DESCRIPTION:Tony Churchill will be presenting on the City’s 40 km/h speed limit implementation.\n \nTony Churchill is a Senior Traffic Engineer with the City of Calgary and Currently the Leader of Traffic Control and Parking. He obtained a civil engineering technical diploma from SAIT Polytechnic prior to studying at the University of Calgary where he completed BSc. and MSc. degrees in civil engineering with a focus on road safety. Tony has been involved in discussions about lowering speed limits in Calgary for almost eight years and recently coordinated the installation of about 5\,000 speed limit signs to support the 40 km/h default speed limit that came into effect on Monday\, May 31. He is a Fellow of ITE and actively involved in traffic safety initiatives through TAC and CARSP. Tony will be discussing the rationale behind speed limit reduction to reduce motor vehicle related fatalities and injuries\, the history of the discussion in Calgary and what it took to implement the change in a matter of months.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210914T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210915T160000
DTSTAMP:20260515T032931
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Intersections for Everyone
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to plan\, design and balance the needs of all transportation modes at intersections\nOffered by: CITE Training Committee \nWorkshop Summary \nIntersections are the location where the highest number of conflicts occur\, making them uncomfortable places for people walking\, biking\, and driving. Communities across Canada and North America have been transforming streets to achieve broader objectives (economic development\, climate resilience) and increase multimodal safety. Many designers have found challenges with how to design the intersections. This training workshop will include intersection design approaches for different contexts (urban\, suburban\, cities\, towns) and will provide transportation professionals with: \n\nBetter understanding of the goals for intersection design to achieve safety and mode share objectives;\nKnowledge of the evidence-based research that underpins these goals and selecting design elements;\nHands-on experience designing intersections with innovative design elements.\n\nThe learning objectives for this workshop are to: \n\nIncrease understanding of evidence-based intersection design approaches and principles;\nIncrease knowledge of design guidelines and industry reference resources;\nApply the training materials to real-world intersections\, working through the design process/trade-offs\, during interactive group design exercises; and\nProvide opportunities for peer-to-peer exchange between participants\, share their own experiences.\n\n \nAbout your Workshop Facilitators \n \n \nTyler Golly\, P.Eng.\, RSP1 \nTyler is a Professional Engineer\, registered in Alberta and Ontario\, who has planned and designed multimodal transportation systems in Canada\, the United States\, and New Zealand. He has experience leading and implementing multimodal street design guides and has delivered Complete Street and walking/bicycling design projects that have improved safety\, accessibility\, health\, and mobility for people of all ages and abilities and in all seasons. Tyler co-authored the Institute of Transportation Engineer’s (ITE) Protected Bikeways Practitioner’s Guide and Lecture Series\, contributed to the Integrated Bicycle Design and Integrated Pedestrian Design chapters of the Transportation Association of Canada’s (TAC) Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads\, peer reviewed Auckland’s Bicycle Quality of Service Framework\, and served as technical advisor for ITE’s Implementing Context Sensitive Design on Multimodal Corridors: An ITE Handbook. \n \nRyan Martinson\, P.Eng.\, RSP1 \nRyan is a Professional Engineer registered in Alberta. He has worked on strategic plans\, master plans\, conceptual design\, evaluations\, and safety reviews of projects in North America and New Zealand. Ryan’s work includes being involved in planning and design Complete Streets networks and corridors; developing design guidance for municipalities and agencies; leading training courses on design and planning concepts; developing graduate courses related to sustainability and complexity; participating in research projects related to the built environment; and teaching and mentoring university students. He is keenly aware of how the built environment influences how we use and interact with our surroundings\, and he employs a user-based design approach to infrastructure design\, planning\, and operations. \nWorkshop Format \nThis course will be delivered using online instructional tools over two half-day workshops. The following is an overview of the workshop agenda and topics that participants will explore and engage with: \nDay 1 (3 hours) \n\nWelcome and introductions\nWho are we designing for and what are we trying to achieve?