ITE Canada

ITE Toronto Virtual Christmas Luncheon & AGM
2021-12-03 11:00 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Toronto Area (Virtual), Ontario, Canada
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ITE Vancouver Island: Geogrid Solutions for Transportation Infrastructure and Highway Applications
2021-12-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Victoria Area (Virtual), Canada
Presenter
Titan Environmental Containment Ltd.
Subject:
“Geogrid Solutions for Transportation Infrastructure and Highway Applications”
Outline:
Topics to be discussed include:
* Base reinforcement of flexible pavements over soft and saturated soils
* Reduction of pavement thickness using Titan Earth Grids and Swamp Grids
* Pavement structural enhancement
* Design Considerations
* Foundation support
* Reinforced Soil Walls
* Slopes and Landslide Repairs
* Roadway Embankments
* Asphalt & Concrete reinforcement
* Selected Case Studies
Speakers
Sam Bhat (M.Eng.)
Chief Technical Officer & VP Global Business Development
Sam Bhat holds a Master of Engineering with merit from reputed Indian Institute of Technology -Delhi and possesses a specialized background in interdisciplinary engineering and geosynthetics management. He has served the global geosynthetics market for the past 30 years having worked with some of the world’s leading geogrid organizations in the U.K., U.S.A., and Canada. With extensive technical experience using geosynthetics solutions for a wide range of geotechnical and environmental applications, including base/soil reinforcement, asphalt reinforcement , erosion control and maritime engineering in North and South America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Sam has lectured at reputed universities in Canada including Ryerson and Concordia and is involved in interdisciplinary academic engineering programs offering value-added geosynthetic solutions to help address a variety of complex civil, environmental, and geotechnical engineering problems.
Garry McFarlane., CPESC, CTR, CISEC
Product Development Manager
Garry McFarlane has spent the past 45 years in construction working throughout Manitoba, Western, and Eastern Canada. In the mid-eighties, Garry received a Diploma from Red River College in Building – Structural Technology, and Architectural Drafting. In 2000, he acquired a CTR designation through Construction Specifications Canada. Most recently, Garry has acquired a CPESC designation as a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control. In addition, Garry earned a CISEC designation as a Certified Inspector in Erosion Control.
Garry has extensive experience working for one of the largest General Contractors in North America. He was also the Canadian Geosynthetic Product Manager for one of the largest Construction Distributors in North America.

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CITE National Capital Section - 2021 Annual General Meeting
2021-12-10 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Area (Virtual), Ottawa, ON, Canada
NCS Annual General Meeting
The 2021 CITE National Capital Sections AGM will be hosted virtually on Friday, December 10th, 2021 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm. Please RSVP at the button below.
The AGM will close-out our activities for 2021 with our year-end review of the 2021 Annual Report and assignment of our 2022 Executive committee.
If you’re registered as an ITE member for 2021 you should have received a ballot from cite_admin@itecanada.org to vote for one of the two nominees to join our Executive in 2022; if you have not done so yet, please take the few moments to open the link and place your vote! Voting closes on Wednesday December 8th. If you did not receive a ballot, please email nationalcapital@itecanada.org immediately to get this rectified.
We look forward to seeing you on December 10th!
CITE National Capital Section Executive

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2021 ITE Manitoba AGM
2021-12-14 13:30 - 15:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Winnipeg Area (Virtual), Canada
ITE Manitoba will be hosting the 2021 Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday December 14th, at 1:30 pm. This meeting will include a review of the 2021 year, a financial report and 2022 budget presentation, and upcoming events for 2022.
At the beginning of the webinar, participants will be split into breakout groups for approximately 10 minutes of networking.
Following the Annual Business Meeting, Shawn Doyle of Dillon Consulting will be presenting. Shawn has over 30 years of experience in transportation and traffic engineering and planning. He has worked extensively for clients in central, western and eastern Canada and in the Caribbean and Middle East. Shawn has managed a broad spectrum of technical assignments, ranging from long-range transportation policy, to corridor and network planning projects, traffic and parking planning assignments and detailed traffic operations assessment studies. He enjoys helping communities to create practical, sustainable transportation systems that will benefit them for years to come.
Shawn’s presentation will be on Multi-Modal Level of Service. Transportation performance measures for vehicles are well-established and understood, but methods for assessing performance for people walking, cycling, and taking transit are less well-developed. In this presentation Shawn will introduce Dillon’s Multi-Modal Level of Service (MMLOS) framework, which is an integrated system for understanding how well a street or road serves all modes of travel, and how changes to the street or road may impact performance for each mode.

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2021 GVITE AGM
2021-12-14 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Vancouver) | Greater Vancouver (Virtual), Vancouver, BC, Canada
GVITE Annual General Meeting (ONLINE) – Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
This year’s much anticipated Annual General Meeting will be held online on at 5:00 pm Tuesday, December 14, 2021. This is a great venue to re-connect with friends and colleagues in the local transportation field and to celebrate another successful year!
Congratulations to the following recipients for this year’s GVITE Section Awards:
Bill Curtis Award (Project of the Year):
Project: Agnes Greenway Project
Recipients: Urban Systems and City of New Westminster
Mavis Johnson Award (Road Safety Project of the Year):
Project: The King George Blvd Corridor Safety Review
Recipients: City of Surrey, TranSafe Consulting Ltd., Allnorth Consultants Limited, Align Engineering Ltd., Mavis Johnson–Road Safety Consultant
Young Professional Award:
Niraj Sunuwar, P.Eng., PTOE

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ITE Southern Alberta Year-End Event
2021-12-16 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Calgary, Canada
December Year-End Event:

Message from the Executive Committee President
Election Results for Publicity Coordinator
Christmas Trivia
Gather Town Gala: Networking, Project Posters, Games, Drinks, Food …. Party On!

