BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ITE Canada - ECPv6.17.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:ITE Canada X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.itecanada.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ITE Canada REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250520T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250520T140000 DTSTAMP:20250514T173804Z CREATED:20250429T174616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T173804Z UID:10000768-1747735200-1747749600@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto Event Registration - CNIB Workshop DESCRIPTION:ITE Toronto is pleased to invite you to an in-person workshop partnered with CNIB on Tuesday\, May 20\, 2025\, from 10:00am to 2:00pm ET hosted at the CNIB building\, located at 1929 Bayview Avenue\, Level 2\, Room MR-220 Boardroom. This workshop will feature a panelist of speakers to discuss accessibility requirements and needs to consider in transportation infrastructure design from the perspectives of leading experts in the industry\, academic institution\, public sector and the CNIB community.  A Q&A session will follow the presentations\, and lunch will be provided to attendees. We will end the event with a walking tour within the neighbourhood area of the CNIB building to further address accessibility concerns within existing pedestrian zones and road infrastructure\, so please wear sensible shoes and clothing suitable to the weather. The walking tour is optional to attendees but highly encouraged. Registration closes on May 15th at noon\, so get your ticket while quantities last! \n\nAgenda:\n\n10-10:20am | Social Networking\, Setup\, Guest Arrivals\n10:20-10:30am | Introduction\n10:30-12:00pm | Panelist Presentations\n12:00-12:30pm | Q&A\n12:30-1pm | Lunch\n1-2pm | Walking Tour and Closing\n\n\n\n\nSponsorship:\n\nGold Sponsor ($500) Sponsors are invited to bring a roll-up board with a banner stand (24″ to 33″ x80″) to promote their transportation services. Their company’s logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and recognized verbally in the proceedings. As well\, one free individual member registration will be included.\nSilver Sponsor ($300) Company logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and the company will be recognized verbally in the proceedings.\n\n\n\nPresenters\nLorene Casiez\, BScN\, MN\, BDes\, WELL AP\, RHFAC – Accessibility Project Lead\, Human Space \nLorene coordinates and manages all aspects of the accessibility practice including team operations\, project delivery and client relationships. She ensures that we maintain a high level of accessibility in all of our projects and steers the practice towards projects that will have a meaningful impact. She strategically analyzes the market and our clients’ needs\, while also contributing her technical expertise on accessibility requirements and inclusive design strategies to a range of projects. Lorene is also able to advise clients how to optimize their built environments for human health and happiness. \nHer passion for wellbeing and inclusion derives from her background in public health and nursing. It is her goal to impress upon designers and property owners the importance of creating environments that can be enjoyed by all and to help apply the lens of inclusion to all decisions made about a project. Lorene has led complex building accessibility audits\, consulted on large-scale design projects for all building types and has created numerous universal design guidelines. Her experience includes working with interdisciplinary teams that include real estate developers\, architecture firms\, municipalities and government bodies. \nMary Ann Bent – Manager\, Accessible Navigation & Wayfinding\, CNIB \nMary Ann is a pioneer in the world of navigation and wayfinding for people who are blind or partially sighted\, with a practiced art for designing and installing workable solutions. She leads the CNIB Frontier Accessibility Navigation and Wayfinding effort\, and its goal to make the built environment accessible for all” \n  \n  \n  \n Pina Mallozzi\, BLA\, MLA – Senior VP\, Design\, Waterfront Toronto \nPina Mallozzi is the Senior Vice President\, Design at Waterfront Toronto. She is responsible for the planning and design of a large portfolio of projects which includes the revitalization of Queens Quay\, the Gardiner East EA and Public Realm Plan and other parks and public spaces emerging on the waterfront. She has worked closely with consultant teams and community stakeholders for over fifteen years in order to ensure that Waterfront Toronto’s vision for vibrant\, well-designed communities and public spaces is realized. She is a Landscape Architect with a Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University. \n  \nDr. Juan Pernia – Associate Professor\, Lakehead University \nJuan C. Pernia holds a BS in Civil Engineering from La Universidad de Los Andes\, Venezuela\, and a MSc and PhD of Civil Engineering from the University of South Florida\, USA. Dr. Pernia is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay\, ON\, Canada. His areas of research include Accessibility in Transportation\, Highway Safety\, Traffic Operations and Pavement Performance. Dr. Pernia is currently working on projects related to the accessibility of people with vision loss at roundabouts and floating bus stops. \nDebbie Gillespie – CNIB \nA passionate and professional Accessibility Consultant with over 20 years of lived experience and expertise in the fields of digital accessibility\, policy development and navigational wayfinding pertaining to the built environment. Focusing on user requirements\, strategies\, and techniques utilized by people living with sight loss\, a strong advocate\, advisor and change maker. URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-event-registration-cnib-workshop/ LOCATION:CNIB (Toronto)\, 1929 Bayview Avenue\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada CATEGORIES:Luncheon,Mixer ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.7179481;-79.3777076 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CNIB (Toronto) 1929 Bayview Avenue Toronto ON Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1929 Bayview Avenue:geo:-79.3777076,43.7179481 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250325T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250325T133000 DTSTAMP:20250325T114636Z CREATED:20250313T144922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T114636Z UID:10000753-1742904000-1742909400@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:Joint ITE Toronto\, Hamilton\, SW Ontario Virtual Event - Connecting Communities: Exploring Transit Reach and Competitiveness DESCRIPTION:Registrants will be eligible for 1.5 professional development credits/hours (PDH). \nJoin ITE Toronto\, Hamilton\, and Southwestern Sections for an engaging virtual event\, Connecting Communities: Exploring Transit Reach and Competitiveness. This insightful session will delve into the critical role of transit systems in fostering connectivity\, sustainability\, and economic growth across Ontario’s diverse landscapes. \nFrom large metropolitan to medium-sized cities and smaller communities\, this event will showcase innovative strategies\, challenges\, and success stories in enhancing transit reach and competitiveness. Hear from industry experts as they share their perspectives on how effective transit networks can bridge gaps\, improve accessibility\, drive community development and shapes the livability and competitiveness of cities of all sizes. \nSpeakers\nSusan Mills – Huron Shores Area Transit (HSAT) \nSusan Mills serves as the Transit Coordinator for Huron Shores Area Transit (HSAT)\, a small but thriving rural transit system managed by the Municipality of Lambton Shores in collaboration with South Huron\, Bluewater\, North Middlesex\, and Kettle & Stony Point First Nation. Before stepping into her role at HSAT in 2022\, Susan was the manager of the local chamber of commerce\, where she gained valuable insight into the needs of local communities\, businesses\, and resident travel patterns—expertise that now helps shape HSAT’s services. Launched in December 2020\, HSAT has become one of the most successful pilot transit projects funded by the Ontario Community Rural Transit Grant program\, achieving an impressive 1\,685% growth rate since its inception. \nNick Chaloux –Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) \nNick is a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) and transit planner with a background in transit equity\, long-range planning\, and transit business casing. Nick is leading HSR’s Strategy team\, working alongside passionate transit professionals to deliver major projects like Hamilton’s new bus garage\, integrating HSR service into the Hamilton LRT project\, and crafting a new framework for transit planning data and analytics. Since joining the City of Hamilton in 2024\, Nick led phasing and implementation planning for HSR’s next growth plan\, HSR Next\, which plans significant transit expansion in underserved areas of Hamilton. \nJessica Deslippe – Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) \nJessica Deslippe\, P.Eng\, is the Project Manager for the Bus Rapid Transit portfolio at the TTC. In collaboration with the City of Toronto\, Jessica is working to bring fast\, frequent\, and reliable bus service to neighborhoods across the city\, improving how people move through\, and interact with\, their communities.\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjU0ZmQxN2EtYzU5My00ZWE5LTgwMDMtMjQ3MzkzMGZjYzdi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22f0bc8ec6-9ed8-4d0c-9189-411ad949cc65%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225f4861a1-afcd-4221-ab3e-19286725f253%22%7d\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-hamilton-southwestontario-joint-connecting-communities-march-2025/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.itecanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/SWOHamiltonToronto-Joint-Virtual-Event-March-25.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:Registrants will be eligible for 1.5 professional development credits/hours (PDH). \nJoin ITE Toronto\, Hamilton\, and Southwestern Sections for an engaging virtual event\, Connecting Communities: Exploring Transit Reach and Competitiveness. This insightful session will delve into the critical role of transit systems in fostering connectivity\, sustainability\, and economic growth across Ontario’s diverse landscapes. \nFrom large metropolitan to medium-sized cities and smaller communities\, this event will showcase innovative strategies\, challenges\, and success stories in enhancing transit reach and competitiveness. Hear from industry experts as they share their perspectives on how effective transit networks can bridge gaps\, improve accessibility\, drive community development and shapes the livability and competitiveness of cities of all sizes. \nSpeakers\nSusan Mills – Huron Shores Area Transit (HSAT) \nSusan Mills serves as the Transit Coordinator for Huron Shores Area Transit (HSAT)\, a small but thriving rural transit system managed by the Municipality of Lambton Shores in collaboration with South Huron\, Bluewater\, North Middlesex\, and Kettle & Stony Point First Nation. Before stepping into her role at HSAT in 2022\, Susan was the manager of the local chamber of commerce\, where she gained valuable insight into the needs of local communities\, businesses\, and resident travel patterns—expertise that now helps shape HSAT’s services. Launched in December 2020\, HSAT has become one of the most successful pilot transit projects funded by the Ontario Community Rural Transit Grant program\, achieving an impressive 1\,685% growth rate since its inception. \nNick Chaloux –Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) \nNick is a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) and transit planner with a background in transit equity\, long-range planning\, and transit business casing. Nick is leading HSR’s Strategy team\, working alongside passionate transit professionals to deliver major projects like Hamilton’s new bus garage\, integrating HSR service into the Hamilton LRT project\, and crafting a new framework for transit planning data and analytics. Since joining the City of Hamilton in 2024\, Nick led phasing and implementation planning for HSR’s next growth plan\, HSR Next\, which plans significant transit expansion in underserved areas of Hamilton. \nJessica Deslippe – Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) \nJessica Deslippe\, P.Eng\, is the Project Manager for the Bus Rapid Transit portfolio at the TTC. In collaboration with the City of Toronto\, Jessica is working to bring fast\, frequent\, and reliable bus service to neighborhoods across the city\, improving how people move through\, and interact with\, their communities. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241206T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241206T230000 DTSTAMP:20241129T130905Z CREATED:20240808T162534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241129T130905Z UID:10000691-1733508000-1733526000@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto Section: 50th Anniversary Gala & AGM DESCRIPTION:We are excited to invite you to the ITE Toronto 50th Anniversary Gala AGM at 6:00 PM on Friday\, December 6\, 2024 at the Old Mill Toronto. Please join us to celebrate 50 years of ITE in Toronto with an evening of good food and great company. The event will start at 6 PM with a social hour\, followed by a served dinner (meal selection in ticket details) and two keynote presentations from past ITE Toronto Section Presidents. The AGM and presentation of ITE Toronto Awards will immediately follow the speaker presentations. \nDon’t miss this opportunity to connect with fellow professionals and celebrate ITE Toronto while gaining insights in transportation and urban planning. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions; we look forward to seeing you there! \nName: 50th Anniversary Gala & AGM\nDate: Friday\, December 6\, 2024\nTime: 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM\nLocation: Old Mill Toronto\, 21 Old Mill Road Toronto\, Ontario M8X 1G5 https://www.oldmilltoronto.com/ \nThe dress code for this event is semi-formal. We are excited to celebrate this milestone with everyone\, plus ones are welcome to attend. Please select the “Non-Member” ticket option for any guest. This year\, this event replaces the annual Christmas Luncheon. \nTicket sales for this event end on November 29\, 2024 at 5pm. \nSchedule:\n6:00PM: Check-in & Networking\n7:00 PM: Introductions & Dinner\n7:30 PM: Keynote Presentations\n9:00 PM: AGM/ Awards\n \nSpeakers and Presentations: \nDave Richardson\, ITE Toronto President 1983/1984 \nDave joined the ITE shortly after graduation from the University of Waterloo in 1974 and went on to serve as President of the Section and then the District. He began his career at Metropolitan Toronto where he managed the Traffic Control Centre\, then went on to become the Deputy Chief of Staff for Metro Chairmen Dennis Flynn and Alan Tonks. In 1990 he joined Marshall Macklin Monaghan and continued his role in ITE as International Director. His enduring career in consulting with MMM/WSP ended with his retirement in 2021\, but he continues to be actively involved in ITE on various committees and through attendance at conferences and workshops. \nAngela Gibson\, ITE Toronto President 2016 \nAngela is the Past President and Board member for Institute of Transportation Engineers\, Toronto Section (2010 – 2017). Angela helped create a new charter for the organization and provided strategic oversight to grow student membership. Currently\, Angela is the Head\, Strategy and Foresight at the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) responsible for ensuring that the third largest transit agency in North America is ready for change and disruption. Angela leads a challenging effort of integrating equity and inclusion in her diverse portfolio which includes fare policy\, digital connectivity\, innovation\, accessibility and systems planning. Angela is a Registered Professional Planner with over 20 years of urban planning experience focused on creating complete and connected communities through facilitating the synergies between land use and transit planning. \nTransit\, Parking and Accommodations \nOld Mill Toronto is located 250 metres (approximately 3 minute walk) from the Old Mill Subway Station on Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth). \nPaid parking is provided across the street from the venue at 21 Old Mill Road. Parking rates are $2.00/hour with a daily maximum of $12.00. \nAttendees wishing to stay overnight may contact Old Mill Toronto Hotel (416) 232-3703 and mention the ITE Toronto 50 th Anniversary Gala to receive a discounted rate. \nSponsorships: \n\nGold Level Sponsorship ($500): Sponsors are invited to bring a roll-up board with\na banner stand (24″ to 33″ x80″) to promote their transportation services. Their\ncompany’s logo will be included in the event presentation and recognized verbally in\nthe proceedings. As well\, one free individual member registration will be included.