\nDesign parameters to improve safety performance\nDesign Exercise 1: Intersection critique\n\nDay 2 (3 hours) \n\nIntersection design treatments (geometry and timing)\nIntersection traffic control devices (markings and signs)\nDesign Exercise 2: Major street intersection\nDesign Exercise 3: Minor Street intersection\n\nVideo conferencing for this training session will be hosted on Zoom\, which will allow for the material to be shared live and questions from participants to be addressed throughout the workshop. Participants will learn in large and small group formats with the use of break-out rooms to reflect on the course material and collaborate on curated design exercises. Additionally\, this training will incorporate online collaboration using a ‘virtual whiteboard’ platform (Miro) where participants can create a variety of design solutions and evaluate them as a group. \nDates and Times \nThis training workshop will be provided three times throughout 2021 on the following dates: \n\nMonday and Tuesday\, June 14 and 15\, from 1:00PM until 4:00PM Eastern Time\nTuesday and Wednesday\, September 14 and 15\, from 1:00PM until 4:00PM Eastern Time\nThursday and Friday\, October 21 and 22\, from 1:00PM until 4:00PM Eastern Time\n\n \nRegistration Fee: \n\n$175 per individual student registration\n$200 per individual CITE member\n$250 per individual non-member\n\nWorkshop Capacity = 40 participants maximum per session\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://tooledesign.zoom.us/j/96584994061?pwd=K1ZKSkIxWktYdEJoNDFVT1VVdzk2dz09\n
URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/2021-09-14/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Training,Virtual,Workshop
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Join Virtual EventDESCRIPTION:Learn how to plan\, design and balance the needs of all transportation modes at intersections\nOffered by: CITE Training Committee \nWorkshop Summary \nIntersections are the location where the highest number of conflicts occur\, making them uncomfortable places for people walking\, biking\, and driving. Communities across Canada and North America have been transforming streets to achieve broader objectives (economic development\, climate resilience) and increase multimodal safety. Many designers have found challenges with how to design the intersections. This training workshop will include intersection design approaches for different contexts (urban\, suburban\, cities\, towns) and will provide transportation professionals with: \n\nBetter understanding of the goals for intersection design to achieve safety and mode share objectives;\nKnowledge of the evidence-based research that underpins these goals and selecting design elements;\nHands-on experience designing intersections with innovative design elements.\n\nThe learning objectives for this workshop are to: \n\nIncrease understanding of evidence-based intersection design approaches and principles;\nIncrease knowledge of design guidelines and industry reference resources;\nApply the training materials to real-world intersections\, working through the design process/trade-offs\, during interactive group design exercises; and\nProvide opportunities for peer-to-peer exchange between participants\, share their own experiences.\n\n \nAbout your Workshop Facilitators \n \n \nTyler Golly\, P.Eng.\, RSP1 \nTyler is a Professional Engineer\, registered in Alberta and Ontario\, who has planned and designed multimodal transportation systems in Canada\, the United States\, and New Zealand. He has experience leading and implementing multimodal street design guides and has delivered Complete Street and walking/bicycling design projects that have improved safety\, accessibility\, health\, and mobility for people of all ages and abilities and in all seasons. Tyler co-authored the Institute of Transportation Engineer’s (ITE) Protected Bikeways Practitioner’s Guide and Lecture Series\, contributed to the Integrated Bicycle Design and Integrated Pedestrian Design chapters of the Transportation Association of Canada’s (TAC) Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads\, peer reviewed Auckland’s Bicycle Quality of Service Framework\, and served as technical advisor for ITE’s Implementing Context Sensitive Design on Multimodal Corridors: An ITE Handbook. \n \nRyan Martinson\, P.Eng.\, RSP1 \nRyan is a Professional Engineer registered in Alberta. He has worked on strategic plans\, master plans\, conceptual design\, evaluations\, and safety reviews of projects in North America and New Zealand. Ryan’s work includes being involved in planning and design Complete Streets networks and corridors; developing design guidance for municipalities and agencies; leading training courses on design and planning concepts; developing graduate courses related to sustainability and complexity; participating in research projects related to the built environment; and teaching and mentoring university students. He is keenly aware of how the built environment influences how we use and interact with our surroundings\, and he employs a user-based design approach to infrastructure design\, planning\, and operations. \nWorkshop Format \nThis course will be delivered using online instructional tools over two half-day workshops. The following is an overview of the workshop agenda and topics that participants will explore and engage with: \nDay 1 (3 hours) \n\nWelcome and introductions\nWho are we designing for and what are we trying to achieve?\nDesign parameters to improve safety performance\nDesign Exercise 1: Intersection critique\n\nDay 2 (3 hours) \n\nIntersection design treatments (geometry and timing)\nIntersection traffic control devices (markings and signs)\nDesign Exercise 2: Major street intersection\nDesign Exercise 3: Minor Street intersection\n\nVideo conferencing for this training session will be hosted on Zoom\, which will allow for the material to be shared live and questions from participants to be addressed throughout the workshop. Participants will learn in large and small group formats with the use of break-out rooms to reflect on the course material and collaborate on curated design exercises. Additionally\, this training will incorporate online collaboration using a ‘virtual whiteboard’ platform (Miro) where participants can create a variety of design solutions and evaluate them as a group. \nDates and Times \nThis training workshop will be provided three times throughout 2021 on the following dates: \n\nMonday and Tuesday\, June 14 and 15\, from 1:00PM until 4:00PM Eastern Time\nTuesday and Wednesday\, September 14 and 15\, from 1:00PM until 4:00PM Eastern Time\nThursday and Friday\, October 21 and 22\, from 1:00PM until 4:00PM Eastern Time\n\n \nRegistration Fee: \n\n$175 per individual student registration\n$200 per individual CITE member\n$250 per individual non-member\n\nWorkshop Capacity = 40 participants maximum per session
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210915T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210915T133000
DTSTAMP:20260515T032931
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SUMMARY:ITE Hamilton Virtual Speaking Event
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce the next Virtual Speaker Event of the ITE Hamilton Section is scheduled for Wednesday September 15th\, 2021. \nThis event will include a presentation by Ms. Josée Dumont and Mr. Alexandre Nolet of True North Safety Group on the benefits of proactive Road Safety Programs on liability risk. \nA short student presentation will also be made by Mr. Bryan Christopher on the benefits of Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) cameras in the City of Hamilton. \n \n\n\n\nDate:\nWednesday September 15th\, 2021\n\n\nDigital Platform:\nMicrosoft Teams Meeting \nClick on “Join Microsoft Teams Meeting” link in the invite to join the meeting at the scheduled time. Please note that you do not need to RSVP for this event here if you already have the meeting link that was sent by the Section.\n\n\n\nGuest Speaker:\nThe Benefits of Proactive Road Safety Programs on Liability Risk \nPresented by Ms. Josée Dumont and Mr. Alexandre Nolet\, True North Safety Group \nThrough recent municipality liability cases\, Ms. Josée Dumont and Mr. Alexandre Nolet will provide examples of road safety programs (e.g. traffic control devices reviews\, lighting assessments\, safety reviews\, and road safety audits) effectively minimizing exposure of road authorities to road claims while improving safety.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime:\n12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST\n\n\n\nPlease have your microphone on mute when joining the Microsoft Teams Meeting. \n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://youtu.be/QOd2UoBvlGc\n
URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-hamilton-virtual-speaking-event/
LOCATION:Hamilton Area (Virtual)\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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Join Virtual EventDESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce the next Virtual Speaker Event of the ITE Hamilton Section is scheduled for Wednesday September 15th\, 2021. \nThis event will include a presentation by Ms. Josée Dumont and Mr. Alexandre Nolet of True North Safety Group on the benefits of proactive Road Safety Programs on liability risk. \nA short student presentation will also be made by Mr. Bryan Christopher on the benefits of Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) cameras in the City of Hamilton. \n \n\n\n\nDate:\nWednesday September 15th\, 2021\n\n\nDigital Platform:\nMicrosoft Teams Meeting \nClick on “Join Microsoft Teams Meeting” link in the invite to join the meeting at the scheduled time. Please note that you do not need to RSVP for this event here if you already have the meeting link that was sent by the Section.