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ITE International Events
2022-01-01 00:00 - 2024-01-31 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Washington, DC, United States
View other ITE events from around the world plus webinars, courses, and council meetings at www.ite.org/events-meetings/event-calendar

ITE Vancouver Island Webinar and AGM
2022-01-19 11:30 - 13:15 (America/Vancouver) | Victoria Area (Virtual), Canada
Lisa Mullins, Senior Manager Government Relations, BC Transit will be speaking about Transit Plans being developed in support of RapidBus corridors in the region.
Lisa Mullins is the Senior Manager Government Relations for the Victoria Regional Transit System. Since 2016, Lisa has been instrumental in delivering improved transit service to communities across British Columbia, and is committed to building strong partnerships. She has a strong background in management and operations and holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Entrepreneurial Management from Royal Roads University.
Tristan Ford is a Transit Planner at BC Transit. He’s a UBC Engineering Physics graduate and has a background in transportation planning and engineering. Tristan’s focus at BC Transit is on operational service planning in the Victoria Regional Transit System and supporting transportation development initiatives including infrastructure and service improvements.
This webinar will be followed by a short annual general meeting.
See you there!

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ITE Southern Alberta Section - AGM and Webinar
2022-01-25 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Calgary, Canada
Speaker: Gayathri Shukla – Founder, Campfire Kinship
Gayathri Shukla is a leadership, diversity and human-centred design expert. She is a Professional Engineer and holds an electrical engineering degree from the University of Calgary and an Executive MBA from Queens University. She founded Campfire Kinship, a company building inclusive cultures through story-based solutions. Her presentation, “The Art of Inclusive Leadership,” will speak to the importance of cultivating empathy in a diverse workforce. She will share strategies to strengthen personal leadership styles and authentically engage with people of different backgrounds and viewpoints.

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ITE Northern Alberta - The Next Generation of Road Safety Audits: Automated Road Safety Assessment using LiDAR Data
2022-02-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Edmonton Area, Canada
Icebreaker Social: February 2 @ 12:00 – 12:15 PM (MDT)
Webinar: February 2 @ 12:15 – 1 PM (MDT)
Cost: Free
About the Presentation
It is globally accepted that road collisions represent a major cause of death and exert a huge economic burden on both individuals and governments. Consequently, efficient methods are required to identify causes of road collisions before making recommendations for mitigations plans. The key to selecting an effective countermeasure, for an underlying road safety problem, relies extensively on the ability to accurately identify the factors that might have contributed to a particular location being classified as a high-collision location. This brings the issue of “proper safety diagnosis” to the forefront of any safety mitigation strategy.
The current practice of assessing geometric site conditions and identifying potential collision causes relies on physical site visits and on-site observations. Consequently, several challenges arise. For example, subjective judgement is introduced due to the reliance on the judgment and opinion of observers. More so, these conventional methods are both time-consuming and labor-intensive, thereby, limiting the implementation of a large-scale diagnosis effort of the entire roadway network.
With the significant advances in data acquisition techniques, there has been a paradigm shift towards extracting roadway features and establishing an inventory of road conditions in an automated and efficient manner. This presentation will demonstrate the value of using LiDAR data in aiding road safety reviews and identifying potential collision causes through the automated safety assessment of roadway conditions.
Amr Shalkamy holds a Ph.D. degree in Transportation Engineering from the University of Alberta and is currently working with Mott MacDonald in Vancouver. Amr has 10 years of experience in transportation engineering working in both academia and industry, nationally and internationally.
Amr’s research focuses on safety-based roadway design and using LiDAR point cloud for road safety and design assessments. Amr has published several research papers in top tier transportation journals. He has also received several awards and support for his research from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Alberta Innovates, TAC, Transport Canada, and the City of Edmonton.

UofM ITE Virtual Networking Event
2022-02-17 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Winnipeg) | Winnipeg Area (Virtual), Canada
The UofM ITE student chapter would like to invite you to a virtual networking event on February 17th, from 6:00-8:00pm. This is our first networking event since the onset of the pandemic, so our students are looking forward to meeting and speaking with local transportation engineering professionals. To show our appreciation for attending our event, we will be giving away a $25 SkipTheDishes gift card to one randomly selected guest.
The event will take place online via the platform Wonder, and can be accessed using this link with Google Chrome, Firefox, or Microsoft Edge browsers. For more information about how Wonder works, you can watch the first couple minutes of this Youtube video. If you are interested in attending the event, please RSVP using this form by February 15th.

We hope to see you there!

