ITE Canada

CITE 2022 Student Leadership Summit
2022-05-28 18:00 - 2022-05-29 16:30 (America/Vancouver) | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
The University of British Columbia ITE Student Chapter is excited to present the 2022 Student Leadership Summit!
The Student Leadership Summit is a chance for you to sharpen your leadership skills and gain insights from industry leaders across Canada. Hosted in Vancouver immediately before the CITE/Quad 2022 Joint Annual Conference, the SLS will feature a wide variety of professional development, leadership, and career building activities. It’s also a chance to meet transportation students in other ITE student chapters. By participating in the SLS, you will have a great time, make valuable connections, and come home with a new understanding of how to succeed in your career.
Student Chapter Social Night
Saturday May 28th, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM PDT
Colony Granville (19+) | 965 Granville St., Vancouver, BC
Meet student leaders from Canadian ITE Student Chapters! Appetizers will be provided.
Leadership & Career Workshops
Sunday May 29th, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM PDT
The University of British Columbia
Supercharge your career growth with interactive sessions from experienced industry professionals. Breakfast & lunch will be provided.

Hennings (HENN) 200
6224 Agricultural Road
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1

The Hennings building is a 5-minute walk from the UBC bus exchange.
The closest parking lot is the North Parkade at 6115 Student Union Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A1.

Registration is $20 for student ITE members. Registration deadline is May 24th, 2022. If the registration fee creates a barrier for your participation at the SLS, please contact president@ubcite.org.

A special thank you to the University of Manitoba, University of Alberta, and Carleton University Student Chapters for their generous donation of materials and funds from previous SLS events.

CITE 2022 Annual Conference
2022-05-29 00:00 - 2022-06-01 23:59 (America/Vancouver) | Sheraton Wall Centre, 1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2R9, Canada
Join us in beautiful Vancouver for the CITE Annual Conference (rescheduled from 2020). More to come in mid-2021.

NACITE June Webinar
2022-06-01 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Edmonton) | Edmonton Area, Canada
In the past few years, more and more municipalities in Canada worked on speed limit reductions. It would be beneficial to hear from them about how they initiated speed limit changes, establish methodologies and processes to make the changes, and implement speed limit reduction measures, as well as what kinds of findings and lessons learned they obtained.
Our NACITE is excited to dive into this topic through our virtual panel discussion this coming June, “Speed Limit Reductions in West Canada”! Please join us and a panel of experts for an exciting and educational discussion. You will be hearing from:

Dean Schick – Manager of Transportation with the City of St. Albert, and Daniel Zeggelaar (co-presenter with Dean Schick) – Transportation Project Manager with ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd.
Shewkar Ibrahim –Manager, Safe Mobility Engineering with the City of Edmonton
Tony Churchill – Senior Traffic Engineer, Leader of Traffic Safety Roads with the City of Calgary
Liliana Quintero – Senior Transportation Engineer with the City of Vancouver

Each panelist will have a 10-min presentation to introduce speed limit reduction implementation in his/her municipality. There will be a Q&A session following all four presentations.

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CITE Atlantic Provinces Spring Technical Session
2022-06-09 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Irving Oil Auditorium, Dalhousie University, 5217 Morris Street, Halifax, NS, Canada
We are pleased to officially announce the “in-person” return of our annual CITE Atlantic Provinces Spring Technical Session in Halifax, NS on Thursday, June 9th after a two-year Covid hiatus. This popular event is being held at the Irving Oil Auditorium at Dalhousie University (5217 Morris Street, Halifax, NS). Similar to previous years, it will feature a jammed-packed day of technical sessions, poster presentations, and a lunchtime technical tour – 100% focused on the same transportation topics we (as transportation professionals) love to speak so passionately about, only to receive eyerolls and looks of pure indifference from our family and friends!
Keeping with recent tradition, we will also be hosting a Social Event the evening prior (Wednesday, June 8th) at HaliMac Axe Throwing from 7-10 pm. Drinks and munchies will be available on site. Even if you’ve never thrown an axe before (which is completely understandable), you won’t want to miss out on this fun networking opportunity!

ITE Toronto 2022 Spring Luncheon
2022-06-14 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | University of Toronto Hart House, 7 Hart House Cir, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H3, Canada
Join us for our in-person Spring Luncheon (lunch included!).
SPONSORSHIPS:
Gold Level Sponsorship ($500): Sponsors are invited to bring a roll-up board with a banner stand (24″ to 33″ x80″) to promote their transportation services. Their company’s logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and recognized verbally in the proceedings. As well, one free individual member registration will be included.
Silver Level Sponsorship ($300): Company logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and the company will be recognized verbally in the proceedings.
KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS:
Presentation #1: Administrative Penalties (APs) for Vehicle-based Contraventions Captured by Automated Cameras
Sabina Filipescu, Manager and Sebastian Policht, Team Leader
Ministry of Transportation Road Safety Program Development Office
Presentation #2: 100% “EV Ready” Requirements: Why they exist, how to comply, and design strategies to maximize value
Brendan McEwen, Managing Consultant
Dunsky Energy Consulting Ltd.
For presentation abstracts and speaker bios, visit the ITE Toronto Section website: https://www.itetoronto.ca/calendar/springluncheon2022

Webinar: Transportation/Land Use Planning in the post pandemic city: what changes should we anticipate
2022-06-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Hamilton Area (Virtual), Canada
Transportation/Land Use Planning in the post pandemic city: what changes should we anticipate
The pandemic accelerated a great many changes, technological and otherwise. That acceleration, while dismaying, presents opportunities and challenges for everyone. The speaker will talk about these changes and provide some context on how to address them. The presentation will be on several short topics: each of which to provide an insight into initiatives you are presently working on in your practices and what you may be confronted with in your work 20 years from now. For example, when the Province recently exempted “A” and A+” projects from the Environmental Assessment Act, they changed the framework for the administration of that Class EA, especially as it relates to Official Plan road classifications. Mr. McKibbon will also focus on what our streets and communities might look like in 20 years time. In his presentation, he will focus on points like: the future of single family residential zoning; equity where housing is concerned; air quality, traffic and land use; robotic delivery bots; electrification and automobile ownership, especially where electric vehicles are concerned.
George McKibbon is an environmental planner with over 40 years of professional experience in Ontario. He is a Registered Professional Planner and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners with advanced certification in environmental planning. In addition to working with citizens groups, First Nations and Treaty organizations, he has worked for a variety of municipalities, private companies and Provincial Ministries and Canadian Departments. He is also a sessional lecturer in the W. Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development. He served his profession on several advisory committees and boards including those of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute, the Canadian Institute of Planners, the Upstate Chapter of the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Certified Planners.
The link to this webinar will be emailed separately to registered attendees prior to the session. Registration closes at the end of the day, June 13th.

