DESCRIPTION:We will be holding an early spring virtual meeting as an opportunity to shine the spotlight on two of the universities in the area with significant transportation engineering and planning programs. This will be a one-hour event held virtually over lunch hour (12-1pm) on Tuesday\, April 4th. Our friends at Dalhousie University and University of New Brunswick will each get about half of the hour to talk to us all about the research they’re doing\, their programs\, why you should hire all of their students\, etc. Unless you’re fine with eating virtual lunch\, we suggest bringing your own.
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SUMMARY:ITE Atlantic AGM and Fall Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Presenter Information \nHalifax’s Rapid Transit Strategy\nDave Espeseth – Acting Supervisor\, Service Design & Projects – Halifax Transit\nDave Espeseth is the Acting Supervisor\, Service Design & Projects with Halifax Transit. He served as one of the Co-Project Managers on the Rapid Transit Strategy. Dave’s current work ranges from long-term transportation and planning studies to the design and construction of transit terminal in Halifax. \nPresentation Summary: This presentation will provide an overview of HRM’s Rapid Transit Strategy\, including the planning process\, the anticipated impact of implementing the rapid transit network\, and an update on the current status of the strategy’s implementation. HRM’s Rapid Transit Strategy was the recipient of CITE’s Stan Teply Outstanding Technical Project Award for 2021. \nDesign of Centre-Running BRT in a Commercial District\nStephan Kellner – Senior Project Manager – exp.\nStephan has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering (KIT\, Germany) and a master’s degree in transportation engineering (UConn\, USA). He has over 20 years’ experience in the transportation field. He works on Mobility projects in Quebec\, Canada\, and internationally\, both during the planning and the design stages. He recently joined the Transportation Planning team of EXP in Montreal\, QC. Stephan’s interest in the interaction between users shows in his work. He likes to share\, so he presents. \nPresentation Summary: Design of a centre-running BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) in a commercial district\, reimagining a link to be used by all users of the public space\, with the addition of quality active transportation facilities.\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://global.gotomeeting.com/join/663400005\n
URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-atlantic-agm-and-fall-presentation/
LOCATION:Halifax Area (Virtual)\, Canada
CATEGORIES:AGM,Presentation,Virtual
ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Atlantic Canada Section":MAILTO:atlantic@itecanada.org
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DESCRIPTION:Presenter Information \nHalifax’s Rapid Transit Strategy\nDave Espeseth – Acting Supervisor\, Service Design & Projects – Halifax Transit\nDave Espeseth is the Acting Supervisor\, Service Design & Projects with Halifax Transit. He served as one of the Co-Project Managers on the Rapid Transit Strategy. Dave’s current work ranges from long-term transportation and planning studies to the design and construction of transit terminal in Halifax. \nPresentation Summary: This presentation will provide an overview of HRM’s Rapid Transit Strategy\, including the planning process\, the anticipated impact of implementing the rapid transit network\, and an update on the current status of the strategy’s implementation. HRM’s Rapid Transit Strategy was the recipient of CITE’s Stan Teply Outstanding Technical Project Award for 2021. \nDesign of Centre-Running BRT in a Commercial District\nStephan Kellner – Senior Project Manager – exp.\nStephan has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering (KIT\, Germany) and a master’s degree in transportation engineering (UConn\, USA). He has over 20 years’ experience in the transportation field. He works on Mobility projects in Quebec\, Canada\, and internationally\, both during the planning and the design stages. He recently joined the Transportation Planning team of EXP in Montreal\, QC. Stephan’s interest in the interaction between users shows in his work. He likes to share\, so he presents. \nPresentation Summary: Design of a centre-running BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) in a commercial district\, reimagining a link to be used by all users of the public space\, with the addition of quality active transportation facilities.