\n\n\n\nGuest Speaker:\nThe Benefits of Proactive Road Safety Programs on Liability Risk \nPresented by Ms. Josée Dumont and Mr. Alexandre Nolet\, True North Safety Group \nThrough recent municipality liability cases\, Ms. Josée Dumont and Mr. Alexandre Nolet will provide examples of road safety programs (e.g. traffic control devices reviews\, lighting assessments\, safety reviews\, and road safety audits) effectively minimizing exposure of road authorities to road claims while improving safety.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime:\n12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. EST\n\n\n\nPlease have your microphone on mute when joining the Microsoft Teams Meeting.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210923T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210923T133000
DTSTAMP:20260515T032931
CREATED:20210914T171319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210914T172024Z
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SUMMARY:Union Station Bus Terminal Virtual Tour (Hosted by the ITE Toronto Section)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this virtual tour of the new Union Station Bus Terminal with Metrolinx and hosted by ITE’s Toronto Section. \n \nFor more details visit: https://www.itetoronto.ca/calendar/unionstationbusterminal\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MGFjNjEwMGItOWQ3My00NGYzLTgyZWYtODRhYmM1ZjhmYzdi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22434482ed-33bb-46c5-87d8-ceaf03a8b413%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22f565d32c-e17e-496b-95f2-4ab05f68e117%22%7d\n
URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/union-station-bus-terminal-virtual-tour-hosted-by-the-ite-toronto-section/
LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Tour,Virtual
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Join Virtual EventDESCRIPTION:Join us for this virtual tour of the new Union Station Bus Terminal with Metrolinx and hosted by ITE’s Toronto Section. \n \nFor more details visit: https://www.itetoronto.ca/calendar/unionstationbusterminal
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210928T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210928T130000
DTSTAMP:20260515T032931
CREATED:20210914T201117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210915T002709Z
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SUMMARY:ITE National Capital Section Webinar: Spatial Mapping of Winter Road Surface Conditions
DESCRIPTION:Spatial Mapping of Winter Road Surface Conditions \nPresenters: Dr. Tae J. Kwon and Mingjian Wu \n \nCITE NCS is hosting Dr. Tae J. Kwon and Mr. Mingjian Wu (winner of the 2021 CITE Student Paper Competition) from the University of Alberta to present their research on innovative new methods to more effectively map winter road surface conditions. Join us to learn more about how this research can help improve traffic safety and mobility in winter climates. \nAbstract: \nWinter road surface condition (RSC) is an important factor for both traffic safety and mobility. Due to its high importance\, jurisdictions are actively seeking to improve the RSC of their road network through employing mobile and stationary road weather information system (RWIS) to facilitate their winter road maintenance (WRM) program. One notable feature of these RWIS stations is that they are equipped with cameras that provide users with a direct view of the road; however\, checking the road to determine the RSC via cameras is still being done manually\, which is an inefficient process that prevents the full utilization of these rich images. Additionally\, due to the high installation and operation cost of RWIS\, jurisdictions can only afford to deploy them to a limited number of locations\, resulting in large spatial informational gaps between stations\, which must be filled in to promote safer driving conditions and lower WRM operation costs. The presenters proposed an innovative methodological framework that incorporates both deep learning and geostatistical methods for the continuous mapping of RSC using two types of RWIS. \nDr. Tae J. Kwon joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta as an Assistant Professor in 2016 after receiving his Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo with the prestigious doctoral dissertation award. Dr. Kwon’s research focuses on winter road maintenance\, location optimization of Intelligent Transportation System facilities\, geomatics\, spatial and temporal analyses of road traffic and safety using Big Data and Deep Learning. Dr. Kwon has published nearly 60 papers including peer-reviewed journal and conference papers\, project reports and book chapters. Dr. Kwon received the 2019 Great Supervisor Award for excellent supervisory contributions. In 2020\, Dr. Kwon was awarded the 2020 Faculty of Engineering Early-Career Research Award in recognition of excellence in research and his influence at both national and international levels. Dr. Kwon’s research has been