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ITE Northern Alberta: December Luncheon
2022-12-07 11:40 - 13:30 (America/Edmonton) | University of Alberta Faculty Club, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Evolving Edmonton’s Neighbourhood Renewal Program
Presenter: Jen Rutledge, City of Edmonton
The City of Edmonton started renewing neighbourhoods in 1995, and since has established a long-term Neighbourhood Renewal Program. The Program has gone from a “like for like” replacement of transportation infrastructure to expand and look at neighbourhoods more broadly. As the transportation infrastructure is being completely removed and replaced, this provides the opportunity to add work related to other initiatives and programs including safe mobility, open space and park developments, LID, improvements to commercial properties and active transportation.
Jen Rutledge’s Bio:
Jen is a Professional Engineer with over 17 years of project management, contract administration, and technical expertise related to transportation engineering in both the public and private sectors. Most of her career has been spent on strategy, planning and design stages of transit, rail and roadway projects, with a heavy focus on neighbourhood-level infrastructure.
Jen currently works for the City of Edmonton, and is a Supervisor in the Neighbourhoods Planning and Design section of Building Great Neighbourhoods. Her work involves stewarding the Edmonton’s Neighbourhood Renewal Program, feeding her passion of rebuilding Edmonton one neighbourhood at a time.
Date: December 7, 2022
Time: Registration & Social: 11:40 – 12:00 PM (MST)
Luncheon & Presentation: 12:00 – 1:00 PM (MST)
Location: Faculty Club at the University of Alberta, Winspear Room, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, AB
Cost: $35.00 ITE Member / $40 Non-ITE Member / $50 Late Registration (within 24 hours of event start)

ITE Canada Annual General Meeting (Virtual)
2022-12-07 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Area (Virtual), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Please join us for our Annual General Meeting and learn about the status of ITE Canada and all of the exciting developments. All Canadian District Members of ITE are welcome to attend. Note that only non-student members are permitted to vote on motions at the meeting.
Why is the AGM in December?
Historically, the ITE Canada (formerly CITE) AGM was held in June in conjunction with the annual conference. ITE Canada received permission to delay this year’s meeting and change our regular AGM to December to facilitate better alignment with the start and end dates of Board member terms. Our fiscal year-end has also changed to August 31st.

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ITE Northern Alberta Bowling, Brews, and AGM Social
2022-12-08 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Edmonton) | Plaza Bowlin Co. (Edmonon), 10418 118 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Date: December 8, 2022
Time: 6-8pm (MST)
Location: Plaza Bowling Co., 10418 118 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB
Cost: $10 (includes bowling and one beverage)
We’d love for you to join ITE Northern Alberta at Plaza Bowling Co. to celebrate 2022 with bowling, brews, and our AGM! This is our first in-person year-end social in a few years so it’s the perfect chance to catch up with new and old friends, meet our new executive board, and have some fun!
Tickets are $10 and include bowling and one beverage. Please register by Friday, December 2. ITE members and non-members are always welcome.

ITE Hamilton: AGM + City of Toronto's Vision Zero Plan
2022-12-14 08:00 - 10:30 (America/Toronto) | Sandman Hotel – Hamilton, 560 Centennial Parkway N, Hamilton, ON, L8E 0G2, Canada
Join us for our Annual General Meeting and In-person breakfast speaker event.
City of Toronto’s Vision Zero Plan
Guest Speaker:
Sheyda Saneinejad
Manager, Vision Zero Projects
Transportation Services
City of Toronto

ITE Manitoba December Luncheon and Annual Business Meeting
2022-12-20 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Winnipeg) | Winnipeg Winter Club, 200 River Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3L 0B2, Canada
ITE Manitoba will hold its December luncheon and 2022 Annual Business Meeting (ABM) on December 20th, at the Winnipeg Winter Club.
Location: Winnipeg Winter Club, 200 River Ave, Riverview Room (second floor)
Cost: $30 regular, $15 student
Presentation: Winnipeg Road Safety Strategic Action Plan
On July 21, 2022, Council approved Winnipeg’s first Road Safety Strategic Action Plan (RSSAP). This plan will serve as a roadmap for implementing both short-term solutions and long-term investments to ensure the City is doing its part to prevent serious injury and death on Winnipeg streets. The RSSAP consists of 67 actions to help Winnipeg reach its goal of a 20 percent reduction in fatal and serious injury collisions over the next five years, with a long-term vision of a transportation system that allows people of all ages and abilities to safely move around without experiencing death or serious injury. Actions are grouped within five focus areas:

Pedestrians
Cyclists
Signalized intersections
Speed
Road safety culture

This presentation will provide an overview of RSSAP and discuss how it was developed.
Speakers: Rebecca Peterniak, M.Sc., P.Eng., RSP1 and Jeannette Montufar, Ph.D., P.Eng., PTOE, RSP1, FCAE, FITE, FEC
Rebecca Peterniak is the Community Traffic Engineer for the City of Winnipeg. She is the Vice President of ITE Manitoba and Chair of the TAC Road Safety Committee. Rebecca was the City’s project manager for the RSSAP.
Jeannette Montufar is founding partner and CEO of MORR Transportation Consulting. She is former president of ITE Canada and the Manitoba Section of ITE. Jeannette was the project manager for RSSAP’s consulting team.