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SUMMARY:CITE Atlantic Provinces Section 2021 Spring Virtual Technical Session
DESCRIPTION:Registration: FREE\nAgenda \n\nSection Update – Tanya Davis\, ITE Atlantic President (12:00-12:10)\n\nNew executive\nSection Director election\nFuture events\n\n\nPresentations (12:10-1:25)\n\nLane Keep Assist Performance on New Brunswick Rural Roads – Michael Stewart\, UNB\nImpacts of COVID-19 on Transport Modes and Behaviour: Analysis of Public Discourse on Twitter – Md Asif Hasan Anik – Dalhousie\nAnalysis of Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Vulnerable Road Users in New Brunswick – Taylor Wood – UNB\nTraffic Microsimulation Modelling of a Mass Evacuation: Planning for Natural Hazards and Extreme Weather Events – Md Jahedul Alam\, Dalhousie\n\n\nClosing Remarks – Tanya Davis\, ITE Atlantic President (1:25-1:30)\n\n\nPresenter Information \nLane Keep Assist Performance on New Brunswick Rural Roads\nMichael Stewart – University of New Brunswick\nAfter leaving a teaching career and returning to pursue a degree in Civil Engineering\, Michael found himself intrigued and determined to be involved in the integration of autonomous technology both locally and globally. He is nearing the 1-year mark in an Accelerated Masters program. Michael is an active member in the rugby community currently playing in the senior men’s leagues for the Fredericton Loyalist\, and the provincial Spruce teams. Other interests include working out at the gym\, coaching rugby\, camping and other outdoor activities\, and enjoying the music scene around Fredericton. \nImpacts of COVID-19 on Transport Modes and Mobility Behaviour: Analysis of Public Discourse in Twitter\nMd Asif Hasan Anik – Dalhousie University\nMd Asif Hasan Anik is working as a graduate research assistant at the Department of Civil and Resource Engineering\, Dalhousie University\, Canada. His research interests are transportation policy and planning\, travel behavior\, artificial intelligence in transportation engineering\, statistical analysis\, and econometric modelling\, etc. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Islamic University of Technology (IUT)\, Bangladesh in 2016. Before coming to Dalhousie University\, he worked as a Lecturer at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering\, IUT. \nAnalysis of Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Vulnerable Road Users in New Brunswick\nTaylor Wood – University of New Brunswick\nTaylor is in the Accelerated Masters program with the UNB Transportation Group and has a strong interest in anything related to transportation. Her research consists of analyzing motor vehicle collisions that involve vulnerable road users such as pedestrians\, cyclists\, and motor-driven cyclists\, in both urban and rural New Brunswick. Taylor holds a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from UNB and was recently presented with the Past Presidents Award by CTRF for a paper titled “Safety Implications Associated with Implementing Road Diets and Shared Spaces in Urban Communities". Upon completion of her graduate studies\, she looks forward to gaining professional experience in the fields of traffic and road safety engineering. \nTraffic Microsimulation Modelling of a Mass Evacuation: Planning for Natural Hazards and Extreme Weather Events.\nMd Jahedul Alam – Dalhousie University\nMD Jahedul Alam is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Civil and Resource Engineering and a part-time faculty in the School of Planning of Dalhousie University. He received his MASc. in Civil Engineering from Dalhousie University in 2016. He is a former Junior Fellow of MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance. He is also an active volunteer of the Emergency Evacuations Committee of Transportation Research Board (TRB). His research focuses on transportation systems modelling\, simulation\, and optimization\, emergency evacuation planning and modelling\, pedestrian simulation\, risk and vulnerability assessment\, collision study\, shared mobility\, travel demand forecasting\, and travel behavior modeling. His research works appeared in various publications\, including International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction\, Natural Hazards\, and Transportation Research Record (TRR). He has been awarded multiple prestigious scholarships for his academic excellence and genuine research contributions\, including Izaak Walton Killam Predoctoral Scholarship\, President Award\, and Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship. \n
URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/cite-atlantic-provinces-section-2021-spring-virtual-technical-session/
LOCATION:Halifax Area (Virtual)\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Atlantic Canada Section":MAILTO:atlantic@itecanada.org
GEO:44.695564;-63.633283
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SUMMARY:ITE Atlantic Virtual Session