supported by many organizations including NSERC\, Alberta Transportation\, Alberta EcoTrust\, Iowa Department of Transportation\, CIMA+\, and others. \nBeginning in January 2020\, Mr. Mingjian Wu started his PhD career in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta under the supervision of Dr. Tae J. Kwon after successfully defending his MSc thesis. During his MSc studies\, Mr. Wu focused on quantifying the safety effects of driver feedback sign (DFS) and its location allocation strategies under the co-supervision of Dr. Kwon and Dr. El-Basyouny. During his short tenure as a graduate student at the University of Alberta\, he has published a total of 6 publications. Mr. Wu’s current research interests lie primarily in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data analysis in winter transportation engineering (e.g.\, winter road maintenance)\, traffic safety and collision modelling\, and facility location and allocation optimizations using various heuristic algorithms.\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://global.gotomeeting.com/join/716363365\n
URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-national-capital-section-webinar-spatial-mapping-of-winter-road-surface-conditions/
LOCATION:Ottawa Area (Virtual)\, Ottawa\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar
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Join Virtual EventDESCRIPTION:Spatial Mapping of Winter Road Surface Conditions \nPresenters: Dr. Tae J. Kwon and Mingjian Wu \n \nCITE NCS is hosting Dr. Tae J. Kwon and Mr. Mingjian Wu (winner of the 2021 CITE Student Paper Competition) from the University of Alberta to present their research on innovative new methods to more effectively map winter road surface conditions. Join us to learn more about how this research can help improve traffic safety and mobility in winter climates. \nAbstract: \nWinter road surface condition (RSC) is an important factor for both traffic safety and mobility. Due to its high importance\, jurisdictions are actively seeking to improve the RSC of their road network through employing mobile and stationary road weather information system (RWIS) to facilitate their winter road maintenance (WRM) program. One notable feature of these RWIS stations is that they are equipped with cameras that provide users with a direct view of the road; however\, checking the road to determine the RSC via cameras is still being done manually\, which is an inefficient process that prevents the full utilization of these rich images. Additionally\, due to the high installation and operation cost of RWIS\, jurisdictions can only afford to deploy them to a limited number of locations\, resulting in large spatial informational gaps between stations\, which must be filled in to promote safer driving conditions and lower WRM operation costs. The presenters proposed an innovative methodological framework that incorporates both deep learning and geostatistical methods for the continuous mapping of RSC using two types of RWIS. \nDr. Tae J. Kwon joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta as an Assistant Professor in 2016 after receiving his Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo with the prestigious doctoral dissertation award. Dr. Kwon’s research focuses on winter road maintenance\, location optimization of Intelligent Transportation System facilities\, geomatics\, spatial and temporal analyses of road traffic and safety using Big Data and Deep Learning. Dr. Kwon has published nearly 60 papers including peer-reviewed journal and conference papers\, project reports and book chapters. Dr. Kwon received the 2019 Great Supervisor Award for excellent supervisory contributions. In 2020\, Dr. Kwon was awarded the 2020 Faculty of Engineering Early-Career Research Award in recognition of excellence in research and his influence at both national and international levels. Dr. Kwon’s research has been supported by many organizations including NSERC\, Alberta Transportation\, Alberta EcoTrust\, Iowa Department of Transportation\, CIMA+\, and others. \nBeginning in January 2020\, Mr. Mingjian Wu started his PhD career in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta under the supervision of Dr. Tae J. Kwon after successfully defending his MSc thesis. During his MSc studies\, Mr. Wu focused on quantifying the safety effects of driver feedback sign (DFS) and its location allocation strategies under the co-supervision of Dr. Kwon and Dr. El-Basyouny. During his short tenure as a graduate student at the University of Alberta\, he has published a total of 6 publications. Mr. Wu’s current research interests lie primarily in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data analysis in winter transportation engineering (e.g.\, winter road maintenance)\, traffic safety and collision modelling\, and facility location and allocation optimizations using various heuristic algorithms.
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