City of Calgary Infrastructure Projects: Crowchild Trail Short-Term Improvements and 17 Avenue SE Stampede Crossing
2022-06-22 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Hilton Garden Inn, 711 4th Street SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 1N3, Canada
Schedule: 11:30 am – 11:45 am Networking, 11:45am – 12:00 pm get Lunch, 12:00pm – 1:00 pm Presentations
Location: Hilton Garden Inn (711 4th Street SE Calgary, AB T2G 1N3)
Cost: $30 for ITE Members
$40 for Non-Members
$15 for City of Calgary Employees
$20 for Student ITE Members
RSVP by purchasing your ticket by END OF DAY on Wednesday, June 15 to confirm your seat!
Summary:
Please join us at the Hilton Garden Inn in East Village to connect with your colleagues, enjoy a meal and network with peers.
Please indicate if you have special dietary restrictions when purchasing your ticket. The luncheon will include a presentation by ISL Engineering on the following recent City of Calgary Infrastructure projects:

Crowchild Trail Short-Term Improvements – that’s a wrap!

The Crowchild Trail Short-Term Improvements was one of the most complex transportation projects ever completed for The City of Calgary. Adding new lanes, relocating ramps, improving the existing pathway system, and retrofitting bridges that cross the Bow River, CP Railway tracks, LRT tracks, other major roadways, pathways and sensitive habitats, all the while not impacting Calgarians’ daily commutes, has put this project on the map – and the 2022 recipient of multiple CEA awards.

Part 2: 17 Avenue SE Stampede Crossing – construction underway!

The 17SX project is a critical connection in Calgary’s Rivers District Master Plan to reconnect Stampede Park to the Beltline neighbourhood while bringing the energy and excitement of 17 Avenue into the heart of the Culture & Entertainment District. The project is lead by CMLC, in partnership with Calgary Transit, and includes the overhaul of the Victoria Park/Stampede CTrain station. The new modern at-grade station will provide direct east-west connectivity within the district and neighbouring Beltline communities.
Parking:
Parkade parking is $10 for attendees, subject to availability. Parking in the parkade cannot be guaranteed due to space limitations.
Anyone that is parking in the parkade will need to leave their vehicle plate number and name with the front desk
Alternatively, attendees can park in any of the public lots across the street.
Speaker:
Alana Getty Somers, P. Eng.
Transportation General Manager
ISL Engineering
Alana is responsible for leading ISL Calgary’s transportation team and was appointed to ISL’s Board of Directors in September 2020. Alana’s success as a senior transportation engineer and project manager spans over 20 years in both government/owner and consulting roles. Alana is known for her strong interpersonal skills and ability to find common ground and unite diverse opinions. She has developed a wide range of high-profile public projects through the iterative design and environmental impact processes in both urban and rural settings, from functional planning to construction. Alana has been a key player in delivering many complex infrastructure projects in Calgary as a consultant for a variety of clients since 2006.

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What’s New with Ontario Traffic Manual Book 18: Cycling Facilities
2022-06-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Area (Virtual), Ottawa, ON, Canada
In 2021, the Ontario Traffic Council (OTC) and the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) released their much-anticipated update to Ontario Traffic Manual Book 18: Cycling Facilities (commonly known as “Book 18”). While the first version of this guide, published in 2013, played a key role in shaping the growth of cycling infrastructure across Ontario, it was quickly overtaken by the rapid pace of change in how cycling facilities are designed and who they are designed for. The second version of “Book 18”, the cycling design manual for the province of Ontario, features a major overhaul from the original version with a focus on physically separated infrastructure and advanced safety measures at intersections. This presentation will give a sneak peak into what’s new with OTM Book 18, including some hot topics and emerging design solutions.
Bio:
Shawn Smith is a Senior Project Manager and engineer with WSP Canada Inc with 20 years of experience leading sustainable mobility projects. Shawn is a design lead in WSP’s Active Transportation, Trails and Complete Streets Centre of Excellence. Shawn was co-author for the update to OTM Book 18 and continues to serve as a lead trainer for the guide, delivering full- and half-day training workshops to municipal and consulting staff to build knowledge about the new guide. Shawn has helped train over 500 professionals across Ontario to-date. Shawn currently serves as Vice President of the CITE National Capital Section.

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Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Active Transportation in a Rural and Regional Context
2022-06-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Kelowna Area, Canada
Talk Title: Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Active Transportation in a Rural and Regional Context
Presenter: Tyler Thomson, MCIP RPP PTP, Associate | Senior Active Transportation Planner
Contributor: Erin Tattrie, RSE, GradTECH
Abstract: Active transportation is a growing and quickly evolving aspect of our transportation realm both in urban and rural areas across Canada. Many communities understand the multitude of benefits that active transportation offers from improved health, environmental, social and economic conditions, whether for commuting to work or school, or for recreational uses. As such, communities are planning to incorporate active transportation infrastructure, policies, and programs to help draw greater interest and awareness to active transportation and to facilitate and encourage people to choose active modes instead of driving. A broader spectrum of users are also gaining access to active transportation through safer dedicated facilities (i.e., children, older adults, and people with mobility impairments), and evolving technologies including electric assisted bicycles, scooters and other devices which are helping to catalyze increasing use of active modes. However, planning for active transportation in rural/smaller communities and regional areas can come with its own set of challenges given the traditional roadway design characteristics, low densities and separation of land uses, and expansive areas covered between destinations. This presentation provides further context into these challenges and discusses some of the strategies being explored to address the challenges, as well as the opportunities that come with planning active transportation for rural and regional areas.

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CITE SW Ontario Summer Meeting
2022-07-14 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | Crabby Joe’s, 276 Dundas Street, London, ON, N6B 1T6, Canada
CITE SW Ontario is BACK!
As we all know, we’ve not been able to do any in-person meetings since March 2020. On top of that the Fox & Fiddle, our previous meeting location (has also permanently closed. Over the past several months, the Section Executive has been attempting to set up a reunion in-person event (dinner and presentation) and we are now pleased to announce our next gathering will be next Thursday July 14 at Crabby Joe’s Restaurant in Downtown London (276 Dundas Street), starting at 5:00pm. Jeff Jongsma, current President of the SW Ontario Section will be providing a CITE update.
Crabby Joe’s is located at Dundas and Wellington, one block north of the former Fox & Fiddle Restaurant. There is street parking available on Dundas, and there are paid surface parking lots nearby. If parking on the street, please note you can use the HONK app to pay, and there is a promo code “CORE” which will cover two hours free.
Please register in advance through the CITE website here. As a “welcome back” offer, the registration fees have been slashed for this event! Registration fees are $5 for students, $10 for CITE members and $15 for non-members. Dinner (one entrée up to $20 value) is covered with your registration, but any drinks, appetizers or add-ons will need to be paid by the attendee.
As usual, we’ll have networking at 5:00 PM to catch up with old friends and colleagues. Dinner will be served starting at 6:00 PM while a presentation (update from CITE) will take place at 7:00 PM.

Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested! We’re thrilled to welcome you back!
Please register by July 12, 2022
Southwestern Ontario ITE Section Executive
Jeff Jongsma, President, jjongsma@london.ca
Dana Elfar, Vice President, dana.elfar@ontario.ca
Mark Ceppi, Treasurer, markc@chathamkent.ca
Tim Kooistra, Secretary, tkooistra@dillon.ca
Sean Nix, Student Liaison, sean.nix@mohawkcollege.ca
Doug MacRae, Past-President, dmacrae@london.ca

SAITE July 2022 Bike Tour
2022-07-21 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Edmonton) | Bowcycle E-Bikes, 632 Confluence Way SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 0G1, Canada
We’re going biking!
Come join us on a bike tour of new projects around Downtown Calgary! We’ll discuss different designs, what we like about them, what we don’t like. We’ll also discuss some of the project considerations and why specific designs were chosen over others.
We’ll begin the tour near Bow Cycle in East Village. So, if you do not have a bicycle, you can arrange to rent one for the afternoon. Note that SA ITE will not be arranging any bike rentals for attendees.
We’ll end the tour at Parlour Ice Cream, also in East Village, you can grab a much deserved snack and head to the nearby public space for some informal mingling/networking time.
The cost for the tour is a sliding scale ($10-$30)…please donate as much as you feel comfortable.
All funds will go to a not-for-profit bicycle charity Two Wheel View. They’re mission is “to provide programs that use the bicycle as a vehicle for change in the lives of youth.”

SK-ITE Bike Tour
2022-08-17 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Regina) | Regina City Hall, 2476 Victoria Ave, Regina, SK, S4P 3C8, Canada
The Saskatchewan Section of ITE will be hosting a Bike Tour in Regina on Wednesday, August 17th from 10AM to 12PM.
When: Wednesday, August 17th, 10AM-12PM CST (or August 24th in case the 17th has inclement weather)
Where: Meet at Regina City Hall, 2476 Victoria Ave, Regina, SK S4P 3C8
Route: Only 1.5km, we’ll bike along the Albert Street shared use path, the Pasqua Street protected shared use path, 14th Avenue bi-directional bike lane, 14th Avenue advisory bike lane, and more!
Description: The City of Regina will lead the 1.5km bike tour departing from City Hall between 10:15AM and 10:30AM using various bike infrastructure routes. We will bike a loop with frequent stops to discuss each bike facility along the way and end the tour back in downtown in time to check out the farmers market in Victoria Park at noon.
Need a bike? Western Cycle has you covered! They have a selection of bikes to rent for the tour to meet your needs. Let us know if you require a rental and we will coordinate with Western Cycle. Pick up your rental at Western Cycle the day before the tour, and drop it off after the tour (same day). Bikes can be rented for $40 and must be paid for at the time of pick-up. The deadline for reserving a rental is August 3, 2022.
Cost:

Members: $10
Non-members: $15

Any questions? Please contact our Ellen McLaughlin, our Programs Director at programsdirector@saskatchewan.itecanada.org.

NACITE: City of Edmonton’s Saskatchewan Drive Network Analysis: A Multi-modal Policy Based Approach
2022-09-07 11:40 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | University of Alberta Faculty Club, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
A concept plan was completed for the Saskatchewan Drive (99 Street to 109 street in Edmonton) rehabilitation project in 2018 that included the addition of a shared use path and widening of the existing shared use path. The project did not proceed to preliminary design due to significant costs and stakeholder concerns. During the Covid 19 Pandemic, the City implemented “mobility lanes” along Saskatchewan Drive (between 109 to 104 street) to provide additional space for active transportation users and received positive feedback from the public. The combined implications of shared use path widening costs and public feedback from lane closures prompted a review of the concept plan.

The Saskatchewan Drive Network Analysis project included a multi-modal evaluation to understand the impacts of lane reduction on Saskatchewan Drive for implementation of a dedicated cycling facility. The primary goal of this study was to inform next steps for the Saskatchewan Drive corridor and provide the City with information about whether an updated concept plan should be prepared to enhance the cycling and pedestrian facilities between 109 Street and 104 Street. A secondary goal of the project was to test out the policies related to City Plan as it applied to the evaluation. We will provide an overview of the evaluation criteria that was developed for this project, process of evaluation, study outcomes and recommendations for future work.
Bios:
Pablo Orozco is a passionate transportation professional and Edmontonian. He is currently the General Supervisor for Mobility within the Planning and Environment Services Branch at the City of Edmonton. His experience includes working as a transportation engineer for The City Plan project where he co-lead a holistic analysis of Edmonton’s mobility system and land use patterns as well the Mass Transit Study which identified the necessary mass transit network and policy for 2 million people.He has led the development of a Mobility Network Analysis and Mass Transit Planning work at the City of Edmonton both of which are implementation plans of the City Plan. He has also served as a Program Manager within the IIS department of the City of Edmonton. Pablo holds a Masters of Engineering from the University of Toronto and is P.Eng, PMP and ELITE certified.
Erin Toop moved from Edmonton to Jasper in 2018 and has missed NACITE luncheons and events ever since. At WSP she is a Senior Consultant in the Sustainable Transportation Advisory team, where she has been leading and collaborating on multi-modal transportation projects across Western Canada, with a focus on planning for public transit and active modes.
Anika Muhammad is a Transportation Planning Engineer with WSP with 11 years of experience in multi-modal planning, Complete Streets, strategic transportation planning and policy development. Anika is a system’s thinker that applies her diverse experience in the public and private sector in the development of long-term solutions that meet client needs. Anika’s combined experience of long-term strategic planning and implementation enables her to develop feasible and practical solutions for communities. Anika works on diverse projects that include active transportation network plans, Complete Streets design manuals, transportation master plans, public transit feasibility studies and concept design. Anika is also the Vice President for the NACITE 2022 board.
This is an in-person event

ITE-Saskatchewan Fall Session and Annual General Meeting
2022-09-13 09:30 - 2022-09-14 16:00 (America/Regina) | Bessborough Hotel, 601 Spadina Crescent, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
The Saskatchewan Section is planning for our first in-person event in three years. Our annual Fall Session & Annual General Meeting will be held on September 13th and 14th (1.5-day event) in Saskatoon. Day 1 will include technical presentations, and Day 2 will include technical presentations in the morning followed by a golfing event in the afternoon. A block of hotel rooms has been reserved for our event at the Bessborough for a rate of $189 per night. The hotel can be booked at the following link: Book your Hotel Room Here.
Presentations include topics such as:

University Sector Plan
Circle Drive West Functional Study
Arcola Avenue Corridor Study
Cycling Tours through Rural Saskatchewan

The golf event will be a 9-hole Texas Scramble with randomly generated teams of four (4). Tournament rules will be provided in advance of the event. The first tee off is at 1:30 p.m. This portion of the event is optional. The fee to play is $57 per player, which includes green fees and a golf cart. If you need to rent golf clubs, the cost is an additional $20, which will be paid at time of pick-up. Please contact saskatchewan@itecanada.org to indicate if left or right facing clubs are needed.
Registration for the ITE Fall Session and AGM closes September 2, 2022.
When:

September 13th

Technical Session: 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

September 14th

Technical Session: 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Golf Tournament: 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Arrive at 1:00 p.m. for check-in and rental pick-up (if renting)
Where:
Technical Presentations: Bessborough Hotel, 601 Spadina Crescent Saskatoon, SK
Golf Tournament: Moon Lake Golf Course, 905 Valley Rd, Saskatoon SK S7M 5Y1
Fees:
Fall Session & AGM Only:

ITE Members & Presenters: $120
Non-ITE Members: $160
Students: Free

Fall Session, AGM & Golf Tournament:

ITE Members & Presenters: $177
Non-ITE Members: $217
Students: $57

Please indicate if you have any dietary requirements when you register.