Southern Alberta ITE February Webinar
2022-02-23 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Calgary, Canada
Summary:
The City of Calgary is excited to share work on a new kind of policy that is being tested call the Neighbourhood Streets Pilot Policy. The goal is to create streets where neighbours of all ages and abilities can connect and have access to safe, comfortable travel options.
The new policy replaces Calgary’s 2003 Traffic Calming Policy and:

Reflects today’s values
Introduces new toolkits like resident-led activation or street labs
Explores opportunities for shared decision making
Calls for an equitable intake process
Looks for more opportunities to collaborate and find efficiencies

This presentation will give an overview of the policy approach, pilot projects and how recent engagement on the project outcomes will be incorporated to finalize the policy.
Speaker:

Jen Malzer, P. Eng., M.Sc.
Program Coordinator, Liveable Street
City of CalgaryJen Malzer is a Program Coordinator in Liveable Streets at the City of Calgary whose focus is on active modes, reimagining traffic calming, and integrating tactical urbanism principles throughout the organization. Jen’s work explores the ways municipalities can engage with community members of all ages for fast, meaningful change using shared decision making. In 2017 she was awarded the Sustainable Urban Transportation award by the Transportation Association of Canada. Jen was the president of CITE, Canada’s community of transportation professionals, between 2015 and 2017 and the second woman to represent Canada on IBOD, and is a member on Banff’s first Sustainability panel.

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Toronto, Hamilton, and Southwest Ontario sections' Joint Technical Presentation Competition for Students
2022-02-23 16:00 - 18:30 (America/Toronto) | Toronto Area (Virtual), Ontario, Canada
The Toronto, Hamilton, and Southwest Ontario sections’ Joint Technical Presentation Competition for Students is a unique event organized annually by the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) to help foster interest in the field of transportation. The Toronto and Hamilton sections have jointly held the event since 1996 and were joined by the Southwest Ontario section in 2009. The competition offers students an opportunity to present a topic of interest in transportation before their peers and practicing transportation professionals. While technical competence is an important element, the primary focus of the competition is on the ability to present effectively to one’s peers and the public. Once again, this year’s competition will be held online.
Please join to support the next generation of transportation professionals in their academic journey.

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GVITE Meeting (Online) - The King George Boulevard Corridor Safety Review
2022-02-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Greater Vancouver (Virtual), Vancouver, BC, Canada
Vision Zero Surrey: KGB Safety Review The Vision Zero Surrey: KGB Safety Review presentation will introduce Vision Zero Surrey and the application of Vision Zero principles to a corridor safety review of King George Boulevard (KGB). This is the first in-service road safety review commissioned by the City of Surrey under its Vision Zero Safe Mobility Plan. The presentation will describe the City’s vision for the corridor, and how key elements of the Safe Mobility Plan were addressed as part of the review: including a focus on speed management, vulnerable road user safety, transit improvements and equity considerations.
Presenter Bios Shabnem Afzal, BA, MSc Road Safety Manager & Vision Zero Lead, City of Surrey Shabnem has held several Director positions within the B.C. provincial government, including Director of Road Safety where she led the development of the award winning Integrated Road Safety Units & expansion of Intersection Safety Camera Program. She previously held the position of Director of Crime Reduction and Provincial Lead of the Premier’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Crime Reduction. Shabnem joined the City of Surrey in the early part of 2018 as Road Safety Manager, where she led the development of the award winning data-drive and evidence-led Vision Zero Surrey Safe Mobility Plan to eliminate death and serious injury on Surrey roads. A strong leader and collaborator, she leads stakeholder engagement and partnership development as she delivers road safety in Surrey. The Vision Zero Surrey Team uses best-practices to deliver innovative road safety solutions in the effort towards the long term goal of having the safest roads in Canada. Raheem Dilgir, P.Eng, MBA President, TranSafe Consulting Raheem Dilgir is a certified Level 2 Road Safety Professional, and has been practicing for 27 years in both the public an private sectors and through his company TranSafe Consulting for the past 10 years. Raheem currently serves as President of the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals and as the Chair of the Transportation Association of Canada’s Vision Zero and Safe System Subcommittee. Raheem assists road authorities across Canada in developing, delivering and evaluating safe mobility plans and programs. He has conducted over 400 safety audits and in-service reviews, and is passionate about bringing a holistic, systemic approach, based on best practices from around the world, to all of his projects.

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NACITE March Webinar
2022-03-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Edmonton Area, Canada
From the Netherlands to North America – best practices in multimodal integration
Presentation Brief
Many people know the Netherlands for their cycling culture and world class bicycle infrastructure. What is less well-known is the Dutch expertise in multi-modal transportation – connecting people both on foot and on bike with efficient public transit systems. Join us on this webinar as we look to international expertise in the planning and design elements that make for seamless connections between active transportation and public transit. Some of the themes addressed will include active transportation networks and safe street design, station access by foot and bike, and bike parking facilities. We will then return to examples in Ottawa and San Diego to learn how these elements are being applied in a North American context and discuss ways to further develop multi-modal transportation hubs.

Wayne Gong, P.Eng.
As an Integrated Mobility Specialist in Mobycon’s North American office in Ottawa, Wayne brings along many years of public sector experience from western Canada to the team – a combination of project management and integrated transportation planning and design. One of Wayne’s proudest accomplishments includes planning and delivering Edmonton’s first residential protected cycling network, spanning seven neighbourhoods. He also spearheaded various corridor and neighbourhood-wide projects across North America by providing holistic and context-sensitive mobility solutions. His in-depth understanding of the project lifecycle and evidence-based approach enable him to work effectively with stakeholders to address their concerns by applying Dutch inspired best practices. Wayne is committed to creating more 15-minute communities where dwellers can safely and comfortably access work/school, play and socialize without car dependency.
Mary Elbech
With a background in active transportation planning from Denmark and the Netherlands, Mary has over a decade of experience in adapting international best practices to work within a local context. Since 2011, she has supported communities in becoming safer and more bicycle and pedestrian friendly through leading-edge projects around new mobility, shared spaces, community-led design, 20 mph zones, Complete Streets, and safe and active school zones. She has worked on the FHWA Bike Facility Selection guidelines, developed a tactical urbanism workshop series around community-led solutions for safer streets, and is currently leading Mobycon’s role on the NCHRP Guidebook for Urban and Suburban Cross-Sectional Roadway Reallocation. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and leads Mobycon’s US office.

