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ITE Canada 2025 Annual Conference Call for Abstracts & Sponsors/Exhibitors Save the date to join us in Halifax next June 1-4. Don’t miss your chance to become a speaker or showcase your company at our 2025 conference.

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It Takes Two to Transform: Cooperation between transit agencies and road authorities Brandon Green, Brian Elery Phillips, and Derrick Swallow explore challenges to and strategies for improved collaboration between project partners

20 The Canadian Bikeway Comfort and Safety (Can-BICS) classification system: Proposed Expansions Karen Laberee, Dr. Meghan Winters, and Moreno Zanotto provide an overview of the Can-BICS classification system and seek your input on proposed updates to better serve small towns and rural areas

25 Training Preview: Transportation Equity - Developing Solutions for Social Inclusion Mehemed Delibasic, Dewan Karim, Abdul Madani, and Dr. Julia de Lange preview a new training course to be offered in early 2025

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Member Highlight: Adam St. Amant Meet the 2024 Chair of our Training Committee

ITE CANADA & PARTNER NEWS 5

Strategic Plan Update

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TLC Update

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Calls for Volunteers

29 TAC Tidbits 35 ITE Insights 39 News from CARSP

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A Message from Your President News from our President Pedram Izadpanah

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From the District Director Edward Soldo shares his final update as our ITE International District Director

43 Section News 54 Student Chapter News ADVERTISERS 17

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59 Welcome New Members 62 ITE Canada Contacts

22 Associated Engineering 61

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FROM YOUR PRESIDENT

Fall is one of my favorite seasons and arguably the most beautiful. It marks a time of change, milestones, and new opportunities—and we have many of those happening right now across ITE Canada.

One major milestone I was thrilled to celebrate recently was the 50th anniversary of my alma mater, the University of Waterloo Student Chapter. The current leaders of the chapter put on a wonderful event on September 27 to mark the occasion. It was a fantastic chance to reconnect with so many past ITE Canada Presidents and UW grads and meet many current students; thank you to all of the professionals who came out to support the

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Student Chapter and the organizers for their hard work!

This fall also marked the first webinar organized by ITE Canada for our members. This offering was jointly hosted with CARSP and featured the winner of our 2024 Stan Teply Award for Outstanding Technical Project. Thank you to the presenters, participants, and the Technical Liaison Committee (TLC)—notably Vice-Chair Borg Chan—for organizing the successful event.

The TLC is quickly following up this event with another webinar happening on November 14. We are proud to offer Industry Perspectives & Emerging Ideas: Insights from ITE Canada’s Technical Appointees for free to our members to share insights on cross-sectoral trends and opportunities related to safety, multi-modal mobility, design, planning, technology, and operations and the workforce. Don’t miss this informative event!

With our Strategic Plan Update for 2025-2027 approved by the Board of Directors in September, we look forward to focusing on key areas in the coming years to better serve our transportation community. Two of the priorities identified for 2025 involve supporting our Sections, both in their activities, operations, and knowledge sharing as well as the ties between the Board and Section Executives. I was pleased to take action on these priorities when I met in person with members of the Greater Vancouver Section Executive, who shared successes and challenges around how they are serving their membership, and the Vancouver Island Section Executive, who are gearing up to host our 2026 Annual Conference in Victoria. While geographically close, these are very different Sections that demonstrate the diversity of our local representation across the country. The ITE Canada Board is committed to strengthening all of our Sections and the Section Support Task Force is well underway with plans and activities to better serve our Sections.

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Pedram with past ITE Canada Presidents and University of Waterloo alumni—Gene Chartier, Julia Salvini, Doug Allingham, Joanna Kervin, John McGill, and Dave Richardson.

Connecting with TLC Chair Farhad Shahla and Greater Vancouver Section Executive members Trevor Demerse, Breanna Jackson, and Matt Woo.

I encourage all members to attend our Annual General Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, December 11 where we will share more information about the updated Strategic Plan and address other important business for ITE Canada.

Looking forward, we have exciting plans in the works for a virtual symposium in early 2025 led by Vice President Irini Akhnoukh and an experienced organizing committee. Stay tuned for more info to come about this technical learning opportunity.

Another volunteer group that is working hard is our at Halifax 2025 Annual Conference Local Arrangements Committee. The Atlantic Canada Section is planning a memorable event that will showcase east coast hospitality and fun like no other conference. If you haven’t already submitted your proposal to speak at the conference, the Call for Abstracts closes this Friday, November 1. We also encourage interested companies to secure sponsor and exhibitor slots as availaibility is limited.

Finally, with the holiday season around the corner, many of our Sections will soon be hosting their year-end events. I encourage you to participate in a Section gathering near you. These are perfect opportunities to build camraderie and your network, often with great professional learning as well. If you are in the Greater Toronto Area, join me at the Toronto Section’s 50th Anniversary Gala and AGM happening on December 6 at Old Mill Toronto.

Wishing you and your loved ones a most festive holiday season,

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

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FROM THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR

Fall is here and with the changing of the leaves comes the changing of leadership this year as this is my last message to the membership as the ITE Canada District Director.

It has been an honour and a privilege to serve on the Executive Committee and Board of Direction for ITE Canada since 2013. As I reflect on my time, it amazes me how much the organization has transformed over the years and I look forward to its future growth and evolution. Having attended the last eleven ITE Canada conferences in some leadership

Edward Soldo, P.Eng., FITE

role, I look forward to the next one in Halifax where I can be an attendee only!

Canadian District Director, ITE director@itecanada.org

On the ITE International side, it has also grown, diversified and become stronger as the organization of choice for transportation professionals across the globe. The next major ITE event is the Joint ITE International and Florida Puerto Rico District Annual Meeting and Exhibition to be held in Orlando, Florida on August 10-13, 2025, the theme is Innovative Pathways to Safer Transportation. If you are interested in submitting an abstract, please visit the Call for Abstracts website and submit by the deadline is December 3rd, 2024.

There are some great articles in the latest October edition of the ITE Journal, covering timely topics like transportation resilience. Remember, the ITE Learning Hub is always available with many new opportunities for upcoming webinars, courses and training programs.

In closing, I want to thank the many colleagues I have served with over the years on the Executive Committee: Bruce, Gene, Jeannette, Peter, Jen, Julia, Ryan, Pedram, Irini, and Destiny. Special thanks to the amazing staff, past and present, Steven, Evonne, and James.

Thank you all for your hard work and contributions to this organization, the memories and, most of all, your friendship.

Keep well, stay safe and if you have any questions regarding ITE, please contact our new District Director, Julia Salvini!

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

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News from ITE Canada Strategic Plan Update | 2025–2027 Building on the strong consultation and results of

In the resulting updated Strategic Plan, the

our 2020-2024 Strategic Plan, ITE Canada’s

mission statement, guiding principles, priority

Board of Directors and Executive Committee

areas, and goals as well as a number of strategic

undertook an update of our strategic plan in

objectives have been carried forward from the

2024. This included exercises conducted with the

previous plan. Additional strategies have been

Board of Directors at their in-person meeting in

added to guide the Board’s decision-making

June to identify focus areas.

MISSION

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

To provide the Canadian transportation community opportunities to learn, connect, contribute and grow to best meet the needs for safe and healthy mobility in Canada

▶ Integrity ▶ Inclusivity ▶ Excellence

▶ Community ▶ Future-Focused

MEMBERSHIP GROWTH & RETENTION

VALUE OF OUR PRODUCTS & SERVICES

ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTH

Goals

Provide opportunities for all our members to learn, connect, contribute and grow

Provide products and services that strengthen and advance the transportation community

Sustain a thriving organization and a strong sense of community

Strategies

▶ Develop and implement initiatives to increase members in sections and chapters

▶ Maintain engaging conferences that build skills, address priority issues, and explore emerging areas of interest

▶ Ensure the effectiveness of our systems, policies, and procedures*

▶ Focus on young members and develop strategy to transition students into becoming full ITE members

▶ Use tailored messaging to maximize the sharing of our products and services

▶ Strengthen the connection between student chapters and their sections

▶ Increase the quantity and content of training and professional development opportunities

Priority Areas

▶ Provide support to strengthen Section activities, operations, and knowledge sharing* ▶ Provide support to strengthen Student Chapter activities, operations, and knowledge sharing

*Focus areas for 2025

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▶ Add a virtual technical conference to provide further opportunities for professional development* ▶ Strengthen the connection to ITE and the services they provide including webinars and encourage involvement in ITE Councils & Committees

▶ Build a strong culture that fosters fun and upholds our Guiding Principles ▶ Strengthen the connection between the Board of Directors and Section Executives* ▶ Monitor our governance and plan for knowledge transfer between the Executive Committee and Board Directors ▶ Review financial commitments and evaluate the benefits to the members*

ITE CANADA UPDATES

Technical Liaison Committee ITE Canada’s Technical Liaison Program Committee (TLC) has been busy coordinating our appointees to TAC and ITE International’s technical councils and committees and working with partners to offer technical resources to members.

As part of our ongoing partnership with the

provided for questions at the end. These are

Canadian Association of Road Safety

duly noted for future offerings.

Professionals (CARSP), the TLC organized the second of our ITE Canada and CARSP joint

Continuing our efforts to keep members

webinars.

informed, the TLC looks forward to leading a webinar on November 14 about emerging ideas,

Hosted on October 8, the virtual session

gaps, and solutions in the transportation field

presented the Design Guide for Bus Stops

spanning many practice areas. Join us for this

Adjacent to Cycling Infrastructure, featured

virtual session of presentations by several

Brian Patterson (Urban Systems), Suzanne

Appointees to TAC and ITE followed by a Q&A,

Therrien (City of Kelowna) and Mo Bot (City of

free for members.

North Vancouver), and was moderated by Borg Chan (of ISL Engineering and Land Services

If you’re interested in keeping abreast of

and Vice-Chair of the TLC). Over 180 people

technical work and supporting cross-pollination

attended the webinar with all survey

between organizations and regions, we’re

respondents indicating that they would be likely

seeking applications for several Appointee

to apply what they learned. Feedback included

positions and a role on the TLC due November

suggestions to reduce the length of

27 at itecanada.org/volunteer.

introductions and ensure adequate time is

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Volunteer Opportunities Training Committee The ITE Canada Training Committee’s goal is to increase the availability of high-quality training opportunities for Canadian transportation professionals by overseeing the development and delivery of training initiatives. Some recent training sessions coordinated by the Training Committee include sessions on Protected Intersection Design, Accessibility in

We are seeking one new member to join the ITE

Transportation Systems, Big Data and Emerging

Canada Training Committee beginning January 1,

Traffic Technologies, Multimodal Traffic Signal

2025. The term for the committee members is a

Operations, and Bicycle Facilities Design.

maximum of four years.

The Training Committee is composed of ITE

If you are interested in joining our committee,

Canada members who are responsible for

please complete the ITE Canada Volunteer Form

prioritizing, selecting, and organizing training

at itecanada.org/volunteer by November 27,

opportunities for transportation professionals

2024 and check off ITE Canada - Training

across Canada. Since the Training Committee is

Committee and any other opportunities you may

primarily a coordinating body tasked with

be interested in.

providing opportunities for training to ITE Canada members, it typically does not get involved with

More information, including the Committee’s

the development of specific training materials or

Terms of Reference, is available at itecanada.org/

delivery of the actual training sessions.

about-ite-canada/who-we-are/training-committee.