ITE Manitoba September Bike Tour
2022-09-14 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Winnipeg) | The Forks (Canadian Museum of Human Rights), Winnipeg, MB, Canada
ITE Manitoba is excited to host a bike tour in September to highlight and discuss some of the great bicycle infrastructure Winnipeg has to offer! Details are as follows:
When: Wednesday, September 14th, tour from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
Where: Starting at The Forks – meet at the Mahatma Ghandi statue near the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Cost: Free.
After the Tour: The tour will conclude at The Forks where everyone is free to meet up for an outdoor beverage!
What to Bring: Please bring a bicycle and a helmet!
Other Details:
The bike tour will commence from the Forks, through the Wolseley to Downtown Walk Bike Project area, two enhanced summer bike routes, Harrow on-street bike lanes, and a 30km/h & traffic calmed neighbourhood greenway on Warsaw before returning to The Forks. The tour will be hosted by Chris Baker and Erik Dickson of the City of Winnipeg.
Please note that we are currently capping the tour at 20 participants and if you register after that time you may be put on a waiting list. We will inform you if this is the case. If the tour receives a large number of entries we may add an additional tour guide and expand the tour.
Finally, please print and sign this waiver and bring it to the tour. If you do not bring a signed waiver you will not be able to participate in the tour.
Looking forward to getting outdoors and doing some biking!

ITE National Capital Section: TRANSPORTRIVIA
2022-09-15 16:45 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | Beyond the Pale Brewing Company, 250 City Centre Ave Bay 106, Ottawa, Canada
TRANSPORTRIVIA
Hosted by your local CITE National Capital Section!
Come on out and get trivial with the National Capital Section for Transportation Trivia Night outdoors on the patio at Beyond the Pale! Team up with your industry compatriots! Test your mettle against other local professionals! Win prizes!
Teams of three or four are encouraged, a maximum of six will be strictly enforced. Individuals or pairs can sign up and either test their dominance as solo entries, or be paired up with others to form dark horse supergroups. All entries require a team name. There will be laughs, there may be tears, there will be drinks on a patio!
When?
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Arrive after 4:45PM. Trivia starts at 5:15PM. Social after 6:15PM.
Where?
Beyond the Pale Brewing Company
Unit 108, 250 City Centre Avenue,
Ottawa. Ontario. K1R 6K7.

Be there. BE THERE. BE there.

Bridges Over Troubled Water The BC Flood Recovery and Highway 5 Re-opening
2022-09-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Greater Vancouver (Virtual), Vancouver, BC, Canada
Presentation Summary
The extreme rainfall events in November 2021 had major impacts on highways and highway structures throughout southern British Columbia. The events caused closures on Highway 1, Highway 3, Highway 5 (Merritt to Hope), and Highway 99 (30 km west of Lillooet), and many other BC highways. Of note, the closures of these major highways temporarily cut off land access between the Lower Mainland from the rest of Canada, which led to various supply chain interruptions and severed access to communities. With over 20 damaged locations on Highway 5, the BC MOTI, professional engineering communities, and local Road Builders worked tirelessly to repair them with an aim to reopen Highway 5 as soon as possible. In the end, Highway 5 was successfully reopened to essential and commercial traffic on December 21, 2021, just a month after the extreme rainfall events. This presentation is focused on the traffic management designs to reopen Highway 5 and the lessons learned.
Presenter: Jonathan Ho, P.Eng., PTOE – MOT Design Lead with Kiewit
About the Presenter
Jonathan Ho is a Transportation Engineer with over 15 years of consulting engineering experience. He is currently the MOT Design Lead with Peter Kiewit Sons ULC, where he is working on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project’s Spread 5B and the Highway 5 Repair Project. His past traffic management experience included the Broadway Subway Extension, FortisBC LMIPSU Project, and Canada Line.

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NACITE September 2022 Social
2022-09-28 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Edmonton) | Board N Brew (Edmonton), 9929-103 St NW, Edmonton, AB, T5K 0Y1, Canada
We are planning a board game night! Join us at Board N Brew for a fun evening of games and getting to know your fellow transportation professionals in the Capital Region. This is a drop-in event. Feel free to arrive whenever you would like within the scheduled time and spend as much time as you want.

ITE Southern Alberta September Social Event
2022-09-28 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Edmonton) | Kensington Pub (Calgary), 207 10A St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1W7, Canada
Has September got you running in circles?? Come take a breather and join us for a Back-to-School networking event at Kensington Pub! We’ll be providing a few appetizers for all attendees, and drinks will be available for purchase.

On-Demand Transit Service
2022-10-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Area (Virtual), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Brought to you by the ITE National Capital Section
When you think about public transit, do you think big buses, schedules, and stops? While a great tool for moving lots of people in dense, urban environments, many transit agencies and municipalities across the world have identified the need for a more creative, right-sized transit solution to better suit the needs of small, suburban, rural, or even remote communities.
Join us for a discussion of the potential applications of technology in the delivery of On Demand transit service, and how Canadian cities have used this approach to better serve residents and communities.
Erin Blay
Erin Blay is a transit planner with over 10 years of experience in transit and transportation planning, most recently as the Supervisor of Service Design & Projects at Halifax Transit. Based in Dillon’s Ottawa Office, she has considerable experience delivering capital projects, designing new transit routes, public engagement and partnering with local employers and organizations to deliver Transportation Demand Management programming. Erin is the currently the Project Manager of the Transit Windsor East End Terminal relocation, and has also recently contributed to a number of studies including a best practices summary for Bus Network Redesigns for Barrie Transit, the City of Hamilton’s review of specialized transit service delivery model.
Erin’s other recent projects have included the roll out of the Moving Forward Together Plan, the Halifax Transit network redesign, a Bus Rapid Transit Study, the launch of the Halifax Transit Low-Income Transit Pass Program and the Rural Transit Funding Program.
Erin brings to her role experience from transit agencies across Canada and the consulting world, as well as a passion for all things that get people out of their cars. Her goal is to help make transportation more accessible, inclusive, and equitable by building robust and affordable transit networks in municipalities large and small.

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Understanding and Advancing Equity in Transportation Workshop
2022-10-11 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Edmonton) | Stantec – Calgary, 325 25 Street SE, Calgary, AB, Canada
Meaningful integration of equity in transportation planning and design has rapidly emerged as an important priority for communities across North America. However, best practices for incorporating equity into transportation projects have not yet been widely developed or shared. ITE International’s newly formed Equity Subcommittee is seeking to develop tools, advocate, educate, and set a leadership example in our profession in making transportation equity a priority and changing the future of mobility for all users.
This month’s luncheon will take the form of a collaborative workshop exploring how transportation practitioners can meaningfully incorporate equity considerations into their projects. Mariam Bello (City of Calgary) will present on her experience as part of ITE’s Equity Committee, and share lessons learned from several equity themed sessions held at the ITE Canada Conference in May. David Sutanto (Steer) will share his experience working in the UK on recommended best practices for incorporating equity considerations into transportation planning projects.
Following the presentations, we will convene several small group discussions to explore additional sharing, questions, best practices, and what more our ITE Southern Alberta Section can be doing to advance and strengthen equity integration into transportation work.
Event Location: Stantec Office Innovation Studio – 200-325 25 St SE, Calgary, AB T2A 7H8

ITE Manitoba October Luncheon
2022-10-18 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Winnipeg) | Winnipeg Winter Club, 200 River Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3L 0B2, Canada
On October 18th, ITE Manitoba will host its first in-person luncheon since 2020, at the Winnipeg Winter Club. This luncheon will resemble the same format as in years past, with the same pricing.
Location: Winnipeg Winter Club, 200 River Ave, Riverview Room (second floor)
Cost: $26 regular, $15 student, $30 at the door, $20 student at the door
This luncheon will feature two presentations:
Presentation 1: 2022 Student Paper Competition Winner
Navoda Rillagodage will outline the results of a research study proposing a methodical approach to model desired speed distributions under different road-weather and traffic conditions. The study also attempts to identify road-weather conditions with potentially higher safety risks in rural divided highways located in extremely cold regions. Jurisdictions experiencing extreme road-weather conditions may adapt the proposed methodology to assess speed behaviour under different road-weather conditions and establish and deploy weather-responsive traffic management strategies such as variable speed limits to regulate speeding and improve traffic safety in winter. This research received first prize in the 2022 Kean Lew Memorial Student Paper Competition.
Speaker 1:
Navoda Rillagodage is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba. Navoda received her master’s degree in Environmental Systems Engineering from the University of Regina, and her bachelor’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. Navoda brings extensive knowledge in weather-responsive traffic management. Her current research focus is on improving road safety under inclement road-weather conditions in rural highways. More specifically, her research work aims to evaluate the impacts of extreme road-weather conditions on different driver behavioural attributes such as speed and lane choice, followed by proposing effective countermeasures to secure road safety under adverse road-weather. Navoda currently works as a MITACS intern for the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP). She also serves as a Board Member of Functional Transit Winnipeg.
Presentation 2: Eveline Street – From Vision to Concrete
Selkirk’s $7.2 million Eveline Street reconstruction project is the largest and most complex transportation renewal project in the city’s modern history. From a right-of-way first constructed in the eighteen hundreds, this new street will become a representative embodiment of Selkirk’s Climate Change Adaptation, Downtown Renewal, and Active Transportation strategies and its Street Tree policy. Learn why this project helped inspire Brent Bellamy to write “Selkirk is beginning to stake a claim as Manitoba’s most progressive city”. Get the inside scoop on the decisions made, the innovative steps taken, and reasons for two year’s worth of sleepless nights.
Speaker 2:
Duane Nicol has 20 years of municipal experience, serving 12 years as a city councillor and 8 as a CAO. He has a master’s degree in public administration which he earned after spending a year in engineering at the University of Manitoba. Duane led the establishment of the City of Selkirk’s public transit system, and their award-winning asset management and climate action programs. He is the President of the Manitoba Municipal Administrators, former board member for the Canadian Network of Asset Managers, past chair of Asset Management Canada, a member of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP) Technical Working Group and a member of the Municipal Climate Services Collaborative, a joint initiative of the FCM and the Canadian

ITE Canada / PIBC Fall Conference 2022: Building Community Connections
2022-10-21 08:30 - 15:30 (America/Vancouver) | MetroHub (Kelown), 1265 Ellis Street, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Please join the PIBC Okanagan Interior Chapter and the BC Interior Chapter of the Institute of Traffic Engineers Canada for a one-day, in-person conference in Kelowna on Friday, October 21st. The conference theme is “Building Community Connections” and the day will focus on bringing together engineers, planners, and other professionals to share current work and discuss new initiatives. The conference features six speakers and your choice of a tour:

A walking tour of downtown Kelowna or an e-scooter
e-bike tour of the Abbott Street active transportation corridor (description provided below)

Lunch is included and ample time for networking.
The afternoon keynote address will be presented by Michael von Hausen, who brings 40 years of experience in public and private practice as both a professional planner and landscape architect. Michael combines his award-winning work with university teaching as an adjunct professor at both Simon Fraser University and Vancouver Island University. Michael is also a fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners, a past President of the BC Society of Landscape Architects, and a Harvard-trained urban designer and development economics specialist. Michael will present concepts from his most recent book Public Realm: The Next Makers Handbook, including key ingredients to next-generation public realm design from streets and pathways to squares and parks. He will discuss processes that inspire the design of fun, captivating, and complete places.
Other speakers include: Jamie McEwan (Urban Systems), Ryan Smith (City of Kelowna), Suzanne Therrien (Simon Fraser University), Shivam Khaddar (UBC Okanagan), Matt Worona. Speakers will present on topics including communication between planners and engineers, planning during and post COVID, health benefits of investing in cycling infrastructure, telecommuter vs. non-telecommuter travel activities, and e-bikes and e-scooters in small and mid-sized cities.
Kelowna’s Expanding Protected Biking Network (Bike/Scooter)
Led by the City of Kelowna
A guided tour of the latest protected bike lanes in the City of Kelowna’s All Ages and Abilities network. Highlighting the approaches and challenges of planning, public engagement, design and construction. We will explore the following protected facilities

Cawston Multi Use Path,
Ethel Active Transportation Corridor and First phase of Casorso Active Transportation Corridor to Okanagan Collage,
Abbott Active Transportation Corridor a Quick Build Bi-directional bike lane.
City Park Promenade off street MUP

This tour will include a section of on-street bike lanes along KLO.
Registration includes an Escooter or Ebike provided by Lime and Spin.
Full program is available here: https://itecanada.org/wpdm-package/ite-bc-interior-pibc-conference-program/

Curbside Management in Transit-Oriented Development Areas: Lessons from the City of Coquitlam
2022-10-25 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Greater Vancouver (Virtual), Vancouver, BC, Canada
Presentation Summary
The transportation profession is beginning to recognize that the curbside can accommodate more than just on-street parking. The City of Coquitlam is currently undertaking a City-Wide Parking Review to review and update on-street and off-street parking policies to better address evolving region-wide mobility trends, support sustainability goals, and accommodate future parking needs. As part of this review, WATT Consulting Group led the Curbside Management Study that featured a robust data collection program on curbside activity for a high-demand area in Coquitlam. The resulting data was used to develop policies and regulations to manage and balance the wide variety of competing curbside uses within Coquitlam’s Transit-Oriented Development areas. This included a set of guiding principles, a policy framework, and a toolkit to guide decision-making and implementation of curbside management. Learn about how different street users are using the curbside throughout the day.

About the Presenters
Victor Ngo is a Senior Transportation Planner with WATT Consulting Group where he advises public and private sector clients on sustainable transportation and mobility solutions. He holds a MA in Planning and a BA in Geography from the University of British Columbia and is a Registered Professional Planner (RPP).
Jimin Park is a Transportation Planner with experience in researching barriers to e-bike adoption, long-term Greenways planning, urban freight management, and curbside management. She holds a MA in Planning from the University of British Columbia and is a Candidate member of the Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC) and the Canadian Institute of Planners.

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Protected Intersection Design
2022-10-25 12:00 - 2022-10-26 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Area (Virtual), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Note that this session will qualify for PDH credit for attendees.

Session is being held over two days from Noon to 3:30PM Eastern Time. A virtual session registration link will be sent upon successful registering for the session here.
Protected Intersection Design
Protected intersection design is an approach that intends to improve safety and comfort for all ages and abilities of people cycling and walking through intersections. The planning, design, and implementation of protected intersections has many aspects that require a thoughtful design approach, including addressing universal design and accessibility, complexity of traffic signals, and winter maintenance.
This training will expose transportation professionals to the principles of protected intersection design. The training will draw on forward-thinking design guidance and real-world case studies from around North America and internationally to help participants build an understanding of different approaches to key design issues and trade-offs. Participants will learn to think creatively and outside-the-box in how they tackle practical design issues that municipalities encounter every day.
Through this training, participants will:

Become familiar and comfortable with protected intersection design principles and how they change with the local context;
Provide an awareness of guidance available regionally, nationally, and internationally to supplement and advance design;
Use interactive group design exercises to allow participants to gain experience using protected intersection design principles to achieve a better active transportation network

There will be a total of three training sessions on different dates. These training sessions will be performed virtually in two half-day segments and each training session will have between 30 and 40 participants. The interactive group exercises will be facilitated through break-out rooms which are anticipated to consist of 5-7 participants, with the exact number depending on the total number of participants in the training session. Breakout rooms will be virtual and will use collaborative tools such as Conceptboard or Miro to allow all participants to contribute to the discussion.
The training sessions will be structured to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of protected intersection design. The sessions will be organized as follows:

Brief overview of protected intersections, including:

Issues for people walking and cycling in typical intersection design
Why protected intersections are important and address typical issues for people walking and cycling
Principles of protected intersection design

Breakout session #1:

Participants will review an existing [unprotected] intersection that will be provided and identify potential conflict points and other issues for people walking and cycling
Different contexts of intersections (urban, suburban, irregular) will be used in the breakout sessions

Case studies to illustrate specific design issues, including:

Transit stop integration o Constrained contexts
Complex junctions of bikeways and trails
High-volume turning movements
Large vehicle turning movements
Materials and elevations
Paths of travel for people walking and cycling

Breakout session #2:

Each breakout room will have a different design issue
Participants will use the information provided in the training to provide design ideas to improve their intersection and then present to the group

Building on the break-out session, Alta will discuss the different design issues and how each design response can come together into a cohesive design that addresses more than one design issue
Discussion about monitoring of the effectiveness of innovative approaches and how design might evolve

Kalle Hakala
Kalle has over 14 years of planning experience in active transportation planning, land use policy, environmental policy, and development review working for Alta Planning + Design, the City of Ottawa, and the City of Guelph. He recently led the development of the City of Ottawa’s Protected Intersection Design Guide which won the 2022 TAC Mobility Achievement Award and is regularly referenced by jurisdictions far beyond Ottawa. He is passionate about a wide range of active transportation projects, including Cycling Safety at High-Volume Intersections and Stage 2 LRT Connectivity Studies for the City of Ottawa, the Bayridge Drive Complete Street in Kingston, the Halifax Shared Micromobility Readiness Study, and active transportation plans across the country. He is always looking to advance ways of making urban environments sustainable, equitable, and function better at the human scale.
Nataliya Pekar
Nataliya Pekar is a Civil Engineer with Alta Planning + Design. She works on active transportation projects across the country and spends her days applying a Complete Street lens to reimagine our streets. Nataliya also gets into the details of making intersections safe and comfortable for pedestrians and people on bikes while also operational and effective for transit, motor vehicles, and trucks depending on the context. Nataliya was on the team for the OTM Book 18 Update (2021), the Corner Design for All Users White Paper (2020), and the Ottawa Protected Intersection Design Guidelines (2021) and has been involved with the planning, design, and implementation of protected intersections across Canada, including Toronto’s first protected intersection at Evelyn Wiggins Drive and Murray Ross Parkway, and others in design in Kingston, Halifax, and Ottawa.

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ITE Northern Alberta: November Luncheon
2022-11-02 11:40 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | University of Alberta Faculty Club, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Registration and Social:11:40 AM-12:00PM (MDT)
Luncheon and Presentation: 12:00PM – 1:00 PM (MDT)
Location: ​Faculty Club, University of Alberta,
11435 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G9
Trans Mountain Expansion Project: Traffic Control Plan and Travel Delay Monitoring
Mudasser Seraj, PhD Steve Ennis, MBA
Innovation and Applied Research Manager, ATS Traffic EVP Intellitrafik, ATS Traffic
Short Description:
In Trans Mountain Expansion Project, IntelliTrafik division of ATS Traffic is providing the services of: (i) traffic control plan quality reviews and (ii) travel delay monitoring and reporting. This presentation will discuss both aspects of this project with specific focus on travel delay monitoring. Application of innovative technologies for real-time travel delay measurements made it possible for better construction management and scheduling. Additionally, the large dataset obtained from this project-initiated data driven research for workzone delay prediction modeling using machine learning.
Bio:
Mudasser Seraj
Mudasser Seraj has been a part of IntelliTrafik since 2021. Before joining IntelliTrafik for full time, Mudasser finished his master’s and PhD in Transportation Engineering from University of Alberta. For last 9 years, he has been actively involved in different types of ITS technology and their implementations including: variable speed limits, transit ridership estimation from cellphone data, connected and automated vehicle, video camera and LiDAR based data collection etc. Mudasser is extremely passionate about all things related to transportation which motivated to volunteer in multiple transportation organizations involving Edmonton Transit Service Advisory Board, ITS Northern Alberta Section etc. Mudasser mostly enjoys the company of his family and friend in his spare time.
Steve Ennis
Steve Ennis has worked with ATS Traffic for almost 15 years and currently manages IntelliTrafik, the business’ newest division, offering ITS and data driven solutions. He has a passion for emerging technology and the unique applications of these technologies to solve real world problems. He is fortunate to share an industry research chair at the University of Alberta’s Centre for Smart Transportation where research is focused on the infrastructure required to support autonomous vehicles. In the spare time, Steve enjoys spending time with his families or playing the guitar.