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ITE Hamilton Section Virtual Speaker Event
2022-03-02 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Hamilton Area (Virtual), Canada
We are excited to announce the next Virtual Speaker Event of the ITE Hamilton Section is scheduled for Wednesday March 2nd 2022.
This event will include a presentation by Mr. Todd Litman, Founder and Executive Director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, on the many ways transportation planning decisions affect our lives and communities, with a focus on incorporating health and equity goals into planning.
Short student presentations will also be made by Mr. Mo Elsayed on Dynamic 4D Discretization and Trajectory Optimization System for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Mr. Gamal Eldeeb on Investigating the Influence of the Built Environment on Transportation Mode Choice.
This event has been sponsored by Crozier Consulting Engineers.

Date:
Wednesday March 2nd, 2022

Digital Platform:
Microsoft Teams Meeting
Click on “Join Microsoft Teams Meeting” link in the invite below to join the meeting at the scheduled time.

Guest Speaker:
Integrating Public Health and Social Equity into Transportation Planning
Presented by Mr. Todd Litman, Founder and Executive Director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Todd Litman is founder and executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative solutions to transport problems. His work helps expand the range of impacts and options considered in transportation decision-making, improve evaluation methods, and make specialized technical concepts accessible to a larger audience. His research is used worldwide in transport planning and policy analysis.
Transportation planning decisions can affect our lives and communities in many ways. They can determine how and how much people travel, their ability to access economic and social opportunities, transportation and housing affordability, traffic safety, physical fitness and health, pollution exposure, and whether various groups receive their fair share of public resources. This presentation will describe new research which can help understand these impacts and allow communities to better incorporate health and equity goals into planning.

Student Presentations:
Dynamic 4D Discretization and Trajectory Optimization System for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Presented by Mr. Mo Elsayed
Mo is a senior PhD candidate, researcher and co-instructor at the department of civil engineering, McMaster University, Canada. His research interests fall in the integration of autonomous systems with design and multi-objective optimization platforms. His current research under the supervision of Dr. Moataz Mohamed is utilizing algorithms, energy simulation and kinematics for the development of an integrated optimization and design tool for autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles for city transportation applications and large infrastructural projects. His work has been published in the Transportation Research and the IEEE, he also serves as a reviewer for a number of journals.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are being heavily adopted in smart cities and dense urban contexts. This airspace consumerization calls for a unified optimum infrastructure operational model including creation of routes, traffic design, maximizing capacity, and trajectory optimization. This study presents a novel autonomous Advanced Aerial Mobility (AAM) network design for dense urban contexts.
Investigating the Influence of the Built Environment on Transportation Mode Choice
Presented by Gamal Eldeeb
Gamal is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University. He is currently working under the supervision of Dr. Moataz Mohamed. His current research focuses on investigating the various factors affecting travel behaviour, with an emphasis on public transit. Gamal is a sustainable transportation advocate with a huge interest in behavioural modelling, social psychology, and data analytics.
The study aimed to investigate the role of the built environment attributes and their contextual effects on travel behaviour in the City of Hamilton. The study utilized a dataset of 4739 respondents elicited from an online survey that was part of Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) Public Engagement efforts. The study employed a Nested Logit (NL) model along with a quadratic polynomial trend surface to spatially investigate the determinants influencing mode choice behaviour in the City of Hamilton. We examined the association between the primary mode of travel (dependant variable) and socioeconomic demographics, trip characteristics, and surrounding built environment attributes along with their geographic variations as a set of independent variables.

