TAC tidb i ts Traffic Operations and Management Standing Committee (TOMSC)
JAMES DONNELLY
TOM BAUMGARTNER
JIM MALLETT
Transportation Engineer / Principal, Urban Systems
Transportation Engineer, Watt Consulting Group
President, Paradigm Transportation Solutions Limited
JEANNETTE MONTUFAR
GREG O'BRIEN
KELLY SCHMID
Founding Partner & CEO, MORR Transportation Consulting
Atlantic Practice Manager, Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning, WSP Canada Inc.
Head, Northwestern Region Traffic Section, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Hot topics in transportation were discussed: • Port Mann Bridge Toll Removal – Completed in 2016, $3.3B to build. Toll revenue $13 M in 2015. When tolls were removed, bridge traffic increase 25% over previous year. 100-150K • City of Vancouver adopts Congestion Management Strategy. Monitoring, safety, smart and efficient, coordinate street use, prioritize people. • City of Red Deer – Implemented two new multi-lane roundabouts and using RRFBs for pedestrian crossings. Installing 40 new RRFB’s in the next 3 years. Changes to 30 km/h in school and playground zones. • City of Regina – $1.9B By-Pass route. 2017-2020 staging, fully open in 2020. Canada's second diverging diamond interchange included. • Province of Saskatchewan – New signage with MADD to honour deaths by impaired drivers. “In memory of…” on a red ribbon (like breast cancer ribbon). • Province of Ontario – Bill 65 - Safer School Zones Act – Local municipalities are permitted to implement automated speed endorsement in community safety zones and school zones. Permitted to consider alternative default speed limits. Redlight cameras • Province of Ontario – stronger penalties for Distracted Driving - $2000 first offence • Province of Quebec – photo radar being challenged. Tickets revenue decreased – $5.4M last November to $95K this May. • Province of Quebec – Action Plan for Safety in Road work zones – 2017-2020 • Province of New Brunswick – Ellen’s Law – Passed June 1 2017. 1.0 m separation between cars and cyclists.
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