SA ITE January Luncheon and Open House
2023-01-31 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Danish Canadian Club, 727 11 Ave SW, Calgary, AB, T2R 0E3, Canada
Open House:
This year, SA ITE is giving the opportunity for its Members at Large to be more involved with the chapter event planning and execution. We will be hosting an open house prior to the luncheon where attendees will be invited to “register” for different event tasks throughout the year. Opportunity to register to present at a specific event will also be provided.
Luncheon Presentation:
Urban mobility and last mile logistics is an emerging area for researchers responding to the mandate to build more sustainable cities. Jacob Lamb`s field of study relates to Intermodal strategies for emerging autonomous delivery technology in urban centres. Using Calgary as a case study, he will discuss how a two-stage cost allocation method with integrated GIS modelling can be used to identify the required number of micro-fulfillment centres in a city, and where they should be located in order to minimize the costs for a drone delivery service. He will also cover developing approximations for routing methods a “mothership” van can use to deploy a fleet of autonomous sidewalk delivery robots in an urban area. Finally, Jacob will provide his perspectives on how this tool can be used by public agencies and authorities looking for transparent and defendable approaches to include in their emerging autonomous delivery technology strategies.

Last mile goods delivery and autonomous vehicles have been identified as a disruptive technology in the Calgary Goods Movement Strategy. Canadian cities and towns are already test beds for this technology causing political and societal interest; see Toronto’s recent ban on sidewalk autonomous delivery robots. With Calgary seen as a leader in the micro-mobility space it is only a matter of time until drones, sidewalk robots, and autonomous delivery vehicles make it to Calgary’s streets. Jacob hopes this presentation will prepare the community for the arrival of these technologies and equip them with knowledge and some tools to best integrate them peacefully, safely, and productively into our city.
Bio for Jacob Lamb, University of Calgary
PhD Student of Transportation Engineering at the University of Calgary, Canada
Analyst at Associated Engineering’s Strategic Advisory Services
Jacob Lamb is a PhD Candidate at the University of Calgary, Canada, supervised by Professor S. C. Wirasinghe and Professor Emeritus N. M. Waters, in the department of Civil Engineering. Jacob also works as an analyst at Associated Engineering in the Strategic Advisory Services team focussing on Intelligent Transportation Systems. With his thesis, in logistics and transportation, Jacob is integrating the most advanced continuum approximation modeling methods with modern Geographic Information Systems to understand how autonomous vehicles may change the urban goods delivery system. Jacob previously consulted as the Commercial Vehicle Team Lead at the Transition Accelerator, Edmonton Region Hydrogen Hub in 2020, where he secured demonstrations of fuel cell trucks in Edmonton in 2021. In all areas of work, he aims to encourage sustainable and transparent business decisions and government policy.

An introduction to Expert Witness Work for Traffic Engineers in BC - ITE Greater Vancouver Breakfast Meeting
2023-02-01 07:30 - 09:00 (America/Vancouver) | Executive Suites Hotel & Conference Centre Burnaby, 4201 Lougheed Highway, Burnaby, BC, V5C 3Y6, Canada
Historically, most traffic engineers would never see the inside of a courtroom regarding a traffic engineering matter during the course of their career. However, it is absolutely critical for professional engineers to fully understand their role as the “Engineer of Record” and design professional from a legal point of view as traffic engineers have been getting more involved in expert witness testimony in BC in the last 5 years. An expert witness, particularly in common law countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States, is a person whose opinion by virtue of education, training, certification, skills or experience, is accepted by the judge as an expert. This presentation will provide attendees with an introduction to Common Law and expert witness definitions, an overview of the BC Supreme Court and the BC Human Rights Tribunal process, the typical timeline for expert witness work, presentation of up to 6 case studies and some closing comments and advice to attendees.
Jan Voss
Jan Voss brings his expertise in traffic engineering, parking operations, transportation surveys and transport planning as both founder and current president of Creative Transportation Solutions Ltd. (CTS). He is a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) and Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) in British Columbia, Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories / Nunavut, and has over 33 years of experience in the field of traffic engineering and operations. Jan is a certified Expert Witness by both the Supreme Court of BC and the BC Human Rights Tribunal, and has been providing expert witness testimony and advice for the past 20 years.
Gary Vlieg
Gary is the Vice President for CTS and is responsible for overseeing CTS’s work in the BC Interior, providing expert witness advice to CTS’s clients, leading technical assignments, presenting findings to municipal councils, mentoring staff and ensuring a high standard of quality on CTS projects. Gary has over 34 years of experience in transportation planning, traffic engineering and project management throughout Western Canada and New Zealand. He is a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in British Columbia, Alberta, and Yukon Territory.
Breakfast Meeting Details
This session will include a light breakfast at the Executive Suites Hotel & Conference Centre in Burnaby.
7:30 am – 8:00 am Registration & Breakfast
8:00 am – 9:00 am Presentation

Student Pizza & Pint Night
2023-02-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Regina) | Owl Pub – Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4S 0A2, Canada
Join us for a casual evening of networking with students and transportation professionals over pizza and a free pint!
Thursday, February 2, 6-8 pm at the Owl’s Lower Mezzanine

Student Pizza & Pint Night
2023-02-06 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Regina) | Louis’ Pub, 93 Campus Dr, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 5B2, Canada
Join us for a casual evening of networking with students and transportation professionals over pizza and a free pint!
Monday, February 6, 5-7 pm at Louis’ Private Function Room.