Time:
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST

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SAITE Webinar: Transportation Planning in a Post-Pandemic World
2022-03-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Calgary, Canada
As our final virtual webinar for ITE Southern Alberta Section before returning to in-person meetings, we are pleased to welcome two guests from Boston, Massachusetts to share insights and recommendations for the future of multi-modal transportation planning in a post-pandemic world.
Liza and Jason will share experiences from their work on unique multi-modal transportation plans within Toronto, Tampa, and Chicago, and offer ideas for how transportation practitioners can strategically look ahead in light of significant travel behaviour changes unfolding from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate emergency, and global supply-chain disruptions.
Jason Schrieber, Senior Principal, Stantec
Jason Schrieber is a multi-modal planner and designer focused on the intersection of the public realm and safe, efficient and healthy communities. For over 25 years, he has helped hundreds of communities, institutions, and developers understand how individual travel behaviors are influenced by physical and economic attributes, resulting in solutions that elevate the importance of smarter and shared mobility for cost reduction and mode shift; reveal the true costs of parking to change the calculus on how employees commute; and promote safer places for travelers of all backgrounds and abilities through balanced, user-based analytical tools. Working across all forms of transportation, Jason has shown places from Boston to Abu Dhabi how to manage parking in difficult shared environments; how to develop demand-management programs that get people to choose transit, walking, and biking; and how to smartly design multi-modal solutions that range from the site to corridor to community-wide levels—always aiming to use transportation investments and mobility strategies wisely. Successes include built road diets, completed transit-oriented developments, campus-wide parking management programs, multi-modal traffic operations solutions for complex intersections, dynamic curb operating plans and more. Jason is currently leading the walkable redesign of Kenmore Square in Boston, the mobility component of the Woodbine Districts master plan in Toronto, and multiple downtown rapid recovery mobility solutions for the State of Massachusetts.
Liza Cohen, Senior Associate, Stantec
Liza is a multimodal transportation planner with a deep understanding of the user experience in complex transportation networks. Specifically, she understands how transportation choices and modes come together to form networks. Her work ranges from town- and city-wide mobility planning to parking management plans to developing innovative and flexible solutions to unique circulation challenges. In each of these, Liza’s approach is to synthesize data and community and stakeholder feedback to provide better transportation options. Liza is currently serving as deputy project manager for a transportation plan Everett, a city neighboring Boston, as well as an advisor for a street redesign in the commercial heart of Burlington, VT. Liza has also served as deputy project manager on multiple citywide mobility plans including the recently released Go Boston 2030 as well as large scale development projects, often leading innovative and comprehensive analysis, placemaking, and creation of transportation options.

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NCS CITE March Luncheon Webinar
2022-03-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Area (Virtual), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Presentation Description
The City of Ottawa approved its first Climate Change Master Plan in 2020. The plan includes targets of reducing carbon emissions from City operations by 50% by 2030, and 100% by 2040. With the operation of transit buses being a significant contributor to the City’s carbon emissions, the Transit Service Department initiated the Bus Alternative Energy Systems (BAES) Project. Completed with the assistance of transit operations, energy, and greenhouse gas specialists from Dillon Consulting Limited, the BAES Project included an assessment of potential bus propulsion technologies, selection of a preferred propulsion technology, and development of an implementation plan that considered not only the buses, but the necessary transit garage infrastructure, off-site infrastructure, and staffing implications. The outcomes of the BAES Project have allowed the City of Ottawa to effectively plan for the coming technology changes and be better informed as negotiations and applications for supporting funding are made. This presentation will describe the key activities and outcomes of the BAES Project and discuss current and future actions that the City is undertaking as it moves forward with zero emission electric bus propulsion technology.
The Presenters
Alex Stecky-Efantis, B.Sc., M.Pl., MCIP, RPP
Alex is a transportation planner with over 10 years of experience in the public transit and aviation industries. Prior to joining OC Transpo in 2016, he was the Manager of Airport Planning and Municipal Affairs at the Ottawa International Airport Authority. His professional experience ranges from the implementation of rail transit service to the airport, to planning the long-term development of the OC Transpo bus network, and managing planning projects for the City of Ottawa’s transition to a zero-emission bus fleet. Alex has also worked on the design and planning of many transportation infrastructure projects including bus rapid transit corridors, new transit stations, airport facilities, and transit priority measures.
Sean Rathwell, BEng, MEng, PEng
Sean is a transit and urban mobility specialist with more than 36 years of experience in the Canadian transit industry. He started his career at OC Transpo and spent 15 years working on the planning and operation of transit services throughout the Ottawa region. As the Manager of Service Planning, Sean was responsible for route planning, schedule analysis, service strategies, detour and development planning, and the operational planning and development of transit infrastructure such as terminals and stations, bus rapid transit facilities, transit priority measures and park and ride facilities. In 2000, Sean joined a leading Canadian transportation consulting firm and, since then, has worked on a wide variety of transit strategy, policy, planning and infrastructure projects throughout Canada, the United States, Australia, and a number of other countries. He has been with Dillon Consulting Limited since 2015.
In addition to being a Past President of the CITE National Capital Section, Sean has served as a member of the executive of ITE’s former Transit Council, a member of the American Public Transportation Association’s Bus Rapid Transit Standards Development Task Force, a member of the US Transportation Research Board’s Committees on Intermodal Transfer Facilities and Transit Capacity and Quality of Service, on the Canadian Urban Transit Association’s (CUTA) Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Governance Committee, and as the Chair of CUTA’s National Business Member’s Committee. He is the recipient of ITE’s 2008 Innovative Intermodal Solutions for Urban Transportation Award (in memory of Daniel W. Hoyt) and CUTA’s WG Ross Lifetime Achievement Award. Sean became a member of the CUTA Hall of Fame in 2019.

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SK-ITE Student Presentation Competition
2022-03-24 16:00 - 18:30 (America/Regina) | Regina Area (Virtual), Canada
The Saskatchewan section will be hosting a virtual Technical Presentation Competition for Students! This event will help foster interest in the field of transportation while providing students an opportunity to present a transportation topic to their peers and transportation professionals. While technical competence is an important element, the primary focus of this competition is on the ability to present effectively to one’s peers and to the public. Both graduate and undergraduate students are welcome to participate.
When: Thursday, March 24th, 4PM-6:30PM CST
Description: This student competition will provide students an opportunity to present a transportation topic for 10–15-minutes to their peers and transportation professionals, followed by a short question and answer period.
Cost:

Free Event

Presentation Prizes:

The presentation winner will receive an honorarium of $350 and up to $500 towards attendance of the 2022 CITE Annual Conference in Vancouver. The second and third place winners will receive an honorarium of $150, and $50 respectively.
In addition, the presentation winner will be entered into a draw for the free registration to the 2022 CITE Annual Conference, and additional $1000 towards reimbursable travel expenses, funded by CITE. The winner will have the opportunity to deliver their presentation at the Conference, and recognition at the Annual Awards Luncheon.

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CafeTO – Café Guidelines 2021
2022-04-01 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | Toronto Area (Virtual), Ontario, Canada
Date/Time: Friday April 1, 2022, From 11am to 12pm
Location: Online (Microsoft Teams)

Registration fee: Free – Microsoft Teams link will be emailed after the registration deadline, March 30th.

Project Abstract
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Toronto, necessary citywide shutdowns devastated local businesses with restaurants being closed to indoor dining for much of the period from March 2020 to the summer of 2021. With restaurant capacities limited and traffic seemingly reduced, the roadway provided an innovative opportunity to aid local business and the workforce through the creation of new patio spaces in the curb lane. CaféTO not only aided a struggling industry, it also breathed much needed public life back into the City in a safe and unprecedented way. The City of Toronto retained IBI Group to collaborate in providing this critical support to restaurants and Business Improvement Areas (BIAs). CaféTO provided a framework for the seasonal transitioning of curb lanes and parking spaces into restaurant patio spaces. The program transformed stretches of the curb lane into patios, while maintaining the necessary infrastructure for safe vehicular and active transportation movement. A thorough analysis of each location was undertaken to ensure adequate flow of traffic, protection of parking spaces where necessary, re-routing of cycling infrastructure and reduced speed limits as required. The number of parking spots replaced by patios were quantified to understand the economic impact in parking revenues.
Presenter’s Bio
Astrid Greaves MLA, MA
Astrid is a Senior Urban Designer with a background studying Landscape Architecture, Sociology, Urban Theory, Art and Architectural History. Astrid has developed extensive experience with urban design and strategic planning projects from small to large scale. Astrid’s approach to design is grounded in an understanding of the complexities of social phenomena and space. Her interests are focused on creating socially and ecologically resilient places that are liveable, promote community, and hold a strong sense of place. Astrid was central to the success of the CaféTO program in 2020 and 2021. Serving as the public realm and streetscape design lead for the project team, Astrid coordinated the Streetscape Plan effort, the delivery of the Traffic Closure Plans, and communication with BIAs.
Note that the Microsoft Teams link will be emailed to registrants after the March 30th registration deadline.

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APPI & NACITE - Edmonton's City Plan - Getting from Policy and Analysis to Action
2022-04-12 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | University of Alberta Faculty Club, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Time: 11:30 AM – 1 PM
In Person Event: Hot Lunch Buffet
Location: Papachase Room 2nd Floor Faculty Club, University of Alberta 11435 Saskatchewan Drive Edmonton, AB
Cost: $37
About the Presentation
Edmonton’s City Plan was developed with a target of doubling Edmonton’s population to two million people over several decades. The City Plan is Edmonton’s combined transportation master plan and municipal development plan. The development of this visionary planning document considered the integral choices that are related to growth such as where will people live, where jobs will be located, where services and amenities will be provided, and how people will access these opportunities. Understanding that the future is uncertain, different tools can help us to understand what those choices might look like in terms of the benefits and drawbacks associated with various land use and transportation permutations. Part of this is through evidence-based testing of possible growth scenarios and policy to demonstrate impacts at a city-wide scale. This is integral in order to ensure the relationships and interactions between land use and transportation are properly evaluated. Pablo and Howaida will discuss this development process of The City Plan and some of the corresponding implementation initiatives and programs underway to ensure the benefits for Edmontontians described in The City Plan begin to become reality
About the Presenters:
Howaida Hassan is a General Supervisor of Urban Growth with the City of Edmonton; the group responsible for implementing the growth management framework, advancing growth monitoring and analytics, and advancing infrastructure planning to support our strategic goals. Prior to this role, Howaida lead the development of strategic planning documents such as Edmonton’s Goods Movement Strategy, Edmonton’s first Electric Vehicle Strategy and Smart Transportation Action Plan. Most recently, Howaida was the General Supervisor on the development of The City Plan. Howaida is interested in the cross-section of city building, urban mobility and equity and how it shapes our cities and supports people. She earned her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Waterloo and is a registered professional engineer.
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 as led 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 where he interned at the Transportation Modelling Group led by Dr. Eric Miller. He is also P.Eng, PMP and ELITE certified.

SAITE April (In-person) Luncheon
2022-04-19 11:30 (America/Edmonton) | Hilton Garden Inn, 711 4th Street SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 1N3, Canada
Topic name: City of Calgary Reorganization, CITE Updates and Reconnecting!
Time: 11:30 am – Networking, 11:45am – Buffet, 12:15pm – Luncheon Speaker
Description:
Please join us at the Hilton Garden Inn in East Village to reconnect with your colleagues, enjoy a meal and network with peers!
The luncheon will include a brief presentation by Ryan Vanderputten featuring two parts:

Part 1 will include an update on CITE activities and the upcoming Annual Conference in Vancouver.
Part 2 will include an overview of the City’s new structure post re-alignment.