\nSilver Level Sponsorship ($300): Company logo will be included in the event\npresentation and the company will be recognized verbally in the proceedings.\nRegistration ticket not included.\n\nTicket sales for this event end on November 29\, 2024 at 5pm. URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-section-50th-anniversary-gala-agm/ LOCATION:Old Mill Toronto\, 21 Old Mill Road\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M8X 1G5\, Canada CATEGORIES:AGM,Dinner ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.6509023;-79.4939011 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Old Mill Toronto 21 Old Mill Road Toronto Ontario M8X 1G5 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=21 Old Mill Road:geo:-79.4939011,43.6509023 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241119T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241119T130000 DTSTAMP:20241118T162821Z CREATED:20241025T180658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241118T162821Z UID:10000722-1732017600-1732021200@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto: Accessibility and Inclusion in the Built Environment (virtual) DESCRIPTION:Through presentation and interactive discussions\, this webinar will address how we can create more accessible and inclusive built environments for all. This includes the interaction with transportation engineering and design. \nSpeaker\nHaley Rae Lawson (she/her) BDes\, RHFAC Professional\, is a Toronto-based Senior Accessibility Specialist at Human Space\, the inclusive design profession of BDP – a global architecture\, design and urbanism consultancy. She helps to create thoughtful and innovative solutions that promote equity\, wellbeing and participation in the built environment. Haley Rae helps to lead and develop inclusive design strategies and practices across multiple complex projects and various public forums. She primarily focuses on services such as consulting\, certification and benchmarking\, guidelines and standards\, building audits\, and training. Haley Rae contributes her technical expertise on international\, national\, provincial and municipal accessibility requirements and better practices. She actively practices allyship\, and draws on her lived\, professional and volunteer experiences to advocate for inclusion\, equity and accessibility. Haley Rae’s background in environmental design\, and experience as a design educator at OCAD University\, contribute to her unique perspective in accessibility consulting. She is committed to using an intersectional approach to design\, actively including and learning from people with a range of perspectives and educating others about the diversity of ways to create spaces for all. \n \n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZmQ0NmFkM2ItODM4My00MWYyLWJkMzktYmExNDFhMWZiZDQ0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22875688ea-8b21-4b98-b25b-4b81851ad72d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%224a3ba1e2-3eaf-46fd-a2aa-5dc1b59160ca%22%7d\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-accessibility-and-inclusion-in-the-built-environment-virtual/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:Through presentation and interactive discussions\, this webinar will address how we can create more accessible and inclusive built environments for all. This includes the interaction with transportation engineering and design. \nSpeaker\nHaley Rae Lawson (she/her) BDes\, RHFAC Professional\, is a Toronto-based Senior Accessibility Specialist at Human Space\, the inclusive design profession of BDP – a global architecture\, design and urbanism consultancy. She helps to create thoughtful and innovative solutions that promote equity\, wellbeing and participation in the built environment. Haley Rae helps to lead and develop inclusive design strategies and practices across multiple complex projects and various public forums. She primarily focuses on services such as consulting\, certification and benchmarking\, guidelines and standards\, building audits\, and training. Haley Rae contributes her technical expertise on international\, national\, provincial and municipal accessibility requirements and better practices. She actively practices allyship\, and draws on her lived\, professional and volunteer experiences to advocate for inclusion\, equity and accessibility. Haley Rae’s background in environmental design\, and experience as a design educator at OCAD University\, contribute to her unique perspective in accessibility consulting. She is committed to using an intersectional approach to design\, actively including and learning from people with a range of perspectives and educating others about the diversity of ways to create spaces for all. \n  END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241028T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241028T130000 DTSTAMP:20241127T141357Z CREATED:20241016T154538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241127T141357Z UID:10000719-1730116800-1730120400@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto: Transit Priority Measures in the City of Toronto (virtual) DESCRIPTION:To improve the speed and reliability of surface transit the TTC employs several Transit Priority Measures (TPMs). TPMs include policies\, technology\, and infrastructure projects that support the bus and streetcar network. This presentation gives information on the supporting policies that enable these measures and how they are implemented. The main TPMs that the TTC uses and will be covered include: Transit Signal Priority\, Queue Jump Lanes\, Bus Priority Lanes\, and Regulatory Changes. In addition\, several projects will be presented that demonstrate these TPMs in action. \nSpeakers \nMarc Tan\nMarc is the Manager of Transportation Engineering at TTC\, leading a team Transportation Engineers and Technicians for several years to help Toronto’s Streetcars and Buses move faster and more reliably. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario with over 10 years of experience with skills in traffic operations\, TSP systems design\, Transit Priority Measures\, transit and traffic management plans and traffic modeling software. Throughout his career Marc has been working closely with different municipal and transit agencies\, as well as delivering several public transit P3 projects in the GTA. He is very passionate about the design and planning public transit systems through data driven approaches. \nJordan Hart-Bishop\nJordan is a Senior Transportation Engineer with the TTC in Operations Planning. His background includes work within the public\, private\, and academic sectors. Jordan has a passion for traffic operations with a focus on signalized control. He has completed numerous planning and operations studies with the use of Synchro. \n  \n \n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZWY2MjcyNGMtZjA5NS00Yzg5LTgzOTctMjEwNDMxMjk0YjM1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22875688ea-8b21-4b98-b25b-4b81851ad72d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%224a3ba1e2-3eaf-46fd-a2aa-5dc1b59160ca%22%7d\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-transit-priority-measures-in-the-city-of-toronto-virtual/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:To improve the speed and reliability of surface transit the TTC employs several Transit Priority Measures (TPMs). TPMs include policies\, technology\, and infrastructure projects that support the bus and streetcar network. This presentation gives information on the supporting policies that enable these measures and how they are implemented. The main TPMs that the TTC uses and will be covered include: Transit Signal Priority\, Queue Jump Lanes\, Bus Priority Lanes\, and Regulatory Changes. In addition\, several projects will be presented that demonstrate these TPMs in action. \nSpeakers \nMarc Tan\nMarc is the Manager of Transportation Engineering at TTC\, leading a team Transportation Engineers and Technicians for several years to help Toronto’s Streetcars and Buses move faster and more reliably. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario with over 10 years of experience with skills in traffic operations\, TSP systems design\, Transit Priority Measures\, transit and traffic management plans and traffic modeling software. Throughout his career Marc has been working closely with different municipal and transit agencies\, as well as delivering several public transit P3 projects in the GTA. He is very passionate about the design and planning public transit systems through data driven approaches. \nJordan Hart-Bishop\nJordan is a Senior Transportation Engineer with the TTC in Operations Planning. His background includes work within the public\, private\, and academic sectors. Jordan has a passion for traffic operations with a focus on signalized control. He has completed numerous planning and operations studies with the use of Synchro. \n  \n  END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240912T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240912T130000 DTSTAMP:20240912T155055Z CREATED:20240807T135316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240912T155055Z UID:10000689-1726142400-1726146000@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto Section: A Webinar with Jarrett Walker DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the revised edition of Jarrett Walker’s influential book Human Transit\, Revised Edition: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives. The new edition deepens its explanations about the basic principles of public transit\, informed by his work as a network planning consultant. New topics include the problem with specialization; the role of flexible or “demand response” services; how to know when to redesign your network; and responding to tech-industry claims that transit will soon be obsolete.  Finally\, he added a major new section exploring the idea of access to opportunity as a core measure of transit’s success. \n\nSpeaker: \n  \nJarrett Walker\, PhD\, is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy. He has been a full-time consultant since 1991 and has led numerous major planning projects in North America\, Australia\, and New Zealand. He is Founder and Principal Consultant at Jarrett Walker + Associates\, based in Portland\, Oregon. \nHe is the author of the popular public transit blog HumanTransit.org\, and the book Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives (Island Press\, 2011). This book is a friendly\, non-technical introduction to transit’s underlying geometry\, and the real value judgments that must be explored to make both transit and development policy. His background integrates an arts and humanities PhD (Stanford\, 1996) with long technical experience in all aspects of transit and its role in city-building. He is a frequent keynote speaker\, teacher\, and facilitator of decision-making processes. \n  \n \n \n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Mjk2Mjg3NjEtY2ZiOS00MmY4LWI4NzMtN2QxZTNhMmM1ZmVh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22875688ea-8b21-4b98-b25b-4b81851ad72d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%224a3ba1e2-3eaf-46fd-a2aa-5dc1b59160ca%22%7d\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-section-september-virtual-webinar/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the revised edition of Jarrett Walker’s influential book Human Transit\, Revised Edition: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives. The new edition deepens its explanations about the basic principles of public transit\, informed by his work as a network planning consultant. New topics include the problem with specialization; the role of flexible or “demand response” services; how to know when to redesign your network; and responding to tech-industry claims that transit will soon be obsolete.  Finally\, he added a major new section exploring the idea of access to opportunity as a core measure of transit’s success. \n\nSpeaker: \n  \nJarrett Walker\, PhD\, is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy. He has been a full-time consultant since 1991 and has led numerous major planning projects in North America\, Australia\, and New Zealand. He is Founder and Principal Consultant at Jarrett Walker + Associates\, based in Portland\, Oregon. \nHe is the author of the popular public transit blog HumanTransit.org\, and the book Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives (Island Press\, 2011). This book is a friendly\, non-technical introduction to transit’s underlying geometry\, and the real value judgments that must be explored to make both transit and development policy. His background integrates an arts and humanities PhD (Stanford\, 1996) with long technical experience in all aspects of transit and its role in city-building. He is a frequent keynote speaker\, teacher\, and facilitator of decision-making processes. \n  \n \n  END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240903T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240903T140000 DTSTAMP:20240828T171312Z CREATED:20240808T164655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T171312Z UID:10000690-1725361200-1725372000@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto Section: Achieving Vision Zero through a Safe Systems Approach (Hybrid) DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to announce an upcoming hybrid Road Safety Panel event hosted by ITE Toronto\, taking place on Tuesday\, September 3\, 2024\, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm ET. This exciting event will be held at the BA Group Office\, located at 95 St Clair Avenue West Suite 1000\, and will also be available online. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. \n  \nEvent Details: \nDate: Tuesday\, September 3\, 2024\nTime: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm ET\nLocation: BA Group Office\, 95 St Clair Avenue West Suite 1000\nFormat: Hybrid (In-person and online options available) \nFeatured Speakers: \nRussell Brownlee\, M.A. Sc.\, RSP1\, FITE\, P. Eng.\nCEO\, True North Safety Group (TNS) \nRussell Brownlee is a Transportation Safety Engineer with extensive experience in forensic investigation and consulting services related to transportation facility design\, construction\, operations\, human factors\, and maintenance. As the CEO of TNS\, he is a registered professional engineer in several Canadian provinces and has been recognized as an expert in transportation engineering and safety by the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario. Russell has held numerous leadership roles within ITE\, including Past President of the Toronto Section Executive and Canadian District Director on ITE’s International Board of Direction. He has received prestigious awards such as the Transportation Safety Council Edmund R. Ricker Award and the CITE Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award. \nSheyda Saneinejad\, P. Eng\, RSP1\nManager\, Vision Zero Projects\, City of Toronto \nWith over 14 years of experience in road safety and active transportation\, Sheyda Saneinejad is a professional engineer dedicated to improving safety for vulnerable road users. As the Manager of Vision Zero Projects at the City of Toronto\, she oversees various aspects of planning\, designing\, operating\, and monitoring the right of way for vulnerable road users. Sheyda holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s degree in Transportation Planning and Engineering. Her diverse experience spans both public and private sectors\, making her a key figure in the implementation of Vision Zero initiatives in Toronto. \nGeni Bahar\, P.Eng.\, P.E.\, RSPI2\, FITE\nPresident\, NAVIGATS Inc. \nGeni Bahar is a civil engineer with more than 40 years of professional experience as a researcher and practitioner in road safety management. As the President of NAVIGATS Inc.