Protected Intersection Design
2023-02-07 12:00 - 2023-02-08 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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UoM ITE Student Chapter Networking Event
2023-02-09 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Local Public Eatery, 274 Garry Street, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
ITE Manitoba members and friends are invited to a networking event held by the U of M ITE Student Chapter on Thursday, February 9th.
Register via the link in the description below.

Southern Alberta ITE Luncheon - Managing Privacy Considerations for Mobility Data
2023-02-14 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Danish Canadian Club, 727 11 Ave SW, Calgary, AB, T2R 0E3, Canada
Presenter: Matt Worona
Presentation Title: Managing Privacy Considerations for Mobility Data
Presentation Description: Over the last few years, many Alberta cities have launched scootershare and e-bikeshare programs. With those services has come a rigorous set of data-sharing requirements that allow cities to use trip and route data to evaluate system performance and deliver day-to-day management. Granular data sharing of this kind is likely to grow and encompass more mobility options and aspects of the transportation network.
While this data has many applications for urban planning and understanding the nature of transportation, it also comes with privacy challenges. Drawing on his experience, Matt will present the current practice for storing, using and de-risking shared personally identifiable mobility data for public agencies.
Matt’s Bio: As a member of the Open Mobility Foundation’s Privacy, Security and Transparency Committee, Matt helped write two foundational documents in mobility data governance (the MDS Privacy Guide for Cities and the Privacy Principles for Mobility Data). Matt also developed and launched the first scootershare program in British Columbia while working for the City of Kelowna and brings experience managing the largest global shared micromobility company’s Canadian presence.
Matt is a highly skilled transportation practitioner with more than seven years experience working on progressive transportation projects across Canada. This includes experience in curb management, micromobility, shared mobility, data governance and active transportation.

Incorporating Safety in Transportation Impact Assessment (TIA) Guidelines
2023-02-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Area (Virtual), Ottawa, ON, Canada
The City of Red Deer has updated the TIA guidelines to bring up to speed and stay current with industry standards including additional guidance on safety reviews preparing TIA’s. In this presentation you will learn how these changes will help review development impacts from traffic considering all modes of travel as well as looking at additional factors beyond capacity. The presentation also covers changes in the guidelines when determining when a TIA is required as well as other safety related elements added to the City’s Engineering Design Guide.
Russ Watts works with the City of Red Deer as the Development & Transportation Engineer. Prior to this, Russ worked with Alberta Transportation in various roles related to highway operations, planning and management. His work experience spans over 25 years and includes a variety of transportation, traffic, municipal and provincial projects. Russ has a diploma from Red River Community College in Winnipeg, MB in Winnipeg. Russ is Professional Licensee with APEGA and Professional Technologist with ASET.

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Hamilton Complete Streets Design Manual (2022 Project of the Year)
2023-02-22 15:30 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | WSP Thornhill Office, 100 Commerce Valley Dr W, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
The winner of the 2022 ITE Toronto Project of the Year Award is the ‘Hamilton Complete Streets Design Manual’ by the City of Hamilton and WSP. Join us on Wednesday, February 22 from 3:30-5:00pm at WSP’s Thornhill Office to learn about this project from Trevor Jenkins (City of Hamilton) and James Schofield (WSP).
The Hamilton Complete Streets Design Manual, unanimously endorsed by City Council in July 2022, provides a set of consistent guidelines and tools to inform the design, implementation, maintenance, and monitoring of Complete-Livable-Better (CLB) Streets across the city. The Complete Streets Design Manual provides an expanded toolbox of ways to improve Hamilton’s streets.
The Complete Streets Design Manual is more than just another set of guidelines – it is a transformative exercise that overhauls the entirety of Hamilton’s street design standards, from the reconstruction of the narrow pre-war downtown streets to new arterial streets in employment areas to rural roads throughout the Greenbelt. Through this presentation, we invite you to discover how the project is creating multi-modal, greener, and safer streets that will connect a geographically and socio-economically diverse community and, in doing so, serves to create a more equitable transportation system.
Complete Streets are defined as roadways that are planned and designed to balance the needs of all road users. The goal of Complete Streets is to allow people to get around safely no matter their age, ability, or how they choose to move. The Complete Streets concept is closely tied to the Safe Systems and Vision Zero approaches to road safety, which aim to design the transportation system to anticipate human error and accommodate human injury tolerance with the ultimate goal of eliminating death or serious injury on roadways.
This manual is a resource for everyone involved in the planning, design, or maintenance of Hamilton’s roadways, including local residents who support safer streets. Guidance for street design, intersection design, implementation, and general design components is covered in this manual to ensure users and practitioners are well equipped to understand and apply the principles of Complete Streets.
Speakers

Trevor Jenkins, P.Eng., PTP is a Project Manager at the City of Hamilton. He manages initiatives that advance the City’s sustainable mobility ambitions, including long-range active and rapid transit planning, micromobility, and active school travel programs. You can find him exploring Hamilton in his downtime, usually on a bike share bike.

James Schofield, P.Eng., RSP₁ is a Project Manager at WSP specializing in complete streets and active transportation planning and design. He led the development of the City of Hamilton’s Complete Streets Design Manual and is also leading Complete Streets Design Manual projects for Niagara Region and the City of Guelph. A Professional Engineer and a Candidate Member of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute, James is based in Kingston where he can be found riding a cargo bike around with his two young kids.

ITE SW Ontario: London Operations Yard Tour and Dinner
2023-02-22 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | City of London Exeter Road Ops Centre, 707 Exeter Road, London, ON, Canada
Image credit – London Free Press, 2013
The Southwest Ontario Section of ITE Canada are excited to host our first event of 2023! Having been generously offered by the City of London, we will have a tour of the London municipal operations yard, followed by a social dinner at Eleven-Sixty Bar and Grill.
Ever wanted to check out the brine tanks or walk into one of the sand domes? How about getting a close-up view of a plow/sander? Join us for this behind the scenes look at the equipment, people, and processes of maintaining an urban/rural road network, especially focusing on the challenges of winter maintenance. This tour can even help to build a greater knowledge and appreciation for those Transportation Professionals (engineers, technologists, designers, planners) who have not had a chance to work in operations.
This will also provide a chance to meet and engage with your peers in the Southwest Ontario Transportation sector
Date – Feb 22, 2023
Arrival Time – 4:45pm
Start time – 5:00pm sharp
Address – City of London Exeter Road Operations Centre, 707 Exeter Road, London.
CSA footwear is required as PPE, and hi-vis clothing is encouraged but optional.
Dinner to follow (optional, please reserve correct ticket). Dinner will be at Eleven-Sixty restaurant, 1160 Wellington Road South, London, starting at 6:15.
RSVP by 4:00 PM, February 20, 2023

ITE Vancouver Island Lunch'n'Learn: CRD Trail Widening + Lighting Initiative
2023-02-28 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Midtown Court – Ground Floor Boardroom, 740 Hillside Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada
CRD Trail Widening + Lighting Initiative
Room location: WATT Consulting Building, Lobby Level Boardroom. If coming in from Hillside Avenue entrance walk straight in and past the elevators (on left). If coming in from back of the building take the elevators to “L” level and turn left when exiting the elevator
Parking: On-street: Market Street or Nanaimo Street; Pay parking: Robbins Lot #89, 2606 Douglas Street (Across from Times Colonist)
Sandwich and drinks included
Description: The Galloping Goose and Lochside Regional Trails have steadily increased in popularity since being constructed in the late 1980s (Galloping Goose) and early 2000s (Lochside) and now average 3.8 million visits per year. The increase in user volumes and conflicts in urban trail sections have been identified as challenges for years. Identified as a key action in the Regional Trails Management Plan, the Capital Regional District (CRD) with the assistance of Urban Systems undertook a technical study in 2020-2021 to consider widening and lighting options for approximately 6.6 km of the Galloping Goose and Lochside regional trails. This presentation will provide an overview of the technical study and findings, including the background review and inventory, best practices from other communities, assessment of lighting opportunities, and the trail widening options and recommended configuration.
Presenters Bios:
Emma Taylor, RPP, MCIP
Emma is a Senior Planner with the Capital Regional District (CRD). Her work over the past 15 years has focused on park and trail planning, active transportation initiatives, and rural land use issues, at both the community and regional scale.
Dan Casey, RPP MCIP
Dan is a Transportation Planner and the Vancouver Island transportation practice lead with Urban Systems. He has had the good fortune to work in a variety of small, medium and large communities in Western Canada over the past 15 years to develop multi-modal transportation plans, parking and transportation demand management (TDM) studies, technical transportation studies and community planning initiatives. He is the Vice-President for the Vancouver Island section of ITE Canada.