Big Data & Emerging Traffic Technologies - Lessons and Tools to Learn
2022-11-04 11:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Area (Virtual), Ottawa, ON, Canada
This session will qualify for PDH credits for attendees.

Workshop Description
With the advancements in telecommunications and image processing, new sources of data have emerged in the transportation field. The purpose of this interactive workshop is to introduce these new data sources/technologies, discuss the associated challenges, and provide guidance from professionals who have first-hand experience on how they can be used to support decision-making.
This training will cover three specific technologies: video conflict analysis, connected vehicle data, and cellular activity data.
For each technology, the following aspects will be presented:

Describe how the data is collected/generated;
Explain the output data and how to interpret the data;
Show data pitfalls;
Describe main advantages of using each technology;
Discuss how these data types can be incorporated in transportation engineering; and
Provide practical applications.

Outcomes
Upon completion of the workshop, participants should be able to:

Understand the potential applications of emerging technologies in traffic engineering.
Describe the capabilities and limitations of the technologies in transportation planning, traffic operations, and road safety projects.

Target Audience
The target audience for this proposed training is transportation professionals at all levels, working for public and private sector.

Training Duration

A half-day virtual session
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) / 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Pacific Time)

Trainers
Pedram Izadpanah, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Dr. Pedram Izadpanah is the Director of Transportation Engineering with TNS and has more than 17 years of academic and consulting experience in different areas of transportation engineering. His strengths include data mining, statistical modelling, and prediction models. His expertise involves development of new methodologies to collect, process, and analyze transportation data to improve decision making process for clients. He is a registered professional engineer in the province of Ontario.
Pedram was the chair of the TAC Road Safety Committee (RSC) from 2019 to 2021. He is currently serving as the Vice President of ITE Canada. He has co-authored numerous publications in reputable journals or conference compendiums in the areas of traffic engineering and road safety.
Alexandre Nolet, M.Eng., RSP1 P.Eng.
Alexandre is the Director of Transportation Safety and Forensics with TNS and has over 14 years of experience in the transportation consulting industry. His focus has been on transportation safety, conflict/collision analysis, rail safety, and risk management. Alexandre has been an instructor and facilitator for numerous courses offered in both English and French through OTC, CUTA, AQTr (Quebec), ITE Toronto and Hamilton Sections. He has also developed and taught a practitioner-level safety training related to the HSM, intersections, pedestrian facilities, bicycle facilities and transit stops for the City of Toronto.
Alexandre is the past-President of the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP). He was recently the Chair of the CITE Accessibility committee, which undertook a state-of-the-practice review of accessibility guidelines in Canada.
Josée Dumont, M.A.Sc., RSP2I, P.Eng.
Josée is a Transportation Safety Engineer with TNS. She is a professional engineer with 15 years of experience in traffic engineering. Her traffic safety experience includes site safety and operations assessments, road safety audits, policy review and development, determination and review of speed limits, safety reviews, literature reviews, and peer reviews.
Josée is a member of CARSP and ITE and was retained to develop three workshop modules on road safety for the Global Road Safety Facility group of the World Bank, including road safety in geometric design, road safety at intersections and road safety through positive guidance. She has also recently taught a module on Roadway Safety Management and Systemic Safety Approaches as part of a Fundamentals and Practical Applications of the AASHTO Highway Safety Manual course offered through the Greater Vancouver ITE Section.

NOTE: This course was previously titled “Emerging Technologies and Their Data – How Can They Help?” If you registered for that course, your registration will be carried over to the newly named course.

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ITE Southern Alberta: Montgomery Main Street Walking Tour
2022-11-08 15:00 - 17:30 (America/Edmonton) | Rising Tides Tap Room (Calgary), 4545 Bowness Rd NW, Calgary, AB, T3B 0A9, Canada
Montgomery Main Streets – Fall Walking Tour
We are pleased to be hosting a fall walking tour of the Montgomery Main Streets Project with Ervina Hendra and Marcia Eng. This project received the 2022 ITE International Transportation Achievement Award in Complete Streets.
The Montgomery Main Streets – Bowness Road project improves the road, community, and public spaces for everyone who lives, commutes through, and visits Montgomery. The design right-sized driving lanes and created safer and more inviting spaces for people walking and bicycling with widened sidewalks, street trees, street furnishing, plaza area and a raised cycle track to turn Montgomery into a destination. The Montgomery Main Streets – Bowness Road project is one of the first of 24 Main Street projects that moved to construction. The city’s Main Streets program implements a comprehensive process to transform main streets into places where people want to live work and play, recognizing the need for both public and private investment to make the area more attractive to businesses and residents. Creating a high-quality streetscape in an established area requires that the design and construction are both innovative and collaborative. For Montgomery Main Streets, that included piloting new materials for accessibility, stormwater, and landscape designs.
Bowness Road runs through the heart of the community and is fronted by a mix of residential, small business and mixed-use buildings. It connects to recreations centers, schools, and large regional parks along the Bow River. During construction the project team knew maintaining traffic and pedestrian flow and maintaining access to private properties was of utmost importance. Relationships with the Montgomery Community Association and Montgomery Business Improvement Area during public engagement and construction created an environment of trust for the intent, design, and implementation of the city’s newest main street
Ervina and Marcia will highlight key design features of the project as part of the walking tour, and share lessons learned and best practices that transportation practitioners in Southern Alberta can adopt in their project activities. We will conclude the tour at Rising Tides Tap Room with a celebratory toast to the award winning Montgomery Main Streets Project and Team.
Ervina Hendra, P.Eng., PMP, LEED AP®, Senior Transportation Engineer, Urban and Community Systems, The City of Calgary – Public Spaces Delivery
Ervina is a Senior Project Manager with over 17 years of experience in a wide variety of infrastructure projects from vertical builds to transportation corridors. Her career includes both public and private sector. Ervina is inspired by how her engineering work touches the communities she lives in and visits.

Marcia Eng, P.Eng., Senior Transportation Engineer, Urban Systems Ltd.
Marcia is a Senior Transportation Engineer with a diverse range of transportation planning and operations, urban design and construction, and project management experience spanning over 22 years. She always aspires to improve mobility for all people through planning and designing better integrated systems and accessible infrastructure that provides a sense of safety and comfort.

The cost of the tour is a sliding scale. All funds raised will be donated to Youth En Route; A local charity whose mission is to inspire and support active transportation to school and beyond.