\, she has developed a broad and unique blend of expertise in analytical methodologies and tools for road safety\, traffic analysis\, collision studies\, and safety program development. Geni has played a pivotal role in several Vision Zero initiatives and has been actively involved in TRB\, ITE\, and TAC safety committees. She has been recognized for her contributions to the transportation industry with awards such as the TAC “Transportation Person of the Year” and the CARSP Lifetime Achievement Award. \nPeter Y. Park\, Ph.D.\, P.Eng.\nProfessor and Associate Dean\, Lassonde School of Engineering\, York University \nDr. Peter Y. Park is a distinguished professor and Associate Dean of Research\, Innovation\, Enterprise & Partnerships at the Lassonde School of Engineering\, York University. With 30 years of experience in both industry and academic research\, Dr. Park specializes in road and rail safety\, intelligent transportation systems\, big data analytics\, and transportation planning. He has been instrumental in developing safety tools and initiatives for various government agencies\, including GIS-based systems for identifying high collision locations and the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Countermeasure Selection Tool for “SafetyAnalyst.” Dr. Park’s extensive research and contributions to transportation safety have been published in numerous top-tier journals\, and he continues to serve on editorial boards for leading journals in the field. \nPricing: \n\nOnline: Free\nIn Person (Members): $10\nIn Person (Non-members): $15\n\nRegistration: \n\nIn Person: Limited to 50 spots (with a maximum of 15 spots reserved for students).\nOnline: Limited to 100 spots.\n\nOnly online registered participants will receive the link to join the online session. \nEvent Sponsor: We would like to extend our gratitude to BA Group for graciously sponsoring this event. \nDon’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn from and engage with leading industry experts in road safety. Register now to secure your spot!\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTgwNWJhNmQtNTk4MS00NjQyLTkxMjQtZDQyZmViNzVlZDVl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22875688ea-8b21-4b98-b25b-4b81851ad72d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%224a3ba1e2-3eaf-46fd-a2aa-5dc1b59160ca%22%7d\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-section-road-safety-panel/ LOCATION:BA Group Head Office\, 95 St Clair Avenue West Suite 1000\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Luncheon,Panel ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.686898120494476,;-79.3982458177731 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=BA Group Head Office 95 St Clair Avenue West Suite 1000 Toronto Ontario Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=95 St Clair Avenue West Suite 1000:geo:-79.3982458177731,43.686898120494476, X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to announce an upcoming hybrid Road Safety Panel event hosted by ITE Toronto\, taking place on Tuesday\, September 3\, 2024\, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm ET. This exciting event will be held at the BA Group Office\, located at 95 St Clair Avenue West Suite 1000\, and will also be available online. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. \n  \nEvent Details: \nDate: Tuesday\, September 3\, 2024\nTime: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm ET\nLocation: BA Group Office\, 95 St Clair Avenue West Suite 1000\nFormat: Hybrid (In-person and online options available) \nFeatured Speakers: \nRussell Brownlee\, M.A. Sc.\, RSP1\, FITE\, P. Eng.\nCEO\, True North Safety Group (TNS) \nRussell Brownlee is a Transportation Safety Engineer with extensive experience in forensic investigation and consulting services related to transportation facility design\, construction\, operations\, human factors\, and maintenance. As the CEO of TNS\, he is a registered professional engineer in several Canadian provinces and has been recognized as an expert in transportation engineering and safety by the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario. Russell has held numerous leadership roles within ITE\, including Past President of the Toronto Section Executive and Canadian District Director on ITE’s International Board of Direction. He has received prestigious awards such as the Transportation Safety Council Edmund R. Ricker Award and the CITE Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award. \nSheyda Saneinejad\, P. Eng\, RSP1\nManager\, Vision Zero Projects\, City of Toronto \nWith over 14 years of experience in road safety and active transportation\, Sheyda Saneinejad is a professional engineer dedicated to improving safety for vulnerable road users. As the Manager of Vision Zero Projects at the City of Toronto\, she oversees various aspects of planning\, designing\, operating\, and monitoring the right of way for vulnerable road users. Sheyda holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s degree in Transportation Planning and Engineering. Her diverse experience spans both public and private sectors\, making her a key figure in the implementation of Vision Zero initiatives in Toronto. \nGeni Bahar\, P.Eng.\, P.E.\, RSPI2\, FITE\nPresident\, NAVIGATS Inc. \nGeni Bahar is a civil engineer with more than 40 years of professional experience as a researcher and practitioner in road safety management. As the President of NAVIGATS Inc.\, she has developed a broad and unique blend of expertise in analytical methodologies and tools for road safety\, traffic analysis\, collision studies\, and safety program development. Geni has played a pivotal role in several Vision Zero initiatives and has been actively involved in TRB\, ITE\, and TAC safety committees. She has been recognized for her contributions to the transportation industry with awards such as the TAC “Transportation Person of the Year” and the CARSP Lifetime Achievement Award. \nPeter Y. Park\, Ph.D.\, P.Eng.\nProfessor and Associate Dean\, Lassonde School of Engineering\, York University \nDr. Peter Y. Park is a distinguished professor and Associate Dean of Research\, Innovation\, Enterprise & Partnerships at the Lassonde School of Engineering\, York University. With 30 years of experience in both industry and academic research\, Dr. Park specializes in road and rail safety\, intelligent transportation systems\, big data analytics\, and transportation planning. He has been instrumental in developing safety tools and initiatives for various government agencies\, including GIS-based systems for identifying high collision locations and the U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Countermeasure Selection Tool for “SafetyAnalyst.” Dr. Park’s extensive research and contributions to transportation safety have been published in numerous top-tier journals\, and he continues to serve on editorial boards for leading journals in the field. \nPricing: \n\nOnline: Free\nIn Person (Members): $10\nIn Person (Non-members): $15\n\nRegistration: \n\nIn Person: Limited to 50 spots (with a maximum of 15 spots reserved for students).\nOnline: Limited to 100 spots.\n\nOnly online registered participants will receive the link to join the online session. \nEvent Sponsor: We would like to extend our gratitude to BA Group for graciously sponsoring this event. \nDon’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn from and engage with leading industry experts in road safety. Register now to secure your spot! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240822T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240822T140000 DTSTAMP:20240809T141745Z CREATED:20240806T152255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240809T141745Z UID:10000686-1724331600-1724335200@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto Section: A Webinar with Wes Marshall DESCRIPTION:Speaker: \nWes Marshall\, PhD\, PE\, is a professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado Denver\, where he holds a joint appointment in urban planning. He plays a pivotal role as director of the CU Denver Human-Centered Transportation program and the Transportation Research Center at CU Denver. Wes is a licensed Professional Engineer and focuses on transportation teaching and research dedicated to creating safer and more sustainable transportation systems. \nWes is the author behind the 2024 book Killed by a Traffic Engineer. He also has more than 80 peer-reviewed journal publications and book chapters to his name and has received millions of dollars in research funding. Wes was the winner of the campus-wide CU Denver Outstanding Faculty in Research Award. He also has a passion for teaching and mentoring students and is the only three-time winner of the CU Denver College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty in Teaching Award. \nA native of Watertown\, Massachusetts\, Wes is a graduate of the University of Virginia (BS) and the University of Connecticut (MS and PhD). He is a recipient of the Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship\, Australia’s Endeavour Fellowship\, and the Transportation Research Board’s Wootan Award for the outstanding paper in policy and organization. \nHe has no plans to stop working on any of this anytime soon. \n  \n \n \n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZTFhZjZmMTUtMmNjNi00Y2FiLWI0MjQtNzk2YWRhZTcwYzlh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22875688ea-8b21-4b98-b25b-4b81851ad72d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%224a3ba1e2-3eaf-46fd-a2aa-5dc1b59160ca%22%7d\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-section-august-virtual-webinar/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:Speaker: \nWes Marshall\, PhD\, PE\, is a professor of civil engineering at the University of Colorado Denver\, where he holds a joint appointment in urban planning. He plays a pivotal role as director of the CU Denver Human-Centered Transportation program and the Transportation Research Center at CU Denver. Wes is a licensed Professional Engineer and focuses on transportation teaching and research dedicated to creating safer and more sustainable transportation systems. \nWes is the author behind the 2024 book Killed by a Traffic Engineer. He also has more than 80 peer-reviewed journal publications and book chapters to his name and has received millions of dollars in research funding. Wes was the winner of the campus-wide CU Denver Outstanding Faculty in Research Award. He also has a passion for teaching and mentoring students and is the only three-time winner of the CU Denver College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty in Teaching Award. \nA native of Watertown\, Massachusetts\, Wes is a graduate of the University of Virginia (BS) and the University of Connecticut (MS and PhD). He is a recipient of the Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship\, Australia’s Endeavour Fellowship\, and the Transportation Research Board’s Wootan Award for the outstanding paper in policy and organization. \nHe has no plans to stop working on any of this anytime soon. \n  \n \n  END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240725T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240725T130000 DTSTAMP:20240722T163710Z CREATED:20240710T144926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T163710Z UID:10000684-1721908800-1721912400@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto Section: Webinar "From Speed to Access: Redefining Urban Planning Strategies" DESCRIPTION:Many jurisdictions are establishing vehicle travel reduction targets and how transportation agencies can help achieve those goals. Vehicle travel reduction targets represent a shift from mobility-based planning\, which assumes that the goal is to maximize traffic speeds\, to accessibility-based planning which strives to minimize the amount of travel required to access services and activities. Vehicle travel reduction targets reduce investments in roadway expansions and parking subsidies\, and increase support for multimodal planning\, improved connectivity\, TDM programs and Smart Growth development policies. These shifts respond to changing user demands and provide many economic\, social and environmental benefits. This webinar should be of interest to anybody who wants to help create a more efficient and equitable transportation system. \nSpeaker \n \nTodd 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. \n  \n  \n*** \nAs part of its greenhouse gas reduction strategy\, the State of California stopped evaluating projects using vehicular level-of-service and replaced it with assessments of changes in vehicle miles of travel (VMT). The change ran into a host of technical issues that are still being worked through. The problems are particularly acute for projects in small towns and rural areas\, where agencies do not have traffic models designed for this type of analysis. \nGHD has developed a GIS-based methodology for assessing the VMT impacts of proposed land development projects in smaller towns and rural areas. The methodology was designed to be easy to use by agency staff using data and software they already have. It assesses VMT impacts based on residential and employment density\, the proximity of complementary land uses\, and access to a safe bicycling network. Although not perfect\, it does provide a practical tool for agencies with limited resources. \nSpeaker \n \nDon Hubbard is a senior transportation planner and traffic engineer with extensive experience in travel demand forecasting and transportation policy. Don is a rare combination of a “big-picture” regional planner and a detail-oriented traffic engineer. He specializes in highly defensible transportation analyses for projects with a strong likelihood of litigation. Don also develops new techniques for improved modeling. For example\, the “4Ds” post-processor he developed to account for smart growth characteristics is now used in models across the U.S.. Similarly\, his “dynamic validation” technique to assess model performance has now been adopted as standard practice for many agencies. \n  \n \n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Y2JlOTVjZDctODhmOS00NjNiLWE3NWQtYzRiN2UwNTJkNjMw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22875688ea-8b21-4b98-b25b-4b81851ad72d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%224a3ba1e2-3eaf-46fd-a2aa-5dc1b59160ca%22%7d\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-section-webinar-are-vehicle-travel-reduction-targets-justified/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Virtual,Webinar ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:Many jurisdictions are establishing vehicle travel reduction targets and how transportation agencies can help achieve those goals. Vehicle travel reduction targets represent a shift from mobility-based planning\, which assumes that the goal is to maximize traffic speeds\, to accessibility-based planning which strives to minimize the amount of travel required to access services and activities. Vehicle travel reduction targets reduce investments in roadway expansions and parking subsidies\, and increase support for multimodal planning\, improved connectivity\, TDM programs and Smart Growth development policies. These shifts respond to changing user demands and provide many economic\, social and environmental benefits. This webinar should be of interest to anybody who wants to help create a more efficient and equitable transportation system. \nSpeaker \n \nTodd 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. \n  \n  \n*** \nAs part of its greenhouse gas reduction strategy\, the State of California stopped evaluating projects using vehicular level-of-service and replaced it with assessments of changes in vehicle miles of travel (VMT). The change ran into a host of technical issues that are still being worked through. The problems are particularly acute for projects in small towns and rural areas\, where agencies do not have traffic models designed for this type of analysis. \nGHD has developed a GIS-based methodology for assessing the VMT impacts of proposed land development projects in smaller towns and rural areas. The methodology was designed to be easy to use by agency staff using data and software they already have. It assesses VMT impacts based on residential and employment density\, the proximity of complementary land uses\, and access to a safe bicycling network. Although not perfect\, it does provide a practical tool for agencies with limited resources. \nSpeaker \n \nDon Hubbard is a senior transportation planner and traffic engineer with extensive experience in travel demand forecasting and transportation policy. Don is a rare combination of a “big-picture” regional planner and a detail-oriented traffic engineer. He specializes in highly defensible transportation