ITE Northern Alberta Luncheon: Rossdale Transportation Network
2023-03-01 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | University of Alberta Faculty Club, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
“River Crossing is where the city meets the North Saskatchewan River at the heart of Edmonton. On both banks of the river connected by the impressive Walterdale Bridge, and on the water — this is River Crossing.”
The Rossdale Transportation Network project, identified in the River Crossing Business Plan (RCBP), aims to enhance public spaces and design the roadway network for all modes of transportation, including people walking, biking, taking transit and driving. The design considers the connections for this important link of roadways into and out of the Rossdale neighbourhood for commuters accessing downtown from the south and for those travelling east-west across the City. Concept planning for the Rossdale Transportation Network was completed earlier in 2023 to establish a plan that meets the Rossdale Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP) and the community needs while balancing needs of businesses, active users and those who commute through the area.
Background: In anticipation of the changes adopted in the Rossdale Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP), City Administration initiated the Rossdale Transportation Network Analysis study with a focus on verifying and finalizing the changes to the transportation network outlined in the Rossdale ARP. The Concept Plan was completed as a follow up to the Network Analysis study providing the conceptual details to deliver the plan. This Concept Plan carries forward established objectives outlined in the Network Analysis Study, the RCBP, Rossdale ARP and River Crossing Heritage Interpretive Plan (RCHIP). The goal was to develop an integrated urban roadway concept and streetscape design that balances the needs of local and regional users. The Concept Plan also incorporates other aspects such as, but not limited to, land use, active modes connections, accessibility, stakeholder feedback, right-of-way requirements, traffic operations, transit service, on-street parking, utilities (existing and future), environmental concerns and historic resources.
The Rossdale ARP was adopted by City Council in 1986 without specific direction regarding West Rossdale. Following studies over the subsequent years, Council adopted the River Crossing Vision for West Rossdale in 2015 and directed Administration to take actions to help bring the vision of the area to life by preparing a heritage interpretive plan and business plan. Following this direction, the 2017 RCHIP and 2019 RCBP were completed. The RCBP integrates direction from the RCHIP by identifying areas for interpretive programming, considering connections and compatibility between heritage features and future development and by involving stakeholders and partners connected to the area’s heritage. Through the integration of the RCHIP, the RCBP provides a fresh redevelopment concept, along with proposed changes to the transportation network for supporting the proposed redevelopment.
Presenters – Satya Gadidasu P. Eng – Engineering Program Manager, City of Edmonton
Satya Gadidasu is an experienced Engineering Program Manager at the City of Edmonton with over 15 years of experience in modeling, designing, and managing projects related to roads, streetscapes, and bridges. Satya’s passion for creating safe, efficient, and sustainable transportation systems is admirable, as it speaks to his commitment to improving the lives of community members and ensuring that their needs are met. This passion drives him to approach each project with a high level of detail and thoroughness, ensuring that all aspects of the project are well-planned and executed. In addition to his technical skills, in his free time, Satya volunteers at the community center and goes hiking with his family in the Rocky Mountains.

Dan Zeggelaar, P.Eng, PTP, PTOE – Transportation Project Manager, ISL Engineering and Land Services
Daniel is a Transportation Project Manager at ISL with over 15 years of experience and certified as a Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) and Professional Transportation Planner (PTP). Dan specializes in transportation master planning, policy development, servicing studies, and network planning. In the community, Dan has volunteered with NACITE for many years and is currently serving as Past – President. He also helps as technical advisor and guest lecturer to the U of A CIVE 419 Capstone Class. Dan is a regular cyclist, rolling an average of 5,000 km+ per year and competing in various road races. Dan also rides indoors and recently became the 2023 Cycling Canada E-sports National Champion. Dan is a passionate transportation planner and thrives on finding balanced solutions to mobility needs.

Big Data & Emerging Traffic Technologies - Lessons and Tools to Learn
2023-03-02 12:30 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Sheridan College – Hazel McCallion Campus, 4226 Duke of York Blvd, Mississauga, ON, Canada
This session will qualify for PDH credits for attendees.

Location:
Sheridan College – Hazel McCallion Campus – HMC B-Wing, Classroom B-122
4226 Duke of York Blvd, Mississauga, ON
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, in-person
12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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.

ITE Southern Alberta March Social
2023-03-02 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Edmonton) | Kensington Pub (Calgary), 207 10A St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1W7, Canada
Join us at Kensington Pub for a casual night of networking with your fellow transportation professionals!
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ITE Manitoba Luncheon: Winnipeg’s Emergency Vehicle Pre-Emption (EVP) Feasibility Study
2023-03-09 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Winnipeg) | Winnipeg Winter Club, 200 River Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3L 0B2, Canada
Morgan Glasgow is the Supervisor of Traffic Signal Systems for the City of Winnipeg. He graduated from the University of Manitoba with his M.Sc. in 2016 and has been at the City ever since. In his current role, he manages the design of signal timings and the construction of traffic signal cabinet assemblies.
Steven Florko is a Transportation Engineer at MORR Transportation Consulting Ltd. His work primarily focuses on the integration between land use and transportation.
Morgan and Steven will present on Winnipeg’s Emergency Vehicle Pre-Emption (EVP) Feasibility Study. The study quantified potential benefits and costs of a wide application of EVP in Winnipeg, including improvements in emergency response time, reduction in the number of collisions involving WFPS vehicles, costs for EVP equipment and software, and potential impacts on general traffic. The presentation will show how each factor was quantified, and how the study considered the many different traffic conditions and intersection configurations in Winnipeg in a meaningful but concise manner.
Cost: $32 regular, $16 student (including tax)
We hope to see you there!

