DESCRIPTION:Safety First – A new paradigm in the development of Lethbridge Transportation Master Plan \nAhmed Ali and Raheem Dilgir \n——————————————————————————————————————– \nAbstract \nCity of Lethbridge is in the process of completing its first Transportation Safety Plan (TSP) as a component of its next Transportation Master Plan (TMP). The TMP is fundamental in establishing projects for the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The TMP will ensure the City’s roadway network\, transit and transportation policies remain up to date\, efficient and cost effective\, and community funds are invested to ensure the greatest return. The TSP will be the first and an important element of this unique approach to the development of a TMP. It will guide City’s transportation policies and strategies to provide a safe transportation system in Lethbridge. \nThe primary objectives of the TSP are to identify measures to move towards a goal of zero deaths and serious injuries in its transportation system\, and to identify policies and projects to make transportation safety a top priority in the City’s next Transportation Master Plan. Transportation Safety Strategies were developed using a Safe System framework. Specific actions related to five Focus Areas; Safe Roads\, Safe Road Users\, Safe Speeds and Safe Vehicles were identified. Examples of innovative strategies in support of each focus area will be included in the presentation. \n \nSpeakers Bios: \nAhmed Ali \nDr Ahmed Ali has been the Transportation Engineering Manager at the City of Lethbridge since 2009. In this role\, he manages transportation planning\, traffic engineering and operations\, and parking operations functions. Earlier\, he has worked for Watt Consulting Group and Parsons Brinckerhoff (now WSP) in various technical and project management roles. Ahmed has a Ph.D.\, in Transportation Engineering\, he is a professional engineer in Alberta\, Virginia\, and Maryland and a Professional Traffic Operations Engineer/RSP1. Ahmed is a member of the ITE\, a fellow of Engineers Canada and Chair of the Small Municipalities Integrated Committee of the Transportation Association of Canada. \nRaheem Dilgir is a Road Safety Professional with 25 years of experience in Canada and abroad. Raheem founded TranSafe Consulting Ltd.\, with offices in Vancouver and Calgary – through which he assists road agencies in the development\, delivery and evaluation of road safety programs and projects. Altogether\, he has contributed to the development of transportation safety/vision zero plans for 5 municipalities in western Canada\, and has led over 300 road safety audits and in-service reviews. Raheem is the founding co-Chair of the TAC Vision Zero and Safe Systems Subcommittee\, and is a second-term Director of the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals. Lastly\, Raheem is a proud Past President of the Southern Alberta section of CITE.
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SUMMARY:ITE NCS October Webinar: E-Scooter Pilot in Ottawa
DESCRIPTION:The National Capital Section (NCS) is thrilled to be hosting a webinar on the City of Ottawa’s recent e-scooter pilot. This free lunchtime webinar will take place on October 15th and will include two speakers involved in the pilot\, who have significant experience in the fields of micro mobility and transportation demand management (TDM). The webinar will cover the results and lessons learned of this summer’s e-scooter pilot in Ottawa as well as highlight e-scooter operations elsewhere in Canada. A short Q/A will follow the presentations. \nPresenter: Kathleen Wilker\, City of Ottawa. \nKathleen Wilker leads the City of Ottawa’s Transportation Demand Management Program. Her work centres on developing and implementing policies and programs enabling residents to enjoy using Ottawa’s walking\, cycling and transit networks more often. She has been instrumental in collaborating with colleagues\, councillors\, external stakeholders\, e-scooter providers and residents to bring e-scooters to Ottawa this summer. \nPresenter: Chris Schafer\, Bird Canada. \nChris Schafer is Vice President\, Government Affairs at Bird Canada. Prior to joining Bird Canada\, Chris was a Senior Director at another micromobility start-up after almost five years at Uber Canada as their Senior Public Policy Manager in Canada. Previously\, Chris did stints in media\, at think tanks and as a regulatory lawyer with Gowlings in Ottawa.\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://youtu.be/kvG_tiZN1Nw\n
URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-ncs-october-webinar-e-scooter-pilot-in-ottawa/
LOCATION:Ottawa Area (Virtual)\, Ottawa\, ON\, Canada