analyses for projects with a strong likelihood of litigation. Don also develops new techniques for improved modeling. For example\, the “4Ds” post-processor he developed to account for smart growth characteristics is now used in models across the U.S.. Similarly\, his “dynamic validation” technique to assess model performance has now been adopted as standard practice for many agencies. \n  \n  END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240627T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240627T140000 DTSTAMP:20240625T141600Z CREATED:20240612T145524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T141600Z UID:10000677-1719486000-1719496800@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto: Summer Luncheon DESCRIPTION:By attending this luncheon\, you can also earn 2 professional development hours\, contributing to your continued professional growth. Details will be shared with attendees after the event. \nWe are excited to invite you to the ITE Toronto Summer Luncheon happening on Thursday\, June 27\, 2024! This event will be a wonderful opportunity to network\, enjoy a buffet-styled lunch\, and gain insights from two distinguished speakers in the fields of transportation and urban planning. \nEvent Details: \nDate: Thursday\, June 27\, 2024\nTime: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EST\nLocation: University of Toronto’s Hart House – Music Room (Room 2006) \nSpeakers and Presentations: \nNaama Blonder\, B.Arch\, OAA\, RPP – “Pro-Housing\, Pro-Transit\, Pro-People” \nNaama Blonder\, an architect and urban planner renowned as this year’s RBC Women of Influence\, will deliver an inspiring presentation focusing on innovative architectural and urban design strategies aimed at fostering affordability\, reducing car dependency\, and achieving net-zero outcomes for sustainability. Highlighting the urgent need to prioritize people over cars\, and alongside her personal story as a first-generation Canadian\, Naama will cover the implications for urban planners\, architects\, industry professionals\, and the general public. Her firm\, Smart Density\, has received numerous accolades\, including the prestigious Best Emerging Practice Award from the Ontario Association of Architects and three consecutive SHIFT awards\, solidifying their innovative approach. Naama’s vision is to transform what good housing can and should look like in a growing city like Toronto – promoting vibrant\, sustainable communities. \n  \nJeffrey M. Casello\, Ph.D. – “The Future of Cities: Expanding the Roles of Transportation Planners and Engineers to Effect Real Change” \nProfessor Casello’s interests lie in urban transportation systems and their impacts on healthy and economically viable urban areas.  For decades\, transportation professionals have recognized the challenges associated with North American transportation and land use systems. Our passenger transportation networks continue to be auto-dominated\, creating environmental externalities\, inequities in terms of accessibility\, and lower quality of life for citizens. His presentation will focus on what more needs to be done to change this. Jeff teaches and conducts research on the planning\, design and operation of systems that promote efficient\, balanced transportation\, enhances regional economic competitiveness and supports social mobility.  His research highlights include contributions to improved behavioural models for transit systems and the assessment of empirical evidence in the planning and design of active transportation modes.  In 2014\, Jeff spoke to members of Canadian Parliament on the future of public transportation.  He has also had the opportunity to consult in Philadelphia\, Toronto\, Washington DC and Singapore.  At Waterloo\, Jeff received the Distinguished Teacher Award\, the highest teaching honor at the University. \nEarn Professional Development Hours: \nBy attending this luncheon\, you can also earn professional development hours\, contributing to your continued professional growth. More details to come. \nSponsorships: \n\n\n\nGold Level Sponsorship ($500): Sponsors are invited to bring a roll-up board with a banner stand (24″ to 33″ x80″) to promote their transportation services. Their company’s logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and recognized verbally in the proceedings. As well\, one free individual member registration will be included.\nSilver Level Sponsorship ($300): Company logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and the company will be recognized verbally in the proceedings. Registration ticket not included.\n\n\n\nDon’t miss this opportunity to connect with fellow professionals and gain valuable insights into the latest trends and strategies in transportation and urban planning. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions; we look forward to seeing you there! URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-summer-luncheon/ LOCATION:University of Toronto Hart House\, 7 Hart House Cir\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 3H3\, Canada CATEGORIES:Luncheon,Presentation ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.664265;-79.394443 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of Toronto Hart House 7 Hart House Cir Toronto Ontario M5S 3H3 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=7 Hart House Cir:geo:-79.394443,43.664265 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240424T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240424T170000 DTSTAMP:20240416T182937Z CREATED:20240401T154844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T182937Z UID:10000649-1713967200-1713978000@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto: Downtown Bike Tour DESCRIPTION:This event is sold out.  \nITE Toronto is pleased to invite you to an in-person bike tour co-hosted with the City of Toronto’s Cycling and Pedestrian Projects group on Wednesday\, April 24\, 2024\, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm (EST) in downtown Toronto. The bike tour will run for approximately 2.5 to 3 hours at a leisurely pace with several stops to view and discuss a variety of cycling infrastructure constructed in Toronto\, such as cycle tracks\, bicycle lanes\, bike boxes\, contra-flow lanes\, sharrows\, accessible platforms\, neighbourhood greenways and a future protected intersection. A snack will be provided but please bring your own water bottle to stay hydrated and bag to store all items during the bike ride. It is recommended to wear a bike helmet\, however\, for those interested in the e-bike rental option\, a bike helmet is required. In the event of rain or poor weather conditions\, the bike tour will be rescheduled with alternative dates to be announced. \nLocation: Meet-up point at the northeast corner of John Street / Wellington Street West\, Toronto (see map) and ending the tour at Simcoe St / Wellington St W. Closest bike stations to the meeting point are the Metro Hall Plaza and John Street / Mercer Street as seen on the bike-share system map. City and ITE staff will be on-site at the meet-up point and the two closest bike-share stations listed above to assist you. \nCost: The bike tour is a free event. Participants can bring their own bike for the tour or rent a bike near the meet-up point. The cost of the bike-share rental is at the responsibility of the participant. If you choose to rent a bike\, it is recommended to arrive at the event 30 minutes prior to locate and setup purchase of the bike rental. Additional information on how to setup the bike rental and rates can be found here. For those interested in the classic bike rental\, you can opt for the day pass or annual membership\, and we will dock and undock our bikes partway through the tour. \nAbout: Sonya De Vellis\, Bicycle Safety Education Coordinator at the City of Toronto will be our primary guide for the downtown Toronto bike tour. Sonya joined Cycling and Pedestrian Projects in June 2021 as the Coordinator of Bicycle Safety Education. In her current role\, Sonya promotes bikeway infrastructure and initiatives in Toronto by managing the City’s cycling website\, social media accounts and resource materials\, while engaging with cycling advocacy and educational groups. Before joining the City\, Sonya was a Senior Program Specialist at Smart Commute Markham\, Richmond Hill for six years\, where she delivered transportation demand management programs and campaigns that encouraged sustainable commuting for employers and residents. She has over ten years of experience working in active transportation\, solid waste diversion and sustainable energy in the public and non-profit sectors. She has a Master of Arts in Planning from the University of Waterloo and previously volunteered with CultureLink Settlement and Community Services as a Bike Host to provide hands-on cycling training and guidance to newcomers to Canada. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRegistration: Tickets are limited to 30 participants\, so register while quantities last! Please email your completed waiver form directly to vicepresident@toronto.itecanada.org. URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-downtown-bike-tour/ LOCATION:John St & Wellington St W\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Activity,Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.itecanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Toronto-Bike-Tour-Graphic.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.645355543679;-79.389179660381 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240412T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240412T130000 DTSTAMP:20240408T142924Z CREATED:20240405T154313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T142924Z UID:10000664-1712923200-1712926800@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto: Vehicle for Hire Data Management DESCRIPTION:Join us for a presentation by Matthew Lee to learn more about the Vehicle-for-Hire data management. Following the presentation there will be an opportunity for networking and discussion with fellow engineers. In recent years\, the Big Data Innovation Team has collaborated with Municipal Licensing and Standards to examine the impacts of Vehicles for Hire and Private Transportation Companies on Toronto’s Transportation Network\, including congestion\, equity\, transit\, and curb usage. Subsequently\, Council mandated additional datasets on the Vehicle-for-Hire industry starting in 2020. \nThe aim of this presentation is to elucidate how the introduction of Private Transportation Companies (PTCs) in Toronto has influenced travel patterns and behavior in the city\, and to comprehend its effect on the operation of the city’s street networks. This presentation will detail the methods employed in the analysis and the findings\, as well as the outcomes subsequent to the presentation of these analyses to Toronto City Council. \nSpeaker\n\nMatt is a Project Manager in the Transportation Data and Analytics team at the City of Toronto. Matt brings 15 years of experience in the transportation planning sector\, specializing in areas including transit service planning\, multimodal transportation planning in urban growth centres\, and more recently in transportation data analytics. In his current role\, Matt manages emerging mobility projects\, particularly around data management and policy analysis of taxi and ride-hail data. His professional direction is to continue to apply his technical experience and leadership in transportation planning to promote greater transportation choice\, enhance urban vibrancy\, and shape complete communities and streets. \n  \n  \nPlease register and join the presentation via Teams on April 12th at 1:00pm EST by clicking the watch icon button. Scroll down below.\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTRlYWZlY2ItOGFlNi00NDYxLWI4YzctN2M2YmExMThkZDRh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22875688ea-8b21-4b98-b25b-4b81851ad72d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%224a3ba1e2-3eaf-46fd-a2aa-5dc1b59160ca%22%7d\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-vehicle-for-hire-data-management/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Presentation,Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:Join us for a presentation by Matthew Lee to learn more about the Vehicle-for-Hire data management. Following the presentation there will be an opportunity for networking and discussion with fellow engineers. In recent years\, the Big Data Innovation Team has collaborated with Municipal Licensing and Standards to examine the impacts of Vehicles for Hire and Private Transportation Companies on Toronto’s Transportation Network\, including congestion\, equity\, transit\, and curb usage. Subsequently\, Council mandated additional datasets on the Vehicle-for-Hire industry starting in 2020. \nThe aim of this presentation is to elucidate how the introduction of Private Transportation Companies (PTCs) in Toronto has influenced travel patterns and behavior in the city\, and to comprehend its effect on the operation of the city’s street networks. This presentation will detail the methods employed in the analysis and the findings\, as well as the outcomes subsequent to the presentation of these analyses to Toronto City Council. \nSpeaker\n\nMatt is a Project Manager in the Transportation Data and Analytics team at the City of Toronto. Matt brings 15 years of experience in the transportation planning sector\, specializing in areas including transit service planning\, multimodal transportation planning in urban growth centres\, and more recently in transportation data analytics. In his current role\, Matt manages emerging mobility projects\, particularly around data management and policy analysis of taxi and ride-hail data. His professional direction is to continue to apply his technical experience and leadership in transportation planning to promote greater transportation choice\, enhance urban vibrancy\, and shape complete communities and streets. \n  \n  \nPlease register and join the presentation via Teams on April 12th at 1:00pm EST by clicking the watch icon button. Scroll down below. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240221T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240221T170000 DTSTAMP:20240220T162157Z CREATED:20240212T164030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T162157Z UID:10000646-1708531200-1708534800@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto: Electric-Cargo Pilot Study in Toronto DESCRIPTION:The winner of the 2023 ITE Toronto Project of the Year Award is the University of Toronto’s “Electric-Cargo Pilot Study in Toronto”.  Join us on Wednesday\, February 21st from 4:00PM – 5:00PM to learn more about this project. \nPurolator Inc.\, in partnership with University of Toronto\, has established a successful electric-cargo (e- cargo) tricycle demonstration project. On August 22\, 2022\, Purolator replaced delivery trucks on the University of Toronto St. George campus\, and in neighbouring communities\, with e-cargo tricycles operating from a microhub located at 60 St. George Street. This pilot is demonstrating the potential for e-cargo tricycle deliveries with potential expansion to other locations across Canada. Purolator is now delivering more sustainably on campus\, with reduced emissions\, fewer cyclist conflicts\, and truck driver health improvement. This project contributes to decarbonizing Canadian last-mile deliveries. \nDate/ Time: February 21\, 2024\, 4pm – 5pm\nCost: FREE In-Person Event\nLocation: University of Toronto – Room GB202 (University of Toronto\, Galbraith Building\, 35 St. George Street\, Room GB202\, Toronto ON\, M5S 1A4)\nSpeakers: Usman Ahmed URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-electric-cargo-pilot-study-in-toronto/ LOCATION:University of Toronto\, Galbraith Building\, Room GB202\, 35 St.George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1A4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Presentation ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.6598668;-79.3963451 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of Toronto Galbraith Building Room GB202 35 St.George Street Toronto Ontario M5S 1A4 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=35 St.George Street:geo:-79.3963451,43.6598668 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240122T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240122T200000 DTSTAMP:20240116T161227Z CREATED:20240116T161227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T161227Z UID:10000637-1705942800-1705953600@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto: Career Connect with Kate – Live at the University of Toronto DESCRIPTION:Host: ITE Toronto and ITE University of Toronto Student Chapter\nEvent Sponsor: Alta Planning + Design\nDate: January 22\, 2024\nTime: 5-8pm\nLocation: Room GB117\, Galbraith Building\, 35 St George St\, University of Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario \nCalling all transportation students and transportation professionals in the GTHA! Are you currently looking for work or will you soon be looking for work in the transportation industry? Are you an experienced industry professional who wants to encourage talented people to join our industry? Join us on Monday\, January 22 for a live Career Connect with Kate panel discussion and networking session. \nEvent Facilitator: Kate Whitfield\, P.Eng.