ITE Manitoba November Webinar: Highlights from Winnipeg Transit’s Zero-Emission Bus Program
2022-11-17 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Winnipeg Area (Virtual), Canada
The ITE Manitoba Section is hosting an upcoming webinar on Thursday November 17th. This webinar will feature Erin Cooke of the City of Winnipeg, who will present on Highlights from Winnipeg Transit’s Zero-Emission Bus Program. The webinar will be hosted by Steven Florko of MORR Transportation Consulting Ltd., and ITE Manitoba President.
Webinar Networking
As per usual, we will begin the webinar with 15 minutes of networking in breakout groups.
Speaker
Erin Cooke is an accredited Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) and Project Management Professional (PMP) with more than 18 years of experience managing technology projects in the transit and specialty vehicle industries. Erin currently oversees Winnipeg Transit’s bus electrification program, where she analyzes technological, operational, financial, and environmental considerations involved in transitioning to a zero-emission fleet. Her recently released Transition to Zero-emission Technology Evaluation Report provides the framework for Winnipeg Transit to evaluate currently available zero-emission technology and support future decisions on transit electrification. Erin founded a working group for Mid-size transit agencies in Canada working towards zero-emission transit to support electrification efforts coast to coast and chairs the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) Zero Emission bus committee. She also actively participates in several NRC working groups in support of the hydrogen strategy of Canada.
Prior to her work at Transit, she both designed and led development of battery-electric and (hydrogen) fuel cell-electric transit bus projects as part of New Flyer’s New Product Development team. As an expert with extensive experience and knowledge in the development and application of zero-emission bus operations she is a frequent invited speaker for vehicle electrification and hydrogen fuel cell conferences, webinars and training programs, both in Canada and internationally.
Presentation
Winnipeg Transit was an early leader in zero-emission buses, yet more than 4 years after its ground breaking trial ended there are still no zero-emission buses operating on Winnipeg streets. Battery-electric buses reduce GHGs and other pollutants; were proven to be quieter and cheaper to operate than their diesel counterparts; and were able to operate reliably year round. So why didn’t Winnipeg Transit start buying more buses immediately after the trial?
It wasn’t directly a technology problem. The demonstration project allowed all of the partners involved to learn key lessons about the construction, operation, and maintenance of battery-electric buses, but did little to assess the costs and the complexity associated with large-scale integration of buses and infrastructure into existing transit operations. Transitioning Winnipeg Transit from a diesel bus operator to a zero-emission bus operator will not be as easy as simply replacing a diesel bus with a zero-emission bus. It will require a systemic change to operations throughout the entire organization, and significant amounts of planning over the course of several years to implement.
Erin Cooke, head of Winnipeg Transit’s Bus Electrification Program, will present an overview of the program highlighting work completed to estimate future electrical loads; design in energy resiliency with solar PV generation and battery storage; the need and timing for utility updates; and share with you the challenges and lessons Transit learned through this process.

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Protected Intersection Design
2022-11-22 12:00 - 2022-11-23 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Area (Virtual), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Note that this session will qualify for PDH credit for attendees.

Session is being held over two days from Noon to 3:30PM Eastern Time. A virtual session registration link will be sent upon successful registering for the session here.
Protected Intersection Design
Protected intersection design is an approach that intends to improve safety and comfort for all ages and abilities of people cycling and walking through intersections. The planning, design, and implementation of protected intersections has many aspects that require a thoughtful design approach, including addressing universal design and accessibility, complexity of traffic signals, and winter maintenance.
This training will expose transportation professionals to the principles of protected intersection design. The training will draw on forward-thinking design guidance and real-world case studies from around North America and internationally to help participants build an understanding of different approaches to key design issues and trade-offs. Participants will learn to think creatively and outside-the-box in how they tackle practical design issues that municipalities encounter every day.
Through this training, participants will:

Become familiar and comfortable with protected intersection design principles and how they change with the local context;
Provide an awareness of guidance available regionally, nationally, and internationally to supplement and advance design;
Use interactive group design exercises to allow participants to gain experience using protected intersection design principles to achieve a better active transportation network

There will be a total of three training sessions on different dates. These training sessions will be performed virtually in two half-day segments and each training session will have between 30 and 40 participants. The interactive group exercises will be facilitated through break-out rooms which are anticipated to consist of 5-7 participants, with the exact number depending on the total number of participants in the training session. Breakout rooms will be virtual and will use collaborative tools such as Conceptboard or Miro to allow all participants to contribute to the discussion.
The training sessions will be structured to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of protected intersection design. The sessions will be organized as follows:

Brief overview of protected intersections, including:

Issues for people walking and cycling in typical intersection design
Why protected intersections are important and address typical issues for people walking and cycling
Principles of protected intersection design

Breakout session #1:

Participants will review an existing [unprotected] intersection that will be provided and identify potential conflict points and other issues for people walking and cycling
Different contexts of intersections (urban, suburban, irregular) will be used in the breakout sessions

Case studies to illustrate specific design issues, including:

Transit stop integration o Constrained contexts
Complex junctions of bikeways and trails
High-volume turning movements
Large vehicle turning movements
Materials and elevations
Paths of travel for people walking and cycling

Breakout session #2:

Each breakout room will have a different design issue
Participants will use the information provided in the training to provide design ideas to improve their intersection and then present to the group

Building on the break-out session, Alta will discuss the different design issues and how each design response can come together into a cohesive design that addresses more than one design issue
Discussion about monitoring of the effectiveness of innovative approaches and how design might evolve

Kalle Hakala
Kalle has over 14 years of planning experience in active transportation planning, land use policy, environmental policy, and development review working for Alta Planning + Design, the City of Ottawa, and the City of Guelph. He recently led the development of the City of Ottawa’s Protected Intersection Design Guide which won the 2022 TAC Mobility Achievement Award and is regularly referenced by jurisdictions far beyond Ottawa. He is passionate about a wide range of active transportation projects, including Cycling Safety at High-Volume Intersections and Stage 2 LRT Connectivity Studies for the City of Ottawa, the Bayridge Drive Complete Street in Kingston, the Halifax Shared Micromobility Readiness Study, and active transportation plans across the country. He is always looking to advance ways of making urban environments sustainable, equitable, and function better at the human scale.
Nataliya Pekar
Nataliya Pekar is a Civil Engineer with Alta Planning + Design. She works on active transportation projects across the country and spends her days applying a Complete Street lens to reimagine our streets. Nataliya also gets into the details of making intersections safe and comfortable for pedestrians and people on bikes while also operational and effective for transit, motor vehicles, and trucks depending on the context. Nataliya was on the team for the OTM Book 18 Update (2021), the Corner Design for All Users White Paper (2020), and the Ottawa Protected Intersection Design Guidelines (2021) and has been involved with the planning, design, and implementation of protected intersections across Canada, including Toronto’s first protected intersection at Evelyn Wiggins Drive and Murray Ross Parkway, and others in design in Kingston, Halifax, and Ottawa.

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