DESCRIPTION:Transportation Management of Emergencies in Northern Alberta \nThe Peace Region has experienced either wildfires or floods every year since 2014. Each year\, it is a matter of when the emergency will strike\, not if. Part of Mae’s work as the Operations Manager includes managing highway closures and evacuation routes during such emergencies. In this presentation\, Mae is going to highlight the importance of networking and planning in advance of a disaster\, as well as regular training and communication. \nProper traffic accommodation is essential to protect both local communities and other road users. Mae will review what was done here in Alberta to aid the thousands of evacuees from the Northwest Territories and how sometimes a small gesture can make a huge difference! \nPresenter: Mae Stewart\, P.Eng \nMae has spent her entire career as a civil engineer in the public service\, working for municipal\, federal and now provincial governments. She has spent the last 16 years working for Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors (TEC) in Peace River. As the Operations Manager\, Mae oversees the delivery of departmental programs on Alberta’s highway network\, First Nation and Metis Settlement road infrastructure\, park and urban access roads\, and ferries and ice bridges. She is responsible for the delivery of multi-million dollar highway maintenance contracts and provides leadership to a team of engineers and technologists. Mae has been involved in several innovative projects such as the design and construction of a carcass compost\, the construction and maintenance of an bridge across an 800m wide river\, and the creation of a five year strategic people plan to build an engaged and resilient workplace culture. \n
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SUMMARY:ITE Toronto Section: A Webinar with Jarrett Walker
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the revised edition of Jarrett Walker’s influential book Human Transit\, Revised Edition: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives. The new edition deepens its explanations about the basic principles of public transit\, informed by his work as a network planning consultant. New topics include the problem with specialization; the role of flexible or “demand response” services; how to know when to redesign your network; and responding to tech-industry claims that transit will soon be obsolete. Finally\, he added a major new section exploring the idea of access to opportunity as a core measure of transit’s success. \n\nSpeaker: \n \nJarrett Walker\, PhD\, is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy. He has been a full-time consultant since 1991 and has led numerous major planning projects in North America\, Australia\, and New Zealand. He is Founder and Principal Consultant at Jarrett Walker + Associates\, based in Portland\, Oregon. \nHe is the author of the popular public transit blog HumanTransit.org\, and the book Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives (Island Press\, 2011). This book is a friendly\, non-technical introduction to transit’s underlying geometry\, and the real value judgments that must be explored to make both transit and development policy. His background integrates an arts and humanities PhD (Stanford\, 1996) with long technical experience in all aspects of transit and its role in city-building. He is a frequent keynote speaker\, teacher\, and facilitator of decision-making processes. \n \n \n \n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Mjk2Mjg3NjEtY2ZiOS00MmY4LWI4NzMtN2QxZTNhMmM1ZmVh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22875688ea-8b21-4b98-b25b-4b81851ad72d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%224a3ba1e2-3eaf-46fd-a2aa-5dc1b59160ca%22%7d\n
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Join Virtual EventDESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the revised edition of Jarrett Walker’s influential book Human Transit\, Revised Edition: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives. The new edition deepens its explanations about the basic principles of public transit\, informed by his work as a network planning consultant. New topics include the problem with specialization; the role of flexible or “demand response” services; how to know when to redesign your network; and responding to tech-industry claims that transit will soon be obsolete. Finally\, he added a major new section exploring the idea of access to opportunity as a core measure of transit’s success. \n\nSpeaker: \n \nJarrett Walker\, PhD\, is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy. He has been a full-time consultant since 1991 and has led numerous major planning projects in North America\, Australia\, and New Zealand. He is Founder and Principal Consultant at Jarrett Walker + Associates\, based in Portland\, Oregon. \nHe is the author of the popular public transit blog HumanTransit.org\, and the book Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives (Island Press\, 2011). This book is a friendly\, non-technical introduction to transit’s underlying geometry\, and the real value judgments that must be explored to make both transit and development policy. His background integrates an arts and humanities PhD (Stanford\, 1996) with long technical experience in all aspects of transit and its role in city-building. He is a frequent keynote speaker\, teacher\, and facilitator of decision-making processes. \n \n \n
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