\, MCIP\, RPP – Principal\, Alta Planning + Design \n \nPanelists: TBA (three students and three industry professionals) \nFurther event details to be shared soon. \nFor more information about Career Connect with Kate\, please visit: Career Connect with Kate – ITE Canada \n  URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-career-connect-with-kate-live-at-the-university-of-toronto/ LOCATION:University of Toronto Room GB117\, 35 St George St.\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1A4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Panel ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.6598668;-79.3963451 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of Toronto Room GB117 35 St George St. Toronto Ontario M5S 1A4 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=35 St George St.:geo:-79.3963451,43.6598668 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231214T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231214T140000 DTSTAMP:20231213T134638Z CREATED:20231116T165109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231213T134638Z UID:10000627-1702551600-1702562400@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto: Christmas Luncheon & AGM DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual Christmas Luncheon and AGM! \nGold Level Sponsorship ($500): Sponsors are invited to bring a roll-up board with banner stand (24″ to 33″ x80″) to promote their transportation services. The company’s logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and the company will be recognized verbally in the proceedings. One free individual member registration is included with this sponsorship. \nSilver Level Sponsorship ($300): The company’s logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and the company will recognized verbally in the proceedings. \nKeynote Speaker: Inderjit Hans\, P.Eng.\, PMP\nCommissioner\, Public Works Commission \nTopic: Brantford on Track: Paving the Way for GO Rail Extension \nInderjit Hans is the Commissioner of Public Works at the City of Brantford and oversees all departments including Engineering\, Operations\, Environmental\, Parks and Recreation\, Fleet and Transit\, and Business Support and Sustainability. Inderjit has over 15 years of municipal experience and has held his role in Brantford for 5 years and previously to that worked for the City of Brampton. Inderjit is a graduate of the University of Toronto Engineering program and holds a professional engineering licence with the PEO and is a project management professional designation from PMI. URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-christmas-luncheon-agm-2/ LOCATION:York University – Second Student Centre\, York\, ON\, M3J 2S5\, Canada CATEGORIES:AGM,Luncheon ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.771541563251;-79.5035118338 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231019T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231019T130000 DTSTAMP:20231106T183205Z CREATED:20230929T200920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231106T183205Z UID:10000611-1697716800-1697720400@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto: Data in Transportation DESCRIPTION:Join us for a dynamic one-hour virtual event\, featuring three leading presenters. Dive into the transformative power of data in the transportation industry as our experts discuss real-world applications\, share insights\, and reveal the future of data-driven transportation solutions. \n  \nSpeakers \n\nErin O’Higgins (Streetlight)\nErin O’Higgins\, P.Eng\, is a Solutions Engineer with Streetlight Data\, where she helps customers leverage the power of big data to better understand mobility patterns in their city and make data-driven transportation planning decisions. Prior to joining Streetlight\, Erin worked as a Transportation Engineer in the Ottawa area\, focusing on active transportation and road safety.Speakers \n  \n\nArash Mirhoseini (Stantec)\nArash Mirhoseini is a certified professional engineer and project manager. He currently serves as the Lead of Stantec’s Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering (TPTE) team in Ontario while also providing support for TPTE services in the Maritime provinces. With approximately 20 years of diverse experience in transportation modelling\, planning\, design\, and multi-modal transportation operations\, Arash brings a wealth of expertise to the field. His professional background includes but is not limited to strategic multi-modal transportation planning\, transportation impact studies\, transportation demand forecasting\, and macro\, meso\, and micro multi-modal modelling\, as well as transit planning\, both locally and internationally \n \nJonathan Eller (GHD)\nJonathan Eller is a data scientist with a cross-over background in chemistry R&D. He sits in the Advanced Analytics team in GHD Digital\, where he leads many consulting engagements for GHD’s public and private clients. Jonathan’s team has developed solutions that include generative AI\, statistical analysis\, machine learning and web tool creation. These solutions exist to help our clients make better decisions through retention and augmentation of institutional knowledge\, building efficiencies\, and increasing organizational transparency. \nJonathan is also GHD’s Service Line Leader for Data & Analytics in the Americas\, where his focus is on applying these solutions to optimize our own business practices. \nAside from a passion for the physical and data sciences\, Jonathan’s interests include basketball\, musical theater\, history\, Legos\, golf\, and running. He makes a mean lasagna and always loves a good story \n \n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://www.google.com/url?q=https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%253ameeting_NWYzMzQ0MTEtZmQ4NS00NDZiLWI2ZGEtMzdlNzI2NmFkNzE1%2540thread.v2/0?context%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%2522875688ea-8b21-4b98-b25b-4b81851ad72d%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25224a3ba1e2-3eaf-46fd-a2aa-5dc1b59160ca%2522%257d&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1696449964206191&usg=AOvVaw2GAkc2VItD44ysgqk-u5KB\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-different-users-of-data-in-transportation/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Presentation,Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:Join us for a dynamic one-hour virtual event\, featuring three leading presenters. Dive into the transformative power of data in the transportation industry as our experts discuss real-world applications\, share insights\, and reveal the future of data-driven transportation solutions. \n  \nSpeakers \n\nErin O’Higgins (Streetlight)\nErin O’Higgins\, P.Eng\, is a Solutions Engineer with Streetlight Data\, where she helps customers leverage the power of big data to better understand mobility patterns in their city and make data-driven transportation planning decisions. Prior to joining Streetlight\, Erin worked as a Transportation Engineer in the Ottawa area\, focusing on active transportation and road safety.Speakers \n  \n\nArash Mirhoseini (Stantec)\nArash Mirhoseini is a certified professional engineer and project manager. He currently serves as the Lead of Stantec’s Transportation Planning and Traffic Engineering (TPTE) team in Ontario while also providing support for TPTE services in the Maritime provinces. With approximately 20 years of diverse experience in transportation modelling\, planning\, design\, and multi-modal transportation operations\, Arash brings a wealth of expertise to the field. His professional background includes but is not limited to strategic multi-modal transportation planning\, transportation impact studies\, transportation demand forecasting\, and macro\, meso\, and micro multi-modal modelling\, as well as transit planning\, both locally and internationally \n \nJonathan Eller (GHD)\nJonathan Eller is a data scientist with a cross-over background in chemistry R&D. He sits in the Advanced Analytics team in GHD Digital\, where he leads many consulting engagements for GHD’s public and private clients. Jonathan’s team has developed solutions that include generative AI\, statistical analysis\, machine learning and web tool creation. These solutions exist to help our clients make better decisions through retention and augmentation of institutional knowledge\, building efficiencies\, and increasing organizational transparency. \nJonathan is also GHD’s Service Line Leader for Data & Analytics in the Americas\, where his focus is on applying these solutions to optimize our own business practices. \nAside from a passion for the physical and data sciences\, Jonathan’s interests include basketball\, musical theater\, history\, Legos\, golf\, and running. He makes a mean lasagna and always loves a good story \n  END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230919T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230919T170000 DTSTAMP:20230919T183107Z CREATED:20230823T151624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T183107Z UID:10000597-1695137400-1695142800@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto: Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:The ITE Toronto Section\, with support from event sponsor Arcadis IBI Group\, presents a free panel discussion on Automated Speed Enforcement. This event will be held hybrid\, with in-person attendees having access to a thirty-minute networking session before the event starts. \nAutomated Speed Enforcement (ASE) is an automated system that uses a camera and a speed measurement device to help enforce speed limits in school zones and community safety zones. The Provincial Government authorized the use of ASE in municipalities back in 2017 and recent legislation will lead to rapid growth of these programs throughout the province. \nJoin our expert panel virtually or in-person at the Arcadis IBI Group Smart City Sandbox (4th Floor) to learn more about this critical safety technology that the public has strong feelings about\, both positive and negative. Attendees will be able to ask questions of the panelists with preference being given for questions from in-person attendees. \nPaid parking is available onsite; however\, as always ITE Toronto encourages in-person attendees to consider transit options. The venue is a short four-minute walk from the St. Clair TTC Subway Station. \n\nThis is a free hybrid event with both in-person and virtual registration. The event location is Smart City Sandbox\, Arcadis\, 55 St.Clair Avenue West\, 4th Floor\, Toronto\, ON M4V 2Y7.\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSpeakers\nTrevor Kanhai – City of Toronto\nTrevor Kanhai is the Senior Project Manager\, Automated Enforcement\, with the City of Toronto’s Transportation Services Division. He has over 15 years of experience in transportation and road safety with the City of Toronto and has been involved in the development and operation of many programs and projects including the City’s first Vision Zero Road Safety Plan. As an experienced project manager\, Trevor also has a background in systems analysis and computer programming and was previously supervisor of the City’s Traffic Data & Analytics unit. \nIn 2019\, Trevor moved over to the Permits & Enforcement section of Transportation Services where assisted in the development of the City’s Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) program and led the implementation of a new municipal Joint Processing Centre for ASE. Trevor currently serves as the Chair of the ASE Municipal Steering Committee. \n \nSteven Kemp\, P.Eng – Region of Durham\nSteven Kemp is the Manager of Traffic Engineering and Operations with the Regional Municipality of Durham. He has more than 25 years of municipal experience with the City of Toronto and Regional Municipality of York before moving into his current position with Durham Region. He has been involved in the design\, implementation and operation of several Intelligent Transportation Systems projects including traffic signal control\, freeway traffic management\, traveller information and automated enforcement systems. \nAs part of Durham’s Vision Zero strategy\, Steve has recently led a team to implement Automated Speed Enforcement and Red Light Cameras across Durham Region. \nSteve is a proud University of Waterloo engineering grad\, a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario\, a former member of the Board of Directors of ITS Canada and one time past president of the Toronto Section of Institute of Transportation Engineers. \nSheilagh Stewart – Stewart Solutions\nSheilagh retired from public service in 2017 after working as an Assistant Crown Attorney for over 30 years. She now runs her own consulting company- Stewart Solutions Inc. – providing support to various municipal and other public sector clients across Canada with an emphasis on sustainable\, fair and transparent automated enforcement and administrative penalty programs. \nShe is the recipient of a number of awards and recognition\, including the Amethyst Award – the highest award a civil servant in Ontario can receive. Sheilagh wears the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her contributions to road safety in Canada and the Alpha Gamma Delta International Distinguished Citizen Medal for public service. \nShe is a recipient of the Prosecutors’ Association of Ontario Award of Merit and Lifetime Membership Award. In recognition of her work with the St John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program. Sheilagh is a Member of the Order of St. John\, an honour given on behalf of the late Queen by the Governor General of Canada. \nIn addition to running her own company\, Sheilagh is the Coordinator of the Therapy Dogs in the Courtroom Program\, the proud handler of a therapy dog\, Ringo Starr\, a Wheaten Terrier and the author of the 4th edition of Stewart and Moffatt on Provincial Offences Procedure in Ontario available through Earlscourt Legal Press.\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_OTZjZDc4NDItZGRmOS00ZjkyLTliMmYtOTA2MGYxODI3Nzlh%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%2522875688ea-8b21-4b98-b25b-4b81851ad72d%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25224a3ba1e2-3eaf-46fd-a2aa-5dc1b59160ca%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=54729b19-9a0d-4c63-9374-9b86ec371fcb&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/toronto-ite-automated-speed-enforcement-ase-panel-discussion/ LOCATION:Smart City Sandbox\, 55 St.Clair Avenue\, 4th Floor\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M4V 2Y7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Panel ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.6872031;-79.3966189 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Smart City Sandbox 55 St.Clair Avenue 4th Floor Toronto Ontario M4V 2Y7 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=55 St.Clair Avenue\, 4th Floor:geo:-79.3966189,43.6872031 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:The ITE Toronto Section\, with support from event sponsor Arcadis IBI Group\, presents a free panel discussion on Automated Speed Enforcement. This event will be held hybrid\, with in-person attendees having access to a thirty-minute networking session before the event starts. \nAutomated Speed Enforcement (ASE) is an automated system that uses a camera and a speed measurement device to help enforce speed limits in school zones and community safety zones. The Provincial Government authorized the use of ASE in municipalities back in 2017 and recent legislation will lead to rapid growth of these programs throughout the province. \nJoin our expert panel virtually or in-person at the Arcadis IBI Group Smart City Sandbox (4th Floor) to learn more about this critical safety technology that the public has strong feelings about\, both positive and negative. Attendees will be able to ask questions of the panelists with preference being given for questions from in-person attendees. \nPaid parking is available onsite; however\, as always ITE Toronto encourages in-person attendees to consider transit options. The venue is a short four-minute walk from the St. Clair TTC Subway Station. \n\nThis is a free hybrid event with both in-person and virtual registration. The event location is Smart City Sandbox\, Arcadis\, 55 St.Clair Avenue West\, 4th Floor\, Toronto\, ON M4V 2Y7.