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DESCRIPTION:The National Capital Section (NCS) is thrilled to be hosting a webinar on the City of Ottawa’s recent e-scooter pilot. This free lunchtime webinar will take place on October 15th and will include two speakers involved in the pilot\, who have significant experience in the fields of micro mobility and transportation demand management (TDM). The webinar will cover the results and lessons learned of this summer’s e-scooter pilot in Ottawa as well as highlight e-scooter operations elsewhere in Canada. A short Q/A will follow the presentations. \nPresenter: Kathleen Wilker\, City of Ottawa. \nKathleen Wilker leads the City of Ottawa’s Transportation Demand Management Program. Her work centres on developing and implementing policies and programs enabling residents to enjoy using Ottawa’s walking\, cycling and transit networks more often. She has been instrumental in collaborating with colleagues\, councillors\, external stakeholders\, e-scooter providers and residents to bring e-scooters to Ottawa this summer. \nPresenter: Chris Schafer\, Bird Canada. \nChris Schafer is Vice President\, Government Affairs at Bird Canada. Prior to joining Bird Canada\, Chris was a Senior Director at another micromobility start-up after almost five years at Uber Canada as their Senior Public Policy Manager in Canada. Previously\, Chris did stints in media\, at think tanks and as a regulatory lawyer with Gowlings in Ottawa.
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SUMMARY:CITE Manitoba Section Webinar: School Travel Planning
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: \nThe webinar will be hosted by Jennifer Chapman of Manitoba Infrastructure and ITE Manitoba President. \nSpeaker 1: Marie-Soleil Cloutier\, Institut National de la recherche Scientifique (Montreal) \nPresentation: Children safety around schools and parks as pedestrians: what to worry (or not) about! \nThis presentation take a closer look at two of our projects where 1) we observed child when crossing in different built environment and 2) we organize walkabouts with them around schools to get their feeling on their itinerary. We recorded their behaviors\, but also their interaction with adult drivers to see if there are differences depending on individual and crossing site characteristics. \nMarie-Soleil Cloutier is a health geographer and associate professor in Urban Studies at Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (Montreal\, Canada). Her research focus on the impact of the built environment on health\, and issues related to pedestrian injuries and road risk perceptions are her prime interests. Director of the LAPS (Pedestrian and Urban Space Lab)\, she is currently involved in several multidisciplinary research teams working on pedestrians of all age (seniors\, children and at-risk workers especially). Most of her research projects are in collaboration with community partners (cities\, public health\, NGOs\, etc.) and other researchers in Quebec\, Canada and France. \n \nSpeaker 2: Denae Penner\, Green Action Centre (Winnipeg) \nPresentation: School Streets: A Winnipeg Pilot Project \nGreen Action Centre coordinated a pilot of School Streets in Winnipeg this Fall\, which started in early September at Isaac Brock School. A school street is a temporary road closure on the street in front of a school\, with a short-term restriction on vehicle through-traffic. A method that was championed in the UK\, School Street closures are an innovative approach to support student health and safety. School streets reduce traffic congestion\, air pollution\, and noise pollution\, while addressing road safety issues that deter active school travel. The result is a safer\, healthier and more enjoyable environment for everyone in the school community. \n \nDenae Penner is the Senior Program Coordinator at Green Action Centre. She is an environmentalist and outdoor enthusiast with 10 years of experience in event and program management. She is a University of Winnipeg graduate with a degree in Environmental Studies in active transportation and urban sustainability issues. Her work focuses on equitable transportation\, children’s mobility\, and authentic public participation. Outside of work\, Denae is an avid skier and runner\, exploring Manitoba with her dog Rhubarb. \n \nSpeaker 3: Jamie Hilland\, Urban Systems (Winnipeg) \nPresentation: School Travel planning as part of neighbourhood study and design projects in the City of Winnipeg \nOver the past decade\, the City of Winnipeg has increasingly come to recognize the importance of youth and school engagement as part of transportation planning projects. As part of these efforts\, the City of Winnipeg now includes School Travel