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Monday\, November 30th (12-1:30PM) for the CITE Atlantic Provinces Section’s second virtual Lunch & Learn Session. The first hour of the session (12-1PM) will include two approximately 20-minute presentations (see details below)\, with time for a few questions and discussion following each. During the final half hour (1-1:30PM)\, we will hold our Annual General Meeting and swear in our new executive. \nPresenter: Taylor Owen\, Climate Change Specialist\, Energy & Environment\, Halifax Regional Municipality \nTopic: HalifACT – Halifax’s New Climate Plan \nTaylor Owen is a creative policy developer\, an environmental innovator and collaborator whose work is focused on climate change mitigation\, sustainable transportation\, and community development. She currently holds the role of Climate Change Specialist with the Energy & Environment division at Halifax Regional Municipality where she is working to implement HalifACT – Acting on Climate Together\, Halifax’s ambitious climate change plan. Taylor believes that the key to successful climate work is integrating a lens of social equity\, building inclusive and trusting relationships\, and incorporating creativity and art. Taylor completed a Bachelor of Management majoring in Sustainable Resource and Environmental Management from Dalhousie University. \nPresenter: Dave McCusker\, P.Eng. Sr. Transportation Engineer\, WSP Canada \nTopic: Investigating the Use of Bus on Shoulder in Halifax \nDave McCusker is a Senior Transportation Engineer with WSP Canada’s Dartmouth office. Prior to joining WSP in 2008\, Dave spent twenty years at Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) holding management roles in traffic operations\, transportation planning and parking. Throughout his career at HRM\, he demonstrated a passion for transit priority\, implementing the region’s first transit priority measures on the Macdonald Bridge approaches and creating MetroLINK\, the region’s first comprehensive rapid bus and transit priority project. \nDave will discuss HRM’s recent investigation of Bus on Shoulder operation\, a project that he led on behalf of WSP. HRM has committed a substantial investment into widening a section of Bayers Road to create new dedicated transit lanes. But to avoid all of the morning congestion\, Bayers Road is only a part of the puzzle. Chronic congestion on Highway 102 leading into Bayers Road is also a significant cause of delay. The Bus on Shoulder Study\, commissioned by HRM and conducted by WSP Canada documented how cities in North America and beyond have developed protocols that allow public transit buses to use highway shoulders as a means of by-passing stop-and-go traffic. The presentation shows how successful lessons learned elsewhere were applied in developing a low-cost design approach for Highway 102 along with management and communications strategies. A number of traffic engineering “first principles” were challenged in developing the recommended plan.\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MDBhZDQwMzItODQ3YS00NDE4LWExZTgtY2FiNjVmZWIzOWMy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224ac47f73-7479-484a-903a-7c08b6270689%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22e694bba7-679f-4cbf-891d-72619e23f553%22%7d\n
URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/ite-atlantic-virtual-session/
LOCATION:Halifax Area (Virtual)\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Atlantic Canada Section":MAILTO:atlantic@itecanada.org
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Join Virtual EventDESCRIPTION:Please join us on Monday\, November 30th (12-1:30PM) for the CITE Atlantic Provinces Section’s second virtual Lunch & Learn Session. The first hour of the session (12-1PM) will include two approximately 20-minute presentations (see details below)\, with time for a few questions and discussion following each. During the final half hour (1-1:30PM)\, we will hold our Annual General Meeting and swear in our new executive. \nPresenter: Taylor Owen\, Climate Change Specialist\, Energy & Environment\, Halifax Regional Municipality \nTopic: HalifACT – Halifax’s New Climate Plan \nTaylor Owen is a creative policy developer\, an environmental innovator and collaborator whose work is focused on climate change mitigation\, sustainable transportation\, and community development. She currently holds the role of Climate Change Specialist with the Energy & Environment division at Halifax Regional Municipality where she is working to implement HalifACT – Acting on Climate Together\, Halifax’s ambitious climate change plan. Taylor believes that the key to successful climate work is integrating a lens of social equity\, building inclusive and trusting relationships\, and incorporating creativity and art. Taylor completed a Bachelor of Management majoring in Sustainable Resource and Environmental Management from Dalhousie University. \nPresenter: Dave McCusker\, P.Eng. Sr. Transportation Engineer\, WSP Canada \nTopic: Investigating the Use of Bus on Shoulder in Halifax \nDave McCusker is a Senior Transportation Engineer with WSP Canada’s Dartmouth office. Prior to joining WSP in 2008\, Dave spent twenty years at Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) holding management roles in traffic operations\, transportation planning and parking. Throughout his career at HRM\, he demonstrated a passion for transit priority\, implementing the region’s first transit priority measures on the Macdonald Bridge approaches and creating MetroLINK\, the region’s first comprehensive rapid bus and transit priority project. \nDave will discuss HRM’s recent investigation of Bus on Shoulder operation\, a project that he led on behalf of WSP. HRM has committed a substantial investment into widening a section of Bayers Road to create new dedicated transit lanes. But to avoid all of the morning congestion\, Bayers Road is only a part of the puzzle. Chronic congestion on Highway 102 leading into Bayers Road is also a significant cause of delay. The Bus on Shoulder Study\, commissioned by HRM and conducted by WSP Canada documented how cities in North America and beyond have developed protocols that allow public transit buses to use highway shoulders as a means of by-passing stop-and-go traffic. The presentation shows how successful lessons learned elsewhere were applied in developing a low-cost design approach for Highway 102 along with management and communications strategies. A number of traffic engineering “first principles” were challenged in developing the recommended plan.