\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSpeakers\nTrevor Kanhai – City of Toronto\nTrevor Kanhai is the Senior Project Manager\, Automated Enforcement\, with the City of Toronto’s Transportation Services Division. He has over 15 years of experience in transportation and road safety with the City of Toronto and has been involved in the development and operation of many programs and projects including the City’s first Vision Zero Road Safety Plan. As an experienced project manager\, Trevor also has a background in systems analysis and computer programming and was previously supervisor of the City’s Traffic Data & Analytics unit. \nIn 2019\, Trevor moved over to the Permits & Enforcement section of Transportation Services where assisted in the development of the City’s Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) program and led the implementation of a new municipal Joint Processing Centre for ASE. Trevor currently serves as the Chair of the ASE Municipal Steering Committee. \n \nSteven Kemp\, P.Eng – Region of Durham\nSteven Kemp is the Manager of Traffic Engineering and Operations with the Regional Municipality of Durham. He has more than 25 years of municipal experience with the City of Toronto and Regional Municipality of York before moving into his current position with Durham Region. He has been involved in the design\, implementation and operation of several Intelligent Transportation Systems projects including traffic signal control\, freeway traffic management\, traveller information and automated enforcement systems. \nAs part of Durham’s Vision Zero strategy\, Steve has recently led a team to implement Automated Speed Enforcement and Red Light Cameras across Durham Region. \nSteve is a proud University of Waterloo engineering grad\, a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario\, a former member of the Board of Directors of ITS Canada and one time past president of the Toronto Section of Institute of Transportation Engineers. \nSheilagh Stewart – Stewart Solutions\nSheilagh retired from public service in 2017 after working as an Assistant Crown Attorney for over 30 years. She now runs her own consulting company- Stewart Solutions Inc. – providing support to various municipal and other public sector clients across Canada with an emphasis on sustainable\, fair and transparent automated enforcement and administrative penalty programs. \nShe is the recipient of a number of awards and recognition\, including the Amethyst Award – the highest award a civil servant in Ontario can receive. Sheilagh wears the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her contributions to road safety in Canada and the Alpha Gamma Delta International Distinguished Citizen Medal for public service. \nShe is a recipient of the Prosecutors’ Association of Ontario Award of Merit and Lifetime Membership Award. In recognition of her work with the St John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program. Sheilagh is a Member of the Order of St. John\, an honour given on behalf of the late Queen by the Governor General of Canada. \nIn addition to running her own company\, Sheilagh is the Coordinator of the Therapy Dogs in the Courtroom Program\, the proud handler of a therapy dog\, Ringo Starr\, a Wheaten Terrier and the author of the 4th edition of Stewart and Moffatt on Provincial Offences Procedure in Ontario available through Earlscourt Legal Press. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230714T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230714T140000 DTSTAMP:20230714T162337Z CREATED:20230419T173805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230714T162337Z UID:10000575-1689332400-1689343200@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto Section: Summer Luncheon DESCRIPTION:Please join us at University of Toronto Hart House for our annual Spring Luncheon! The event will start at 11 AM with a networking hour\, followed by a buffet lunch and keynote presentation. \nPresentation Overview:\nLocoMobi will present examples and the journey and learnings of commercialized and modernized mobility solutions. Referencing solutions in Kitchener\, Metro Vancouver\, Oakville\, PanAm Centre\, etc. These solutions needed to integrate hardware\, data\, UX\, software\, analytics and human “visioneering”. We are revolutionizing frictionless parking and now incorporate many new mobility products including behavior modification and economic development. \nPresentation Overview:\nThe City of Hamilton is undergoing a significant transformation in terms of development and transportation. In this presentation Brian will highlight some of the initiatives and projects that are serving to accelerate this change including a new Complete Streets approach\, micro-mobility implementation\, various parking initiatives and some bold street re-design projects. The presentation will also include some insights and observations on how transportation planning has changed over the past three decades and how things may change in the future. \nSponsorships: \n\nGold Level Sponsorship ($500): Sponsors are invited to bring a roll-up board with a banner stand (24″ to 33″ x80″) to promote their transportation services. Their company’s logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and recognized verbally in the proceedings. As well\, one free individual member registration will be included.\nSilver Level Sponsorship ($300): Company logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and the company will be recognized verbally in the proceedings.\n\nTime & Date: July 14\, 2023 – 11am – 2pm\nLocation: University of Toronto\, Hart House – Music Room \nSpeakers\n\nMark Majewski\, Director of Strategic Alliances\, LocoMobi World Inc. (Presenter and Q&A)\nBrian Storrie\, President\, LocoMobi World Inc. (Q&A)\nBrian Hollingworth\, Director\, Transportation Planning and Parking\, City of Hamilton (Presenter)\n\nBiographies\n \nMark Majewski has had a career path of being an Engineer to Executive in various technologies. He has grown a multinational semiconductor company in Canada\, from sales of $20M to $200M per year. He has been the Vice President of three technology startups\, a CEO of intelliFLEX (an alliance of 130 innovative companies) and now heads up Strategic Alliances for LocoMobi World Inc.. \nMark is a catalyst for change\, commercialization and a passionate innovator that enjoys building successful creative teams\, collaborative ecosystems and designing strategic plans. He brings extensive business experience\, with highly developed analytical skills and an inventive conceptual thinker. He is known for engaging effectively across complex organizational structures; creating and mobilizing multiple collaborators to integrate technical concepts into commercial products\, and; developing innovative approaches to policies\, strategies and business challenges. \nHe has worked on innovation at transformative companies like Apple\, Amazon\, Tesla\, Google Philips Healthcare\, STMicroelectronics\, Microsoft\, P&G\, Eaton\, Eli Lilly\, Ford\, etc. \n \n  \nBrian Storrie joined LocoMobi World Inc. in 2020 and brings over 23 years of technology development and manufacturing experience in the life-safety and security industries where he specialized in hardware\, SaaS\, cloud\, app\, and other integrated software solutions. Brian comes to LocoMobi World from dormakaba where he served as the Assistant Vice President of product management for electronics\, access and data. Prior to that\, he was the Canadian Marketing Leader for Honeywell Security & Fire and Sr. Global Production Manager for Tyco\, where he pioneered the production and commercialization of interactive IoT services across the security industry globally. Brian has been recognized throughout his career for outstanding leadership\, market savvy tactics\, innovative solutions\, exceptional customer service\, and for providing operational excellence. He has a proven track record of profitable organic growth. He is also a former board member of Secure Schools Alliance. \nBrian is a happily married proud father of three and a dedicated self-proclaimed “workaholic family man”. He has his associate’s degree in electronics engineering for RCC Institute of Technology\, is skilled in Lean manufacturing\, is pragmatic marketing certified and has his DFSS six sigma green belt. In his spare time\, he is an avid reader and enjoys quality time with his family. \nBrian Hollingworth is Director of Transportation Planning and Parking for the City of Hamilton. He is a Transportation Planner and Engineer with 28 years’ experience in integrated multi-modal planning. After two decades in the private sector\, Brian joined the City of Hamilton in 2018 to lead a new Division responsible for a number of key City initiatives\, including management of the Hamilton Municipal Parking System\, implementation of the Transportation Master Plan\, oversight of transportation related development reviews\, and the delivery of sustainable mobility programs. \nThroughout his time in the private sector\, as a Director at IBI Group\, Brian managed numerous Transportation Master Plans for municipalities across Canada including York Region\, Ottawa\, Winnipeg\, Regina\, Victoria and many others. His work also included policy and planning work in the United States\, Brazil\, India and the UK.\nBrian has also been involved extensively in ITE Canada and TAC. He served on the ITE Toronto Section Executive and was President of the Section in 2002. URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-canada-toronto-section-spring-luncheon/ LOCATION:University of Toronto Hart House\, 7 Hart House Cir\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 3H3\, Canada CATEGORIES:Luncheon ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.664265;-79.394443 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of Toronto Hart House 7 Hart House Cir Toronto Ontario M5S 3H3 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=7 Hart House Cir:geo:-79.394443,43.664265 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230420T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230420T130000 DTSTAMP:20230413T180040Z CREATED:20230320T221652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230413T180040Z UID:10000565-1681992000-1681995600@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Canada Toronto Section: Lunch n' Learn - New Zoning By-law Parking Requirements DESCRIPTION:Michael Hain is the Program Manager of Transportation Planning Policy and Analysis at the City of Toronto. Michael’s group develops and implements long-range\, city-wide transportation policy and supports other scales of transportation planning. His recent focus has been on improving the transportation component of the City’s development review process\, including simplifying the Zoning By-law. In this talk\, he will discuss the recent changes to the parking regulations in Zoning By-law 569-2013 which include the removal of most minimum parking requirements\, the introduction of parking maximums for most uses and the introduction of a payment-in-lieu of bicycle parking program.\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjU5MjM1NGEtMmEwYS00MWExLTkyODMtZTBiMTAyZGE5ZDky%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22875688ea-8b21-4b98-b25b-4b81851ad72d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%224a3ba1e2-3eaf-46fd-a2aa-5dc1b59160ca%22%7d\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-canada-toronto-section-lunch-n-learn-new-zoning-by-law-parking-requirements/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Presentation,Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:Michael Hain is the Program Manager of Transportation Planning Policy and Analysis at the City of Toronto. Michael’s group develops and implements long-range\, city-wide transportation policy and supports other scales of transportation planning. His recent focus has been on improving the transportation component of the City’s development review process\, including simplifying the Zoning By-law. In this talk\, he will discuss the recent changes to the parking regulations in Zoning By-law 569-2013 which include the removal of most minimum parking requirements\, the introduction of parking maximums for most uses and the introduction of a payment-in-lieu of bicycle parking program. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230222T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230222T170000 DTSTAMP:20230207T165316Z CREATED:20230207T165316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230207T165316Z UID:10000542-1677079800-1677085200@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:Hamilton Complete Streets Design Manual (2022 Project of the Year) DESCRIPTION:The winner of the 2022 ITE Toronto Project of the Year Award is the ‘Hamilton Complete Streets Design Manual’ by the City of Hamilton and WSP. Join us on Wednesday\, February 22 from 3:30-5:00pm at WSP’s Thornhill Office to learn about this project from Trevor Jenkins (City of Hamilton) and James Schofield (WSP). \nThe Hamilton Complete Streets Design Manual\, unanimously endorsed by City Council in July 2022\, provides a set of consistent guidelines and tools to inform the design\, implementation\, maintenance\, and monitoring of Complete-Livable-Better (CLB) Streets across the city. The Complete Streets Design Manual provides an expanded toolbox of ways to improve Hamilton’s streets. \nThe Complete Streets Design Manual is more than just another set of guidelines – it is a transformative exercise that overhauls the entirety of Hamilton’s street design standards\, from the reconstruction of the narrow pre-war downtown streets to new arterial streets in employment areas to rural roads throughout the Greenbelt. Through this presentation\, we invite you to discover how the project is creating multi-modal\, greener\, and safer streets that will connect a geographically and socio-economically diverse community and\, in doing so\, serves to create a more equitable transportation system. \nComplete Streets are defined as roadways that are planned and designed to balance the needs of all road users. The goal of Complete Streets is to allow people to get around safely no matter their age\, ability\, or how they choose to move. The Complete Streets concept is closely tied to the Safe Systems and Vision Zero approaches to road safety\, which aim to design the transportation system to anticipate human error and accommodate human injury tolerance with the ultimate goal of eliminating death or serious injury on roadways. \nThis manual is a resource for everyone involved in the planning\, design\, or maintenance of Hamilton’s roadways\, including local residents who support safer streets. Guidance for street design\, intersection design\, implementation\, and general design components is covered in this manual to ensure users and practitioners are well equipped to understand and apply the principles of Complete Streets. \nSpeakers\n \nTrevor Jenkins\, P.Eng.\, PTP is a Project Manager at the City of Hamilton. He manages initiatives that advance the City’s sustainable mobility ambitions\, including long-range active and rapid transit planning\, micromobility\, and active school travel programs. You can find him exploring Hamilton in his downtime\, usually on a bike share bike.\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJames Schofield\, P.Eng.