s e c t io n news GREATER VANCOUVER SECTION The Greater Vancouver Section of ITE has had its annual golf tournament with one lunch meeting since the summer break. The 15th Annual GVITE Golf tournament was held on Thursday, June 22nd at the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course. The weather was great with many golfers participating in the tournament and dinner and prizes given out. Following the success of last year’s event, a trivia component was included with transportation related questions asked at the end of every hole. The second event of this quarter was a lunch meeting held in September. This event featured Paul de Leur
and Nicholas Moss who shared their experience and knowledge of the results of this summer's update of the ICBC Road Safety Benchmarks, which was last compiled ten years ago in 2007. The update provided a set of benchmark road safety metrics, based on 2011-2015 crashes and covering a range of intersection types and environments. These updated benchmark values would help traffic engineers identify high-risk locations by facilitating comparisons using sets of average values for crash frequencies, rates, and severities. The benchmarks provided an enhanced framework for the systematic and proactive identification of intersections for safety improvements, including those that may be eligible for funding under ICBC’s Road Improvement Program, now in its 27th year. Last but not least, GVITE was awarded the CITE Section Activity Award for 2017, which was designed to encourage and promote active involvement by promoting the purpose and objectives of the Institute. Our president Brendan Stevenson accepted the award at the CITE conference this summer. Left: Paul de Leur and Nicholas Moss with President Brendan Stevenson at the September lunch meeting Below Left:Annal GVITE Golf Tournament Below Right: Brendan Stevenson with the CITE Section Activity Award
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