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SUMMARY:CITE Atlantic September Webinar
DESCRIPTION:(1) Title: Lessons learned from the City of Moncton’s Temporary Conversion of Main Street to One-Way Traffic \nIn an effort to provide more space for pedestrians and accommodate larger restaurant patios that meet physical distancing requirements during the pandemic\, the City of Moncton temporarily converted a portion of downtown Main Street to one-way traffic. At the same time\, a two-way bike lane was also introduced along the corridor. \nWhile this plan initially had the support of downtown businesses\, unfortunately the changes did not have the desired impact and the street was restored to its original configuration after a 7-week trial period. \nWhy wasn’t this trial as successful as originally hoped? What were the lessons learned? Tune in to this presentation to find out! \nPresenter – Alcide Richard is Director of Design & Construction with the City of Moncton. \n \n(2) Title: New Brunswick Border Check Point Traffic Control \nIn response to the COVID pandemic\, the Government of New Brunswick has placed restrictions on who is able to travel into and through the province. New Brunswick’s Department of Public Safety has set up check points at 7 interprovincial border crossings to screen vehicles and enforce these restrictions where no previous screening infrastructure existed. In this presentation\, we will be discussing the work Crandall\, a Division of Englobe\, has done for NBDTI to create traffic control plans for these border check points that support the efficient and safe movement of vehicles through these sites and protection of check point workers. \nPresenter: Andrew Northmore is a Professional Engineer with a PhD in Transportation Engineering from the University of New Brunswick. He is a part of the Transportation Engineering team at Crandall\, a Division of Englobe\, in Fredericton and specializes in road safety and traffic engineering projects.\n\nJoin Virtual Event:\nhttps://meet.google.com/tnf-vyro-gek\n
URL:https://www.itecanada.org/event/cite-atlantic-sept-webinar/
LOCATION:Halifax Area (Virtual)\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="ITE Atlantic Canada Section":MAILTO:atlantic@itecanada.org
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Join Virtual EventDESCRIPTION:(1) Title: Lessons learned from the City of Moncton’s Temporary Conversion of Main Street to One-Way Traffic \nIn an effort to provide more space for pedestrians and accommodate larger restaurant patios that meet physical distancing requirements during the pandemic\, the City of Moncton temporarily converted a portion of downtown Main Street to one-way traffic. At the same time\, a two-way bike lane was also introduced along the corridor. \nWhile this plan initially had the support of downtown businesses\, unfortunately the changes did not have the desired impact and the street was restored to its original configuration after a 7-week trial period. \nWhy wasn’t this trial as successful as originally hoped? What were the lessons learned? Tune in to this presentation to find out! \nPresenter – Alcide Richard is Director of Design & Construction with the City of Moncton. \n \n(2) Title: New Brunswick Border Check Point Traffic Control \nIn response to the COVID pandemic\, the Government of New Brunswick has placed restrictions on who is able to travel into and through the province. New Brunswick’s Department of Public Safety has set up check points at 7 interprovincial border crossings to screen vehicles and enforce these restrictions where no previous screening infrastructure existed. In this presentation\, we will be discussing the work Crandall\, a Division of Englobe\, has done for NBDTI to create traffic control plans for these border check points that support the efficient and safe movement of vehicles through these sites and protection of check point workers. \nPresenter: Andrew Northmore is a Professional Engineer with a PhD in Transportation Engineering from the University of New Brunswick. He is a part of the Transportation Engineering team at Crandall\, a Division of Englobe\, in Fredericton and specializes in road safety and traffic engineering projects.
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