ITE Vancouver Island Section Lunch'n'Learn: Rapid Implementation of Bikeways
2023-03-14 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Midtown Court – Ground Floor Boardroom, 740 Hillside Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada
Rapid Implementation of Bikeways
Presented by Brent McMurtry, P.Eng and PJ Bell, RPP MCIP (both with Urban Systems)
Over the past several years, cities across Canada and throughout the world have increasingly shifted their approach to delivering bikeways by following a rapid implementation or quick build approach. This approach enables the delivery of safe and comfortable cycling facilities—as well as comprehensive cycling networks—all at once and at a lower cost than traditional methods. The flexibility embedded in this process also enables fast and responsive design adjustments, ensuring that as facilities are made permanent over time, they meet the needs. Rapid implementation facilitates an urgent response to a range of critical issues facing our communities, including the climate emergency, social inequity, public health, road safety, congestion, and increasingly constrained municipal budgets. This session will provide an overview of the recently published Rapid Implementation Design Guide (TransLink & Urban Systems) and provide real life project examples of rapid implementation projects in Metro Vancouver and beyond.
Presenters Bios:
Brent McMurtry, P.Eng
Brent is a Transportation Engineer in Urban Systems’ Vancouver office. He specializes in the planning and design of multi-modal corridors and has worked closely with municipalities across Western Canada to design and implement rapid implementation bikeways.
PJ Bell, RPP MCIP
PJ is a Transportation Planner in Urban Systems’ Vancouver office. He specializes in multi-modal integration, active transportation planning, and design guidelines. He has supported transportation plans across Western Canada over the past five years and he co-authored both the MOTI British Columbia Active Transportation Design Guide as well as the TransLink Rapid Implementation Design Guide.

ITE Southern Alberta Seasonal Patio Program
2023-03-21 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Danish Canadian Club, 727 11 Ave SW, Calgary, AB, T2R 0E3, Canada
Seasonal Patio Program
Prior to 2020, there were a half dozen restaurants in Calgary that built boardwalks and street patios during the summer months. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and indoor dining was limited, over 200 restaurants built expanded seasonal patios. Many restaurants communicated the seasonal patios provided a benefit to their business and to the vibrancy of the street, and seasonal patios would be welcomed “post-pandemic”. The design, safety and accessibility of seasonal patios has evolved from orange cones, to boardwalk platforms with integrated public art and greenery. In this talk, Andrew Sedor (Mobility Initiatives Lead for The City of Calgary) will discuss the history of the program, and what to expect for the 2023 seasonal patio program.

About the Presenter:
Andrew Sedor works as the Mobility Initiatives Lead at The City of Calgary. Andrew leads the shared e-Scooter and e-Bike program, the seasonal patio program, and other innovate projects occurring in The City’s road right of way. In his prior roles, he led Canada’s first public-facing autonomous vehicle pilot, authored Calgary’s Future of Transportation Report, updated bylaws to accommodate new transportation technologies and trends, launched The City of Calgary’s Living Lab program, and led the University of Calgary Wearable’s collaboration. Andrew also teaches a course in Urban Planning at the University of Calgary, and holds a master’s degree in Land Economics from the University of Cambridge.

ITE Saskatchewan Student Presentation Competition
2023-03-21 16:00 - 18:30 (America/Regina) | Regina Area (Virtual), Canada
Student Presentation Competition

March 21, 2023, 4:00-6:30 PM, as the Saskatchewan section hosts a virtual Technical Presentation Competition for students.
This event aims to foster interest in the field of transportation while providing students an opportunity to present a transportation topic to their peers and transportation professionals.
Shortlisted students will give a 10-15 minute presentation on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, via a web conferencing platform, followed by a short question and answer period. Team submissions will not be accepted.
Student registration:

Students can register by emailing the Programs Director by March 7, 2023 at programsdirector@saskatchewan.itecanada.org.
Please include a summary of your presentation and a short bio.
Students will be notified by March 8, 2022, if their presentation will be included in the competition.

Prizes:

First place winner will receive an honorarium of $350, and runner-up winners will receive a $150 cash honorarium.
First place winner will also be entered into a draw for free registration to the 2023 ITE-Canada Annual Conference and an additional $1,000 towards reimbursable travel expenses, funded by ITE-Canada. If the selected student is from Saskatchewan, the ITE-SK Section will contribute up to $500 towards the students attendance at the 2023 ITE-Canada Annual Conference in Winnipeg. The selected student will receive recognition at the Annual Awards Luncheon.

Potential topics: Complete Streets, Active Transportation, Traffic Calming, Public Transit, Geometric Design, Roundabouts and Innovative Intersection Designs, Connected/Automated Vehicles, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Parking and Curbside Management, Mobility as a Service / Mobility on Demand, Sustainability, Accessibility, Speed Management, Traffic Engineering, Transportation Planning, Transportation Safety, Transportation System Management and Operations, COVID-19 Impacts and Innovations.

Join Virtual Event:
https://meet.google.com/cpq-batz-yrg

ITE Greater Vancouver - City of Burnaby Road Safety Network Screening Study
2023-03-23 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Greater Vancouver (Virtual), Vancouver, BC, Canada
The City of Burnaby undertook a Road Safety Network Screening Study (Study) to identify the City’s top high collision intersections and identify safety improvement opportunities along with capital funding priorities. In partnership with ISL Engineering and Land Services (ISL) and G. Ho Engineering Consultants Inc. (GHEC), the Study was conducted by reviewing the collisions that caused fatalities or serious injuries. This Study includes a review of the collision data, screening for priority locations, assessment of selected site conditions, identification of safety issues and the development of recommended mitigating measures.
Ultimately, the Study was done to align with the City’s Connecting Burnaby strategic plan and its goals and targets to strive for a safer city and road networks. It is important to note that the results will also help with the City’s prioritization of capital funding towards road safety improvements for all road users.
The speakers for this presentation will be James Lao, P.Eng., RSP1, and Borg Chan, M.Sc., P.Eng., PTOE, RSP1, FITE.
As Manager, Traffic Engineering and Road Safety of ISL Engineering, Borg Chan has 35 years of experience with road safety, transportation planning, and traffic engineering studies. He is a project manager for many area-wide and corridor-wide traffic calming, traffic operations, parking reviews and road safety studies. He is also Past President of ITE Great Vancouver Section and has provided many presentations in the local, national, and international conferences for various professional institutions.
James Lao is the Senior Transportation Engineer at the City of Burnaby. James has over 10 years of experience with transportation planning, traffic operations, parking reviews and road safety initiatives. As the Senior Transportation Engineer, he is responsible for the review and assessment of the City’s road network traffic management, operations, traffic data and road safety initiatives.
This event will be a free online seminar from 12:00pm to 1:00pm on March 23, 2023.

Join Virtual Event:
https://youtu.be/W9CP0o8tB1o

Spring Industry and Student Chapter Networking Event at UBC Okanagan
2023-03-28 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | UBC Okanagan (Kelowna Campus), 1290 International Mews, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V8, Canada
This casual networking event will allow professionals to connect with the next generation of transportation engineers and familiar faces. Please find some helpful information below and RSVP using the link below:
When: Tuesday, March 28th 2023; 6:30 – 8:00 PM
Where: UBC Okanagan – Kelowna Campus (Room EME 1101)
What: Brief presentation by ITE Canada Interior Section Executives followed by causal networking and food/refreshments.
Why: To promote connections between transportation professionals and UBCO students.
Cost: FREE! And food/refreshments are provided!
Register here: March 2023 UBCO-ITE Student-Industry Night (google.com)

ITE SW Ontario: London Operations Yard Tour and Dinner
2023-03-29 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | City of London Exeter Road Ops Centre, 707 Exeter Road, London, ON, Canada
Image credit – London Free Press, 2013
The Southwest Ontario Section of ITE Canada are excited to host our first event of 2023! Having been generously offered by the City of London, we will have a tour of the London municipal operations yard, followed by a social dinner at Eleven-Sixty Bar and Grill.
Ever wanted to check out the brine tanks or walk into one of the sand domes? How about getting a close-up view of a plow/sander? Join us for this behind the scenes look at the equipment, people, and processes of maintaining an urban/rural road network, especially focusing on the challenges of winter maintenance. This tour can even help to build a greater knowledge and appreciation for those Transportation Professionals (engineers, technologists, designers, planners) who have not had a chance to work in operations.
This will also provide a chance to meet and engage with your peers in the Southwest Ontario Transportation sector. Our Section President will provide an update on the Section (including some events in the works for this summer!) and some ITE Canada news as well.
Date – Wednesday March 29, 2023
Arrival Time – 4:45pm
Start time – 5:00pm sharp
Address – City of London Exeter Road Operations Centre, 707 Exeter Road, London.
CSA footwear is required as PPE, and hi-vis clothing is encouraged but optional.
Dinner to follow (optional, please reserve correct ticket). Dinner will be at Eleven-Sixty restaurant, 1160 Wellington Road South, London, starting at 6:15.
RSVP by 4:00 PM, Monday March 27, 2023

ITE Atlantic Canada: Early Spring Virtual Meeting
2023-04-04 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Halifax) | Halifax Area (Virtual), Canada
We will be holding an early spring virtual meeting as an opportunity to shine the spotlight on two of the universities in the area with significant transportation engineering and planning programs. This will be a one-hour event held virtually over lunch hour (12-1pm) on Tuesday, April 4th. Our friends at Dalhousie University and University of New Brunswick will each get about half of the hour to talk to us all about the research they’re doing, their programs, why you should hire all of their students, etc. Unless you’re fine with eating virtual lunch, we suggest bringing your own.

Join Virtual Event:
https://youtu.be/BElg3nbKoyc

ITE Canada Northern Alberta Section: Mind the (gender) Data Gap: Public Transit Needs of Canadian Women
2023-04-13 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | University of Alberta Faculty Club, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Gender has recently been emphasized as an issue to be featured on the agenda of sustainable
and inclusive public transit planning practices. But, this knowledge mobilization study led by the University of Alberta researchers revealed that transport planning and design have paid little
attention to gender. This can be attributed to a lack of gender-specific data, gender-neutral
planning practices, and a lack of gender representation in the public transit workforce at all
levels (from transit operators to senior leadership).
With an absence of data collection practices designed to capture gender differences in public transit use and travel demand, little gender- specific insight can be generated. This is problematic as data are applied in several aspects of transit planning, such as developing service standards, fare policies, and business cases for major public transit projects. This presentation will focus on Canada’s gender data gap, specific to public transit but also more broadly related to transportation data collection practices, and its implications on transit planning, operations, and resource allocation. Lastly, action to be taken to close the gender data gap and build an evidence basis of how women use public transit will be discussed with emphasis placed on how we can put women at the heart of future public transit strategies.
Please note, this event takes place on a Thursday.
Date: Thursday, April 13
Registration & Social: 11:40 AM – 12:00 PM (MDT)
Luncheon & Presentation: 12:00 – 1:00 PM (MDT)
Location: Faculty Club at the University of Alberta, Winspear Room, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G9
About the Presenter
Dr. Emily Grisé is a forward-thinking transport researcher with specializations in the areas of transport & land use planning, customer satisfaction & loyalty with public transport, pedestrian & bicycle planning, travel behaviour of disadvantaged populations (seniors and people with disabilities), and public transport planning & operations. She is an Assistant Professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Alberta and her work focuses on collaboration with several local and regional transport agencies to directly address issues of concern to key stakeholders. She is also frequently engaged in providing transport expertise in the private sector. The underlying goal of her research is to develop effective policies that contribute to a more livable and sustainable society.

ITE Vancouver Island Section Lunch'n'Learn: Victoria International Airport Runway 09-27 End Safety Area
2023-04-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Midtown Court – Ground Floor Boardroom, 740 Hillside Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada
Victoria International Airport Runway 09-27 End Safety Area
Presented by Joseph Chen, P.Eng PMP
Director of Planning & Engineering,
Victoria Airport Authority
PRESENTER: As Director of Planning &Engineering Joseph is responsible for overseeing engineering projects spanning the planning, design, procurement, and execution phases. He received numerous professional Engineering Association awards for both the Calgary International Airport East Deicing Apron project in 2022 and Calgary International Airport Runway and Tunnel project in 2015. His previous airport experience (prior to joining VAA) includes work at Yellowknife, Cold Lake, and Hamilton airports.
DESCRIPTION: As reported in 2018, Transport Canada at that time had plans to introduce new regulations that would make it mandatory for larger airports in Canada to have 150 metres of extra space at the ends of their runways. This extra space is known as Runway End Safety Areas (RESAs) and are designed to prevent aircraft from overshooting the prescribed landing area.
The move comes more than a decade after the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found that the RESA at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport was too short, after an Air France flight slid off one end of the runway and caught fire in August, 2005. The TSB, in its review of the incident, recommended all major airports in Canada extend their RESAs by 300 metres.
It was reported that the runways at Victoria International Airport would fall under those proposed regulations from Transport Canada, expecting the legislation would apply to airports that see commercial passenger traffic of at least 325,000 a year — which Victoria exceeds. YYJ has peaked at just over to 2 million passengers through its gates in recent years.
Joseph will give an update on the works under way at YYJ to comply with these requirements.

The Road to Transportation Equity: Early Findings From Municipal Policies and Actions
2023-04-19 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Toronto Area (Virtual), Ontario, Canada
Many Canadian municipalities are establishing policies to confront inequities persisting from historical approaches to community and city planning. At the same time, governments are continuing to invest in building transportation systems that aim to be safer and more sustainable in the face of climate change and other mobility challenges. What can be learned from the evolution of equity policies in Canadian municipalities to date, and how can equity principles be applied on the ground to ensure that our road safety efforts benefit those who need them most?
This webinar will share early findings from an environmental scan of equity policies in Canada, and key insights from transportation professionals who are actively integrating equity into their planning and practice, including applications to road safety. This work is part of a broader research initiative—led by a team at Simon Fraser University and Level Up Planning—that is developing case studies of cities making progress on sustainable transportation equity. Following the webinar, participants will have the opportunity to delve into lessons learned from these case studies more deeply at an interactive workshop at the upcoming ITE Canada/CARSP conference, entitled “From Rhetoric to Reality: Promising Practices for Advancing Equity in Canadian Communities.”
This webinar will also provide an update on the ITE Canada/CARSP Conference 2023.
Register here for your tickets.

Speakers

Tessa Williams is a Registered Professional Planner (RPP, MCIP) that seeks to bridge the worlds of academia and practice in order to build more sustainable, equitable communities. As a research assistant at Simon Fraser University and intern with LevelUp Planning Collaborative, she is contributing to research that aims to offer practical guidance for multisectoral professionals involved in planning, implementing or advocating for sustainable transportation , and grappling with how to successfully embed equity in this work. She developed cross-jurisdictional transportation knowledge during her time in NS, ON and BC, and welcomes opportunities to learn about communities from coast to coast to coast.

Victoria Barr, PhD is Principal at LevelUp Planning Collaborative Inc., a consulting firm that helps communities build health and equity into their policies and practices. She has 25 years of experience as a planner, advocate and researcher, including work developing equity policies with municipalities.

Mark Hearson is a Transportation Engineer with Stantec in the Winnipeg office. Mark brings over 10 years of experience, primarily from consulting to provincial and municipal clients across Canada while working in the private sector. He is a demonstrated leader, with an ability to account for a broad range of considerations in the areas of transportation engineering and planning, road safety, airport planning, investment strategy development, and asset management. Mark is an executive member of the Transportation Association of Canada Road Safety Committee and co-chair of the upcoming joint ITE Canada/CARSP conference in Winnipeg.