Planning as key component of active transportation planning projects. In this presentation\, we will look at the various processes employed to effectively consult and engage with students and families as part of previous neighbourhood study and design projects. These projects include the Ruby/Banning corridor study\, the West Alexander to East Exchange project\, as well as the recently completed Wolseley to Downtown walk/bike project. We’ll examine current best practice in the realm of school travel planning and youth engagement\, and highlight lessons learned from past school travel planning and youth engagement projects \n \nJamie Hilland is a Sustainable Transportation Planner with Urban Systems\, and is the former Program Director of the Active and Safe Routes to School Program at the Green Action Centre in Winnipeg. In this role\, Jamie assisted communities across the Province of Manitoba in identifying strategies to improve the safety and numbers of children able to travel via healthy and sustainable transportation modes. \nJamie has continued working in the realm of active school travel and sustainable transportation with a number of clients across Canada\, including the Active Transportation strategy for the City of Windsor ON\, the Cycling Strategy for the City of Edmonton AB\, the Youth Sustainable Transportation Strategy for TransLink in the Metro Vancouver region\, the Wolseley to Downtown and Ruby/Banning projects for the City of Winnipeg\, the Northmount Drive project for the City of Calgary\, a school bike park at AE Wright school in the Seven Oaks school division\, and the Active Transportation Strategy for the City of Dauphin MB. This fall Jamie will also be working on a project looking at how to effectively integrate health into various planning processes for Health Canada\, as well as working with CAA to produce the first national safe school travel report card that will grade provinces and major municipalities on their efforts to improve the safety of children and families on the school journey. \nJamie is the current Chair of Active School Travel Canada\, and sits on the Expert Advisory panel of the CIHR funded CHASE (Child Active Transport Safety and the Environment) study at the University of Calgary that is examining how the built environment influences child active transportation and active transportation injury across Canada. He also sits on the expert advisory team of the Research project at the University of Western Ontario titled “Development and implementation of a pan-Canadian surveillance system of active school travel behaviours and school zone built environments”\, and is part of the expert advisory panel of the Ontario Active School Travel Study of “The measurable indicators of Active School Travel”. Jamie sits on the Policy Committee for the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycling Professionals (APBP)\, and was a contributor to the recently released NACTO “Streets for Kids” Design Guide.\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://meet.google.com/egr-zfou-duj\n
URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/cite-manitoba-section-webinar-school-travel-planning/
LOCATION:Winnipeg Area (Virtual)\, Canada
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Join Virtual EventDESCRIPTION:Speakers: \nThe webinar will be hosted by Jennifer Chapman of Manitoba Infrastructure and ITE Manitoba President. \nSpeaker 1: Marie-Soleil Cloutier\, Institut National de la recherche Scientifique (Montreal) \nPresentation: Children safety around schools and parks as pedestrians: what to worry (or not) about! \nThis presentation take a closer look at two of our projects where 1) we observed child when crossing in different built environment and 2) we organize walkabouts with them around schools to get their feeling on their itinerary. We recorded their behaviors\, but also their interaction with adult drivers to see if there are differences depending on individual and crossing site characteristics. \nMarie-Soleil Cloutier is a health geographer and associate professor in Urban Studies at Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (Montreal\, Canada). Her research focus on the impact of the built environment on health\, and issues related to pedestrian injuries and road risk perceptions are her prime interests. Director of the LAPS (Pedestrian and Urban Space Lab)\, she is currently involved in several multidisciplinary research teams working on pedestrians of all age (seniors\, children and at-risk workers especially). Most of her research projects are in collaboration with community partners (cities\, public health\, NGOs\, etc.) and other researchers in Quebec\, Canada and France. \n \nSpeaker 2: Denae Penner\, Green Action Centre (Winnipeg) \nPresentation: School Streets: A Winnipeg Pilot Project \nGreen Action Centre coordinated a pilot of School Streets in Winnipeg this Fall\, which started in early September at Isaac Brock School. A school street is a temporary road closure on the street in front of a school\, with a short-term restriction on vehicle through-traffic. A method that was championed in the UK\, School Street closures are an innovative approach to support student health and safety. School streets reduce traffic congestion\, air pollution\, and noise pollution\, while addressing road safety issues that deter active school travel. The result is a safer\, healthier and more enjoyable environment for everyone in the school community. \n \nDenae Penner is the Senior Program Coordinator at Green Action Centre. She is an environmentalist and outdoor enthusiast with 10 years of experience in event and program management. She is a University of Winnipeg graduate with a degree in Environmental Studies in active transportation and urban sustainability issues. Her work focuses on equitable transportation\, children’s mobility\, and authentic public participation. Outside of work\, Denae is an avid skier and runner\, exploring Manitoba with her dog Rhubarb. \n \nSpeaker 3: Jamie Hilland\, Urban Systems (Winnipeg) \nPresentation: School Travel planning as part of neighbourhood study and design projects in the City of Winnipeg \nOver the past decade\, the City of Winnipeg has increasingly come to recognize the importance of youth and school engagement as part of transportation planning projects. As part of these efforts\, the City of Winnipeg now includes School Travel Planning as key component of active transportation planning projects. In this presentation\, we will look at the various processes employed to effectively consult and engage with students and families as part of previous neighbourhood study and design projects. These projects include the Ruby/Banning corridor study\, the West Alexander to East Exchange project\, as well as the recently completed Wolseley to Downtown walk/bike project. We’ll examine current best practice in the realm of school travel planning and youth engagement\, and highlight lessons learned from past school travel planning and youth engagement projects \n \nJamie Hilland is a Sustainable Transportation Planner with Urban Systems\, and is the former Program Director of the Active and Safe Routes to School Program at the Green Action Centre in Winnipeg. In this role\, Jamie assisted communities across the Province of Manitoba in identifying strategies to improve the safety and numbers of children able to travel via healthy and sustainable transportation modes. \nJamie has continued working in the realm of active school travel and sustainable transportation with a number of clients across Canada\, including the Active Transportation strategy for the City of Windsor ON\, the Cycling Strategy for the City of Edmonton AB\, the Youth Sustainable Transportation Strategy for TransLink in the Metro Vancouver region\, the Wolseley to Downtown and Ruby/Banning projects for the City of Winnipeg\, the Northmount Drive project for the City of Calgary\, a school bike park at AE Wright school in the Seven Oaks school division\, and the Active Transportation Strategy for the City of Dauphin MB. This fall Jamie will also be working on a project looking at how to effectively integrate health into various planning processes for Health Canada\, as well as working with CAA to produce the first national safe school travel report card that will grade provinces and major municipalities on their efforts to improve the safety of children and families on the school journey. \nJamie is the current Chair of Active School Travel Canada\, and sits on the Expert Advisory panel of the CIHR funded CHASE (Child Active Transport Safety and the Environment) study at the University of Calgary that is examining how the built environment influences child active transportation and active transportation injury across Canada. He also sits on the expert advisory team of the Research project at the University of Western Ontario titled “Development and implementation of a pan-Canadian surveillance system of active school travel behaviours and school zone built environments”\, and is part of the expert advisory panel of the Ontario Active School Travel Study of “The measurable indicators of Active School Travel”. Jamie sits on the Policy Committee for the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycling Professionals (APBP)\, and was a contributor to the recently released NACTO “Streets for Kids” Design Guide.
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