\, RSP₁ is a Project Manager at WSP specializing in complete streets and active transportation planning and design. He led the development of the City of Hamilton’s Complete Streets Design Manual and is also leading Complete Streets Design Manual projects for Niagara Region and the City of Guelph. A Professional Engineer and a Candidate Member of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute\, James is based in Kingston where he can be found riding a cargo bike around with his two young kids. URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/hamilton-complete-streets-design-manual-2022-project-of-the-year/ LOCATION:WSP Thornhill Office\, 100 Commerce Valley Dr W\, Thornhill\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.itecanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Manual.png ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.8398212;-79.3818507 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=WSP Thornhill Office 100 Commerce Valley Dr W Thornhill Ontario Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=100 Commerce Valley Dr W:geo:-79.3818507,43.8398212 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221125T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221125T140000 DTSTAMP:20221122T210846Z CREATED:20221024T203010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221122T210846Z UID:10000521-1669374000-1669384800@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto Christmas Luncheon & AGM DESCRIPTION:Join is for our traditional Christmas Luncheon and AGM! \nYork University Second Student Centre- Convention Centre\, Rooms B+C15 Library Lane North York\, ON\, M3J 2S5 \nGold Level Sponsorship ($500): Sponsors are invited to bring a roll-up board with banner stand (24″ to 33″ x80″) to promote its transportation services.  Their company’s logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and recognized verbally in the proceedings.  As well\, one free individual member registration will be included. \nSilver Level Sponsorship ($300): Company logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and the company will recognized verbally in the proceedings. \nKeynote Speaker: Matthew Sweet\, Manager\, Active Transportation\, City of Mississauga \nPresentation Abstract: Micromobility refers to small\, lightweight human powered or electric devices that typically operate below 25 km/h and are ideal for trips up to 10 km in length; in a shared micromobility system\, users sign up for a membership and rent a vehicle for a short period of time. Mississauga is in the midst of a multi-year process towards establishing shared micromobility services. The presentation will provide an overview of the policy foundations for micromobility\, the work that has been undertaken to date to recommend specific micromobility options to Council\, specific challenges and concerns that have been raised along the way\, and the City’s ongoing implementation planning. \nBio: Matthew is the Manager of Active Transportation for the City of Mississauga for the past 5 years. Matthew leads an amazing staff team who coordinate a multi-million dollar capital infrastructure program and a multi-faceted engagement and education program to encourage people in Mississauga to walk and bike more often. Matthew has recently completed 2 years as the Chair of the Ontario Traffic Council Active Transportation Committee\, is currently a member of the Ontario Active School Travel Council\, and is co-Chair of the new Canadian Policy Working Group of the North American Bikeshare and Scootershare Association (NABSA). Prior to working for the City of Mississauga\, Matthew held roles at the City of Cambridge and the Region of Peel. Matthew is a graduate of Mohawk College and McMaster University\, is in the 10th year of his career\, and is a proud father to Olivia. URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-christmas-luncheon-agm/ LOCATION:York University – Second Student Centre\, York\, ON\, M3J 2S5\, Canada CATEGORIES:Luncheon ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.771541563251;-79.5035118338 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220614T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220614T140000 DTSTAMP:20220608T195548Z CREATED:20220517T180239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220608T195548Z UID:10000494-1655204400-1655215200@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto 2022 Spring Luncheon DESCRIPTION:Join us for our in-person Spring Luncheon (lunch included!). \nSPONSORSHIPS:\nGold Level Sponsorship ($500): Sponsors are invited to bring a roll-up board with a banner stand (24″ to 33″ x80″) to promote their transportation services. Their company’s logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and recognized verbally in the proceedings. As well\, one free individual member registration will be included. \nSilver Level Sponsorship ($300): Company logo will be included in the luncheon presentation and the company will be recognized verbally in the proceedings. \nKEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS:\nPresentation #1: Administrative Penalties (APs) for Vehicle-based Contraventions Captured by Automated Cameras\nSabina Filipescu\, Manager and Sebastian Policht\, Team Leader\nMinistry of Transportation Road Safety Program Development Office \nPresentation #2: 100% “EV Ready” Requirements: Why they exist\, how to comply\, and design strategies to maximize value\nBrendan McEwen\, Managing Consultant\nDunsky Energy Consulting Ltd. \nFor presentation abstracts and speaker bios\, visit the ITE Toronto Section website: https://www.itetoronto.ca/calendar/springluncheon2022 URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-2022-spring-luncheon/ LOCATION:University of Toronto Hart House\, 7 Hart House Cir\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 3H3\, Canada CATEGORIES:Luncheon ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.664265;-79.394443 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=University of Toronto Hart House 7 Hart House Cir Toronto Ontario M5S 3H3 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=7 Hart House Cir:geo:-79.394443,43.664265 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220401T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220401T120000 DTSTAMP:20220321T170134Z CREATED:20220321T165553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220321T170134Z UID:10000483-1648810800-1648814400@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:CafeTO – Café Guidelines 2021 DESCRIPTION:Date/Time: Friday April 1\, 2022\, From 11am to 12pm \nLocation: Online (Microsoft Teams)\n \nRegistration fee: Free – Microsoft Teams link will be emailed after the registration deadline\, March 30th.\n \nProject Abstract \nWhen 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. \nPresenter’s Bio \nAstrid Greaves MLA\, MA \nAstrid 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. \nNote that the Microsoft Teams link will be emailed to registrants after the March 30th registration deadline.\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://itecanada.org/link-will-be-emailed-later/\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/cafeto-cafe-guidelines-2021/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Webinar ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:Date/Time: Friday April 1\, 2022\, From 11am to 12pm \nLocation: Online (Microsoft Teams)\n \nRegistration fee: Free – Microsoft Teams link will be emailed after the registration deadline\, March 30th.\n \nProject Abstract \nWhen 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. \nPresenter’s Bio \nAstrid Greaves MLA\, MA \nAstrid 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. \nNote that the Microsoft Teams link will be emailed to registrants after the March 30th registration deadline. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220223T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220223T183000 DTSTAMP:20220307T214013Z CREATED:20220216T192053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220307T214013Z UID:10000479-1645632000-1645641000@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:Toronto\, Hamilton\, and Southwest Ontario sections' Joint Technical Presentation Competition for Students DESCRIPTION: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. \nPlease join to support the next generation of transportation professionals in their academic journey. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://youtu.be/_ZmYPLVeyJY\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/toronto-hamilton-and-southwest-ontario-sections-joint-technical-presentation-competition-for-students/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION: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. \nPlease join to support the next generation of transportation professionals in their academic journey. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211203T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211203T133000 DTSTAMP:20211115T211810Z CREATED:20211108T210633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211115T211810Z UID:10000463-1638529200-1638538200@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto Virtual Christmas Luncheon & AGM DESCRIPTION:Please check the event website for more details!\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://global.gotomeeting.com/join/775339013\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-virtual-christmas-luncheon-agm/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:AGM,Luncheon,Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:Please check the event website for more details! END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211116T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211116T133000 DTSTAMP:20211115T211045Z CREATED:20211022T185106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211115T211045Z UID:10000458-1637064000-1637069400@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:2021 ITE Toronto Innovation of the Year Award Competition DESCRIPTION:This event has been cancelled and is being rolled into the ITE Toronto AGM.\n\n2021 ITE Toronto Innovation of the Year Award Competition \nNovember 9\, 2021 from noon to 1:30pm \n\nSelected presenters will be given 5-10 minutes to show their innovation to attendees of the event\nWatch the presentations and participate in helping decide the winner!\nThat’s right\, the winner of the competition will be decided during the event by you!\n\nWish to present? Find the details below: \n2021 ITE Toronto Innovation of the Year Award \n\nAbstract deadline is November 8\, 2021:\n\nUnder 250 words\, describe what the innovation is and why it is innovative\nInclude contact details of who was involved in the development of the innovation\nSubmit via email to communications@toronto.itecanada.org with the title of “2021 ITE Toronto Innovation of the Year”\n\n\nSelected presenters to be contacted on November 3\, 2021.\nSelected presenters will be given 5-10 minutes to show their innovation. Any format of presentation is welcome (i.e. not restricted to PowerPoint) however the presenter must be able to share their screen / host digitally. Pre-recorded videos with commentary are welcome\, as are live demos.\nInnovation of the Year Award Competition is November 9\, 2021 beginning at noon.\nThe winner of the award will be decided during the event\, via poll of the attendees.\nNOTE that this is not intended to be a sales pitch for any particular product or service\, however providing examples of the innovation’s application are welcome.\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://global.gotomeeting.com/join/980996805\n URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/2021-ite-toronto-innovation-of-the-year-award-competition/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

DESCRIPTION:This event has been cancelled and is being rolled into the ITE Toronto AGM.\n\n2021 ITE Toronto Innovation of the Year Award Competition \nNovember 9\, 2021 from noon to 1:30pm \n\nSelected presenters will be given 5-10 minutes to show their innovation to attendees of the event\nWatch the presentations and participate in helping decide the winner!\nThat’s right\, the winner of the competition will be decided during the event by you!\n\nWish to present? Find the details below: \n2021 ITE Toronto Innovation of the Year Award \n\nAbstract deadline is November 8\, 2021:\n\nUnder 250 words\, describe what the innovation is and why it is innovative\nInclude contact details of who was involved in the development of the innovation\nSubmit via email to communications@toronto.itecanada.org with the title of “2021 ITE Toronto Innovation of the Year”\n\n\nSelected presenters to be contacted on November 3\, 2021.\nSelected presenters will be given 5-10 minutes to show their innovation. Any format of presentation is welcome (i.e. not restricted to PowerPoint) however the presenter must be able to share their screen / host digitally. Pre-recorded videos with commentary are welcome\, as are live demos.\nInnovation of the Year Award Competition is November 9\, 2021 beginning at noon.\nThe winner of the award will be decided during the event\, via poll of the attendees.\nNOTE that this is not intended to be a sales pitch for any particular product or service\, however providing examples of the innovation’s application are welcome. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210923T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210923T133000 DTSTAMP:20210914T172024Z CREATED:20210914T171319Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210914T172024Z UID:10000448-1632398400-1632403800@www.itecanada.org 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 ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: Join Virtual Event

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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210422T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210422T183000 DTSTAMP:20210413T210139Z CREATED:20210412T164442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210413T210139Z UID:10000429-1619110800-1619116200@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto Section: Transportation History Webinar DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday April 22th from 5:00PM – 6:30PM for a webinar discussing transportation history. This event will include a double-feature of presentations\, followed by a Q&A. \nTodd Litman from the Victoria Transport Policy Institute sharing his presentation titled “Our World Accelerated: How 120 Years of Transportation Progress Affected Our Lives and Communities” followed by Nick Shaw from HDR will be sharing his presentation titled “From Dream to Reality – the Queen subway line” . \nThe event is free to attend\, we simply ask that you pre-register through this page. An event link will be emailed to everyone who RSVPs in advance of the event start time. If you have any questions or concerns\, please feel free to reach out to activities@toronto.itecanada.org. \nSpeaker Bios \nTodd 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. \nMr. Litman has worked on numerous studies that evaluate transportation costs\, benefits and innovations. He authored the Online TDM Encyclopedia\, a comprehensive Internet resource for identifying and evaluating mobility management strategies; Transportation Cost and Benefit Analysis: Techniques\, Estimates and Implications\, a comprehensive study which provides cost and benefit information in an easy-to-apply format; and Parking Management Best Practices\, a comprehensive book on innovative management solutions to parking problems. \nMr. Litman has worked as a research and planning consultant for a diverse range of clients\, including government agencies\, professional organizations\, developers and nongovernment organizations. He has worked in more than two dozen countries\, on every continent except Antarctica. \nMr. Litman is a frequent speaker at conferences and workshops. His presentations range from technical and practical to humorous and inspirational. He regularly blogs on the Planetizen website. He is active in several professional organizations including the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB\, a section of U.S. National Academy of Sciences). \nIn addition to technical writing\, Todd has co-authored two travel books (Washington; Off the Beaten Path and Best Bike Rides in the Pacific Northwest) with his wife\, Shoshana Litman. They reside in Victoria\, British Columbia. \nNick Shaw\, MCIP RPP is a multi-disciplinary transit planner with experience delivering Toronto’s most complex and ambitious transit expansion programmes of a generation. Based out of Toronto as a Senior Transportation Planner with HDR\, he occupies a leadership role in the planning\, design\, and procurement of the Ontario Line subway – a 16 km subway through downtown Toronto. As a Registered Professional Planner\, Nick brings a big picture perspective to an otherwise highly technical field asserting his personal and professional belief in the strong intersections between urban mobility\, land use planning\, climate change mitigation\, and social equity. He credits his philosophy to his atypical educational and career trajectory — Canada Post clerk\, B.Sc.