We understand networking opportunities have been limited over the past two years so we’ve intentionally kept the presentation time short to allow more time for you to catch up with old industry friends and make new ones!
Speaker:
Ryan Vanderputten Director of Transportation Planning, City of Calgary
Ryan Vanderputten, P.Eng., is currently the Director of Transportation Planning, soon to be transitioning to the Director of Business and Engineering Services, with The City of Calgary, in Alberta, Canada. He is a licenced Professional Engineer in Alberta and is a Fellow with the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), being an active member since 1999. He is excited to take on the upcoming role as President of the Canadian District of ITE (2022-23) and continues to be actively involved in a variety of ITE committees and councils, including the Public Agency Council Executive, the LeadershipITE Executive, and the ONE ITE Task Force. He is also a graduate of the LeadershipITE program, Class of 2017.
Ryan holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Waterloo, a master’s degree in Transportation Engineering from the University of Calgary, and a Master’s Certificate in Municipal Leadership from the Schulich School of Business from York University. Currently he is working on his Executive MBA from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University. He is also the founder of Forest City Robotics, providing LEGO robotics clubs for youth in London, Ontario and Calgary.

NCS CITE April Luncheon Webinar: A.M. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award & City of Ottawa’s Protected Intersection Design Guide
2022-04-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa Area (Virtual), Ottawa, ON, Canada
A.M. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award & City of Ottawa’s Protected Intersection Design Guide
The National Capital Section (NCS) is excited to host a free lunchtime webinar on April 20 to present the annual A.M. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award and conduct a presentation on City of Ottawa’s Protected Intersection Design Guide.
The recipient of this year’s A.M. Khan Lifetime Achievement Award is Sean Rathwell from Dillon Consulting. Following the presentation of the award, a webinar will be delivered about Ottawa’s latest intersection designs. The webinar will provide a brief summary of protected intersections, why they are implemented, and a history of their use in Ottawa. It will then explore Ottawa’s new Protected Intersection Design Guide including discussion on protected corner types and selection, accessibility considerations, and new functional guidance including minimum cycle track radii, corner (truck) aprons, centreline hardening, and signalization measures. Attendees are welcome to ask questions or discuss challenges they have encountered while using the Guide.
Presenter – Emmett Proulx
“Emmett is a professional engineer and Project Manager, Cycling and Walking Programs with the City of Ottawa’s Transportation Planning Service. Emmett is part of a team responsible for growing and improving the quality of Ottawa’s walking and cycling networks. Emmett continues to collaborate with a variety of City departments to provide additional City guidance on protected bike lane design, including a focus on protected intersections.”

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https://youtu.be/xqHitiszKZw

ITE Saskatchewan and Manitoba Sections Joint Spring Session
2022-04-26 09:30 - 12:30 (America/Winnipeg) | Winnipeg Area (Virtual), Canada
ITE Saskatchewan and Manitoba Sections Joint Spring Session
Tuesday, April 26th 2022, 8:30 am-11:30 am CST, 9:30 am-12:30 pm CDT
The Manitoba and Saskatchewan Sections of CITE will be hosting a virtual joint Spring Session. This virtual event will have 5 presentations distributed between each Section, followed by a networking event on the Wonder.Me platform where attendees and speakers will have an opportunity to discuss the presentation topics.
Speakers:

Winnipeg Transit, Kevin Sturgeon: Manitoba-Saskatchewan Cultural Differences in Transportation Planning, Design, and Use
City of Regina, Scott Thomas, Ian Cantello, and Hari Patel: Recently Implemented Bikeways in Regina
Landmark Planning & Design, Donovan Toews: Integration of Stakeholder Engagement and Transportation
Associated Engineering, Shawn Fehr: Highway No. 3 Twinning Design
WSP, Diana Emerson, Erin Toop: Feasibility study of public transit in Portage la Prairie

Cost:

Free

The event will be hosted using Google Meet and Wonder.me. Additional links and agenda will be emailed to all event participants prior to the event.

Join Virtual Event:
https://meet.google.com/bmd-jcmf-oma

Rapid Implementation and the Agnes Greenway
2022-04-26 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Greater Vancouver (Virtual), Vancouver, BC, Canada
GVITE Meeting (Online) – Rapid Implementation and the Agnes Greenway – Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 12:00pm to 1:00pm PST.
Presenter:
Brent McMurtry, EIT
Transportation Engineer
Description:
The City of New Westminster in Metro Vancouver has built off the success of road reallocation projects during the COVID-19 pandemic to fast track the design and implementation of the interim Agnes Greenway. The fast-tracked approach makes use of an interim facility installed in December 2020 prior to engaging the public allowing informed feedback to shape the ultimate design. Learn from the experiences of the project team that has designed and built this Greenway and how this approach may be suited to future projects.
Brent McMurtry is a transportation engineer at Urban Systems. Brent is passionate about working with communities to plan and build streets that are safe, comfortable and attractive for people walking and biking. He has been actively involved in creating multi-modal transportation plans and corridor designs for communities across Canada, including New Westminster, Abbotsford, Pemberton, Winnipeg, Lethbridge, Sooke, Calgary, Victoria, and Vancouver.

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https://youtu.be/Xa738frkFbc

ITE Southern Alberta: Protected Intersection Primer
2022-04-28 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Edmonton) | Calgary, Canada
Event Title: Protected Intersection Primer
Date: April 28, 2022
Time: 1:00pm to 2:30pm (MST)
Location: Zoom

Cost: Free for City of Calgary Employees, $15 for everyone else
Event Description: Protected intersection design is on the rise in North America. Cities like Calgary, Canmore, Ottawa and Toronto are realizing a number of redesigned intersections that result in increased safety and comfort for people on foot and bikes. Led by team members from Alta Planning + Design, this session will explore how to reduce high speed turns, improve sightlines, and dramatically reduce the distance and time during which people on foot or by bike are exposed to conflicts. Through this session you will gain a better understanding of protected intersections, benefits, trade-offs, and design considerations.
Speaker Bios:
Kalle Hakala, RPP, MCIP – Kalle is a Professional Planner and an Associate with Alta. Based in Ottawa, Kalle leads planning and design projects from coast to coast focussed on active transportation and connections to transit. For 12 years, Kalle worked as a planner for the City of Ottawa. Since joining Alta, he has worked on a number of interesting projects including serving as the Project Manager for the City of Ottawa Protected Intersection Design Guide released in the fall of 2021.

Nataliya Pekar, EIT – Nataliya is a Designer/EIT with Alta. Based in Toronto, Nataliya has worked on a number of protected intersection design projects including one under construction for the City of Toronto and others in the design phase for the City of Ottawa. She was on the core team for the recent update to Ontario Traffic Manual Book 18, Cycling Facilities, which includes a new section on Protected Intersections. She was had a key role on the team for the preparation of the City of Ottawa Protected Intersection Design Guide.

Alta is an active transportation consulting firm dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education/encouragement programs. Our work brings about positive change by creating places that are geared towards moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs, and empowering every person to live an active, healthy life.
Alta was founded in 1996, when cities and communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling. We pioneered the field of active transportation, and evolved into a visionary practice. As a global leader in mobility innovation, we are dedicated to working across disciplines to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience.

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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88516374286?pwd=[REDACTED]

NACITE Webinar: Moving Beyond Theory: How to Apply and Integrate GBA+ Practices Within Your Organization
2022-05-04 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Edmonton Area, Canada
Gender Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) is a tool and approach that helps to analyze your services, products, and processes from a gender and intersectional lens. When applying GBA+ you are better able to explore the needs of different groups of people, as well as recognize their multiple identities (such as gender, race, ethnicity, class, religion, age and mental or physical disability etc.). that impacts their experiences.
While more and more people are familiarizing themselves with the concept of GBA+, many leaders and staff struggle with the “how to” aspect of the framework. What does it really mean to apply and embed GBA+ thinking to your workplace policies and practices? Where do you start and what pre-conditions need to be in place? This webinar focuses on GBA+ applications. The goal is to deepen your understanding of the utilization of GBA+ and demonstrate how you might integrate it into your current projects. Participants will learn how GBA+ can be used to:

uncover barriers to accessing transportation services and new modes of transportation
build practices and policies into organizational structures to reduce barriers and biases in workplace processes
explore new ways of thinking and working that centres the experience of historically marginalized and underserved communities

A case study highlighting critical foundational components and outcomes will inspire participants to get started on their own GBA+ journey.
Speaker bios:

Chanel Grenaway has over 20 years of experience focused on integrating equity, a gender lens, and intersectionality practice into workplace cultures. She has a range of expertise from work with Foundations, multi-service non-profit agencies and academic institutions. Chanel played a pivotal role in the research and planning of a new 5 course specialization on gender-based analytics developed and offered by the Institute for Gender and the Economy (available on Coursera). The course explores the ways that gender identity, Indigeneity, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and other intersections shape risks, opportunities and impacts of an organization’s activities, operations and outcomes. Chanel is the lead instructor for the qualitative data collection and community-based engagement module. She is currently supporting organizations to improve their equity and inclusion outcomes through equity assessments, training and knowledge building, community engagement, and action planning. For more information you can visit her website at http://www.chanelgrenaway.com
Hannah Rosen (she/they) is an intersectional gender equity specialist with experience applying GBA Plus in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. Her work focuses on systemic integration and innovation of gender equity and intersectionality into policy and practice. The broader goal of Hannah’s work is to ensure gender equity and intersectional analysis are fully integrated into everyday work, practices, and services. Hannah is a graduate of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, and Queen’s University in Kingston, ON. She holds a Master of Global Affairs, with a specialization in feminist international policy, as well as gendered impacts of war and conflict. Her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) was in international relations, with a focus on the intersections of hypermasculinity, mental health, and military service.

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https://youtu.be/jJCAo9zDcA4

University of Calgary, 4th Year Engineering Students - Capstone Projects Presentations
2022-05-11 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Hilton Garden Inn, 711 4th Street SE, Calgary, AB, T2G 1N3, Canada
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Time: 11:30 am – 11:45 am Networking, 11:45am – 12:00 pm get Lunch, 12:00pm – 1:00 pm Student Presentations
Location: Hilton Garden Inn (711 4th Street SE Calgary, AB T2G 1N3)
Please join us at the Hilton Garden Inn in East Village to connect with your colleagues, enjoy a meal and network with peers.
The luncheon will include presentations by the 4th Year Civil Engineering Students on their Capstone Projects.
Details of their projects will be provided on subsequent notifications.
Note: Please indicate when purchasing your ticket if you have special dietary restrictions.
Speakers: (4th Year Civil Engineering Students)

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.