Submit application

Thank you to the 2024 Training Committee • Chair: Adam St. Amant, City of Lethbridge • Vice Chair: Marcia Eng, Urban Systems • Karin Huang, City of Vancouver • Hamed Esmaeeli, City of Toronto • Ian Roth, Urban Systems (Past Chair)

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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Technical Liaison Committee The ITE Canada Technical Liaison Committee (TLC) is looking for a new committee member beginning January 1, 2025. A minimum of four members will comprise the core of the TLC with an appointed member from the ITE Canada Executive Committee as liaison.

Preference in choosing TLC members will be given to current ITE Canada Appointees and ITE

TLC members are appointed for two-year terms,

members illustrating knowledge and involvement

renewable up to a maximum of six years. They

with ITE. Other interested ITE members are also

are expected to attend at least one face-to-face

encouraged to apply.

meeting per year (under normal conditions), attend a monthly conference call, and assist in

To apply, please complete the ITE Canada

the ongoing coordination of ITE and TAC

Volunteer Form at itecanada.org/volunteer by

appointees as well as technical projects that ITE

November 27, 2024. On the form, check off ITE

Canada is involved in. Furthermore, the TLC

Canada - Technical Liaison Committee as well as

members also support ongoing partnership

any other opportunities you may be interested in.

development and relationship building with other transportation organizations such as CARSP and

The Terms of Reference and more information

CUTA.

about the Technical Liaison Committee can be found itecanada.org/about-ite-canada/technical-

An indication of support from your employer is required. Expenses are expected to be covered by the employer but may be partially subsidized by

liaison-committee.

If you have any questions about the volunteer position with TLC, please feel free to contact TLC

ITE Canada depending on budget availability and

Chair Farhad Shahla. We look forward to hearing

priorities.

from you!

Submit application

Thank you to the 2024 Technical Liaison Committee (TLC) • Chair: Farhad Shahla, City of Hamilton • Vice Chair: Borg Chan, ISL Engineering • Erin Toop, Toop Consulting • Syed Ali, City of Calgary • Ryan Martinson, Martinson Golly (Past Chair)

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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Call for Appointees to ITE The ITE Canada Technical Liaison Committee

depending on budget availability and priorities

(TLC) is looking to fill five Appointee positions to

and subject to successful completion of post-

ITE International Councils & Committees (ITE

meeting Activity Reports.

Appointees) beginning January 1, 2025 for the ITE Appointee candidates must be paid members

following: •

Complete Streets Council

•

Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee (of Complete Streets Council)

of ITE, illustrating knowledge and involvement with ITE. To apply, complete the ITE Canada Volunteer Form at itecanada.org/volunteer by November

•

Planning Council

•

Traffic Engineering Council

•

Joint Rail Grade Crossing Committee (of Traffic Engineering Council)

27, 2024. On the form, check off ITE International – Council/Committee Appointee as well as any other opportunities you may be interested in. Please also provide the skills you

ITE Appointees are assigned for three-year

would bring to the committee, an indication of

terms, renewable up to a maximum of two years.

support from your employer, and a resume.

They are expected to attend the ITE Annual Meeting in person (under normal conditions),

If you have any questions about the volunteer

representing ITE Canada, and may be assigned

position as an ITE Appointee, please feel free to

to lead projects within their committees/

contact Farhad Shahla. We look forward to

councils, representing ITE Canada. Expenses are

hearing from you!

expected to be covered by the employer but may be partially subsidized by ITE Canada

Submit application

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ITE CANADA 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Halifax Convention Centre | June 1–4

COMPLETE COMMUNITIES Integrating Transportation and Land Use Planning

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Join us next June 1-4, 2025 for the ITE Canada Annual Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The ITE Atlantic Canada Section extends a warm east coast invite for you to join us in Halifax. This fast-growing municipality brings together rich culture, beautiful vistas, and a strong sense of history. There is so much to explore in and around Halifax, home to almost half a million residents, vibrant nightlife, an active waterfront boardwalk, and many innovative transportation projects and initiatives.

Don’t miss your chance to speak at the conference or showcase your company in Halifax!

Keep up to date with all conference-related news at our official website—conference.itecanada.org, via the ITE Canada email list, and by following #ITECanada2025.

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Call for Abstracts Closing November 1, 2024 ITE Canada’s National Technical Program Committee invites you to share your ideas and help shape the conversation about the future of transportation and land use integration. As we strive to create more livable, inclusive, and sustainable environments, the need to consider the relationship between land use and transportation has never been more critical.

The theme of this conference, Complete Communities: Integrating Transportation and Land Use Planning, will explore how coordinated approaches to transportation and development can create healthier, more connected, and climate-resilient communities. We welcome submissions from any topic in a variety of formats. Below are some suggestions for topics of high interest: •

Coordination between jurisdictions or collaboration between engineers and planners

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Emerging trends in mobility (new technology, climate change, accessible design, EVs, etc.)

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Designing and planning for different demographics (vulnerable users, freight, school programs, socio-ethnic groups, genders, etc.)

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Case studies of projects: what went well and what didn’t

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Traffic engineering and analysis

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Transportation planning

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It Takes Two to Transform Cooperation between transit agencies and road authorities

By Brandon Green, City of North Vancouver, Brian Elery Phillips, Access Planning, and Derrick Swallow, TransLink

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PERSPECTIVES

Public transit is seeing major growth in Canadian cities and transit agencies are under increasing pressure to move more people with limited resources. Where congestion worsens, agencies face increased operating costs to maintain service while buses become slower and less reliable for passengers.

Canada’s transit agencies increasingly opt for at-grade transit infrastructure, with bus rapid transit (BRT), light rail transit (LRT), and bus priority being deployed as cost-effective ways for agencies to build higher-order rapid transit more quickly. These projects improve the speed and reliability of transit, which in turn often increases ridership and lowers per-kilometer operating costs.

These at-grade transit projects also have a high amount of interface with the rest of the street and thus higher impact on existing road users.

Close collaboration between transit agencies, municipalities, and road authorities is necessary to successfully navigate these tradeoffs. While transit agencies have the initiative to design and deliver the infrastructure, municipalities are responsible for approving changes to roads within their jurisdiction. Thus, these two agencies need to work together to deliver optimal outcomes for the public.

While the public good is the ultimate goal of both parties, each party’s different accountabilities, mandates, and priorities can lead to misalignment in definitions of the public good. This leads to an ironic state where we think to ourselves: “If we’re all working to make this project succeed, why does it feel like we’re fighting?”

The case study: R2 RapidBus To illustrate the interagency challenges related to transit infrastructure in the road, this article uses a case study of the R2 RapidBus, an arterial BRT project from TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s regional transit authority. This project operates across three municipalities in Metro Vancouver’s North Shore. The authors of this study collaborated to deliver this project as transit agency staff (Brian and Derrick) and as municipal staff (Brandon).

The R2 RapidBus project was part of the first phase of TransLink’s RapidBus program, which launched five RapidBus lines in early 2020.

Each RapidBus offered improved customer amenities and a minimum 20% travel time savings achieved through limited stop operation and transit priority in the road such as bus lanes, queue jumpers, and passive signal priority.

The project had a short target launch date and success hinged on the ability to quickly implement transit priority that would deliver significant travel time savings. Risks to the project delivery timeline were identified and managed collaboratively between Translink and municipalities, in some instances opting to defer transit priority measures with lesser cost/ benefit performance or with high engagement risk.

A large and challenging portion of the R2 RapidBus’ alignment ran through the City of North Vancouver, shown in Figure 1.

Constrained and high-volume roadways in the City required trade-offs between transit infrastructure and traffic flow, parking, and other mobility goals.

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FIGURE 1: R2 RapidBus Alignment through the City of North Vancouver

Key challenges and strategies for improved collaboration

Timing is everything: Aligning organizations’ planning cycles

We’ve identified three key challenges and

municipal timelines is critical to the success of

barriers to working together. First, to work

the project. If a transit authority has the

together, organizations need to align the timing

funding to advance a project but a municipality

of their planning cycles to avoid missed

lacks capacity or is focused on other projects,

opportunities. Second, those planning

the project will not advance.

Ensuring alignment between agency and

processes require collaboration and interface at all levels of each organization. Finally, that

The range of timing issues for these projects

collaboration needs both parties to understand

extends beyond funding and capacity. Every

their counterparts’ perspectives and goals to

organization has their own planning and

function effectively.

project development cycles and timelines, and it can often be difficult to align developments across agencies. Some types of timeline misalignment we’ve seen are:

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PERSPECTIVES

•

The Ultimate Cross Section, where

leaders across the region. Identifying these

municipalities have long-term plans to

priorities early on signals to municipal staff

build a roadway that is large enough to

which projects may arise, enabling them to

support transit priority, but the build-out

anticipate and advocate for those priorities.

will take decades to materialize while the

•

need for transit improvement is more

While this helps with coordination, municipalities

urgent

benefit from a more defined idea of potential

Missed development opportunities, where decisions about developer right-ofway contributions come too early, and cities don’t know how much space to request for transit priority, or too late, and contributions won’t be available on the transit project’s timeline

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Election blackout periods can delay a transit project without careful project scheduling

•

•

instance, if cities know that a bus lane is warranted at a location, they can design their roadways to protect for that future or incorporate the bus lane into other capital projects such as utility construction. Having conceptual design options also enables municipal staff to evaluate risks and interdependencies earlier in the planning process and gain stronger buy-in at all levels.

Change in leadership can cause late-stage

We encountered these issues on the R2 project

changes to priority corridors or technology

in North Vancouver. In one area, there was an

preferences or lead to reduced institutional

ongoing program to replace several small

support to advance the project

bridges, and long-term expected development

Conflicting construction projects, such as road paving or utility work may cause major delays or extend the construction project. Worse, these may cause public mistrust if the timing of the project results in rebuilding recently constructed infrastructure

•

design concepts to enable opportunism. For

Incomplete visioning, where cities are ready to move ahead with streets-related

on a large site adjacent to the corridor. In this case, the City of North Van led the solution by developing their preferred transit priority concepts well before TransLink was prepared to do so. The City’s plan included multiple phases, with a design concept for the R2’s opening day and progressively more transit priority as the City completed its own capital projects and development was realized.

projects, but the transit agency is still in

The RapidBus program was structured to

the early planning stages and not able to

support this type of phased approach. First, the

take advantage of potential project

service launch followed an ambitious schedule

synergies

which necessitated seeking out relatively quick

We believe that many of these timing misalignments can be avoided by more detailed long-range planning than is typically done. Good project planning dictates that preliminary planning should be high level, with greater degrees of certainty as the project progresses.

and high-value transit priority projects. Second, the program has an ongoing improvement budget that funds projects that couldn’t be delivered by the launch date. This enables the RapidBus program to take advantage of unique opportunities as they materialize.

TransLink plans transit expansion on a ten-year cycle in direct consultation with municipal

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The Zipper: Collaborating at all organizational levels If organizations manage to align the stars and work on the same timelines, they then need to figure out how to work together on an interpersonal and inter-organizational level.

Misalignment among staff at various hierarchical levels is a primary contributor to unproductive meetings. Design meetings often suffer from a lack of clear guidance on negotiating trade-offs, while senior management meetings may stagnate due to managers not receiving the necessary authorization from executives and elected officials to prioritize the project.

The solution is to recognize that relationshipbuilding and decision-making happen at every level, resulting in what we call ‘the zipper’:

elected officials and executives align on overall goals and priorities, management aligns on critical success factors, strategy, and giving staff direction to act, and staff work together to find ways to satisfy the project parameters. This external facing structure should mirror the division of labour and decision-making of each organization as as senior management focus on the big picture and technical staff focus on the details. The key distinction in a highly collaborative project is that the task itself requires collaboration. For example, transit agency management can’t develop comprehensive success criteria on their own but needs to do it in collaboration with their municipal counterparts to meet both organizations’ goals.

On the R2 project, we used a project charter to focus executive and senior management’s efforts on the appropriate level of detail. In developing the charter, executive and senior management were tasked with aligning across the agencies on project roles, outcomes, and acceptable impacts. This kept senior management at a high level rather than in the weeds of specific design solutions and provided staff with the license to pursue design solutions within an agreed set of parameters.

Win-win: Knowing and embracing your partner’s priorities Municipalities and transit agencies often have different mandates and accountabilities that result in failure to see eye to eye on project priorities. Congestion on roadways is a perennial issue; municipalities are under tremendous pressure to ensure traffic continues to flow and may be sensitive to public pushback and complaints. Transit agencies, while still being Traffic Engineering • Transportation Surveys • Transport Planning

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accountable to the public, tend to be more insulated from individual public complaints and have a financial and ridership interest in prioritizing transit over other modes.

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We have found that the best way to align priorities and advance the project is to learn to tell your project’s story from the other agency’s perspective. Too often we get wrapped up in our own goals and priorities and forget to

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present a project in light of its alignment with our partner’s priorities. We must ask ourselves: how can we make this project successful in our partner’s eyes? How can we create options for mutual gain?

When learning to understand organizations’ priorities, we can borrow two concepts from the world of negotiation.

First, we can look for shared value: win-win scenarios that satisfy both parties. This may mean linking transit wins to municipalities’ goals for mode shift or sustainability. This is clearly the best outcome but isn’t always available in all matters. If shared value was always readily available, we wouldn’t need to write this article! Second, we can look for asymmetric value. This is something that is only a high priority for one side, and easy for the other side to provide or support. Asymmetric value is an important way to foster trust and a constructive collaboration environment.

On the R2 project, the City of North Vancouver advanced its interests by understanding TransLink’s needs and learning to speak its language. In developing early concepts and phasing, as described in the section on organizational timing, the City was able to construct a plan for transit priority that was harmonized on the City’s plans.

In another example, the City challenged a design proposed

by TransLink that would have removed parking in a commercial area. Rather than focusing solely on its own concerns, the City prioritized what was important to TransLink: it conducted its own bus speed and reliability analysis to demonstrate that the design was not effective

TransLink, in partnership with the City of North Vancouver, addressed a critical gap in the R2 RapidBus lane along one of the most congested segments of the corridor. The project area is shown in orange on the map in Figure 1. Prior to the project, transit riders encountered severe delays along this 700-meter stretch, which serves as a key access route to a major bridge crossing. By extending the bus lane through this bottleneck, the project significantly improved travel times, reducing delays by up to six minutes during peak hours​.

This segment was originally deferred due to the complexity of modeling and design, along with the extensive stakeholder engagement required with rail, port, trucking, and cycling to manage risks to the service launch.

Following the initial RapidBus launch in 2020, City and TransLink staff developed a joint business case to address the segment, which experienced some of the highest delays on the corridor. With the support of senior decision-makers, the upgrade was successfully completed in 2024.

Learn more about the Marine-Main R2 RapidBus Upgrades program here on the City of North Vancouver website.

in improving bus speeds. This analysis allowed both parties to recognize that the design did not align with their goals, leading them to collaboratively refocus on more effective design alternatives.

In another municipality where TransLink was working to deliver RapidBus improvements, early engagement with City Council revealed that urban greenery was a higher priority on the corridor than bus speed and reliability.

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TransLink developed stop and transit priority

phased improvements that balanced immediate

designs with an eye towards preserving and

needs with long-term goals. As transit

expanding the corridor’s tree canopy. This had

continues to grow in Canadian cities, fostering

only a minor impact on the overall budget but

these partnerships will be essential to ensuring

provided value in an area that City Council was

that both transit and broader urban mobility

very concerned about, thus creating

objectives are met efficiently and effectively.

asymmetric value. When communicating with City Council, TransLink put Council’s priorities

Ultimately, it takes two to transform: only by

first to make sure that they knew that their

working together can transit agencies and road

priorities were understood and being

authorities realize their shared vision of

addressed, which helped them support the

efficient, sustainable, and accessible urban

project as a whole.

transportation.

Conclusion As transit infrastructure in the road continues

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to grow, cities and transit agencies will need to work regularly together to ensure that these projects can be considered a success from all perspectives. This requires that the organizations align their timing, collaborate effectively at each level, and understand and embody each others’ needs and goals.

Delivering successful transit infrastructure projects in complex urban environments

Brandon Green, P.Eng. is a Transportation Engineer at the City of North Vancouver with a decade of municipal experience in project planning and design. Specializing in geometric design for capital and development projects, his expertise includes complete streets, cycling infrastructure, pedestrian accessibility, and transit prioritization.

requires close cooperation between transit agencies and road authorities. As seen in the case of the R2 RapidBus, collaboration is essential to navigate competing priorities, tight timelines, and technical challenges. Aligning organizational planning cycles, fostering effective collaboration at all levels, and understanding each partner’s priorities are critical strategies for overcoming barriers.

By learning to frame projects in terms of mutual benefits and shared goals, transit

Brian Elery Phillips, M.Sc., P.Eng. is a transportation planner and engineer, specializing in transit priority, BRT, and transit program management. As a Senior Planner for TransLink, Brian led the development of transit priority for TransLink’s 6 RapidBus lines. As a Senior Associate at Access Planning, he helps clients navigate similar problems that sit at the intersection of valuesbased and technical decision-making.

agencies and municipalities can achieve winwin outcomes that advance public transit while respecting the needs of other road users. In the case of the R2, the City of North Vancouver and TransLink’s collaborative approach led to

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Derrick Swallow M.U.P. is an urban planning professional with over nine years of experience in transportation planning and research. Currently, he serves as Lead Planner at TransLink, where he applies his expertise towards the planning and implementation of Bus Rapid Transit.

The Canadian Bikeway Comfort and Safety (Can-BICS) classification system Proposed Expansions

By Karen Laberee, Dr. Meghan Winters, and Moreno Zanotto, Cities, Health & Active Transportation Research (CHATR) Lab

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Communities across Canada are investing in

of Canada (PHAC). The system has been

cycling infrastructure thanks in part to the

successfully expanding in use and utility and

federal Active Transportation Fund. If you’ve

we are looking for input from transportation

been involved with planning or building cycling

professionals as we update Can-BICS and

facilities you probably won’t be surprised to

develop additional related frameworks.

learn that a review of cycling facilities (PDF, 7 MB) from Canadian municipalities’ open data

Can-BICS not only offers a consistent naming

found over 200 different terms used (Winters

system with five facility types but also provides

et al. 2019). To simplify this, the Cities, Health &

a way to assess the comfort and safety of these

Active Transportation Research (CHATR) Lab

facilities based on engineering guidelines and

based at Simon Fraser University in British

research on cycling safety and preferences

Columbia created the Canadian Bikeway

(Winters et al. 2020). The classification

Comfort and Safety (Can-BICS) classification

includes high-comfort bikeways (local street

system. This system helps establish a common

bikeways, cycle tracks, and bike-only paths),

language for cycling infrastructure, which is

medium-comfort bikeways (multi-use paths),

crucial for national evaluation efforts by

and low-comfort bikeways (painted bike lanes).

federal agencies like the Public Health Agency

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The Can-BICS classification system has been a

cycling infrastructure for all Dissemination

key part of our CHATR lab’s research examining

Areas (DAs) in Canada (Winters et al. 2022).

how the built environment impacts health. We

These metrics come in two forms: a continuous

used Can-BICS with open data from

metric (which measures the total amount of

OpenStreetMap.org to map all the cycling

cycling infrastructure per square kilometre)

infrastructure across Canada (Ferster et al.

and a categorical metric (which ranks each DA

2023)—a first for Canada! Through this work,

into one of five categories). These national

we determined that almost 23,000 km of

metrics are already proving useful for research,

cycling infrastructure meets Can-BICS

advocacy, and practice. For instance, our

standards. We also teamed up with the British

colleagues at McGill used them for a social

Columbia Cycling Coalition to create an

equity analysis to explore who has access to

interactive tool. This tool lets you easily look up

cycling infrastructure in Canada (Zhao et al.

how much cycling infrastructure exists in any

2024).

BC community with a population over 5,000.

As we developed the Can-BICS classification To support government agencies and research

system, dataset, and metrics, we’ve actively

efforts, we also developed area-level metrics

involved practitioners along the way, asking

that assess both the quality and quantity of

questions like: Does the classification approach make sense? Should higher quality infrastructure be weighted more? Engaging with cycling advocates and OpenStreetMap

Shaping our Shared Future

contributors also helped identify potential gaps. A key debate has been whether to include gravel multi-use trails as cycling infrastructure as Can-BICS only included paved multi-use paths. While national guidelines (such as the Transportation Association of Canada’s Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads,

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Complementing our technical expertise, our specialist team brings strong project management, consultation, and facilitation skills. We work with communities, stakeholders, and First Nations to develop sustainable and resilient transportation solutions.

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Chapter 5) recommend paving for safety, we understand that limited resources or user preferences in rural areas (e.g., equestrians) might favour unpaved trails.

Can-BICS Updates to share Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC) asked us to expand Can-BICS to better serve small towns, rural, and remote communities, and provide guidance on aspects such as lighting and seasonal maintenance.

www.ae.ca

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HICC has found the Can-BICS framework useful

speed limits on main roads, a heavier reliance

for project evaluation and requested a similar

on highways, and longer cycling distances. For

system for assessing cycle parking at transit

these communities, we suggest adding two new

stations. We welcome the expertise and

facility types to the Can-BICS system:

feedback of practitioners on these draft

residential shared roads, for areas lacking

frameworks we’ve developed. You can find both

sidewalks and where people walking and

reports on our website, alongside a third report

cycling share the roadway with drivers, and

on pedestrian facilities.

multi-use trails, as a transitional facility where paving may not be possible.

In the report Cycling in Diverse Environments: A Supplement to the Canadian Bikeway

Seasonality is also a major factor in facility

Comfort and Safety Classification System

design, as conditions change throughout the

(PDF, 37 MB), we clarified how Can-BICS can be

year and at different times of day. Parts II and

applied to diverse communities, across

III of the report provide guidance to maintain

different seasons, and for diverse users

safety and comfort considerations after dark

including areas with high volumes. In Part I, we

and in all seasons. While the concept of All

explore unique challenges facing small towns,

Ages and Abilities (AAA) cycling facilities is

rural, and remote communities. These include

widely adopted in Canadian transportation

limited infrastructure and tax base, higher

practices and policies (Laberee et al. 2023), the

PROPOSED ADDITIONAL CAN-BICS FACILITY TYPES FOR SMALL TOWNS, RURAL, AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES

*Photo credit: Alta Planning+Design (CC-BY-SA); # Photo credit: TA Loeffler for TransCanada Trail

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City of Calgary’s 5A Network Guiding Principles highlight the importance of facilities that are

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always available. We recommend that all CanBICS facilities require adequate lighting and year-round maintenance.

In Part IV of the report, we address user mix and traffic volume on shared cycling facilities. With the rise in the use of micro-mobility devices, managing path use has become more complex.

Research from UBC’s REACT lab, studied 25 micromobility devices (PDF, 11.5 MB) and informed our recommendations on separating slower and faster users. TAC advises separation when multiuse paths exceed 100-150 users per peak hour (for a standard 3 m wide path), and we recommend

Karen Laberee is the national research coordinator for CapaCITY/É, an interdisciplinary research team working to understand why and how cities implement sustainable transportation interventions.

She has been the project manager for several active transportation research initiatives including Can-BICS, BikeMaps.org, and WalkRollMap. org.

prohibiting sit-down electric scooters (often mistaken for e-bikes) from any cycling facilities where the width is constrained.

Finally, in Can-PARK: Recommendations for high comfort and quality public bicycle parking facilities (PDF, 1.2 MB), we introduce a framework for evaluating bicycle parking. We suggest aligning parking type with its purpose (capacity, shelter, security), while ensuring parking is convenient, accessible, and integrates with transit facilities.

We presented these proposed frameworks detailed in both reports at the recent British Columbia Active Transportation Summit in June 2024, gathering feedback from practitioners and community members. Before we finalize these updates to Can-BICS and recommendations for bicycle parking facilities, we’d love to hear from you to ensure the best possible guidance.

You are invited to provide input on the proposed additions to Can-BICS. Contact Meghan Winters (mwinters@sfu.ca) with your feedback and suggestions by December 1, 2024, which will enable us to finalize the updates.

Dr Meghan Winters is a Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. She leads the Cities, Health, and Active Transportation Lab (CHATR Lab), with a research focus on how city design impacts mobility, safety, and health, and on equity considerations within cities’ policies and plans. She holds a CIHR/PHAC Applied Public Health Chair in Gender and Sex in Healthy Cities.

Moreno Zanotto is a graduate of SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences, where he completed his thesis research on Vancouver’s public bike share system. Moreno coordinates the training of personnel and the logistics of data collection for a variety of public health intervention research studies that contribute to the design of healthier cities.

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Transportation Equity Developing Solutions for Social Inclusion

By Mehemed Delibasic, Dewan Karim, Abdul Madani, and Dr. Julia de Lange, 30 Forensic Engineering

Many existing mobility systems have perpetuated longstanding inequities in transportation access. Social exclusion in mobility is not a new issue, but systematic inclusion principles and processes are still scarce, and the knowledge in this area has yet to be fully developed. A new ITE Canada training course seeks to help transportation professionals understand how changes to transportation systems can be more socially inclusive and address issues of inequity. The course is built on a strong theoretical and practical foundation, internal research, and the unique expertise and background of the facilitators at 30 Forensic Engineering.

Transportation equity is a vital concept in the field of transportation planning and policy. It refers to the fair and just distribution of transportation benefits and burdens across different communities, particularly those traditionally underserved, such as low-income and minority populations, seniors, at-risk youth, and persons with disabilities.

The importance of transportation equity lies in its direct impact on the health, safety, and economic opportunities of these communities. By prioritizing equity, transportation projects can mitigate disparities and enhance the quality of life for disadvantaged groups.

Traditionally, equity has been treated as an additional consideration by transportation practitioners, but from a human rights perspective, it is often viewed as the highest frame of reference when incidents are reported or when liability claims are made against public agencies.

Transportation policies, programs, procedures, and budget decisions should align with our national human rights charter, along with relevant

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TRAINING PREVIEW

regulations and principles. The goal of this

The theoretical foundation and practice

course is to identify procedural exclusion and

development toolbox of this course is rooted in

affected areas, communities, and populations,

social justice, with a particular focus on spatial

mitigate any unintended consequences, and

justice. Spatial justice refers to “the fair and

take steps to close existing gaps. This course

equitable distribution in space of socially

will offer valuable insights into transportation

valued resources and opportunities to use

equity issues and the human rights

them” (Soja, 2009). The course will incorporate

perspectives upheld by the judicial system

seven well-defined features of social exclusion

utilizing the facilitators’ background with

of certain population groups (Church, Frost, &

firsthand experience in legal matters. The

Sullivan, 2000). The transport system planning

course will also introduce a robust theoretical

and design equity principles of this course are

foundation, addressing current gaps in

grounded in several key philosophical and

transportation practices through an equity

practical foundations, including Alain Badiou’s

framework. Additionally, the course will

concept of “Indifferent Being” (Badiou, 1988),

incorporate new and well-established

human identity principles (Copjec, 2003), and

transportation equity concepts. These insights

the new universalism concept of “Indifference

will be integrated into daily practices and

to Difference” (Menon, 2015). These

processes for participants to see in real-world

frameworks help course participants

projects.

understand and serve the diverse needs and experiences of all transportation users and

Course Description

avoid the pitfalls of only seeing visible differences. Additionally, the course will incorporate the lead trainers’ own concept of

The course begins by defining transportation

‘human resonance’ and related practices, such

equity and its pivotal role in fostering

as the ‘human space’ concept, to translate

accessible, sustainable, and just transportation

these foundational ideas into practical,

systems. It explores various types of equity,

everyday applications. While most current

including spatial, social, environmental,

unintentional exclusions are broader planning

economic, and procedural equity, elucidating

and physical design issues, the specific

the unique challenges associated with each.

planning and design solutions and policy tools

Drawing from real-world examples, the course

included in this course content are designed to

facilitators will illustrate how transportation

avoid these social exclusions in mobility

equity principles translate into action. Case

ecosystem development and implementation.

studies span urban and rural contexts and encompass initiatives such as subsidized public

In addition, the course also includes a session

transportation programs, community-led

on gender disparity or types of body by our

planning efforts, and accessible transportation

special expert speaker Dr. de Lange. The

services. These examples underscore the

absence of women’s representation in

tangible impacts of equitable policies on

automotive safety standards poses a critical

mobility, social inclusion, and environmental

concern within the transportation sector,

justice.

warranting attention from professionals in the field. Historically, safety regulations and crash tests have primarily been designed around the

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DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS FOR EQUITY & SOCIAL INCLUSION

average male body, neglecting the unique

location planning and decision-making

physiological differences and safety needs of

processes, addressing systemic disparities, and

women. This oversight not only undermines the

promoting equitable infrastructure

effectiveness of safety measures for women

investments.

drivers and passengers but also perpetuates a systemic bias that compromises overall

The course will also emphasize the national

transportation safety. Addressing this disparity

relevance of transportation equity that lies in

is essential for transportation professionals to

its applicability to transportation professionals

ensure inclusivity and equity in safety

and engineers. In an era marked by growing

standards, ultimately advancing the goal of

awareness of social justice issues and

creating safer roads for all individuals,

increasing calls for equitable infrastructure

regardless of gender or physical characteristics.

investments, it is essential for professionals working in transportation planning,

The course will also feature real-life examples

engineering, policy-making, and advocacy roles

of safety incidents, collisions, and proactive

to have a broad and detailed understanding of

safety projects to demonstrate the critical role

transportation equity principles and their

of transportation equity in fostering inclusion,

integration into practice.

upholding human rights, and navigating liability and the judicial system. By analyzing these

By equipping participants with knowledge and

real-world cases, the course will provide

tools to assess transportation equity, the

insights into the planning, design, operation,

course aims to empower professionals to

maintenance, and policies associated with

create more inclusive transportation systems.

these transportation facilities, as well as the

Participants will gain practical insights to

outcomes of their review processes.

navigate and prioritize complex equity

Participants will engage in class practice

challenges, foster community engagement, and

sessions in a breakout workshop format using

advance equitable transportation solutions for

actual facilities with imaginary situations,

all members of society.

allowing them to explore the transportation equity principles, theories, and practical tools needed to apply these concepts to similar

Training Format

challenges and projects in their own workplaces.

This course will be delivered online 4-hour sessions tentatively scheduled for February,

Furthermore, the course delves into

April, and June 2025. This workshop is led by

methodologies and technical tools for

30 Forensic Engineering and will be facilitated

assessing transportation equity. Participants

by Mehemed Delibasic, Dewan Karim, Abdul

will explore Equity Impact Assessments (EIAs),

Madani, and Dr. Julia de Lange.

GIS analysis, surveys, interviews, enhancement of travel behaviour analysis, inclusion of daily

If you have any questions about this or any

travel activity using real-time data, and social,

other training program, please contact the

gender, and health impact assessments.

Training Committee at training@itecanada.org.

Through these methodologies, participants gain insights into evaluating transportation equity outcomes in typical master, area, and

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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.

More Information:

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TAC Tidbits

ITE Canada has a strong partnership with the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC). One of the cornerstones of this relationship is participation on a number of TAC technical councils and committees through Appointees. In this edition of TAC Tidbits, our Appointees share updates from the TAC 2024 Fall Technical Meetings.

Traffic Operations and Management Committee (TOMC) TOMC Fall meetings included a guest speaker from “notraffic” a technology firm using Artificial Intelligence, connected intersections and a variety of detection technologies for signal optimization. A number of case studies were presented.

The following TOMC project final reports were accepted: • Warrant for Traffic Signals at Intersections Close to Railway Crossings • Red Arrow Signal Display The following new TOMC projects were proposed: • Unsignalized Crossings for Pedestrians and Cyclists • Alternate Keep Right Sign • Mini Roundabout Sign • Guidelines for Leading Pedestrian Intervals •

Canadian Active Transportation Design Guide

Russell Brownlee M.A.Sc., FITE, RSP1, P. Eng. President and Transportation Safety Engineer | True North Safety Group

James Donnelly P.Eng., PTOE, Principal / Senior Transportation Engineer | Urban Systems

Kari Fellows P.Eng., PTOE, RSP1 Senior Transportation Engineer | WSP in Canada

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL The Workforce Development Committee received updates on incorporating Indigenous concerns into transportation projects, professional training, hiring, and updating post-secondary curricula.

The Council also discussed the upcoming Women in Transportation Conference in Toronto (May 7-9, 2025) and reviewed practices to promote transportation careers among Pre-K to Grade 12 students through engaging school activities in the Western US. Insights from these activities will guide future Council initiatives.

Finally, TAC’s Executive Director confirmed a nationwide online career fair for transportation students in early 2025. This initiative, initially proposed by the Council, underscores TAC’s commitment to raising national awareness of transportation careers and connecting TAC member organizations with young professionals.

The Council continues to explore options to support career development in the transportation sector.

Carlos Perez P.Eng. M.Sc., PMP Senior Development Engineer | City of Calgary

TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL TAC Technology Council met on September 22, 2024 for the Fall Technical meeting in Vancouver. The Council highlighted updates on the pool funded project on “Micro-Utility Devices in Public Rights-of-Way” under the CAV Integrated Committee seeking nominations for chair and vice chair. The other two volunteer projects “Rural ITS Primer” is expected to come by Spring 2025 and “Harmonization of Road Authority Data” needs new volunteer team to create the primer. During the meeting, a notice of motion was approved to create a working group on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Transportation. The council also discussed the need to create a working group on indigenous issues in Transportation as well as including indigenous reps in the TAC councils/ committees. Additionally, the Council emphasized on increasing submissions for the Technology Achievement Award, highlighted the grant for Young Innovators in Transportation which provides an allowance of up to $5,000 to participate in TAC’s technical meetings and conferences.

Bidoura Khondaker PhD., P.Eng., PTOE Senior Engineer, Capital Projects and Planning Interface | City of Calgary

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Road Safety Committee Road Safety Committee of TAC’s Safety, Design & Operations Council met on September 21, 2024, as part of TAC Annual Conference in Vancouver, BC. The Committee shared the results of their 2024 Spring Meetings Exit Survey highlighting additional topics of interest such as cross collaborations with overarching issues such as climate change and equity, building knowledge around emerging data sources, developing tools to help stakeholders make business case for road safety funding, plans, programs, or projects. The survey also identified opportunities for additional transparency in works at the subcommittee level to make it easier for new volunteers to get involved, a more structured on-boarding plan and an enhanced continuity between Spring and Fall meetings. Key highlights from each of the Committee’s subcommittees and Working Groups: Road Safety Guide for Canada and Project Idea Subcommittee • • • • •

A literature review in form of a Primer on Understanding Aging and Gender Effects on Fatal and Injury Crashes Application of the Traffic Conflict Technique for Road Safety Studies 2+1 Roads: International Practice and Considerations for Canada A Primer on Micromobility and Road Safety A Primer on Pedestrian Safety at Signalized Intersections.

Vision Zero and Safe System Subcommittee • •

Continued exploration of update to the 2023 Synthesis Report: Vision Zero and the Safe System Approach: A Primer for Canada | Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) (tac-atc.ca) Target setting, performance measures and processes, exploring increased engagement with NonGovernment Organizations.

Road Safety Guide Working Group •

Literature scan had been completed with draft report stage beginning soon

•

Full completion is anticipated for Fall 2026

•

Areas of expansion with topics relating to seasonal maintenance impacts on safety, wildlife collisions and at-grade railway crossings

Truth & Reconciliation Working Group •

Literature review on Indigenous Road Safety: Completed and presented at Fall 2023 meeting, formatting literature review into living document to share with RSC members and others

•

Chief Engineers Working Group on Indigenous Issues in Transportation: Guide and support efforts by TAC councils and committees in technical areas that could aid in the reconciliation efforts of TAC member jurisdictions.

Many of the above subcommittees and working groups are seeking volunteers to join and assist with advancing works. Please connect with me if you are interested.

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

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Connected and Automated Vehicles Integrated Committee At the CAV Fall Committee Meeting 2024, held on September 21st, attended as the ITE Canada appointee.

Key discussions centered around cooperative automation, ground vehicle automation, and communication challenges among CAVs. Paul Av. Avery from AECOM underscored the critical need for vehicle OEMs to collaborate, ensuring cross-brand communication. This coordination is vital for informing CAVs about upcoming work zones and lane changes. Paul also showed his concerns regarding SAE automation levels, raising concerns about the risks associated with Level 3 vehicles and the uncertainty of achieving fully autonomous Level 5 systems.

Updates were provided on the pooled fund project titled “Micro-Utility Devices in Public Rights-of-Way: Considerations for Road Authorities,” highlighting the importance of collaboration across federal, provincial, and municipal levels. Transport Canada and the City of Calgary, City of Toronto, and City of Ottawa have already confirmed their participation, with calls for further involvement from other organizations, including the National Research Council, universities, public agencies and private organizations, etc.

From an infrastructure owner and regulator perspective, organizations like Transport Canada, and public agencies can significantly contribute to policy and regulation development, monitoring, software module updates, and communication standards. These contributions are essential for ensuring CAVs can operate safely and efficiently on public roadways.

Additionally, the committee reviewed a list of 95 CAV initiatives, which will be made available on the TAC website. Several updates were shared on CAV-related pilot projects from the Region of Durham, TransLink, and consulting firms like Arcadis and AECOM.

Tanvir Chowdhury, PhD, P.Eng, RSP1 Project Manager - Transportation Engineering | City of Hamilton

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Geometric Design Committee The Geometric Design Committee’s project “Cross Section elements: Research and Synthesis of Practice” is in progress. This is the first step to update Chapter 4 of TAC Geometric Design Guide (GDGCR). The committee is seeking funding to update the Canadian Roundabout Design Guide. The first edition was published in 2017. TAC GDGCR’s Chapters 3 and 10 revisions were approved and are in the final steps prior to publication. The former focuses on the road maximum cross slope increase to 3% and the latter updates recommendations for urban interchanges, ramp terminals and active modes.

Additionally, TAC committees were encouraged to have focused discussions to identify indigenous issues in transportation. TAC is also soon releasing a webinar on First-Person Lessons on Accessibility in Transportation.

Thaise Mota P.Eng., M.Eng. Road Safety Engineer | City of Ottawa

MOBILITY COUNCIL The Mobility Council had a packed agenda due to only meeting for a half-day rather than the typical full day of past years. We received project updates on a number of upcoming projects that may be of interest to ITE Canada members, including Road Pricing: Opportunities and Challenges in Canada, Curbside Charging for Electric Vehicles, and AFPs for Major Transportation Projects. We also recieved a project proposal for Active Transportation through Highway Interchanges which was approved. Finally our meeting had an interesting project presentation for Shared Micromobility Services in Canadian Communities. This project was finalized and provides interesting benchmarking and comparisons for our members.

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

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Mobility Management Committee On September 22, 2024, the Mobility Management Committee held an in-person meeting just prior to the TAC Annual Conference.

The highlight of the committee meeting was the presentation and subsequent approval of the Shared Micromobility Services Project, which originated as a pooled funded project through Mobility Management.

After reviewing over 40 shared micromobility programs across Canada, key takeaways were shared on: public and private approaches, maximizing the benefits of shared micromobility, fitting micromobility into our communities, managing public realm impacts, regulations and their impacts, and future readiness. In summary, there are many different pathways to implement shared micromobility in your Canadian context. The final report will be helpful in assisting communities to introduce shared micromobility to give people more mobility choices.

Dale Bracewell P.Eng., MASc Principal | Mobility Foresight

Active Transportation Integrated Committee The Active Transportation Integrated Committee met in person ahead of the 2024 TAC Conference in Vancouver to review the status of ongoing projects, learn from some outside presenters, and reconnect with our peers across the country.

Key projects included ongoing work to review the applicability of Dutch Style Roadway Features to Canada and committee contributions to the ongoing Geometric Design Guide updates.

Additional discussions included Identifying Indigenous Issues relating to Active Transportation as part of an overall initiative by TAC.

Patrick Zerr P.Eng. Project Manager | McElhanney

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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.

Council Leadership Team ITE’s Council Leadership Team (CLT) meet on July 21, 2024 as part of the ITE’s Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Philadelphia to provide an update to its Committee and Council chairs as well as ITE Canada and global district liaisons: •

ITE Trip General Manual is currently being updated with its 12th Edition anticipated for release in Summer 2025. ITE noted that access to reliable data samples is essential to ensure quality updates with high accuracy and that sectors are encouraged to connect to share.

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Several ITE Committees and Council are seeking new volunteer experts to join their efforts; Connected/ Automated Vehicles Committee, Roundabout Committee, and Complete Streets Council are just few examples. Learn how to get involved.

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Reflected in its 2024-2026 Strategic Plan, ITE has a Safety Roadmap and Action Plan to enable changing of the culture of Transportation and Safety. As a leader within the transportation professional community, ITE commits to established goal areas to focus efforts on implementing the roadmap vision.

The goal areas are Student Engagement, Professional Development, ITE initiatives, Technical Resources and Partnerships. Thus far, 18 activities have been completed across the goal areas with another 35 lined up as future activities to navigate this roadmap and support the vision

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CLT also brainstormed leveraging collaborations and tools to introduce the transportation profession across elementary and high schools and enforce through postsecondary education to select as a career choice.

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

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ITE INSIGHTS

Safety Council The Safety Council’s Strategic Plan currently focuses mainly on changing the culture of transportation for safety, by taking the cultural shift to take safety first and engrave safety in all areas of practice.

ITE also announced several new updates and developments that ITE members should be aware of: •

ITE Trip Generation Guide update

•

Transportation and Health Resource Hub

•

FHWA’s Vision Zero Toolkit

Of particular value to ITE members should be the 2024 report entitled Design Decision Documentation and Mitigation Strategies for Design Exceptions. This report provides information to transportation practitioners, especially planners and designers, about FHWA’s 10 controlling criteria, their impacts on safety and operations, the inter-relationships with other controlling criteria, and potential mitigation strategies for design exceptions.

The report also includes an overview of concepts such as nominal and substantive safety, performance-based and context-based design, equity in transportation, Complete Streets, transportations systems management and operations (TSMO), Safe System Approach, risk management, and design documentation practices.

Appendix A in the report includes real-world examples of noteworthy practices from States’ projects and procedures..

Damir Bjelica M.Eng., P. Eng., PMP, RSP2IB National Road Safety Practice Lead | WSP in Canada

Joint Rail Crossing Committee Railroad Grade Crossing Committee met as part of Traffic Engineering Showcase. Presentation on automated enforcement, including rail crossing warning device violations, found a need for better evidence of effectiveness to support policymaking and refute claims that this enforcement is primarily a revenue generation tool. Draft proposal planned for submission to NCUTCD in January 2025.

Committee has a “Cyclist Considerations at Rail Grade Crossings” and “Roundabouts at Grade Crossings” Task Force which are both inviting volunteers. Contact Nino Genoese at agenoese@gfnet.com and Joanna Bush at Joanna.bush@meadhunt.com, respectively, if interested. The Committee is also publishing “Another Train Coming” technical paper in September 2024.

Reminder that the Committee meets quarterly and includes technical presentations at each meeting.

Garreth Rempel Ph.D., P.Eng. CEO | TRAINFO

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ITE INSIGHTS

Roundabout Committee The ITE Roundabout Committee held its second roundabout webinar during National Roundabouts Week in the US on September 17, 2024, on the State of Roundabouts in the US. The committee is scheduling a third and final webinar for 2024, tentatively about video analytics at roundabouts to collect speed and travel time/path data. Four such webinars are planned for 2025. The committee is also planning two Technical Briefs: one on vulnerable road users and roundabouts, and another on roundabouts near at-grade crossings.

Note that the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 7th International Conference on Roundabouts and Geometric Design will be held from June 8-12, 2025, in Atlanta, GA. The call for papers and abstracts is now open here.

Phil Weber, P.Eng., P.E. Senior Project Manager & Associate Partner | CIMA Canada

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

Connected and Automated Vehicles Committee The CAV Committee meeting in Philadelphia, was held in conjunction with the TSMO Council Showcase and Meeting. As an ITE Canada appointee, I had the privilege of participating and representing ITE Canada. Despite the anticipation, there were no CAV-related discussions during the session.

Tanvir Chowdhury, PhD, P.Eng, RSP1 Project Manager - Transportation Engineering | City of Hamilton

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Transportation Education Council Transportation Education Council (TEC) continues to host its webinar series, with four planned in the next year.

The student-focused webinar on Best Operating Practices of an Active ITE Student Chapter took place in Fall 2024. Additionally, TEC has a new webinar coordinator - Dr. Masoud Ghodrat Abadi from Sacramento State University, and he can be reached at abadi@csus.edu for TEC webinar ideas.

On Saturday, July 20th, TEC hosted the 4th Transportation Educators Workshop (TEW) as part of ongoing efforts to support the National Transportation Curriculum Project (NTCP). The TEW saw 32 attendees, ranging from brand new faculty to tenured faculty, and others interested in transportation education. The TEC is currently how best to continue to offer TEW in future, including consideration for frequency, duration, time of year (i.e., Transportation Research Board annual meeting or ITE International Meeting), cost to attend, and target audience. Stay tuned for more in this regard.

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

Pedestrian and Bicycle Committee This year, the Complete Streets Council Meeting provided several presentations to update members on topics relating to safely moving people on our streets. Presentations included: •

Protected Bicycle Lanes in Australia, Case Study

•

The NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, release date January 2025, pre-orders are now open.

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FHWA Performance Measures and Quality Metrics: visualizing trade offs with complete streets initiatives between different user groups; Vulnerable road user assessments; the importance of remembering FREIGHT as a consideration when designing complete streets.

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Transit Metrics: Person Level of Service

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Quick Bites currently underway: Ű

Turning conflicts with vulnerable road users (Safe systems approach)

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Green pavement marking treatments (Literature review, gap definition)

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Safe routes to school (Webinar)

Mariya (Mars) Otten-Andrew P.Eng., PTOE Senior Principal Engineer | WSP in Canada

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PARTNER UPDATES

News from CARSP

Upcoming Events CARSP Webinar Series CARSP is offering its members a series of free monthly webinars on a variety of road safety related topics.

Information on CARSP webinars can be found in the “Events and Training” area of the CARSP website.

Non members can participate for a fee of $50. Our next webinar is: Date: December 11, 2024, 12:00-1:00pm ET Topic: Perceptions and behaviours of cannabis-impaired drivers: 2024 results from CAA’s annual cannabisimpaired driving survey of Ontario drivers Speakers: Teresa Di Felice, CAA Club Group

CARSP/ICTCT 2025 Road Safety Conference, co-hosted with Parachute (this is a bilingual event) Dates:

May 20-23, 2025

Location: Quebec City, Quebec Theme: Innovative Interventions and Technologies for Safer Roads: A Global Perspective Description: A key focus of this year’s conference is on the intricate relationship between technology and road safety. This conference invites road safety professionals and advocates to engage in vital discussions on how technology can both mitigate and exacerbate the risks of serious injury and death on our roads.

While our focus this year is on technology, we also want to discuss other important and relevant topics within the road safety discipline.

Recent Announcements and Deadlines: • • •

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The Call for Abstracts is Now Open – Deadline November 15th, 2024.

The Student Competitions are Now Open (Paper and Poster) – Deadline November 15th, 2024.

Sponsorship and Exhibitor Opportunities are Now Available!

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News from CARSP

Past Events 1.

CARSP Conference 2024 CARSP and Parachute jointly hosted the very successful Conference themed “Safe Mobility: Achieving Vision Zero in Urban and Rural Environments” on June 16-19, 2024, in Ottawa, Ontario. The conference attendance surpassed 240 delegates from Canada and around the world. Read more here.

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Enhancing Neighbourhood Safety for Children: Innovative Strategies Workshop Post-Conference, which was held on June 19, 2024 was quite successful, with over 20 participants. Learn more here.

3.

CARSP webinar series CARSP has offered ten webinars in 2023 and five in 2024. All but the most current of the past CARSP webinars are made available to the public in CARSP’s Youtube Channel as well as in the CARSP website. The most recent webinar is only available to our members. These are the webinars offered in 2024 to date: Ű

Topic: Centering Disability in the Design and Implementation of Cycling Infrastructure Speaker: Ron Buliung, Professor, University of Toronto

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Topic: E.R.A.S.E. (Eliminate Racing Activity on Streets Everywhere) – Innovative Police and Municipal Strategy for Dealing with Car Meets (i.e. Car Rallies) Speaker: Todd Snooks, Police Officer, York Regional Police

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Topic: Understanding mandatory alcohol screening Speakers: Joanna Wells; Douglas J. Beirness

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Topic: Comparison of the number of pedestrian and cyclist injuries captured in police data compared with health service utilisation data in Toronto, Canada 2016– 2021 Speakers: Linda Rothman; Alison Macpherson

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Topic: Hearing from police leaders: perspectives on surveying police personnel about traffic enforcement attitudes and behaviours Speakers: Brenda Suggett; Navoda Rillagodage

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MEMBER HIGHLIGHT

Adam St. Amant P.Eng., PTOE

Employment: City of Lethbridge, Transportation Engineer Education: Carleton University, Bachelor of Engineering, Civil; Minor in Technology, Society, and Environmental Studies, 2008 Family: Wife and 2 children City of Residence: Lethbridge, AB What roles have you taken on as a member of ITE: ITE Canada Training Committee (Member, 2022-2023; Chair, 2024)

ITE INVOLVEMENT

conference has shown me both how big of an impact we have but also how small and

What is your ITE involvement (past and present)?

interconnected of a community we are as transportation professionals.

I joined the ITE Canada Training Committee in 2022, becoming the Committee Chair in 2024. On the Training Committee, I’ve had the privilege to

GETTING TO KNOW YOU

work with many amazing people to bring learning opportunities to ITE Canada’s members. It’s great

What attracted you to the transportation

to experience the energy and enthusiasm that

profession? Did you have another career in mind?

everyone brings to helping fellow transportation

I had the option to pursue civil or electrical

professionals increase their knowledge.

What do you value most about your ITE membership?

Attending ITE Canada conferences is my favourite part of being an ITE member. I

engineering and decided on civil because the results of the work are tangible and translate into something physical that people use.

Transportation was always the direction I wanted to take within civil engineering: safely getting people to the places they want to go.

remember it being a bit intimidating at first, being surrounded by professionals from across

What is the last book that you read or are

the country all assembling to talk transportation

currently reading?

and present amazing projects. As my career

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World Made by Hand by James Howard

progressed and as I became more involved with

Kunstler. I have a fascination with post-

ITE, I got to know many of the people attending

apocalyptic stories. Dealing with complex systems

the conferences both through ITE and through

every day, I often wonder what would happen if

day-to-day work. I also became one of those

these systems stopped working. I especially enjoy

people presenting projects and participating in

when the author can describe the collapse, paint

panel discussions. I appreciate that the annual

a picture of the post-collapse world, and tell an

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MEMBER HIGHLIGHT

interesting story all at the same time. World Made by Hand succeeds in all of these and

What is one aspect of work that you enjoy?

I enjoy seeing the infrastructure that I helped

highlights the importance of clean water.

design or plan get built. I find it rewarding to

What is your favourite mode of transportation?

know that I made a difference in how people and

Driving and walking are my two usual modes

goods get safely where they want or need to go.

of getting around. Both are convenient, allowing

Have you pursued any professional designations

me to take whichever route I want, when I want.

through ITE (such as RSP, PTOE)?

Driving allows me to cover large distances quickly and stop at my whim to take in spectacular views or explore small towns on foot. Walking allows me to experience the journey on a smaller scale, see the details of buildings, enjoy the shade from the trees, and experience the neighbourhood. But my favourite mode of transportation has to be trains!

While consulting, I pursued the Professional Traffic Operations Engineer designation as it related directly to my day-to-day work and provided recognition of my knowledge and experience in traffic operations. Now working for a municipality, I maintain my PTOE designation to stay current with emerging traffic operations practices and to provide perspective for my role which involves more transportation planning.

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

I play a key role in shaping how people move around the city. I review plans and development applications from a transportation perspective to ensure they align with local bylaws and plans.

I also work with traffic models to estimate future traffic volumes, helping us plan for growth and changes. I manage our e-scooter service provider and oversee various transportation planning projects, Master Plans, and road planning studies. I’m also the City’s “bike guy”.

Do you have any lessons learned to share with emerging transportation professionals?

It’s all about the people. Numbers are fun, but in the end, it’s people going places and their needs that we have to think about. The standards and guidelines don’t always capture the needs of people who may have difficulty moving around but don’t have an accessibility placard hanging from their mirror or a business concerned with servng their customers. Getting to know and understand the people involved is a significant part of the transportation professional’s work.

It’s also all about the people at the office.

Tell us about a project you’re proud to have

Whether it’s building relationships with

worked on.

co-workers or how you treat your competitors,

I’m proud to have led both the Transportation

remember that the community of transportation

Master Plan and the Cycling Master Plan for the

professionals in Canada is relatively small and

City of Lethbridge. The Transportation Master

you’ll likely be working together again.

Plan sets the stage for the future construction of vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian infrastructure and highlights the need for improved safety and accessibility. The Cycling Master Plan identifies

What will you hope to have accomplished at the end of your career?

By the end of my career, I hope that I will have

the necessary ideas and infrastructure to make

provided people with safe, accessible, and

cycling a realistic transportation option in

efficient options for how they get places,

Lethbridge.

improving peoples’ quality of life.

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After a nice summer break, the Greater Vancouver ITE Section welcomed in the fall with a picnic on September 7. Members enjoyed a summer afternoon social with a selection of locally made sandwiches and reconnected with colleagues and friends.

In October, the Section hosted a presentation and mixer. The presentation was a conversation on engaging the public with Uytae Lee. Uytae runs the About Here creative studio and Youtube channel where he creates educational videos on urban planning topics with partners like the CBC, City of Vancouver, and Translink. His experiences led to an interesting presentation on how he has

Members of the Greater Vancouver Section catching up after summer break

learned to engage and inform the public.

We currently have nominations open for our annual Section awards, where we honour exceptional projects and colleagues in the Greater Vancouver area. The awards are: •

Bill Curtis Award (Outstanding Transportation Project of the Year)

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Mavis Johnson Award (Road Safety Project of the Year)

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Don Henderson Lifetime Achievement Award

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Outstanding Professional Award

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Young Professional Award

We’ve also received interest in people joining our executive team next year, and will be holding an election for the position of Treasurer later this month.

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Uytae Lee leading the conversation on engaging the public at our October mixer

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On October 25, 2024, the BC Interior Section co-hosted their annual Fall Conference in Penticton, BC with the Planning Institute of British Columbia. This annual event brings engineers and planners involved in both Transportation and Land Use Planning. The 2024 conference theme was “A New Era of Housing Legislation” to coincide with the new housing policies impacting the planning and transportation engineering professionals in the region. The program included 4 captivating presentations and a feature panel by City of Kelowna: •

The Evolution of Parking Regulation and the Impact on Housing | Stephen Power & Apollo

City of Kelowna Presenting at ITE BC Interior Section & PIBC Conference in Penticton Sponsored by EXP, CTS, and Urban Systems

Figueiredo - EXP •

Downtown Summerland – A Complete Neighbourhood | Brad Dollevoet - District of Summerland

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An Agent-based Regional System Model Integrating Land Use and Transportation | Dr. Mahmudur Fatmi - UBC

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Transportation Considerations of Provincial Housing Legislation | Victor Ngo - WATT Consulting Group

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A changing landscape in housing & transportation planning: Reflections from the City of Kelowna Talk and Panel

The City of Penticton generously provided staff to provide a technical walking tour and active transportation infrastructure tour with e-scooters and e-bikes sponsored by Lime Micromobility.

City of Penticton E-Scooter and E-Bike Active Transportation Tour Sponsored by Lime

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For the past quarter, the Southern Alberta

In September ITESA was busy with the chapter

section continued the monthly luncheon series

elections and award kick off. Nominations for

and hosted student presentations and panel

awards were solicited for three categories: i)

discussion.

Project of the year Award ii) Emerging Professional Award and iii) Volunteer of the

ITESA wrapped up summer 2024 by organizing

year Award. Results will be announced and

a panel discussion in July with representatives

presented at the End of Year Winter Gala on

from three different Business Improvement

November 20.

Associations to share their perspectives on how transportation professionals can best

In October, ITE Southern Alberta organized a

engage with them to solicit meaningful input

luncheon on “LoRaWAN - Acoustic Monitoring

over the course of the project’s design and

and Other Use Cases” where the presenters

implementation. The panel discussion had a

talked about LoRaWAN technology which is a

meaningful impact to understand how to

technology in the Industrial Internet Of Things

strengthen the skill set and approach in

that has unlocked the ability to solve problems

interacting with community and business

that were not easily solvable with battery

improvement associations as part of projects,

powered Long Range radio networking

and to hear a different perspective on the City

technology. The presentation introduced the

of Calgary’s Main Streets program.

technology and the capabilities around Smart City applications such as acoustic monitoring for loud vehicles.

ITESA will organize the AGM on November 05, 2024 announcing the new executive members for 2024-2025. ITESA will conclude the year 2024 with the Winter Gala at Calgary Zoo on November 20, 2024.

Scenes from the July Panel Discussion

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In September, the ITE Manitoba Section hosted a technical presentation and luncheon at the Winnipeg Winter Club with Dustin Booy, Executive Director of Highway Engineering Services at Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure (MTI), as the presenter. Dustin provided an overview of the June 15, 2023 collision at the intersection of PTH 1 and PTH 5 outside of Carberry and the status of the resulting intersection improvement project. Additionally, Dustin presented a framework from Manitoba’s road safety strategy and information sharing partnerships with Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Building on the success of co-hosting a technical luncheon in February, ITE Manitoba supported the University of Manitoba ITE Student Chapter with their facilitation of a Lunch and Learn in September. The event was hosted at the University of Manitoba and provided an opportunity for students to hear from professionals as they shared their personal and career journeys. Students had an opportunity to speak with professionals in smaller breakout groups, with professionals rotating between tables.

Keep an eye out for our upcoming social event, a technical presentation and luncheon on speed management in November, and the annual business meeting in December!

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Fall Session Highlights On September 18, 2024, ITE Saskatchewan held its

We also welcomed our 2025 ITE-SK Board

annual Fall Session and Annual General Meeting in

Members:

Saskatoon. The event was well attended, driven by captivating presentations from our esteemed

Role

2024 Executive

2025 Executive

members and out-of-province guests:

President

Sheliza Kelts

Ellen McLaughlin

Vice President

Ellen McLaughlin

Adam Bryant

Secretary Treasurer

Terry Yu

Terry Yu

Programs Chair

Christine Hay

Christine Hay

Communications/

Rebekah Vasylyev

Crystal Phillips

Ferdous Shikder

Mohammad Majid

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Dustin Booy: Road Safety – A Manitoba Perspective Jeffrey Holland: Road Safety – A Saskatchewan Perspective Daniel McLaren: Removing Minimum Parking Requirements in Saskatoon, SK Devon Parker: College Drive – Shared-Use Pathway, A Feasibility Study Ariel Arosemena & Weichen Zhang: Safety Experience and Perception and Their Relationship to Perceived Barriers to Using Public Transit Dr. Tarek Sayed: Towards A Sustainably Safe Urban Network: The Role of Advanced Technologies and Big data

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Membership Coordinator Student Chapter Coordinator Past President

Abedi Destiny Piper

Sheliza Kelts

SECTION NEWS

Summer STEM Activities Over the summer we promoted two at-home STEM activities for our members to explore and engage with their children during the summer break, combining fun with educational content.

Pizza with Transportation Pros We were excited to host two student networking nights this fall.

The first took place on October 22nd at Louis’ in Saskatoon, and the second on October 24th at The Lazy Owl in Regina. Students at the University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina, respectively, were invited for free pizza and a drink on us while getting to know local transportation professionals. Members were encouraged to come out, share their experiences, and network with the next generation of transportation professionals.

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ITE Toronto Section has hosted several insightful and impactful events over the last

September 3 – Safety Panel (Achieving Vision Zero through a Safe Systems Approach)

few months, continuing to offer our members professional development and networking

Our Safety Panel brought together experts

opportunities. Here’s a look at our recent

from various fields to discuss strategies for

activities:

improving road safety in urban environments.

Russell Brownlee (TNS), Sheyda Saneinejad

August 22 – “Killed by a Traffic Engineer” with Wes Marshall

(City of Toronto), Geni Bahar (Navigats), and Peter Park (York University) highlighted the importance of collaboration across different

This webinar addressed the unintended

sectors to address the pressing safety issues

consequences of engineering decisions on road

our cities face today.

safety. It sparked a thoughtful discussion on how outdated standards and car-centric designs can create unsafe environments,

September 12 – Human Transit with Jarrett Walker

especially for vulnerable road users. The session emphasized the critical need for

Hosted by renowned transit expert, this

human-centered approaches in traffic

webinar delved into the complexities of public

engineering.

transit systems and the human factors that drive their success. The presentation explored the importance of frequency, simplicity, and

Safety Panelists (Left to Right) Peter Park, Russell Brownlee, Sheyda Saneinejad, and Geni Bahar with Toronto Section members

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connectivity in creating efficient and user-

that help improve mobility, safety, and

friendly transit systems.

sustainability in our cities.

Our Upcoming Events

December 6 – 50th Anniversary Gala and AGM

October 28 – Transit Priority Measures in the City of Toronto

As we look to close out the year, we are excited to celebrate at our annual AGM, which

The TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) event

coincides with ITE Toronto’s 50th Anniversary!

will provide an inside look into the current

This special event will be a time to reflect on

challenges and future plans for one of North

the achievements of our section, recognize

America’s largest transit systems. Attendees

past presidents, and celebrate the many

will gain valuable insights into how the TTC is

contributions of our members. It’s sure to be a

planning to improve the speed and reliability of

memorable occasion filled with camaraderie

surface transit through several Transit Priority

and celebration.

Measures (TPMs). TPMs include policies, technology, and infrastructure projects that

We look forward to seeing you at these events

support the bus and streetcar network. This

and more! Stay connected with ITE Toronto as

presentation gives information on the

we continue to bring together industry

supporting policies that enable these measures

professionals to share knowledge, foster

and how they are implemented.

innovation, and enhance transportation

November 19 – Accessibility and Inclusion in the Built Environment

systems across the region.

As we strive to make our transportation systems more inclusive, this event focused on the critical issues of accessibility in urban transportation. Through presentation and interactive discussions, this webinar will address how we can create more accessible and inclusive built environments for all.

November 21 – Innovation of the Year Competition Our annual Innovation of the Year Competition will showcase groundbreaking transportation solutions developed by professionals and students alike. The competition will celebrate creativity and practical problem-solving, as participants present their innovative designs

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ITE National Capital Section has had an exciting line-up of events for the second half of 2024, which included some new events and the return of successful past events. Check out what ITE NCS has been up to in our 2024 event recap from July to October below! Highlights include celebrating our 50th year anniversary, partnering with the City of Ottawa and Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals (APBP) for our E-Scooter and Bike Tours, and selling out our last

E-scooter tour participants

major in-person event of the year.

July - E-Scooter Tour The City of Ottawa’s E-scooter pilot returned for the 2024 season and we embraced micromobility on an e-scooter group ride. Prior to the tour, City of Ottawa staff were present to provide an introduction to the e-scooter pilot program, as well as some e-scooter riding and safety tips.

Neuron Mobility and Bird staff were also present to drop off e-scooters and helmets at our meeting location and answered user-related questions.

The e-scooter route ran through The Glebe and Centretown neighbourhoods and along the City’s existing cycling infrastructure for most of the ride

Trivia night teams

(approximately 7.2 km). We stopped at a few locations along the way to admire some of the newer cycling infrastructure. The e-scooter tour

September - Bike Tour

was followed by a Snack & Social at CRAFT Beer Market at Lansdowne Park.

ITE NCS and APBP hosted a joint bike tour that showcased some of Ottawa’s recent active

September - Transportation Trivia Night

transportation infrastructure, including the Rideau River MUP Bridge. We did a 15 km loop

Our popular Transportation Trivia Night was held

from Carleton University to the University of

at Beyond the Pale Brewing Company for an

Ottawa and took a break at an NCC Bistro for

evening of laughs, appetizers/drinks, and friendly

refreshments and conversation. Guest speakers

competition. Participants teamed up and tested

shared some planning and design considerations

their knowledge against other transportation

at stops along the route.

professionals for their chance to win a prize.

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Highlights included: • • • • •

• • •

• • •

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Corktown Footbridge Various cycling improvements at uOttawa and Campus Station LRT multi-use path in Stage 1 Rideau River Eastern Pathway (RREP) Part 1 TMP AT project to develop seamless connectivity between RREP and McIlraith Bridge (planned but not yet implemented) RREP underpass at Bank Street Rideau River AT Bridge at Carleton University Carleton U cycling improvements (roundabout and Sunnyside/Bronson intersection) Canal Woods/Bronson crossing Bank Street Canal Bridge improvements Flora Footbridge and early NCC protected intersection elements (Fifth/QED and Clegg/Colonel By/Echo) O’Connor cycling facilities and Queensway underpass.

during our luncheon. We served a custom-made cake and cupcakes for our 50th anniversary celebration and sought input from attendees for our events and activities in 2025 through a survey.

Call for 2025 ITE NCS Nominations A.M. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award: Since 2020, the ITE NCS has reviewed candidates on a yearly basis for consideration for this prestigious award given to those who have made substantial contributions to transportation engineering and planning in the National Capital Region.

Project of the Year: This award showcases a ground-breaking transportation project undertaken by a public or private organization from the National Capital Region.

October - 50th Anniversary Lunch Celebration + Complete Networks Presentation with Matt Pinder Did you know that 2024 marks 50 years of the ITE National Capital Section? We hosted our last major in-person event of the year at Sala San Marco to celebrate this milestone, take in a presentation by Matt Pinder about Complete Networks: The Next Step to Building Truly Complete Streets, and network with transportation professionals and enthusiasts

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Upcoming Fall Technical Session November 2024

Our Annual General Meeting will be held after our Technical Sessions, where our new VP Executive member will join us for the 2025

On November 7, ITE Atlantic Canada will hold

year. We currently have 3 fantastic members

its Fall Technical Session and Annual General

who have put their name forward to join the

Meeting in Fredericton, New Brunswick. A social

Executive and voting is currently open. We will

event will be held the night prior, offering

announce our new VP at the Technical Session.

attendees a great opportunity for networking and catching up with fellow transportation professionals.

The Technical Session will include several interesting presentations from practitioners from across the Atlantic Provinces: •

The Copenhagen Experience Jill DeMerchant, M. Eng., P. Eng. - City of Saint John

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Active Transportation in Fredericton Bri Benson, MScE, P.Eng., RSP1 & Tyson Aubie, P.Eng. - City of Fredericton

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Lunenburg Traffic & Parking Patrick Hatton, P. Eng. - WSP

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Cellphone Data for Transportation Planning Trevor Hanson, PhD, P.Eng. & Madeline Whitehouse, MScE Candidate - University of New Brunswick

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Jeopardy - Celebrating 50 Years of ITE Atlantic Canada!

Adam Lanigan, P.Eng. - Halifax Regional Municipality

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Active Transportation in Moncton Leslie Tse - City of Moncton

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Prioritizing Road Segments for Crosswalk Improvements in Saint John, NB Andrew Northmore, PhD, P.Eng. - Englobe

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September 26 - Lunch & Learn: Navigate Careers in Transportation The UBC ITE Student Chapter launched the 2024-25 Lunch & Learn Series with our first event, “Navigate Careers in Transportation.”

We had the pleasure of welcoming back past presidents Benjamin Corbett, Abbey Seneres, and Steve Martin, who shared their professional insights on working in transportation.

During this engaging session, attendees gained foundational knowledge in traffic engineering, including topics like geometric design, transportation impact assessment, and traffic management. The event also focused on entrylevel roles and industry expectations, providing valuable guidance for co-op students and new graduates entering the field.

October 21 - High School Student Outreach: Journey into Transportation This fall, our chapter visited a Vancouver high school to introduce 12th-grade students to the transportation engineering and planning. As these students are beginning to apply to universities, we aimed to highlight transportation as an exciting and impactful career path.

Our presentation walked students through realworld transportation issues, discussing questions like, “How does engineering fit into solving these challenges?” We showcased different career paths in transportation engineering and planning, explaining how these fields play a role in creating sustainable, efficient transportation systems. To inspire interest in emerging technologies, we covered current research areas, including autonomous vehicles, electric transit, and urban mobility solutions. The event encouraged students to

consider the diverse opportunities within transportation and introduced UBC’s programs as pathways to these rewarding careers.

We are grateful for the chance to engage with the next generation of transportation professionals and hope to continue collaborating with local high schools to spark interest in this growing field.

Upcoming events In the coming month, we’re excited to host a Lunch and Learn with Translink which will provide students with insights into Goods Movement Planning. We’ll also continue our Lunch & Learn series, inviting our sponsors and professionals from different sectors of the industry to present on various transportation topics. Additionally, we’re planning for other chapter events, including workshops and networking socials, to continue building a community of learning and professional growth for all students interested in transportation.

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The UofM ITE Student Chapter kicked off

invaluable contributions and enthusiasm, which

September with dynamic recruitment events,

made the event a resounding success!

capitalizing on the back-to-school excitement to introduce both new and returning students

Looking ahead, we’re excited to continue

to the opportunities ITE offers aspiring

hosting professional development events,

transportation engineers. Our newly appointed

socials, and fundraisers to support sending a

executive members truly rose to the occasion,

delegation to the 2025 conference in Halifax,

taking charge of these events and helping to

and an exciting, undisclosed location for our

organize our premier event in September; a

annual technical trip! Stay tuned for more

Lunch & Learn in collaboration with presenters

details as we carry this momentum forward

from the ITE Manitoba Section!

into the academic year.

The event featured professionals sharing their personal journeys, explaining how they navigated their university years, achieved their goals, and how ITE played a pivotal role in their careers. Following their presentations, we facilitated an engaging format where professionals rotated through small student groups, creating meaningful, personalized discussions. Both students and professionals appreciated this intimate setting, which fostered genuine connections and valuable insights.

A huge thank you goes out to Abby Scaletta from WSP, Greg Propp & Nolan Mizeracki from Urban Systems, and Adam Budowski & Caleb Olfert from the City of Winnipeg for their

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Summer BBQ

celebration, especially executives from ITE Canada and ITE International who made the trip

In August, the Student Chapter participated in

to visit our student chapter! This event also

the Transportation Research BBQ event attended

invited former UW ITE Student chapter executives

by the executive team as well as other

who participated in our events throughout the

transportation graduate students and professors.

day, which included icebreakers, speeches from ITE Canada executives, as well as campus tours of

Environment life fair The UW ITE chapter was fortunate to participate in the University of Waterloo March Open house.

This event is for high school students to learn more about the University of Waterloo and

the Autonomous Vehicle Research and Intelligence Lab (AVRIL) and the Centre of Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) lab.

Pearson tour

participate on campus tours of different faculties.

As the current ITE chapter is composed mostly of

In July, the Student Chapter led a successful and

engineering and planning students, the student

special event with a tour of the operations at

chapter set up booths in both the environment

Pearson International Airport. The students were

building and engineering building to advertise ITE

able to have a guided tour of the apron and

to prospective high school students.

maintenance facilities at Pearson airport. This

Election Event In September, the Chapter hosted the annual executive election in the grad house. During this event, we were able to recruit 2 new events team

amazing opportunity was well attended with over 30 participants. In addition, the students were able to witness ongoing activities such as paving and rehabilitation of roadways and a tour of the operations control center.

members, 3 media team members, 1 secretary assistant and 1 treasurer assistant. The student chapter warmly welcomes our new members to the team and their contributions to future events and chapter operations!

TTC seminar In July, the student chapter hosted Sam Harker and Patrick Yutiga from the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) for a seminar on TTC planning operations. This event saw over 30 attendees.

50th Anniversary Event On September 27, 2024, the University of Waterloo ITE Student Chapter celebrated its 50th anniversary. We thank those who came to the

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This September, we started the academic year

Throughout the semester, we have also been

with a recruitment event that sparked

hosting weekly seminars, creating a bridge

excitement among both new and returning

between our members and professionals in

students. The enthusiasm was palpable as we

both the industry and academia. The response

introduced our peers to the opportunities that

has been very encouraging, with participants

ITE offers to aspiring transportation

sharing positive feedback.

professionals. The feedback was overwhelming, and we’re grateful for the energy and passion

Looking ahead, we are thrilled to be planning

that our members are bringing to the table this

our Student-Industry Mixer in January—a

year.

networking opportunity for students to meet with professionals in the field and potentially

In addition to the recruitment event, we hosted

secure coops or jobs. Additionally, we are

an icebreaker in mid-September to help our

excited to introduce our newest student

transportation community get to know each

competition, the Motion Commotion, which

other better. Students, professors, and even

promises to challenge our members in creative

some alumni joined us for an engaging evening

ways. We’re excited to keep building a space

of pizza, connection, and conversation. It was

where everyone can contribute and bring new

great to see such a strong turnout, and we left

ideas to life as we move forward this year.

with a stronger sense of community than ever before.

UT-ITE executive 2024-25 team from left to right: Javeria, Mahta, Maryam, Weaam, Nabeel, Amir, and Timotéo (standing), followed by Lucas, Owen, João, and Hesam (crouching)

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The UNB Student Chapter held a lunch and learn as an introduction to transportation engineering for incoming undergraduate students in September 2024.

This was followed by a fun Trivia Night in October presented in collaboration with the UNB Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Chapter.

We are currently planning for the upcoming SLS with the Dalhousie Student Chapter in Halifax happening alongside the ITE Canada Annual Conference next June.

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NEW MEMBERS WELCOME

New Members

Welcome to these new Canadian members who joined ITE between July and September 2024. We look forward to connecting with you and supporting your professional learning and growth in our community of transportation professionals!

Irfan Akram, City of Richmond Hill, Richmond Hill, ON

Ahmed Faheem, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB

Nilima Akter, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Mark Fan, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Jahedul Alam, Nova Scotia Dept. Of Transp. & Infrastructure Renewal, Halifax, NS

Muhammad Farhan, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

Hafeez Alavi, Univeristy of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Ayomikun Fasan, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

Ariba Asim Riaz, University of Waterloo, Mississauga, ON

Fan Fei, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Motahhareh Babajanibaboli, City of Saskatoon, Saskatoon, SK

Ethan Flatt, Lakehead University, Dundas, ON

Rajan Bagale, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Isabella Funk, Lakehead University, Landmark, MB

Sai Naveen Balla, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

Lord Julian Raphael Galang, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

Michael Barone, University of Waterloo, Ancaster, ON

Meisam Ghasedi Katiklahijani, University of Gulian, Toronto, ON

Bri Benson, City of Fredericton, New Maryland, NB

Zahra Ghayeninezhad, City Of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Abebe Dress Beza, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Mufan Guo, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Sagar Bhandari, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Gavin Herbert, Saskatchewan Ministry Of Highways And Infrastructure, Regina, SK

Chad Bialobzyski, Landworks Civil Engineering, Regina, SK

Addison Hiller, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Md Fahad Bin Alam, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Maegan Howard, WSP, Winnipeg, MB

Carla Bradley, , Toronto, ON Sreelakshmi Changaradil, , Newmarket, ON Laurence Chanut, Concordia University, Montréal, QC Kelly Chen, University of Waterloo, Scarborough, ON Duane Clowater, New Brunswick Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, Fredericton, NB Hai Doan, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

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Sara Feshangchi, Region Of Peel, Brampton, ON

Nan Hu, City of Calgary, Alberta, Calgary, AB Timothy Hui, Carleton University, Toronto, ON Keenan Hulan-Milligan, Lakehead University, Angus, ON Towhidul Islam, Saskatchewan Ministry Of Highways And Infrastructure, Saskatoon, SK Tomas Jakovac, University of Waterloo, Milton, ON Richard Jin, University of Waterloo, Etobicoke, ON

Adam Duyvestyn, City Of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Bisun Kang, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Yashank Adithya Ediga, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Md Rokibul Hossain Khan, V3, Edmonton, AB

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Jeffrey Kim, University of Waterloo, London, ON

Jeet Kumar Patel, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Scarlett Kim, Lakehead University, North York, ON

Smitkumar Patel, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Vincent Kopun, University of Waterloo, Binbrook, ON

Gaelan Patterson, Watt Consulting Group, Calgary, AB

Lai Ying Lam, University of Toronto, Richmond Hill, ON

Denae Penner, City of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB

Sarah Leger, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB Kathleen Linehan, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Emma Lo, University of Waterloo, Richmond Hill, ON Jeremy Longhurst, Lakehead University, Sydney, NS Leighanne MacDonald, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Svetozar Majstorovic, Hatch, Mississauga, ON Diya Malhotra, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Alexa Rigonan, University of Waterloo, Brampton, ON Teagan Ritchot, Lakehead University, Winnipeg, MB Jackson Rivington, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB Doug Saccoccia, Peterborough County, Peterborough, ON Monalika Sandell, University of Waterloo, Mississauga, ON Gagan Sandhu, , Brampton, ON Logan Scheibe, City of Saskatoon, Saskatoon, SK

Franklin Martinez-Gomez, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Zahra Sedaghat, New Brunswick Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, Fredericton, NB

Eric Melendez-Duke, Catterall & Wright, Saskatoon, SK

Ian Snider, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Priscilla Mensah-Aborampah, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB

Davis Su, McElhanney, Surrey, BC

Nidhi Mistry, University of Waterloo, Scarborough, ON Josiah Molyneaux, Lakehead University, Kirkland Lake, ON

Estefania Suarez Carranza, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Chadeepa Subhasiri, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Fiza Syed, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

Edward Munroe, University of Alberta, St. Albert, AB

Pak Shing Tam, University of British Columbia, Victoria, BC

Jason Neudorf, City Of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Saugat Tamang, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Brandon Ng, University of Waterloo, Markham, ON

Erin Tattrie, , Kelowna, BC

Gerardo Ordonez Aguero, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Macaila Touchette, University of Waterloo, Barrie, ON

Erwin Otani, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, AB

Eric Tran, University of Waterloo, Mississauga, ON

Julia Pannolino, RJ Burnside, Stoney Creek, ON

Shital Upadhea, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

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NEW MEMBERS

Pankaj Upreti, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Gabriel Wolofsky, City Of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Larry Vu, University of British Columbia, Richmond, BC

Shuai Yao, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Jason Wagner, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

Ao Yun Zhang, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Bingchen Wang, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

Jinjing Zhang, CIMA+, Mississauga, ON

Cody Wang, University of British Columbia, Ajax, ON Hank Wang, York University, Toronto, ON Yi Wei, University of West Ontario, London, ON

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