\, general labour at a spinach packaging plant in Burlington\, cartographer in the Nautical Charts Division at the Canadian Hydrographic Service\, GIS diploma\, Master of Planning\, and consultant with Nova Scotia Department of Energy. His side interests include canoe trips\, meteorology\, coral music\, and grumbling about poor street design. URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-section-transportation-history-webinar/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Webinar ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210318T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210318T160000 DTSTAMP:20210315T171522Z CREATED:20210308T231455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210315T171522Z UID:10000419-1616079600-1616083200@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:Kleinburg Parking Strategy DESCRIPTION:The winner of the 2020 ITE Toronto Project of the Year Award is the City of Vaughan’s “Kleinburg Parking Strategy”. Join us on Thursday\, March 18th from 3:00PM – 4:00PM to learn about this project from Vaughan staff Paul Grove\, and Kassel Prince from McIntosh Perry. \nThe Kleinburg Parking Strategy\, completed by the City of Vaughan and McIntosh Perry Consulting Engineers Ltd.\, is a comprehensive and robust study conducted of existing parking conditions and future needs of Kleinburg Village\, Vaughan’s premier historic commercial district often referred to as the City’s ‘gem’. The study employed a multi-faceted approach to understanding the parking and transportation challenges that are present in Kleinburg Village through numerous site observations and assessments\, parking demand and turnover surveys\, and extensive stakeholders consultation. A vision and a series of goals were developed for the Village\, relying on future parking forecasts\, and evaluating a suite of solutions for the immediate\, short-\, medium-\, and long-term horizons that would help guide the Village toward this direction and vision. Recommendations involved various aspects\, including physical improvements\, community and private partnerships\, policy revisions\, and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) practices. \nFurther event details will be announced as the date gets closer and event links will be distributed in advance of the event. \nSPEAKERS\nPaul Grove M.Pl.\, MCIP\, RPP is a Registered Professional Planner and brings transportation planning and project management experience from both the public and private sector\, completing Master Plan/Secondary Plan studies\, transportation studies for development applications\, parking studies\, TDM Plans\, and functional design. Paul is the Transportation Engineering Lead at the City of Vaughan and is responsible for managing key projects\, reviewing development applications and advising on City-wide transportation initiatives. \nKassel Prince M.Sc.\, P.Eng.\, PMP is a Senior Transportation and Traffic Engineer with McIntosh Perry Consulting Engineers Ltd.\, in Markham\, Ontario\, Kassel has over 11 years of engineering experience leading transportation planning and traffic engineering projects for both public and private sector clients. Kassel’s experience encompasses a broad range of transportation fields including\, transportation demand and traffic management\, transportation master plans (TMP)\, Municipal Class EAs\, parking studies\, functional and preliminary road design\, transportation impact and traffic safety studies\, transportation / urban planning and development application approvals. \n– \nAn event link will be emailed to everyone who RSVPs in advance of the event start time. If you have any questions or concerns\, please feel free to reach out to activities@toronto.itecanada.org. URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/kleinburg-parking-strategy/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Webinar ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201204T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201204T133000 DTSTAMP:20201126T235417Z CREATED:20201125T192024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201126T235417Z UID:10000403-1607079600-1607088600@www.itecanada.org SUMMARY:ITE Toronto Section: Virtual Christmas Luncheon and AGM DESCRIPTION:The ITE Toronto Section would like to invite you to their 2020 Virtual Christmas Luncheon and Annual General Meeting (AGM)\, which will be held virtually on Friday\, December 4 from 11am-1:30pm. The social hour\, from 11am-12noon\, will use the online free application ‘gather.town’ as the virtual venue (no download required) and the virtual luncheon and AGM will start at noon on Zoom. \nUnlike in previous years when we could still meet in person\, our most social and popular event of the year will be free of charge. Members can enjoy this event from the comfort of their socially distant office (or living room); however\, you will need to supply your own food. We will be raffling prizes throughout the event\, so make sure to RSVP and attend. \nFurther event details will be announced as the date gets closer and event links will be distributed in advance of the event. \n  \nKeynote Speaker \nMelissa Peneycad is Managing Director\, Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). For the majority of her career to-date\, Melissa has focused on developing\, implementing\, and administering sustainability and resiliency standards\, frameworks\, and rating systems for infrastructure\, commercial real estate\, and industrial products. Since joining ISI in 2016\, Melissa has verified the sustainability and resiliency of more than 70 infrastructure projects—including many in the transportation sector—across the US\, Canada\, and overseas\, collectively worth more than $26 billion with another $25 billion in infrastructure development under her purview. Melissa’s prior roles have included Associate\, Sustainable Development at Stantec Consulting\, and National Sustainability Program Manager for the Buildings Owners and Managers Association of Canada. \nMelissa is also currently serving as Co-Chair of a United Nations-led initiative to develop an evaluation methodology to score public-private partnerships and infrastructure projects against the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In addition\, she is working with the World Bank’s Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility to develop sustainability indicators for the investment community to inform infrastructure investment decisions\, and to drive capital towards more sustainable and resilient projects. \n  \n2021 Executive Committee Election \nThis year’s ITE Toronto Section Executive Committee election is for the position of Activities Coordinator. Once on the Executive\, the elected member will consecutively serve in each of the 7 positions on the Executive in one‐year intervals (Activities Coordinator\, Communications Coordinator\, Treasurer\, Secretary\, Vice President\, President\, and Past President). Eligible members can vote online using their ITE member number through this link: ITE Toronto Section Executive Election. Voting will close on Thursday\, December 3 at 11:59pm and the new Executive Committee member will be announced at the Virtual Christmas Luncheon and AGM. \nWHO IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE:\nAny member of the ITE Toronto Section in good standing\, excluding student members. (Student members are invited to participate in separate student chapter elections.) \n  \nCrystal (Mingyue) Wang\, EIT \nI am a Transportation Planning analyst with SNC Lavalin Rail and Transit Strategic Service team. My responsibilities include transit operation modelling\, assisting in transit-oriented development\, transit design projects and improving planning and simulation connectivity with the evolving Digital Engineering solutions. \nI was Social Director of the ITE York University Student Chapter during my MASc study in civil engineering. The chapter quickly became the most active student chapter in Canada and has been received both CITE Student Chapter Activity Delta Award and the York University President’s Sustainability Leadership Award. My experience and employment have helped me to develop helpful skills to serve as an ITE Toronto Section executive member. My responsibilities include maintaining and updating all social media platforms\, helping create newsletters\, annual reports and planning industry network events\, technical field tours and software workshops. Overall\, we organized and hosted over 60 events and meetings with over thirty-five different speakers and guests during the first year of the group. \nI was the Founding Secretary of the Civil Engineering Graduate Student Association and helped arrange a varied meeting with faculties and other external groups. \nIf I am given the position to serve as an executive member\, I would like to attract new multidisciplinary members\, build new collaborative partnerships with internal and external organizations\, plan more events including virtual activities that would have more interaction and engagement during this pandemic. \nPlease email me if you have any questions (Mingyue.wang@snclavalin.com). Appreciate the opportunity to earn your vote. \nThank you in advance for your consideration. \n  \nHeather (Goodman) Hector\, M.Eng\, EIT\, PTP \nHeather is a Transportation Consultant at Paradigm Transportation Solutions Limited. She has been involved in a wide range of transportation planning and engineering projects with expertise in community planning\, operations analysis\, parking studies\, policy planning\, environmental assessments\, and public meetings. She has a passion for transportation planning and recently received her Professional Transportation Planner designation. \nHeather joined ITE as a member of the Quebec student chapter in 2014. Since its inception in 2015\, Heather has been part of the excite leadership team\, CITE’s initiative to help emerging members become involved in the profession. Heather strives to engage students and young professionals to become involved in ITE. She was on the planning committee for the 2017 Cities of Tomorrow Conference in Calgary. The two-day conference brought together students and early career professionals from across Canada. Heather was a presenter at the CITE 2018 Edmonton conference. In 2019\, Heather was the co-chair of the Student Leadership Summit\, a one-day event for professional development and networking. \nHeather brings five years of ITE leadership experience to the Toronto Section executive. As Activities Coordinator\, she will use her planning expertise to ensure members have opportunities to connect\, share experiences and keep up to date on emerging trends in the industry\, even if Section activities may look a bit different in 2021. \n  \nKarthiga Thevaseelan\, B.Eng.\, EIT \nMy name is Karthiga Thevaseelan and I am excited to apply for the Executive position with ITE Toronto Section. I am a Civil Engineering graduate from McMaster University with a minor in economics. I have worked in the transportation industry for 7 years. I currently work with McIntosh Perry as Highway Designer mainly revolving around Ministry of Transportation Ontario Projects. My interests outside of my career include traveling and a self-proclaimed worldwide bridge tour aficionado along with running my own blog and advocating for women in engineering. \nFrom 2016 to 2018 I was the Board of Executive member as part of the Professional Engineers Ontario Scarborough Chapter. As part of the Board I was involved in various events and activities throughout the year. I was Project Manager for various major events such as the Bridge Building and Mathletics Competitions. I assisted with setting up and running various seminars\, technical tours\, volunteer events and board meetings. Currently I am an active volunteer with PEO spearheading the 30 by 30 initiative by hosting various seminars for PEO members and employers. The 30 by 30 event is a commitment to raise the percentage of newly licensed engineers that are women to 30% by the year 2030.  I believe my experience as Board of Executive member of the PEO Scarborough Chapter would be a great asset to the ITE team. Thank you for considering me for the 2021 Executive ITE Toronto section position. \n  \nNabil Ghariani\, P.Eng.\, PTOE\, M.S.C.E.\, M.Ed. \nI am the founder of Traffic+ Engineering Ltd. where I lead studies in traffic impact studies\, traffic operations\, safety audits\, transportation planning\, TDM\, and EA studies. I am currently licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario and licensed Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) with 18 years of extensive professional experience. In addition\, I had the opportunity to present a paper at the CITE Conference in 2015 on a transit project entitled “Highway2 BRT Feasibility Study”. \nAs a long time ITE member\, since 1999\, I have dedicated my time to assist interns and junior engineers in undertaking numerous traffic studies and modelling using Synchro and VISSIM. I have in the past provided free training sessions in Synchro and VISSIM to ITE Student Chapters at Ryerson University and York University\, which were well received\, and I intent to perpetuate this effort. I should also mention that Traffic+ Engineering Ltd. is a proud sponsor of ITE York University. \nI look forward to be part of the ITE Toronto Section Board of Executives\, as I believe that ITE Toronto Section provides each of us with great opportunities to learn\, share\, and contribute in transportation. \nAdditionally\, my objective in becoming part of the executive is to serve in the best of my abilities and capabilities to help the ITE student sections at all universities to gain valuable hands-on experience in traffic engineering. \nFinally I would like to thank in advance the attendees for providing your support in my candidacy. \n  \nShubham Bohra\, M.Eng. \, B.Tech.\, EIT  \nShubham is an EIT \, who works as a Transportation Planner at IBI Group since 2019. He graduated with a Master of Engineering in Transportation Engineering from Ryerson University in June 2019. And has been active member of ITE since 2017. \nFrom having attended ITE social events\, ITE conferences\, Shubham is familiar with the successful and essential  elements of ITE and plans to use this experience to help serve as a successful Executive member. Shubham’s hobbies include reading\, music\, travelling and roller coasters. \nShubham would like to work with Student chapters as part of the ITE Toronto Executive which would help and inspire students to pursue careers in Transportation and get involved with the ITE. Also\, would like to work with various ITE Toronto committees to make sure that the section continues to put on great events\, competitions and continues to advance the technical ability of the Section. He is also passionate about Automated Vehicles and multi-modal transit initiatives. \n  \nStephanie Pham\, M.Eng.\, EIT \nI would like to submit my nomination for the Activities Coordinator on the ITE Executive Board. I am a Transportation Designer at BA Group and have been an ITE member since 2017. \nI have been consistently involved in community outreach programs and event coordination since 2008 undergrad at the University of Waterloo including my academic roles as class representative and orientation leader. \nI have been actively involved with the Kidney Foundation of Canada for over 10 years as a canvasser\, Waterloo chapter ambassador to spread awareness of kidney disease\, and team captain for the annual Kidney Walk. I was a member of the Special Events Committee where I planned\, set-up and ran fundraisers\, walks\, car shows\, and award ceremonies for the kidney community in Ottawa and GTA. \nAs a Transit Planner at OC Transpo\, I started up charitable and team bonding activities such as Christmas toy drives and Halloween costume contests. I volunteered for the Ottawa Christmas parade\, annual food drive with the Ottawa Food Bank\, and donation events for United Way. \nI am currently a member of the Social Committee at BA Group where I have successfully proposed team building activities such as escape rooms\, selected venues for special events\, planned catering\, and coordinated entertainment for staff to enjoy the camaraderie between colleagues. Being a foodie and fitness enthusiast\, I initiated seasonal potlucks and formed a recreational BA sports team with TSSC. \nThank you for your time in reviewing my nomination. \n  \n— URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-toronto-section-virtual-christmas-luncheon-and-agm/ LOCATION:Toronto Area (Virtual)\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:AGM ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Toronto Section":MAILTO:activities@toronto.itecanada.org GEO:43.725103;-79.369138 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR