ITE Canada Transportation Talk - Winter 2023-2024

Navigating Accessibility The need for uniform guidelines

Adapting Canada’s traffic signals Strategies for new priorities and multimodal operations

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VOLUME 45 : NUMBER 4 | WINTER 2023-2024

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FEATURES 8

ITE Canada Awards & Scholarships: Call for Nominations

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Endorsement for CCG retired Diving into the history of the Canadian Capacity Guide for Signalized Intersections (CCG) and ITE Canada’s decision to retire endorsement of the CCG as a national technical reference

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ITE Canada 2024 Annual Conference Early bird registration is open until March 31! Preview the schedule, events, and tours coming to Hamilton plus sponsors, exhibitors, and bursary applications are invited

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TRAINING PREVIEW - Navigating Accessibility: The Need for Uniform Guidelines Haley Gienow-McConnell, Stefan Tsang and Alexandre Nolet highlight the lack of consistent guidelines on accessibility in transportation plus some promising developments and next steps to close this knowledge gap

23 TRAINING PREVIEW - Adapting Canada’s traffic signals for new priorities Narayan Donaldson explores strategies to improve traffic signal performance and multimodal operations, highlighting topics covered in-depth in one of ITE Canada’s current virtual workshop offerings

29 Member Highlight: Destiny Piper Meet our new Secretary-Treasurer from the Saskatchewan Section

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Coast to Coast: A Tour of our Sections Highlights from Ryan Vanderputten‘s visits with Sections and members over his two-year presidency

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Board Meeting & AGM Highlights

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District Director Elections

REGULAR COLUMNS 1

A Message from Your President An inaugural message from our new President Pedram Izadpanah

22 Training: Removing Barriers - Achieving Accessibility in Transportation Systems

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From the District Director Edward Soldo shares updates from ITE International

28 Training: Multimodal Traffic Signal Operations 33 ITE Insights

56 Professional Services Directory

35 Training: Road Safety for Canadian Practitioners

57 ITE Canada Contacts

36 News from CARSP 37 Section News

ADVERTISERS

45 Student Chapter News

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Associated Engineering

54 Welcome New Members

27 CTS 56 Bunt & Associates 56 CIMA+ 56 Paradigm Transportation Solutions Ltd

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FROM YOUR PRESIDENT

As I embark on my inaugural year as President of ITE Canada, I am filled with a profound sense of honour and privilege. Entering this role, I’m encouraged by our organization’s robust state, a testament to the unwavering dedication of our many volunteers. A special note of gratitude is extended to Julia Salvini, whose leadership on the ITE Canada Executive Committee was instrumental. Under her presidency, the 2020-2024 ITE Canada Strategic Plan was developed.

She led us through the unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic and the successful execution of our first fully virtual conference.

Pedram Izadpanah, Ph.D., P.Eng.

The past two years have been marked by significant strides, thanks to our Strategic Plan and Ryan Vanderputten’s leadership. ITE Canada

President, ITE Canada

has launched critical initiatives, including the Future Transportation

president@itecanada.org

Leaders Fund Foundation, our award-winning Communications Strategy, enhanced support for Student Chapters, expanded training opportunities, and strengthened industry partnerships, all aimed at delivering greater value to our members.

The backbone of ITE’s strength lies in our extensive member network, spanning national, local, and student chapters. This network affords us the privilege to offer diverse services, tailoring our offerings to meet varied interests. It’s imperative we continue supporting our sections and student chapters, ensuring they serve their communities effectively. Leveraging the Board’s experience and relationships to enhance communication with the section and student chapters is a priority.

This winter, the ITE Canada Board and the Executive Committee will focus on updating our Strategic Plan and formulating action plans for our four priority areas: Membership Growth, Membership Value and Retention, and the Value of our Products and Services, alongside Organizational Strength.

A significant governance enhancement was approved by the ITE Canada Board in December 2023.

Recognizing the deterrent of lengthy commitments for potential executive committee candidates and the limited leadership opportunities due to two-year terms, we’ve introduced a structural change. By adding a sixth Executive Committee member, separating the Secretary and Treasurer roles, and shortening the terms for Vice President, President, and Past President to one year, we aim to fortify our governance and organizational resilience. See more updates from the Board Meeting on page 5.

The upcoming year will see two elections. The call for International District Director nominations is currently open (page 7), with a deadline of February 23, 2024. Additionally, nominations for the newly established Secretary position will be sought in June.

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Changing Lanes As of February 29, 2024, ITE Canada will have a new mailing address: ITE Canada 150 Elgin Street, 8th Floor Ottawa, ON K2P 1L4 The rest of our contact information can be found on the Contact Us page of our website.

ITE Canada’s new President Pedram Izadpanah (right) with Past Presidents Ryan Vanderputten and Julia Salvini at a Hamilton Section event in December 2023.

Promoting an accessible and inclusive transportation network remains a cornerstone of our mission, underpinning social inclusion, economic development, and environmental sustainability.

To this end, the ITE Canada Training Committee offered two well-received training sessions in 2023, focusing on accessible transportation systems and multimodal traffic signal operations. I encourage our members to delve into two insightful articles in this edition of Transportation Talk, covering these critical topics. More training opportunities await in 2024.

The Hamilton Conference’s Local Arrangement Committee (LAC) and the National Technical Program Committee (NTPC) are diligently preparing an unforgettable experience with exceptional technical content for our upcoming conference. Highlights include innovative technical content delivery and premium tours, notably to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and the Niagara Falls Power Station. Thanks to our Hamilton Section members for their great work in planning an event to remember. Registration for the conference and the tours is now open.

I am eager to work with you throughout my presidency and look forward to meeting many of you in Hamilton this June. Should you have any inquiries or insights regarding our organization, do not hesitate to contact me directly.

Sincerely,

Pedram Izadpanah, Ph.D., P.Eng. President, ITE Canada

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FROM THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR

Welcome to 2024! I hope that everyone enjoyed a chance to relax and take some time off over the holidays.

I am happy to be home after some busy meetings in Washington, D.C. at our winter ITE Board of Direction Meetings. “Change” was the word of the day at our IBOD meeting as it was the first meeting for our new ITE International President, John Davis, as well as our new Executive Director Steve Kuciemba and Chief Technical Officer Matt Hardy. The Canadian contingent welcomed Steve by presenting him with his official Canada toque over the weekend.

ITE International has a new Strategic Plan, one that will guide our

Edward Soldo, P.Eng., FITE Canadian District Director, ITE director@itecanada.org

actions for the next 3 years, which focuses on three main pillars, our membership, our leadership in technical knowledge and organizational excellence. This plan will help achieve our mission of advancing transportation knowledge and practices for the benefit of society and be the transportation organization of choice for our membership.

A number of Informational Reports and Technical Briefs have come out

over the last few months on various topics, such as the Centering Transit Access, Speed, and Reliability in Quick-Build Complete Streets Projects and Case Studies of Equity in Transportation Practices. I would encourage you to take the time to review ITE’s Resources webpage as many new publications and initiatives are being produced by ITE through the various Technical Committees and Councils. The January 2024 edition of the ITE Journal has many interesting new articles and information as well.

While in Washington, I had the opportunity to meet up with our Canadian members who are participating in the LeadershipITE program. Congratulations to Erica Bayley and Julia Salvini for being selected to the Class of 2024. The program was established to grow and empower leaders within our ITE community and I would highly encourage all members to consider applying in future years.

ITE International has announced its newest Honorary Members. It is the highest recognition of notable and outstanding professional achievement presented by ITE. This year’s list included three new members, Kumares Sinha, Dalene J. Whitlock and our Canadian Bruce Belmore. This is a well-deserved recognition for all three; it is an exclusive award as only 94 members have been honoured since 1933 when the first Honorary Member was selected.

Bruce joins H. Robert Burton, Samuel Cass, H. Allen Swanson, Stan Teply and Alf Guebert, all great leaders in our transportation industry, as the only Canadian Honorary Members. Many of you will know Bruce Belmore, International President in 2019 and Canadian District President in 2008-2009. I have had the pleasure of working with him on the ITE Canada Executive and over the years he has been a great colleague, mentor and friend. Congratulations, Bruce!

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The spring of 2024 is also an election period for ITE International for the offices of President and Vice President in 2025. Information on the candidates and process can be found on the ITE election webpage. Remember to vote no later than March 6, 2024.

In addition, after close to 11.5 years on the ITE Canada Executive Committee, my time as International Director will close at the end of the year. Candidates who are interested in serving on the ITE International Board of Direction are encouraged to review the details regarding nominations and the election on page 7 as the deadline for nominations is February 23, 2024.

Here is a reminder on some notable events coming up. The ITE Virtual Spring Conference, The Journey to Safer Communities, is coming up March 19-20, 2024. The Joint ITE International and Mid-Colonial Annual Meeting and Exhibition will be held in Philadelphia this year from July 21-24, 2024. I hope to see many of you at these ITE events or our own ITE Canada 2024 Annual Conference hapenning in Hamilton next June 9-12, 2024.

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

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

L-R: Erica Bayley (LeadershipITE 2024), Bruce Belmore (new ITE Honorary Member), Steve Kuciemba (ITE Executive Director), Julia Salvini (LeadershipITE 2024), and Edward Soldo (Canadian District Director) gather at ITE headquarters in Washington.

Bruce Belmore, the newest ITE Honorary Member and one of only six Canadians who have received this honour.

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Board Meeting Highlights December 6, 2023

On December 6, 2023, the ITE Canada Board of

policy included clarification of campaign

Directors met virtually to receive updates on our

activities and conduct, guiding principles,

conferences and committees, financial reports,

communication and election timelines.

and move two significant items.

The Board reviewed and approved a new The meeting began with the approval of the

structure and terms for the ITE Canada

2026 conference date and location. The 2026

Executive Committee. This change will expand

ITE Canada Annual Conference will be held in

the leadership capacity of our organization by

Victoria, British Columbia from May 31 to June 3,

increasing the number and frequency of

2026. Updates were provided on the Hamilton

positions to be filled and reducing the overall

2024 conference planning, which is progressing

time commitment to serve in these positions.

smoothly. The National Technical Program

The major changes are as follows:

Committee is now fully functioning and managing the abstract and program, which

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will be separated into two distinct roles.

started with an outstanding 150 submission

Starting in 2025, each new Executive

response to the Call for Abstracts.

member will serve as either Treasurer or Secretary for a period of two years. An

The Training Committee successfully ran two fall

annual election will alternate between

sessions with both workshops selling out. Adam St. Amant will assume the role of chair for 2024.

The Technical Liaison Committee, now chaired

by Farhad Shahla, continues to confirm new appointments and coordinate appointees and

these two roles.

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Starting from 2026, the Past President, President, and Vice President will transition to one-year terms.

projects with our partner organizations.

A District Director will still be elected every

Financial reports, including the 2023 year-end

International Board of Direction, a term and

financial statements, were presented and

position established by ITE.

received by the Board. Overall, higher-thanbudgeted revenues from advertising and training, but also higher expenses in staffing, legal fees, and student chapter support, resulting in a slightly increased deficit for 2023.

three years to represent Canada on the ITE

The Board also moved a motion to retire endorsement of the Canadian Capacity Guide for Signalized Intersections as a national technical reference. Additional information about this

A revised budget for 2023-2024 was approved.

change are provided in the article on page 11.

An updated Nominations and Elections Policy

The meeting concluded with recognition of the

was also moved, incorporating ITE’s efforts to clarify expectations and requirements for candidates and members. Enhancements to the

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outgoing Board members. Thank you to all Board members, past and present, for your service and continued efforts to support our evolving organization.

Annual General Meeting December 13, 2023

On December 13, 2023 the ITE Canada Annual

The following Board members, whose terms

General Meeting (AGM) was held virtually for our

ended December 31, 2023, were thanked for their

financial year, now spanning September 1 to

dedication and contributions to the Board:

August 31.

•

Julia Salvini, Past President ITE Canada

Chaired by President Ryan Vanderputten, the

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Bruce Beames, Vancouver Island Section

meeting began with an overview of the 2022-

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Jason Dahl, Toronto Section

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Jacqueline (Jackie) Prior, Northern Alberta

2023 Annual Report covering activities of the organization from September 2022 to August

Section

2023.

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Ian Roth, BC Interior Section

ITE Canada Treasurer Irini Akhnoukh gave an overview of the financial statements for the year, which was subsequently approved by the membership. These and all documents related to the 2023 AGM are available for download here.

The membership approved the appointment of the following members elected to the ITE Canada Board of Directors with two-year terms beginning January 1, 2024: •

Pedram Izadpanah, President (uncontested)

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Irini Akhnoukh, Vice-President (uncontested)

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Destiny Piper, Secretary-Treasurer

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Jennifer Hardy, ITE Vancouver Island Section

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Sheliza Kelts, ITE Saskatchewan Section

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Erik Nevland, ITE Toronto Section

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Greg O’Brien, ITE Atlantic Canada Section

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Gary Vlieg, ITE BC Interior Section

Incoming Board members sworn in by ITE Honorary Member Alf Guebert

The motion was followed by a swearing in of the new directors administered by past ITE Canada and ITE International President, Alf Guebert.

Outgoing board members thanked for their service

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ITE Canada Elections

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS ITE Canada is seeking a candidate to serve a three-

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year term as the International District Director from

name of candidate that will be used on the election ballot

January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. The

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a photo of the candidate

nomination deadline for this position is February

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a 400-word or less candidate statement

23, 2024 at midnight Pacific standard time.

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optionally, links to social media profiles

A description of the International District Director

Campaign Activities

position can be viewed and downloaded here.

Candidates for the District Executive Committee

Nomination Process The Nominations Committee will undertake a general call for nominations that may also include a direct

election shall abide by the following rules: •

Individual websites are prohibited.

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Bulk mailing and direct advertising techniques are not allowed. Bulk mailing for this purpose is

invite to potential candidates. Eligibility for the

defined as mailings of the same enclosures to

elected position will be determined by the

more than 1 person. Bulk mailing encompasses

Committee through an assessment of the nominee’s suitability.

both postal and electronic mailing.

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One on one personalized email communication

Please review the recently updated ITE Canada

is allowed by a candidate or by others on

Nomination & Election Policy provided here.

behalf of a candidate, expressing their perspectives (not those of others).

How to Apply

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Candidates may not contact Sections and Chapters for the purpose of advertising or

To apply, candidates must send a letter to the

endorsing their candidacy. Additionally, they

Nominations Committee Chair indicating their

may not encourage or promote the use of

interest in the position, why they are suitable, and

surrogates to campaign on their behalf.

two signatures from ITE members in good standing.

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Candidates may attend District, Section, and Chapter meetings during the time period of their candidacy. Candidates may present on

Nominations shall be submitted by email to:

matters unrelated to their candidacy. They Edward Soldo, P.Eng., FITE

cannot present a campaign speech at any

Canadian District Director and

meeting. This does not preclude the candidate

Nominations Committee Chair

from carrying out their duties as an officer of a

Email: director@itecanada.org

Section/Chapter or retaining a currently-held volunteer position.

Campaign Activities

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There is to be no malice toward other candidates.

ITE Canada will make space available on the

Any breach of these rules may result in the

corporation’s website to highlight candidate profiles.

Nominating and Elections Committee revoking the

Candidate profiles must include the following

nomination of that individual for office.

information:

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STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS Scholarships and awards are offered annually by ITE Canada for students at accredited Canadian universities and colleges in transportation-related studies, including engineering, planning, and geography. Winners will receive free registration, travel support, and recognition at our Annual Conference taking place in Hamilton, Ontario this June 9-12, 2024.

Dr. Michel Van Aerde Memorial Scholarship

WATT Consulting Group “Transportation in a Sustainable World” Student Award

$3,000

$1,000

For full time students in a transportation doctoratelevel program at a Canadian university.

Awarded based on the quality of writing and appreciation of inter-disciplinary collaboration in a 1,000+ word paper

Sponsored by:

John Vardon Memorial Scholarship $3,000

Student Paper Competition

For full time students in a transportation master’s-level program at a Canadian university.

$1,500

ITE Canada Undergraduate Scholarship

For students in accredited transportation programs, awarded based on the quality of a paper addressing a transportation engineering subject.

Sponsored by:

$3,000 Scholarship for an undergraduate student in planning, geography, or engineering.

DEADLINE

March 1, 2024 Student Presentation Competition One winner from the local ITE Canada Section competitions will be chosen for this award

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Excellence in Transportation Awards DEADLINE: MARCH 1 itecanada.org/awards

Each year, ITE Canada sponsors an awards program to honour outstanding achievement in the transportation profession, technical excellence, and service to the District.

Nominate by March 1, 2024 at itecanada.org/awards.

Recognition of Service H. Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award

Stan Teply Outstanding Technical Project Award

ITE Canada’s most prestigious award honours an individual with a notable career in the field and a record of service with the Canadian District of ITE

This award showcases quality projects that have shown significant and proven technical excellence in transportation planning/engineering

Outstanding Voluntary Contribution Award

ITE International Transportation Achievement Awards

Celebrates a member who has made exceptional voluntary contributions to ITE Canada or its programs and projects

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Technical Excellence

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ITE Canada will select Canadian nominees for these ITE Awards recognizing achivement in a range of categories spanning many practice areas

Awards & Bursaries for Emerging Professionals Rising Star Award

David Tam Memorial Award

Identifying members under the age of 35 who have made an impact on the profession, demonstrated the ability to lead the next generation & implemented innovative techniques to the transportation practice

Proudly presented by Bunt & Associates, this $3,000 award recognizes young professionals under 30 who have contributed to transportation solutions to improve network operations

Sponsored by:

Jenn and Jan Voss Travel Bursary for Women in Transportation Engineering $1,000 bursaries to encourage women early in their engineering careers to participate at ITE Canada conferences

Apply by MARCH 1 at itecanada.org/awards

Section & Student Chapter Awards These annual awards acknowledge the tremendous work done at the local level of ITE Canada. Section and Student Chapter Annual Reports are automatically considered for both the Outstanding and Momentum Awards in their respective categories. Submissions must be made by March 1, 2024 at itecanada.org/awards.

Outstanding Section Award

Outstanding Student Chapter Award

recognizes the overall quality of Section activities, either technical or non-technical in nature

recognizes outstanding accomplishments in student chapter activities that achieve the objectives set forth in the Charter

Section Momentum Award

Student Chapter Momentum Award

celebrates those Sections who have achieved commendable improvement from year(s) past

celebrates those Student Chapters who have achieved overall improvement from year(s) past

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Canadian Capacity Guide for Signalized Intersections (CCG) Endorsement for the CCG retired

For decades, the Canadian Capacity Guide for

While ITE Canada will no longer recognize the

Signalized Intersections (CCG) has been a

CCG as a best practice, it continues to provide

repository of expertise in the realm of Canadian

access to the document, acknowledging its

traffic engineering. From its origins in the 1980s

historical significance in Canadian traffic

to the Third Edition, published in 2008, this

engineering. The guide will remain preserved on

technical resource was one of the most

the ITE Canada website as an archived resource,

comprehensive projects undertaken by ITE

serving as a reference for practitioners and

Canada. The CCG, with its comprehensive

students to reflect on past methodologies and

methodology for signal phasing and timing

learn from historical perspectives. Additionally,

analysis, saturation flow data from across

the CCG methodology will remain available as an

Canada, discussions on transit priority operations,

intersection capacity analysis option integrated

and safety designs, served as a cornerstone for

into the PTV Vistro software alongside other

intersection analysis. However, as of December

historical methodologies.

2023, the CCG will no longer be endorsed by ITE Canada as a best practice and national technical reference.

The decision to retire this endorsement stems from several crucial factors that have impacted the guide’s relevancy and practicality within contemporary traffic engineering practices. The last publication of the CCG dates back to February 2008, rendering its data and methodologies outdated and requiring substantial efforts for an update. However, given the evolving landscape of traffic engineering and the pressing demands on resources, updating the guide does not currently align with ITE Canada’s priorities.

Additionally, while the CCG has been used, primarily in southern Ontario, it was not embraced nationally over its decades of use.

First Edition: 1984

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We extend our gratitude to these individuals for their contributions over the years to the creation, development, and support of the Canadian Capacity Guide for Signalized Intersections (CCG): • Tim Arnott • Chris Blackwood • Margaret Briegmann • Nixon Chan • Bill Cisco • Matt Davis • Coenraad Fourie • Dan Havercroft

• Glen Holland • Peter Ilias • Tom Li • Kurtis McBride • Robert McBride • Mark Merlo • Chris Middlebro • Sean Nix

• Shannon Noonan • Greg O’Brien • Ryan Sankar • Paul Sarjeant • Kelly Schmid • Al Stewart • Jeff Walker • Alon Weinberger

This move serves to honour the efforts of dedicated individuals who contributed to writing, maintaining, and supporting the CCG over the years. Most notably, the original authors and committee members were pioneers in the creation of the guide: Stan Teply, Doug Allingham, Dave Richardson, BW (Brice) Stephenson, Jim Gough, John Schnablegger. In subsequent years, many individuals have made great efforts to support the use of the CCG and development of software to accompany the methodology. Thank you to these individuals and many other supporters of the CCG for your contributions!

Notably, 2023 marked the final year of the Undergraduate Student Competition based on the CCG. ITE Canada aims to explore more inclusive avenues for future student competitions, fostering a more dynamic

Second Edition: 1995

learning environment for developing transportation professionals. We extend our many thanks to the competition’s generous sponsors over the years: Jim Gough, PTV Group, BA Group, and WSP. In conclusion, the decision by ITE Canada to retire the endorsement of the Canadian Capacity Guide for Signalized Intersections signifies a strategic shift towards embracing evolving practices in traffic engineering. The archive status upholds its legacy while encouraging the exploration of more current and accessible tools and methodologies for intersection analysis in the everevolving field of transportation engineering.

Inter Calc

Third Edition: 2008

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ITE Canada and the ITE Hamilton Section are excited to welcome you to our 2024 Annual Conference happening June 9-12 in Hamilton, Ontario!

REGISTRATION OPEN Early bird rates end March 31 Registration is now open with reduced early bird rates available until March 31. Be sure to register before May 25 when late registration rates come into effect!

ITE members receive additional discounts with special rates for younger, student, and retired members.

REGISTER Find all the conference-related info you need at our website— conference.itecanada.org, via the ITE Canada email list, and by following #ITECanada2024 on social media.

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PROGRAM & EVENTS

TOURS

The technical program features over 100

Two spectacular premium tours

presentations, workshops, and panel

highlighting the Hamilton region will

discussions, and innovative format

be offered as add-ons to your

sessions. This conference will offer

registration: Niagara Falls Power

unparalled professional development

Station (pictured left) and the

opportunities around the theme of

Canadian Warplane Heritage

Disruptive Progress: The Path to Safer,

Museum!

Cleaner and More Equitable Transportation.

PREMIUM TOURS

Our conference events are always unforgettable and Hamilton will be no exception. From a Banquet at the historic LIUNA Station to a new Play Street event to a rooftop patio Student Mixer, join us for guaranteed memories and networking.

EXPLORE SCHEDULE

SHOWCASE YOUR COMPANY

Register early to claim your spot in one of 10 technical tours exploring Hamilton’s neighbourhoods and several innovative facilities on foot, bike, e-scooter, and bus.

TECHNICAL TOURS

HOTEL & TRAVEL A limited number of hotel rooms at

Join these leading companies and connect

discounted rates ($174+) are available

with hundreds of transportation

at the Sheraton Hamilton until May

professionals through sponsorship and

1, 2024 or sooner if the block sells

exhibition at ITE Canada 2024!

out. Book early to secure your room!

BOOK HOTEL

DIAMOND SPONSOR

ITE Canada is pleased to again offer

PLATINUM SPONSORS

conference travel funding support through the Jenn & Jan Voss Travel Bursary for Women in Transportation Engineering. Applications are due

SPONSOR

EXHIBIT

March 1.

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TUESDA

Diamond Sponsor

Morning Run

BREAKFAST & EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE

8:30

KICKOFF KEYNOTE

3:30 4:00

Tour 1: James St N Walking

2: Walking, Dwntwn Art 12:00 Sponsored by:

2A: PANEL: Accessibility + Bus Stops 2B: Multi-Modal Mixer 2C: RAPID FIRE: Transit Edition 2D: Vision Zero / Innovation Factory ITE Intl Engagement Session (by invite)

1:30

3:00

BREAK & EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE

3:30

TRAFFIC BOWL Hamilton Convention Centre, Chedoke ABC Sponsored by:

5:00

HCC, Level 3 Sponsored by:

TRADE SHOW OPEN

WELCOME RECEPTION

6:00

James Street North at Vine Street 7:00

Levity Comedy Club & Lounge, above Anchor Bar 120 King Street West Sponsored by:

LeadershipITE Alumni Reception (by invite)

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4A: 4B: 4C: 4D: 4E:

LUNCH

Jen Malz

5A: 5B: 5C: 5D: 5E:

BREAK 6A: 6B: 6C: 6D:

Stud

BANQUET

STUDENT MIXER

10:00

BREAK

5:30

PLAY STREET

7:00

8:00

3A: 3B: 3C: 3D: 3E:

5:00

5:30

First Timers’ Reception

4: Cycling

CONCURRENT

10:30

1A: Planning AT 1B: Transforming Corridors 1C: Implementing Transit Priority 1D: Accessibility, Health & Society 1E: DEMO: Trial of the Century

LUNCH + ADDRESS John Davis, ITE President

BREAK

CONCURRENT

REGISTRATION OPEN

10:00

BREAK & EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE

3: MARC

1:30

Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath

CONCURRENT

12:00

TRADE SHOW OPEN Plenary Hall, Chedoke ABC

Sheraton Hamilton Hotel

ITE CANADA Board of Directors + Committee Meetings

10:30

3:00

Hamilton Convention Centre (HCC), Level 3

Sponsored by:

Plus welcome address from 10:00

Morning Run

8:30

Jeff Casello, University of Waterloo

Platinum Sponsors

7:30

CONCURRENT

7:30

CONCURRENT

Thank you to our top industry partners:

6:30

CONCURRENT

MONDAY, Jun 10 6:30

TRADE SHOW OPEN Plenary Hall, Chedoke ABC

SUNDAY, Jun 9

10:00

Liuna Station 360 James S

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE conference.itecanada.org  #ITECanada2024

WEDNESDAY, Jun 12 7:30

KFAST & EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE

H + PANEL: Ingredients for Disruption

zer, Joanna Kervin, Julia Salvini, Karen Aspelin

Crosswalk Research Round-Up Considerations for an EV Future Crash Risk: Both Reactive and Proactive THOUGHT LEADER: Stantec WORKSHOP: What’s a bicycle network?

K & EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE AT Planning: Land Use + Implementation Signals Symposium Applications of Machine Learning Tools THOUGHT LEADER: EXP / PANEL: Street Transformations

6: Cycling

5: Bayfront

12:00

1:30

3:00 3:30

BREAK 8A: Hamilton Highlights 8B: Connected Infrastructure and Big Data 8C: RAPID FIRE: Safety 8D: PANEL: Procurement - RFP Detective 8E: Jeopardy! A Game of Urban Mobility

ITE CANADA AWARDS LUNCHEON Conference close

PREMIUM TOUR

PREMIUM TOUR

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

Niagara Falls Power Station

In-depth 2-hr guided tour + flight simulators

Immersive exhibits + elevator/ tunnel to observation deck

$25

$95

Wednesday, June 12 2–5 p.m.

Wednesday, June 12 2–6:30 p.m.

LEGEND 5:00

Sponsored by:

7A: New Mobility 7B: Safety for Schools & Neighbourhoods 7C: Travel Choice: TDM And Equity 7D: PANEL: Democratizing data 7E: WORKSHOP: Ped Signal Policy

2:00

dent Leadership Roundtable (by invite)

DINNER

BREAKFAST

CONCURRENT

10:30

7: MARC

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Navigating Accessibility The Need for Uniform Guidelines

By Haley Gienow-McConnell, Left Turn Right Turn Ltd & Stefan Tsang + Alexandre Nolet, True North Safety Group

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TRAINING PREVIEW

For transportation engineering practitioners, a fundamental safety principle is uniformity.

Guidelines and designs that are consistent encourage the application of standardized practices. This consistency helps practitioners become well-practiced and versed in implementing these designs, leading to a higher standard of quality and safety. Providing uniform designs is not only helpful for practitioners. It is also critically important for road users. It not only encourages predictable behaviours, but it also plays a pivotal role in reducing the risk of user errors.

This principle of uniformity becomes even more crucial when considering the diverse needs of all road users, particularly pedestrians with disabilities. For example, people who are blind or have low vision often rely on mental maps to navigate areas they frequently travel to and rely on assumptions about the built environment in areas that are new and unfamiliar. However, if tactile warning indicators and other design features are implemented inconsistently, it can increase the risk of people who are blind or have low vision becoming disoriented. It may hinder their ability to identify the presence of a conflict area. For people with intellectual or cognitive disabilities, consistency is likewise important.

Processing and retaining information may be more difficult for these user groups. Knowing what to expect about navigating roadways increases safety and independence for all people, but especially people with disabilities.

guidance for designing specific types of facilities, particularly at locations where interactions between pedestrians and other active transportation users occur, such as on shared facilities or at crossings of bicycle facilities. They may also differ between different jurisdictions, which can result in inconsistent application and implementation of accessible design features.

This makes it difficult for practitioners to design and implement effective transportation infrastructure. It also makes it challenging for road users to navigate different communities as they live, work, and recreate across jurisdictions.

For many road design features, practitioners commonly consult the Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads (‘Geometric Design Guide’) published by the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC), or they use an equivalent guide at the provincial level. The situation is quite different when trying to determine the accessibility features to implement at a site.

There may be some limited information in Chapter 6 of the Geometric Design Guide, which is related to Pedestrian Integrated Design.

However, there are many other reference documents, some of which may be unfamiliar to transportation practitioners, such as the Accessible Design for the Built Environment standards from the Canadian Standards Association. Consequently, accessing new and emerging best practices in accessibility can be challenging for transportation practitioners. They must consult various guides, manuals, and research papers, each addressing different

A recent accessibility training offered by ITE

aspects of accessibility, from a wide range of

Canada, conducted by experts from TNS and Left

transportation associations. It can be difficult for

Turn Right Turn, highlighted a key theme—the

practitioners to determine which source to

lack of consistent guidelines on accessibility.

consult at which time and which standard or

There are federal guidelines for the design of

guideline takes precedence in each situation. This

accessible exterior elements such as sidewalks

is, in part, due to the multidisciplinary nature of

and intersection elements, and some

accessibility. Equally challenging and problematic

municipalities and provincial governments have

is the fact that these standards and guidelines do

taken the initiative to develop their own

not necessarily consider the needs, perspectives,

accessibility standards and guidelines. However,

and experiences of road users with disabilities in

these standards and guidelines often offer limited

the given community being designed for.

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The pressing question is how we can provide

cumbersome. For instance, the ADA’s accessibility

transportation road designers, planners, and

guidelines stayed in draft for over 10 years until

practitioners with easy access to the best

taking effect on September 7, 2023. Notably, it

practices in accessibility to ensure more inclusive

still lacks standards for accessibility features in

designs are consistently implemented on our

separated bicycle facilities.

road network.

Guidelines, particularly those developed by national associations, offer a more adaptable

Addressing the Uniformity Challenge

solution. As living documents, guidelines can be

A recent example of a sector successfully

uniform guidelines alone are not the complete

addressing a similar challenge is the railway

solution. It is equally crucial to ensure that

industry. Transport Canada’s adoption of the

measures for implementing accessible facilities

Grade Crossing Regulations in November 2014

are well-known across the industry. Recognizing

consolidated design guidelines, and ensured

the existing gaps in our accessibility knowledge,

uniformity in design, warning systems, and traffic

concerted efforts are needed to understand the

control devices at at-grade railway crossings.

benefits and challenges of different design

Before these regulations, transportation

measures for people with disabilities. Bridging

engineers had to consult multiple manuals from

this knowledge gap requires a dedicated and

different authorities, leading to a lack of

continuous commitment to improving our

consistency. The Grade Crossing Regulations

understanding of accessibility challenges and

streamlined the process for engineers and

solutions.

regularly updated to keep pace with technological advancements and changing needs. However,

enhanced uniform safety measures across railway networks.

While this regulatory approach worked well for the railway industry, applying a similar framework to accessibility faces additional challenges.

Accessibility is a dynamic field, constantly

Recent complaints filed with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal highlight a significant

evolving with new design tools and facility types.

knowledge gap related to accessibility.

Unlike the railway industry, where technologies

In the first legal case, Belusic obo Canadian

and safety measures have remained relatively stable, designing for accessibility requires a more flexible approach.

Legislation, such as the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the United States, are a foundation but they have

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Addressing the Knowledge Gap Challenge

Federation of the Blind v. City of Victoria, the Canadian Federation of the Blind alleged that floating bus stops discriminated against blind people. Here, a bidirectional bicycle facility replaced curbside bus stops with ‘floating bus stops’, separating boarding platforms from the sidewalk with a bicycle facility.

their challenges. Legislation is slow to change,

The decision brought attention to some intriguing

and adapting to new accessibility features,

points. Although the bicycle facility complied with

technologies, or facility types can be

the most recent design guidelines, these

TRANSPORTATION TALK

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guidelines did not account for the safety of blind

An exemplary collaboration is evident in the

and low vision persons who had a harder time

research project conducted by the Canadian

detecting oncoming bicycles. Notably, British

National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) on Island

Columbia is among the few provinces with a

Platform Transit Stops, Cycling Infrastructure,

comprehensive guide dedicated to active

and People with Sight Loss. This initiative

transportation design. Despite the court

recruited participants to test various designs of

concluding that the new facility discriminated

floating bus stops, identifying challenges related

against blind people, it emphasized the lack of

to finding the bus stops, orienting, navigating to

specific measures to ‘fully guarantee protection’.

and from the island platform, and detecting

In the second legal case, Kovacs v. City of Maple Ridge, a crucial concern emerged regarding the location of a bus stop on a shared facility and potential conflicts with cyclists travelling in two directions. Regrettably, there is currently no clear guidance in the various manuals on how to effectively design such facilities or to ensure independent navigation for people who are blind or low vision.

The need for more research and collaboration with people with disabilities is evident. Road designers must work more closely with individuals with disabilities to comprehend their needs and understand the implications of specific designs and how they are navigated by all users.

approaching cyclists. The study report includes valuable guidance on the measures to implement at floating bus stops, with the potential for incorporation into design guides, such as the example shown below. The report is available for download here as part of the CNIB’s Clearing Our Path resource. This website presents information to support the design of more accessible environments ­for people impacted by blindness.

While our knowledge continues to evolve, it should not impede the development of national guidelines. A conscious decision for increased collaboration between transportation practitioners and people with disabilities could significantly enhance the accessibility of our transportation network.

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An example of collaboratively developed recommendations for floating bus stops at far side of intersections. Download the study report from CNIB to learn more.

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Conclusion

needed to develop and implement guidelines that

In the pursuit of creating inclusive and accessible

inclusivity but also serve as a conduit for sharing

transportation networks, the need for uniform

and accessing the best practices in the ever-

guidelines is evident, not only as a means of

evolving field of accessibility. This collaborative

fostering consistency and improving safety but

approach ensures that the knowledge base

also to facilitate access to best practices on

remains current and accessible for all users,

accessibility. Striking a balance between

regardless of age or ability.

not only promote safety, independence, and

uniformity and flexibility is crucial, and while federal or provincial legislation can provide a

Grow your knowledge of the standards, guidelines,

foundation, it is imperative to explore dynamic

and best practices for accessibility in

solutions that allow for timely updates, and which

transportation by registering for Removing

account for the immediate needs of people with

Barriers: A Workshop on Achieving Accessibility

disabilities. As the transportation industry

in Transportation Systems at itecanada.org/

embraces accessibility, a collaborative effort is

training.

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• Safety Reviews & Audits

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Haley Gienow-McConnell, Ph.D. is a Senior Accessibility Specialist at Left Turn Right Turn. She holds a doctorate in History and Disability Studies. She has over a decade of experience in disability and accessibility work.

Stefan Tsang, P.Eng., RSP1, P.Eng. is a Transportation Safety Engineer at TNS. Stefan has over six years of experience in this role, specializing in road user safety and traffic operations.

Alexandre Nolet, M.Eng., RSP 1 P.Eng. is a highly experienced professional in the transportation consulting industry, currently serving as the Director of Transportation Safety and Forensics at TNS.

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This course will be delivered as two half-day virtual sessions

g FACILITATORS This workshop is offered by the ITE Canada Training Committee and will be facilitated by Alexandre Nolet, M.Eng., RSP 1 , P.Eng. & Stefan Tsang P.Eng., RSP 1 of True North Safety Group and Cara Wilkie (LLB, LLM) & Haley Gienow-McConnell, Ph.D. of Left Turn Right Turn.

DATE & TIME

Ǭ February 29 and March 1, 2024 Ǭ 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern Time) / 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Pacific Time)

TRAINING SUMMARY This workshop will provide transportation practitioners with a comprehensive understanding of accessibility in transportation and relevant standards, guidelines, and best practices as they currently exist. Insights will be provided on how to integrate them into transportation system planning, design, and operation.

Led by transportation and accessibility experts from True North Safety Group and Left Turn Right Turn, this training will offer insights relevant to wide range of transportation professionals in their day-to-day practice to promote inclusive, user-friendly transportation systems including road designers, transit operators, traffic engineers, transportation planners, and others.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Ǭ Comprehensive understanding of universal design principles and their significance in equitable transportation networks.

Ǭ Understand the diverse requirements and unique challenges faced by individuals with disabilities, older adults, and other transportation stakeholders.

Ǭ Become familiar with accessibility standards and guidelines REGISTRATION FEES

Ǭ ITE Member (Individual or Public Agency): $250 Ǭ Non-Member: $290 Ǭ Student: $220 Register at itecanada.org/training

and best practices in accessibility for specific facility types.

Ǭ Apply concepts learned to enhance practical understanding and application of accessibility principles.

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Adapting Canada’s traffic signals for new priorities

By Narayan Donaldson, Mobycon

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TRAINING PREVIEW

In the past decade, there have been some

number of dedicated bicycle or transit signals is

substantial changes in the way we design

increasing. To manage the conflicts with those

intersections in Canada with corresponding

phases, turning motor vehicles need to be more

changes to the expectations we have for traffic

actively controlled, often using fully-protected

signals. However, our current practices and

left and right turn phases. Where right turns are

equipment are poorly suited to meet these new

permissive, leading pedestrian and bicycle

expectations, resulting in unnecessarily inefficient

intervals are often implemented to give

signal operations when new signal operating

pedestrians and cyclists a head start relative to

strategies are implemented.

the vehicles which could turn across their path, and right turns on red are prohibited using

Changes in Intersection Design The main shifts in priorities over the past decade

signage.

Leveraging New Opportunities

have been an increased focus on transport modes other than the private automobile, and an

When fully-protected turning phases are

increased focus on safety. There has been a rapid

proposed, they typically face opposition both

expansion of dedicated cycling infrastructure, as

from the public and practitioners, due to the

well as an expansion in dedicated bus or light rail

impact they have on road user delay. Fully

rights of way. Traffic safety has become the top

protected signal phases only allow drivers to turn

priority in many jurisdictions, notably with the

during a particular moment in the cycle, which is

Vision Zero initiatives adopted by many Canadian

particularly frustrating in situations where drivers

municipalities. Along with these developments,

waiting at a red light can see that there is no

the nature of signalized intersections is changing.

conflicting traffic. Leading pedestrian/bicycle intervals also create frustration by displaying a

Traditionally, traffic signal operations in Canada

red light to drivers travelling straight while there

have been quite simple, with drivers permitted to

is no conflicting movement.

turn left and right during the green ball indication for a given approach. There may be protected left

However, these issues are not intrinsic to fully-

turn phases, but these would be in addition to the

protected phases or leading intervals. They are

permissive turns during the green ball, not fully-

merely a by-product of the way we retrofit them

protected phases. Right turning movements have

into our signal systems which were not designed

been relatively uncontrolled, with permissive

to efficiently include them.

turns during green and right turns on red. A right turn green arrow is sometimes displayed along

Rather than merely bemoaning the increased

with a complementary left turn arrow, but the

road user delays resulting from those safety

right turn phase is merely a duplication of the left

measures, we should be taking advantage of the

turn display and is rarely actuated by the right

efficiencies that those measures can bring. For

turning vehicles themselves.

example, fully-protected left turn phases can allow the corresponding through phases to start

Nowadays, as more dedicated cycling paths are

and end fully independently from each other

built alongside roadways and dedicated transit

without creating confusing or dangerous

rights of way are installed in the median, the

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enable different phase orders that improve

phases and leading intervals in mind, such as the

progression for motor vehicles, and it can allow

Netherlands and many other European countries.

turning phases to be re-serviced if there happens

I had the chance to work in the Netherlands for a

to be time available in the cycle due to below-

couple of years designing software for Dutch

average demand for conflicting movements.

traffic signal controllers. Since moving back to Canada, it has been striking how much less

Leading pedestrian intervals don’t bring about

efficiently our traffic signals handle features such

new efficiencies, but they could at least be

as fully-protected phases, leading pedestrian

implemented in a less wasteful way. If a vehicle

intervals, signal coordination and transit signal

phase starts 4 seconds later due to a leading

priority.

pedestrian interval, that’s 4 seconds that could be reallocated to another movement. In the Netherlands, signal phases tend to be ordered such that left turns follow the oncoming through movement (“lagging left turns”), and this allows

Strategies to improve multimodal operations

pedestrians to start crossing while the left

The main practices that distinguish Dutch signal

turning vehicles are clearing the centre of the

operations from their Canadian counterparts are:

intersection.

These types of strategic changes to signal

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Flexible phase control structures

•

Red clearance matrices rather than per-

operations are not merely hypothetical. They are standard practice in places where signal operations are designed with fully-protected

phase clearance times •

Multi-stage pedestrian crossings with callable pedestrian green waves

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FIGURE 1. Typical ring-barrier phase structure for an intersection with fully-protected turns.

Fully-actuated operations with real-time signal coordination via peer-to-peer communications or platoon detection, rather than fixed cycle lengths

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Advanced vehicle detection

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Less constrained transit signal priority

The main cause of unnecessary constraints in Canadian traffic signals is the “ring & barrier” phase structure that controllers typically use.

That structure was an elegant way of specifying phase compatibility at intersections with permissive left turns and no right turn phases, but it is poorly suited for intersections with actuated right turn phases or fully-protected left turn phases. It is possible to add a third and fourth ring into the structure for the right turn and pedestrian phases, but the resulting structure unnecessarily prohibits many valid ways of combining non-conflicting movements. The

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structure also forces phases to end simultaneously when crossing the barrier in the structure, which is

FIGURE 2. Dutch “module” phase structure for the same intersection.

irrelevant when left turn phases are fully-protected.

Dutch signals instead use a “module structure”, which merely defines the default phase order. The actual transition between phases is then determined in real-time based on vehicle actuation, the conflict matrix, and any constraints between specific pairs of phases (e.g. simultaneous amber).

The structure maximizes the flexibility for phases to start early using unused time from preceding phases, even if other phases in the same module are not able to start early. It is also possible for phases to be served outside of their default module if there happens to be sufficient unused time.

The second most significant source of unnecessary delays caused by Canadian signal controllers is the way that they implement red clearance intervals.

The controllers only accept a single red clearance duration per phase, based on the time it takes a vehicle to clear the crosswalk on the opposite side of the intersection. But if that crosswalk is not the subsequent phase, the red clearance time served will have been calculated based on an irrelevant distance. To avoid this issue, signal controllers in most European countries accept a clearance matrix

FIGURE 3. A clearance matrix defines the red clearance interval between each pair of phases.

or intergreen matrix, defining the clearance time from each phase to each other phase. This is why the standard phase order there uses lagging left turns – the opposite of the convention in Canada.

With separate clearance times for each pair of phases, a phase order with lagging left turns tends to result in shorter distances to clear the subsequent phases, reducing the lost time in the cycle and increasing capacity. When I started working in the Netherlands, I was shocked to discover that a fully-protected phase could be served in as little as 8 seconds, with 5 seconds of minimum green, 3 seconds of amber and 0 seconds of red clearance if the time it takes entering traffic to reach the conflict area is larger than the time it takes exiting to clear it.

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While these two elements of Dutch signal operations have the largest impact on intersection operations, they also happen to be the two most difficult to implement in Canada, because they are not supported by the traffic signal controllers that are compatible with Canadian signal cabinets. But the good news is that several of the major controller suppliers in Canada also sell controller software with flexible phase structures and matrixbased clearance times in the European market, so it may be practical for them to introduce those features in North America if customers were to start requesting them. In the meantime, it is also possible to implement those strategies to a limited degree, such as by carefully designing ring-barrier structures to minimize unnecessary constraints, and by calculating clearance times based on the subsequent phases at fixed-time intersections.

Implementable Strategies Although it may be impractical for Canadian jurisdictions to modify the fundamental operations of third-party traffic signal controllers, there are many other standard Dutch practices which can be implemented with existing Canadian equipment to improve traffic signal performance. For example, using different strategies for vehicle detector placement and settings can reduce wasted green time and improve responsiveness to real-time vehicle movement. Signal coordination can also be implemented in less rigid ways, such as using realtime communication between adjacent intersections to arrange green waves based on current vehicle demand. Pedestrian crossings can also be split into two separate halves to reduce the cycle length, with pedestrian buttons triggering a green wave to allow pedestrians to cross without getting stopped in the median.

To share these implementable strategies, ITE Canada and Mobycon are offering a training course on multimodal traffic signal operations, discussing the differing needs of different modes and sharing strategies to efficiently implement safety measures such as leading pedestrian intervals and fully-protected phases which are commonplace in some other countries, but uncommon in Canada. Register for the next offering on April 23 at itecanada.org/training.

AUTHOR BIO

Traffic Engineering • Transportation Surveys • Transport Planning

www.cts-bc.com info@cts-bc.com 604.936.6190

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Offices in Metro Vancouver & the Okanagan Connect with us

Narayan Donaldson is a Transportation Planner for Mobycon in Ottawa. He has a background in transportation planning and engineering in Canada and the Netherlands, with a specialization in traffic signal operations and intersection design. Mobycon is a Dutch transportation planning firm that focuses on developing and sharing sustainable mobility solutions.

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TRAINING FORMAT

This course will be delivered as a half-day virtual session

g FACILITATORS This workshop is offered by the ITE Canada Training Committee and will be facilitated by Narayan Donaldson, Okka Maw, Stephen Kurz & Eric Post of Mobycon.

DATE & TIME

Ǭ Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Ǭ 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) / 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Pacific Time)

REGISTRATION FEES

Ǭ ITE Member (Individual or Public Agency): $190 Ǭ Non-Member: $230 Ǭ Student: $160 Register at itecanada.org/training

TRAINING SUMMARY With growing interest in sustainable transportation modes and emphasis on safety, Canadian streets are increasingly incorporating features such as fully-protected phases for turning movements, bicycle phases, transit phases, and/or leading pedestrian/bicycle intervals.

This training session led by Mobycon will cover principles and practices of traffic signal operations for good multimodal level of service, sharing standard practices from the Netherlands that can be implemented within Canada’s current regulations to improve multimodal level of service.

LEARNING OUTCOMES Participants will be able to implement changes to operating procedures which can significantly improve multimodal level of service and/or safety at signalized intersections. See list here.

TARGET AUDIENCE Professionals who work with and influence traffic signal operations

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MEMBER HIGHLIGHT

Destiny Piper P.Eng.

Current Employment: KGS Group – Transportation Engineer City of Residence: Regina, SK Education: University of Regina, Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Systems Engineering (2014) First job in transportation: Engineering Assistant at MDH Engineering Solutions in 2010 Hobbies: Renovating our bungalow, being active (snowboarding, slow pitch, & CrossFit), cooking, and gardening Family: Married to Tanner Piper with our small zoo at a home (2 dogs and 3 cats)

ITE INVOLVEMENT

What do you value most about your ITE membership?

What was your first ITE event?

The ITE Canada 2015 Annual Conference when it was hosted in Regina, SK. Not only did I attend the conference, I was part of the Local

The networking opportunities are invaluable.

I’ve had the privilege to meet a lot of great people across Canada and I have learned something new from each one of them.

Arrangements Committee as Registration Chair. I guess you could say I really jumped in with both

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

feet into ITE as I have been involved ever since.

What is your ITE involvement (past and present)?

I served various roles with the Saskatchewan Section. I was in charge of several firsts, including developing a section strategic plan, preparing a student presentation competition, establishing a section procedures manual, and organizing a joint virtual technical spring session. I also participated on the ITE Canada Brand Strategy and Design Review Committee, and was, most recently, elected ITE Canada Secretary-Treasurer.

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What attracted you to the transportation profession? Did you have another career in mind?

I enrolled in university with the notion I would graduate with a Philosophy degree before continuing to become a lawyer. I later switched to Engineering. I took a co-op work term with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways. That summer I did a turning movement count, and later that year, the new turn lanes were constructed. After seeing my recommendations implemented, I knew that I wanted a career in transportation.

MEMBER HIGHLIGHT

What is the last book that you read or are

What is one aspect of your work that you

reading?

particularly enjoy?

I just finished The Last Kingdom by Bernard

That each day is its own adventure so work

Cornwell and am now reading Pride and Prejudice

never gets boring. I also really like building large

by Jane Austin. I tend to read all sorts of genres.

complex models and traffic forecasts that include

What is your favourite mode of transportation?

I would have to say walking. You can see so much of a city, park, or destination just by going for a walk. Plus, morning walks with the pups before the sun is up are very peaceful.

all modes of transportation.

Who has had the greatest influence on your career?

Several people have had an influence on my career over the years. My dad encouraged me when I was young to take math and sciences so

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS & PERSPECTIVES How would you describe your job to someone you just met at a party?

I describe my job as a series of questions. “I

my career opportunities would be open. My nana encouraged me to be creative which I use daily to tackle problems. My papa continues to inspire me; he just turned 90 years old and continues to run and repair an old steam tractor at a museum. (I guess you could say transportation is in my blood.) Professionally, my mentors, Bruce

plan the stuff that is on the road surface and up.

Belmore and Nathan Gray, have had a profound

Do you need turning lanes, stop signs, traffic

impact on my career, guiding and supporting me

signals? Where are the sidewalks or cyclists going

through all my career aspirations. And finally my

to go? Or in new development areas, I’ll lay out

husband; he offers his encouragement,

the road network and see how much traffic will

understanding, and steadfast belief in my abilities

be added to the network. What is your

through all that I do.

interchange going to look like in the future? How do we make this intersection safer? That sort of

What will you hope to have accomplished at the

thing.”

end of your career?

Tell us about a project you’re proud to have worked on This is a tough question. Being in consulting

I hope that I will have made a difference and leave the transportation networks I have worked on safer and more efficient for all transportation modes. I also hope that I will have set up the next

means I have had the opportunity to work on lots

generation for success to continue making a

of cool projects. But I think a once in a lifetime

difference and improving the world we live in.

opportunity was helping to build the traffic and parking plan for the new football stadium in

What is the greatest opportunity you see for the

Regina. I deployed a City-wide data collection

field?

program to evaluate how people were getting to

I didn’t know that transportation was a career

the game and where they were coming from. I

option or even what an engineer does day to day

was even granted access to the top catwalk to

until I was well into my degree. I think there exists

see how people dispersed after a game. That was

an opportunity to show our youth what engineers

the neatest experience and to see the plan

actually do. It’s so much more than just math and

executed as intended was amazing.

science. Writing and communicating is, in fact, a large part of what we do. If that part was known, we may attract others who would have otherwise not been interested in the field.

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Coast to Coast: A Tour of ITE Canada’s Sections

By Ryan Vanderputten, ITE Canada Immediate Past President

Over the past 2 years, I had the pleasure of serving as the ITE Canada President, representing our Canadian community of over 2,000 transportation professionals. It has been a wonderful opportunity to meet with members across Canada, seeing how they experience ITE Canada at the local section level, and to see how we at the District level can support them.

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ITE INSIGHTS APPOINTEE UPDATES

ITE Insights

ITE Canada representatives are appointed to many ITE Technical Committees and Councils to bring our unique Canadian perspective to the work of ITE. In this feature, our appointees share updates about their committees to help our members connect to ITE’s initiatives and the transportation industry more broadly.

Transportation Education Council Transportation Education Council (TEC) is planning two webinars in Spring and another two in Fall. A facultyled webinar on the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Academic Integrity is scheduled for Thursday, March 7th, and will feature Canada’s own Dr. Jennie Miron of Humber College. A student-focused webinar for Spring is currently being planned.

Additionally, TEC will be conducting a Transportation Engineering Workshop in Philadelphia on Saturday, July 20th in conjunction with the upcoming 2024 ITE Annual Meeting. This day-long workshop will provide an opportunity to learn of best practices in engineering education, develop activities for post-secondary courses, and create or further develop networks among transportation engineering faculty. Registration opens on Friday, March 1st. Stay tuned for more information from ITE International..

Sean Nix M.Eng., RPP, FITE Manager, Transportation Operations | Region of Peel

Transportation Systems Management & Operations Council •

Plan for 2024: 4 webinars and panel discussion in Spring Annual Technical Conference (March 20, 2024)

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Updates from ITE headquarters, Standing Committees: Smart Communities, CAV (Connected and Autonomous Vehicles), and Urban Goods Movements, NOCoE (National Operations Center of Excellence) Update, HWA, ASSHTO, TRB Update

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Discussed opportunities to collaborate

•

In addition to the ITE Appointee to TSMO, ITE Canada also arranged the representative for CAV Advisory Group to discuss the national and strategic topics about the CAV activity and provide coordination and planning at a national level.

Borg Chan M.Sc., P.Eng., PTOE, RSP1, FITE Road Safety Specialist | ISL Engineering and Land Services

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ITE INSIGHTS

Council Leadership Team •

Liaison Updates: TRB, Canadian District, Australian/NZ, and LeadershipITE

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ITE Headquarters Updates: ITE Strategic Plan, Technical Program, and Webinar Program

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Spring Conference Overview

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Council Awards

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2024 Action Plan Highlights and Important Dates

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Council Operations: Leadership Transitions for 2024; Collaboration Opportunities; Project Updates; Calendar Review; and CLT Operations Guide.

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MUTCD 11st Edition: Coordinating ITE Implementation Actions Update prepared by Borg Chan

Farhad Shahla M.Eng., P.Eng., PTOE, PMP Manager, LRT Technical Services and Approvals Coordination | City of Hamilton

Complete Streets Council •

Provided presentation on the update to PROWAG (Public Right of Way Accessibility Guideline)

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Discussed the 2024 Work Products including Complete Street Metrics; Continuing Education During & Post College; Accommodation E-Bikes: Variations in Design; Crosswalk Spacing.

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Memberships Announcements: Ű

Call for ITE Complete Streets Council Secretary

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Prioritizing Transit in Quick-Builds Completed Street Design has been published and is available in ITE bookstore

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Many Complete Streets sessions and events at TRB Update prepared by Borg Chan

Ryan Martinson M.Eng., P.Eng., RSP1 Principal & Sustainable Transportation Specialist | Martinson Golly Ltd.

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NEW! Online Training

ROAD SAFETY for Canadian Practitioners

Comprehensive & tailored professional development

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

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.

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PARTNER UPDATES

News from CARSP

Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP) Upcoming and Past Events CARSP Conference 2024 CARSP is very excited to partner with Parachute to bring you the 2024 CARSP Conference. The theme of the conference is “Safe Mobility: Achieving Vision Zero in Urban and Rural Environments”. The primary aim of the CARSP conference is to share knowledge among Canada’s road safety professionals with the goal of making our roads safer. Our call for abstracts received a record 125 submissions! Submissions are on a broad range of road safety topics such as: the development of a City wide road safety plan, Vision Zero and the Safe System Approach, building equity into transportation plans, evaluating road safety programs, and innovative program approaches to decreasing road safety injuries and deaths. Conference delegates represent a broad array of disciplines including health professionals, engineers, Government officials, crash re-constructionists, insurers, researchers, enforcement, and more. Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities are still available!

Stay Tuned!...Subscribe to our conference email list so you don’t miss a conference update. In February we will be announcing the opening of registration and the release of our preliminary program, which will include technical tour options and post-conference workshops! Have questions, please contact info@carsp.ca for more information.

CARSP Webinar Series CARSP continues to offer its members free monthly webinars on a variety of road safety related topics.

Information on CARSP webinars can be found in the “Events and Training/Webinars” area of the CARSP website. Past recordings can also be found here and on the CARSP Youtube Channel. The webinars offered in the fourth quarter of 2023 were: •

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December 2023 webinar Ű

Topic: Building CapaCITY/É for Sustainable Transportation (Joint webinar with ITE Canada)

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Speakers: Marie-Soleil Cloutier; Emily McCullogh

November 2023 webinar Ű

Topic: Ottawa Motorcycle Safety Strategy

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Speakers: Stefan Tsang

October 2023 webinar (English) Ű

Topic: Which technologies will make my driving safer?

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Speakers: Martin Lavallière

October 2023 webinar (French) Ű

Topic: quelles technologies rendront ma conduite plus sécuritaire ?

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Speakers: Martin Lavallière

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The Greater Vancouver Section is kicking off 2024 with our AGM and awards ceremony. We would like to congratulate our award winners:

Bill Curtis Outstanding Project of the Year Award •

Project Name: BC Highway Reinstatement Program Highway 5 - Category B Project

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Recipients: Kiewit Engineering Group Canada ULC, Peter Kiewit Sons ULC, Emil Anderson Construction Inc., BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

Mavis Johnson Road Safety Project of the Year Award •

Project Name: City of Burnaby - Vision Zero

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Recipients: City of Burnaby & G.Ho Engineering Consultants Ltd.

Don Henderson Lifetime Achievement Award •

Recipient: Alison Wong

Please welcome our new incoming Treasurer, and the rest of the committee has transferred into our 2024 roles. A thank you for the work last year of our past president, Khelen.

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Immediate Past President – Khelen Upadhyay

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President – Breanna Jackson

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Vice President – Matt Woo

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Secretary – Maryam Tabeshian

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Treasurer – Trevor Demerse

Mavis Johnson (right) with the winners of the Road Safety Project of the Year Award

We are busy planning events for 2024, including virtual presentations and in-person networking events, so please stay tuned!

Follow us on our LinkedIn page to see what we’ve got going on this year!

Former ITE Canada President Jan Voss swears in the new ITE Greater Vancouver Executive Committee

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SECTION NEWS

For the past quarter, the Southern Alberta Section (ITE SA) started off by welcoming our new executive members for 2024: •

President - Lou Mak (acclaimed)

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Vice President - Annie Wang (acclaimed)

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Secretary - Kayla Royce (acclaimed)

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Treasurer - Kennith Lin (acclaimed)

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Publicity Coordinator - Bidoura Khondaker

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Past President - Josh Workman (acclaimed)

In November, an engaging panel discussion regarding considerations faced by transportation practitioners in Alberta relating to the Rule of the Road Traffic Safety Act was held. We would like to thank Tony Churchill (City of Calgary), Marcia Eng (Urban Systems) and John Nugent (APEGA) for their thoughtful discussion on this topic that explored different perspectives on the challenges for transportation practitioners interpreting and navigating the Rules of the Road Traffic Safety Act within our responsibility as engineers.

ITE Southern Alberta concluded 2023 with a Winter Gala at the Calgary Zoo to celebrate the achievements and successes of our local industry in the past year over food, drinks and to top it off – Zoo Lights. Youth En Route made a guest presentation on the impact that donations from our monthly speaker presentations make towards their organization and ultimately the communities we live in. Ryan Martinson was awarded with the Volunteer of the Year award through an open nomination among our membership; Josh Workman was recognized for his service and contributions to ITE Southern Alberta throughout the years.

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2023 was a busy and exciting year for the ITE Saskatchewan Section. Here are a few highlights of our years activities and events: •

We brought back our Pizza & Pint Night held at the University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina in February

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Hosted our second Student Presentation

Sheliza Kelts, President

Ellen McLaughlin, Vice President

Terry Yu, Secretary Treasurer

Christine Hay, Secretary Treasurer

Rebekah Vasylyeva, Communications/ Membership Coordinator

Ferdousul Haque Shikder, Student Chapter Coordinator

Competition in March •

Held our Spring Session in Regina in May

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Finished off the year with the Fall Session & AGM in Saskatoon in October

Our Fall Session & AGM included networking, a workshop activity, and presentations on a variety of topics such as: •

14th Street Neighbourhood Bikeway

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Residential Speed Limit Review

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Bus Rapid Transit Station Design

In 2024, we look forward to continuing with our Student Presentation Competition, and in-person Spring and Fall Sessions. We are also working with our fellow Canadian prairie ITE Sections to plan a virtual Canadian ITE Prairie webinar in the first quarter of 2024.

Please welcome the new 2024 ITE Saskatchewan Section Board.

Destiny Piper, Past President

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SECTION NEWS

In November, ITE Manitoba and the University of Manitoba ITE Student Chapter co-hosted a bowling networking event at Uptown Alley in Winnipeg. Everyone had a great time mingling, networking, bowling, and playing arcade games!

Altogether, 12 industry members and 9 students were in attendance. ITE Manitoba is planning to hold more events with the Student Chapter in the upcoming calendar year.

We also held our Annual Business Meeting (ABM) in December at the Winnipeg Winter Club. The ABM featured a technical presentation on Winnipeg’s Moving on Marion Project by David Wiebe of Dillon Consulting and Damir Muhurdarevic from the City of Winnipeg. At the ABM, we also introduced our new executive members for 2024. Starting on January 1st, 2024, the Manitoba executive consists of: •

President - Steven Wood (acclaimed)

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Vice President - Mark Hearson (acclaimed)

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Secretary - Karalee Klassen-Townsend (acclaimed)

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Treasurer - Adam Budowski

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Past President - Rebecca Peterniak (acclaimed)

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Director - Steven Wood

We’re looking ahead to a busy and highly anticipated schedule for 2024, beginning with a joint virtual webinar with the Northern Alberta, Southern Alberta, and Saskatchewan Sections!

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We had an amazing AGM on November 20, 2023. To a sold-out crowd, Jeff Matthews of Dillon Consulting provided an update on the planned reconstruction of the Highway 4 (Col. Talbot Road) and Highway 401 interchange in London, an MTO project.

SW Ontario was honoured to host our ITE Canada Executive Committee special guests Ryan Vanderputten, Pedram Izadpanah, and Julia Salvini for the evening. We were very proud to present the presidents of our three student chapters, Talha Ahmed and Mike Mariano (Co-Presidents, Western), Chris Skelton (Waterloo), and Dhwani Shah (Windsor).

Thank you everyone for your support and enthusiasm during our relaunch in 2023!

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SECTION NEWS

The ITE Toronto Section is very pleased with the

their innovative projects. We also would like to

engagement our events have garnered and look

issue a big thank-you to event gold sponsors BA

forward to growing in 2024. Over the last few

Group, Egis, and Parsons, as well as event silver

months we have hosted notable events including

sponsors Croizer Consulting Engineers,

training sessions, a manufacturing facility tour,

Paradigm Transportation Solutions Limited, and

and our flagship Christmas Luncheon and AGM.

True North Safety, for their support of this event.

On October 19, 2023 we held a dynamic one-hour

The new ITE Toronto Section Executive for 2024

virtual event where attendees learned about the

includes Azadeh Heydari (Metrolinx) as

transformative power of data in the

President, Stephanie Pham (BA Group) as Vice-

transportation industry. Our panel of experts

President, Heather Hector (Paradigm

included Erin O’Higgins (Streetlight), Arash

Transportation Solutions Limited) as Treasurer,

Mirhoseini (Stantec), and Jonathan Eller (GHD)

Jocelyn Wallen (LEA Consulting) as Secretary,

who discussed real-world applications, shared

and Erik Nevland (Region of Peel) as Immediate

insights, and revealed the future of data-driven

Past President/ITE Canada Director. Thank you to

transportation solutions. Thank you to our

outgoing executives Jason Dahl (City of

speakers and to all attendees at this event.

Richmond Hill) and Behzad Rouhieh (CIMA+) for your years of service to ITE Toronto. If you are

On December 14, we hosted our 2023 Christmas

interested in volunteering with ITE Toronto,

Luncheon and Annual General Meeting. Our

including as a Committee Member or Chair,

keynote speaker was Inderjit Hans, the

contact toronto@itecanada.org. We have roles on

Commissioner of Public Works at the City of

all four of our committees: Activities, Awards,

Brantford, who presented on the Brantford on

Communications, and Student Engagement.

Track: Paving the Way for GO Rail Extension proposal. Several awards were distributed,

The ITE Toronto Section looks forward to

including the 2023 Project of the Year Award to

celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2024 with our

the University of Toronto for their “Electric-

community of transportation professionals over

Cargo Pilot Study in Toronto” project. The

the next year and hope to see many new faces at

Attendance Award was presented to Tanvir

our events. To keep up-to-date with our events,

Chowdhury (Arcadis) and the President’s Award

including special celebration activities, please

was presented to Jocelyn Wallen (LEA Consulting

follow ITE Toronto on social media or visit our

Ltd./ITE Toronto). Lastly, we held the Innovation

website at toronto.itecanada.org. Thank you to

of the Year Award competition as part of the

everyone who attended, volunteered at, or

Christmas Luncheon. Ghazaleh Mohseni

sponsored our events in 2023.

Hosseinabadi (York University) was awarded the 2023 Innovation of the Year Award as she received the most votes for her presentation on the “Strategic Interactive Planner Tool for Bike-Share Systems” project. Thank you to runners-up Bernard James (Parsons) and Kamand Khosravian (York University) for also showcasing

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The Nov 10th ITE National Capital Breakfast presentation at the Agricultural Museum was a big success! Thanks to City of Ottawa staff Jennifer Armstrong, Katarina Cvetkovic and Deborah Lightman for an informative update on the City of Ottawa’s Transportation Master Plan. We heard how the City adapted to COVID by splitting the TMP into two parts: Part 1 with the TMP Policies, Active Transportation Projects and Networks, and Transit and Road Project Prioritization Frameworks for TMP Part 2, development of the Capital Infrastructure, which is currently underway. We look forward to future consultations en route to the release of the Phase 2 report in 2025.

Our AGM took place on January 12, 2024 and closed-out our activities for 2023 with our year-end review of the 2023 Annual Report and assignment of our 2024 Executive committee: •

Director: Gordon Scobie

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Past President: Shawn Smith

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President: Nii Noi Akuetteh

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Vice President: Jordan Papazoglou

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Treasurer: Patrick McMahon

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Technical Representative: Rebecca Conrod

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Secretary: Niki Tsiolas

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Communications Coordinator: Thaise Mota

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The Atlantic Canada Team hosted our Fall Session in November 2023 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, which included a special guest star appearance

by ITE Canada Exec Ryan Vanderputten.

Attendees enjoyed a networking event the night prior to our Technical Session. The full day session included informative and interesting presentations: •

Brunswick Street Functional Plan - Hannah McBride, MScE, P.Eng., Halifax Regional Municipality

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Magnetic Hill Transportation Plan - Mia Vautour, P.Eng, EXP

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Yarmouth’s Lake Milo Active Transportation Plan - Adriana Terán, P.Eng., Englobe

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How age-friendly is your AT infrastructure?

- Zahra Sedaghat, University of New Brunswick

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Discussion Panel: Adventures in Procurement - Kate Whitfield, P.Eng., MCIP, RPP, RSP1, Alta Planning + Design

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Capital Planning - Corey White P.Eng, NBDTI

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Bayers Road Transit Priority Phase 1 Implementation - Greg O’Brien, P.Eng., WSP

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ITE Canada Conference - Halifax 2025 - Hannah McBride & Courtney Pyne, Co-Chairs

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UNB Student Chapter Raffle Draw UNB Student Chapter

We had our AGM following the Technical Session, where we thanked our Past President, Mark Gunter and welcomed Secretary/Treasurer Jill DeMerchant to the Atlantic Canada Section Executive. We have our Spring Session coming in 2024 to look forward to!

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The term kicked off with our guest speaker,

Looking ahead to the upcoming term, we are

the Executive Director at Capital Bike, who

excited to announce a more engaging and

shared valuable insights into their role and

dynamic series of events. Our focus is on

experiences in the field of active

involving members in talks from researchers

transportation. The event was a resounding

to professional engineers, fostering an

success, setting a positive tone for the entire

environment of continuous learning and

term.

collaboration. Socializing events and partnerships with other chapters are also on

While we faced a minor setback with a

the agenda, promising a term filled with both

rescheduled event, we are optimistic about

professional and personal growth.

its success in the upcoming term. Club Days proved to be a highlight, as we successfully recruited new students to join our chapter, contributing to the expansion of our chapter.

Despite the term being less eventful, we dedicated our efforts to solidify the foundation of our group. New executives acclimated to their roles, and we successfully increased our membership base.

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STUDENT CHAPTER NEWS

The UBC ITE Student Chapter has had an eventful fall semester, and we’re excited to share some highlights.

Fall Term Highlights Our school year kicked off in September by hosting an Introduction to Transportation Lunch & Learn session giving students an excellent opportunity to gain insights on what the industry has to offer.

Three speakers, including a current graduate student and Co-President, a

UBC ITE’s Introduction to Transportation Lunch & Learn

UBC ITE Past President, and a recent UBC Master of Community and Regional Planning Graduate, discussed topics in geometric design, transportation impact assessments, traffic management plans, transit planning, active transportation, and more. The event attracted ~40 attendees and was very well received.

After finalizing our executive team, we shifted gears to focus on sponsorship recruitment for the 2023-24 school year, including a sponsorship package overhaul to include Lunch and Learn spots for all top-tier sponsors. The UBC Chapter then hosted the first two industry events in our lunch and learn series, with HDR presenting on a “Day in the Life of an Engineer”, and Arcadis highlighting the importance of road safety to students and providing an overview of

transportation modeling software such as Synchro, VISSIM, and EMME. The chapter finished off the Winter term with a Team Holiday Social where members had an opportunity to relax, strengthen our team bond, and enjoy some refreshments and board games.

Future Plans Looking ahead, we have an exciting lineup of industry Lunch and Learns planned for next term, which will be accentuated by our annual Industry Night in February and some technical tours around the Metro Vancouver area. Stay tuned as our chapter continues to provide valuable learning opportunities to students in Vancouver.

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We’re thrilled to share some of the highlights

the ITE UofM Student Chapter and ITE

from the exciting fall semester that the UofM

Manitoba collaborated to organize a fantastic

ITE Student Chapter had and the plan we have

networking bowling evening at Uptown Alley on

for the Winter semester.

November 28.

Fall Term Highlights

ITE UofM had the honor of taking part in Young Friends of Engineering’s (YFOE) second annual

At the beginning of September, ITE UofM took

Tech-Ex. This event, which took place at the

part in three different recruitment events to

UofM Price Faculty of Engineering’s Atrium at

encourage students pursuing civil engineering

the end of November, gave student

to consider a career in transport engineering.

organizations a great venue to display their

These events marked the beginning of the fall

work and the potential to obtain additional

semester. During the fall semester, ITE UofM

funds for the association.

hosted a few guest speakers, including Jamie Lacoste from WSP and Dr. Edward Chung from

Winter Term Plans

Hong Kong PolyU. Nasim Delijouyi , technical chair for ITE UofM student chapter presented

ITE UofM will continue having numerous guest

her research paper “ application of reliability

lectures as we already host Dr. Moataz

models for crash frequency analysis:

Mohamed from McMaster University presenting

implications for network- wide safety

a seminar entitled “Transit Electrification:

performance” on September 13th at ITE

Research Trends, Gaps, and the Quest for

Manitoba fall luncheon. It is noteworthy to

Resilient Infrastructure” that took place on

mention that Nassim’s paper previously won

Thursday, January 18.

the Kean Lew Memorial Student Paper Competition.

Additionally, the ITE student chapter is pleased to announce that this year’s technical trip

Additionally, on Thursday, November 16th, ITE

destination will now be in Vancouver. The trip

UofM held an interesting community gathering

will take place during reading week, from

at Arthur A. Leach School (1827 Chancellor Dr.,

Monday, February 19 to Saturday, February 24,

Winnipeg). The purpose of the event was to

and will allow us to explore the city’s amazing

inspire the next generation of professionals to

transportation system, which includes the sky

picture a future influenced by innovation and

train, buses, walking and cycling routes, and

connectivity by igniting students’ interest for

much more.

learning about the exciting options and different career choices within transportation

ITE UofM also intends to hold community

engineering.

engagement events, samosa sales, and technical networking events during the winter

Furthermore, in an effort to bridge the gap between students and industry professionals ,

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semester.

STUDENT CHAPTER NEWS

The ITE University of Windsor Student Chapter was thrilled to extend our heartfelt appreciation to Dr. Umair Durrani for an enlightening guest lecture for our November 2023 meet on “Open Source Tools for Transportation Planning and Engineering”!

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ARUP Aviation Planning event We were very excited to host Fang Su from ARUP to come to the University of Waterloo to present his work at ARUP on Airport terminal analysis and simulation. Fang is a Professional Engineer with nine years of experience who leads the Airport Planning Discipline for ARUP Canada. Since joining ARUP, he has led analysis and simulation work for over 25 airports internationally and have worked on projects worth billions of dollars. This talk was extremely well attended with students from the school of planning, department of civil engineering, as well as students from the science and aviation program. Fang’s presentation gave an overview of how airports are simulated, the challenges and patterns in movements inside an airport terminal and how ARUP effectively models passenger movements to ensure efficient movement minimizing bottlenecks.

True North Safety Group

Fang’s presentation on airport modelling and simulation

The University of Waterloo ITE Student Chapter was extremely privileged to have Josée Dumont from True North Safety Group to come in person to give a presentation on best design practices that focus on safety for various transportation facilities. With over 16 years of experience in traffic engineering, Josée is one of the few people who holds the Road Safety Professional Level 2 certification with specialities in infrastructure and behaviour. She has completed over 100 safety assessments and dozens of projects for various types of transportation facilities. Josée mentioned previous projects with many cities across Canada and shared best design practices that encompass a safety-first perspective while at the same time designing to accommodate all types of road users.

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Josée presenting on road safety to attendees

STUDENT CHAPTER NEWS

Fall Open House This year, at the annual University of Waterloo Fall Open House, the ITE team set up a booth showcasing our student chapter along with the rest of the Universities numerous design teams. The Fall Open House is an opportunity for high school students to take a campus tour, explore the different faculties and learn about undergraduate student life at the University.

End of Term Social To celebrate the end of a successful term, the ITE team held an end of term social event at the Graffiti Market in Kitchener. We look forward to the next semester with many more fun events already planned.

The team in Engineering 5 Student Shops

WUSA Stock the Bank The ITE Chapter participated in the 6th annual Stock the Bank challenge run by the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association. The month-long challenge invites self formed teams to compete against one another to donate the most amount of non-perishable food items during the month of November.

Executive team with Chapter Advisor at Graffiti Market

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ITE McMaster has had many events so far this year.

We began our semester with Clubsfest 2023!

This was an event run by the McMaster Engineering Society (MES) where exec members were able to talk to first years about the chapter and our upcoming events.

Following Clubsfest 2023, we hosted a table at McMaster’s annual Civil Engineering Clubs Night. This event was planned by the CES (Civil Engineering Society) at Mac and gave Civil Engineering students an opportunity to see what civil related clubs are available at

McMaster Student Chapter members doing outreach to first year students

the university.

Next ITE McMaster Student Chapter hosted a Destressor Paint Night activity where participants were encouraged to paint a transportation related art piece. There were snacks, refreshments, and fun transportation related videos playing throughout the night!

Our event goers were quite creative with their finished paintings.

Following our Destressor, McMaster’s very own Dr. Moataz (Associate Professor at Mac) presented at our first Networking Night of

Transportation-related art from McMaster’s Destressor Paint Night

the year. He talked about the concept of Mobility as well as his journey in Civil Engineering and more specifically, his studies in the field of transportation.

Dr. Moataz Mohamed presenting

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STUDENT CHAPTER NEWS

Our most recent event was held in collaboration with Mohawk College. Participants were able to learn how to use the traffic management software, PTV Vistro. We had a great turnout and many positive experiences!

To end the fall semester, ITE McMaster Student Chapter collaborated with the CES here at Mac by hosting two speakers, Jason Stahl and Shaila Jamil to talk about their experiences in the field of transportation. This event gave students the chance to network and learn about what it is like to pursue transportation as a career both academically and professionally.

As ITE McMaster moves into the winter semester we are planning a plethora of events. We will be collaborating with the Waterloo University chapter and National Steel Car to bring students on a freight/passenger rail related field trip.

There is also a virtual networking event in the works. Our largest endeavour this semester will be hosting the chapter’s first ever industry night at the end of February!

Snapshot from the PTV Vistro workshop

Great turnout at ITE McMaster’s final fall semester event

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ITE Carleton experienced a successful relaunch in

intended to provide a fun yet informative

the Fall of 2023. With the support from both ITE

platform for learning and networking. We are also

Canada and the ITE National Capital Section, the

organizing an educational visit to the National

chapter has swiftly initiated its engagement with

Research Center Labs, which promises to be an

the student community. Our introductory event in

insightful experience into cutting-edge

Fall 2023 (Transportation 101) marked the

transportation research. Additionally, a visit to

beginning of this renewed journey, and we are

the City of Ottawa’s Traffic Control Center is

enthusiastically gearing up for an array of

planned, offering a behind-the-scenes look at

activities slated for the Winter and Spring of

urban traffic management. Rounding off our

2024, in close collaboration with the ITE National

planned activities is a software training session,

Capital Section.

aimed at equipping members with practical skills in transportation engineering tools.

The lineup of planned events is designed to

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enrich the educational and professional

These initiatives are a testament to our chapter’s

experiences of our members. Highlights include

commitment to offering valuable learning

hosting guest speakers from the industry,

opportunities and fostering a strong community

offering a unique perspective on transportation

among transportation engineering enthusiasts

engineering. A trivia night is on the calendar,

and professionals.

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WELCOME WELCOME

New Members

Isaiah Abolarinde, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Dora Gunn, District of Squamish, Squamish, BC

Alejandro Agustines, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Mohammad Halakoo, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Natalie Androsoff, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC

Juwan Han, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC

Devansh Bhatt, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON

Kyle Harron, City of Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina, SK

Krystian Biernat, Hamilton, ON

Zane Hartman, City of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Amanda Bishop, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Andrew Haye, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC

Mark Brace, Nova Scotia Dept. Of Transp. & Infrastructure Renewal, Halifax, NS Richard Brummund, City Of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB

Erfan Hajibandeh, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC

Patrick Hehl, Mohawk College, Hamilton, ON Daniel Higdon, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB Liz Hoffman, City of Saskatoon, Saskatoon, SK

Adam Bryant, City of Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina, SK

Anne Huisken, , Vernon, BC

Alison Carlyle, City Of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON

Andres Jarrin, City Of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Shyama Chauhan, City of Edmonton, Edmonton, AB

Waleed Javed, , Saskatoon, SK

Khalil Ibrahim, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC

Christine Chen, City of Burnaby, Burnaby, BC

Callaway Johnson, City Of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON

Joseph Cornelio, University of Waterloo, Mississauga, ON

Amir Hossein Karbasi, Mcmaster University, Hamilton, ON

Hebly Cushicondor, City of Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina, SK

Jackie Kennedy, City Of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON

Trevor Dampf, , Toronto, ON Zack DesRoches, University of New Brunswick, Kinkora, PE Kristel Dodaro, City of Kelowna, Kelowna, BC Rob Dudiak, City of Saskatoon, Saskatoon, SK Enrique Duquesne Torres, University of Waterloo, Brampton, ON

Iman Khan, University of Waterloo, Thornhill, ON Irem Khan, City Of Toronto, Toronto, ON Russell Scott Kho, University of Waterloo, Richmond Hill, ON Shawn Kim, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Mike Kittmer, City of Kelowna, Kelowna, BC Tarrance Kong, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC

Jhon Carlo Ecalne, City Of New Westminster, New Westminster, BC

Juby Lee, City Of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON

Cody Enns, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Moose Jaw, SK

Ellen Li, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC

Zahra Fakoor, City Of Toronto, Toronto, ON Tristan Ford, University of British Columbia, Victoria, BC Donald Fu, City of Saskatoon, Saskatoon, SK Nathan Fu, City of Regina, Regina, SK Lucas Gaspari, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Branko Georgievski, Town of Halton Hills, Hamilton, ON Kunjan Ghimire, City Of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Steven Leung, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC Abbly Liu, Town of New Tecumseth, Alliston, ON Phillip Liu, , Richmond, BC Priscila Lopes-Hilland, City Of New Westminster, New Westminster, BC Matthew Lucic, York University, Markham, ON Maria Lutes, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS Shannel Ly, , North York, ON Humayra Maisha, Saskatchewan Ministry Of Highways And Infrastructure, Saskatoon, SK Alec Mak, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

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NEW MEMBERS

Marko Maric, City Of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON Jon Martin, Stantec, Calgary, AB

Mostafa Saneii, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Arvin Matloubi Aghdam, University of Waterloo, Oakville, ON

Saghar Shams, Mohawk College, Stoney Creek, ON

Khyla McCarty, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB

Ella Sherafat, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON

Kyle Miller, Nova Scotia Dept. Of Transp. & Infrastructure Renewal, Fall River, NS

Manav Singla, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Neshon Missaghian, University of Waterloo, Whitby, ON

Ruel Soriano, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC

Ajeet Mohandas, Nova Scotia Dept. Of Transp. & Infrastructure Renewal, Halifax, NS Scott Mouland, University of New Brunswick, Riverview, NB Janice Naceur-McLean, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC Owen Nicol, , Coquitlam, BC Pal Panara, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON Kianne Pelaez, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC

Karen Siu, University of Waterloo, Burlington, ON Juan Soto, Montréal, QC Darryl Spencer, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON Zaima Tasneem, University of Regina, Regina, SK Suzzane Therrien, City of Kelowna, Kelowna, BC Lucas Tito Pereira Sobreira, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Sam Tomkins, City of Burnaby, North Vancouver, BC

Jessie Pickard, , Fredericton, NB

Dan Trenchard, JR Cousin Consultants, Winnipeg, MB

Nathan Quinn, Novatech Engineering Consultants Ltd., Ottawa, ON

Josh Van Ravens, City Of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON

Matthew Rae, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Harinder Singh Virdi, City Of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Jonathan Rafetison, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Rupesh Vishe, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON

Nobinur Rahman, City of Port Moody, BC, Port Moody, BC

Iris Ye, City of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Chen Wu, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC

Noah Reeder, Watt Consulting Group, Victoria, BC

Zhi Zheng, North York, ON

Terry Ricketts, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Thorold, ON

Daniel Zhou, Arcadis, Scarborough, ON

Caleb Ripley, City of Saskatoon, Saskatoon, SK Michael Robinson, City Of Toronto, Toronto, ON Sadie Robinson, City of Nanaimo, Nanaimo, BC Mahshid Sanadgol, City Of Toronto, Richmond Hill, ON

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ITE CANADA CONTACTS

ITE Canada Executive Committee President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pedram Izadpanah, Ph.D., P.Eng. president@itecanada.org

Vice President . . . . . . . . . . Irini Akhnoukh, M.Eng., P.Eng., PTOE vicepresident@itecanada.org

Secretary-Treasurer . . . . . Destiny Piper, P.Eng. treasurer@itecanada.org

Past President . . . . . . . . . Ryan Vanderputten, P.Eng., M.Eng., MBA, FITE pastpresident@itecanada.org

District Director . . . . . . . . Edward Soldo, P.Eng., FITE director@itecanada.org

ITE Canada Staff

Technical Liaison Committee

Business Manager . . . . . . James Johnstone

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Communications Lead . . . Evonne Winchiu Donaher edonaher@itecanada.org

Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . Farhad Shahla, M.Eng., P.Eng. Vice-Chair . . . . . . . Borg Chan, M.Sc., P.Eng., PTOE, RSP, FITE Committee . . . . . . . Erin Toop, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Syed Atif Ali, M.Eng., P.Eng., PMP Past Chair . . . . . . . Ryan Martinson, M.Eng., P.Eng.

Training Committee

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Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam St. Amant, P.Eng., PTOE Past Chair . . . . . . . Ian Roth, P.Eng. Vice Chair . . . . . . . Marcia Eng, P.Eng. Committee . . . . . . . Karin Huang, EIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hamed Esmaeeli, P.Eng.

Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . Paula Sawicki, P.Eng. Vice Chair . . . . . . . Garrett Donaher, P.Eng. Committee . . . . . . . Amy Do, P.Eng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maryam Hasanpour, EIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Omar Shams, CET

Sections & Presidents Vancouver Island . . . . . . . Bruce Beames, P.Eng. vancouverisland@itecanada.org

southwestontario@itecanada.org

Greater Vancouver . . . . . . Breanna Jackson, P.Eng.

Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jill Juhlke, C.E.T., FITE

vancouver@itecanada.org

hamilton@itecanada.org

BC Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spencer Behn, P.Eng. bcinterior@itecanada.org

Northern Alberta . . . . . . . Alyssa Lefebvre, P.Eng. northernalberta@itecanada.org

Southern Alberta . . . . . . . Lou Mak, P.Eng southernalberta@itecanada.org

Saskatchewan . . . . . . . . . . Sheliza Kelts, P.Eng. saskatchewan@itecanada.org

Manitoba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steven Wood, M.Sc., P.Eng. manitoba@itecanada.org

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Southwestern Ontario . . . Jeff Jongsma, C.Tech, ESCP

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Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Azadeh Heydari, P.Eng. toronto@itecanada.org

National Capital . . . . . . . . Nii Noi Akuetteh, P.Eng. nationalcapital@itecanada.org

Québec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Bourque, IAITE quebec@itecanada.org

Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Pyne, P.Eng. atlantic@itecanada.org

ITE CANADA CONTACTS

Student Chapters & Advisors Carleton University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Weiss carleton@itecanada.org

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Dalhousie University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ahsan Habib dalhousie@itecanada.org

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Lakehead University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juan Pernia lakeheadu@itecanada.org

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McMaster University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moataz Mohamed mcmaster@itecanada.org

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Mohawk College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig Sherwood mohawkcollege@itecanada.org

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Montréal-Québec Étudiants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ciprian Alecsandru quebecstudents@itecanada.org

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Toronto Metropolitan University . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bilal Farooq tmu@itecanada.org

bilal.farooq@torontomu.ca

University of Alberta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Z. Qiu ualberta@itecanada.org

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University of British Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tarek Sayed ubc@itecanada.org

tsayed@civil.ubc.ca

UBC Okanagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mahmudur Fatmi ubco@itecanada.org

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University of Calgary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lina Kattan ucalgary@itecanada.org

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University of Manitoba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Babak Mehran umanitoba@itecanada.org

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University of New Brunswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Hildebrand & Trevor Hanson unb@itecanada.org

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University of Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marianne Hatzopoulou utoronto@itecanada.org

marianne.hatzopoulou@utoronto.ca

University of Saskatchewan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vacant usask@itecanada.org

usask@itecanada.org

University of Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laura Minet uvic@itecanada.org

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University of Waterloo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Bachmann uwaterloo@itecanada.org

chris.bachmann@uwaterloo.ca

University of Windsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanna Maoh uwindsor@itecanada.org

Hanna.Maoh@uwindsor.ca

Western University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mohamed Zaki Hussein westernu@itecanada.org

m.zaki@uwo.ca

York University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Gingerich yorku@itecanada.org

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