on being acclaimed to the ITE Canada Executive Committee as our next President and Vice President. In addition, thank you to our outgoing President, Ryan Vanderputten, for your leadership–enjoy the Past President’s role!

I encourage all ITE Canada members to participate in the upcoming election for our Secretary-Treasurer as we have two great candidates in Destiny Piper from the Saskatchewan Section and Ian Roth from the BC Interior Section. Congratulations to both candidates on being recognized as ITE International Young Leaders to Follow for 2023.

On the ITE International front, I would highly encourage everyone to read through the July edition of the ITE Journal, which includes many great articles regarding electrification in our transportation industry. The ITE Learning Hub provides many new opportunities on upcoming webinars, courses and training programs.

Hope to see many of you at the upcoming Joint ITE International and Western District Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Portland. I hear it is a great place to get out on a bike or go for a run.

Keep well, stay safe and if you have any questions regarding ITE, please contact me at esoldo@ itecanada.org on Twitter @EdwardSoldo.

Edward Soldo, P.Eng. (F) Canadian District Director