2023 Winnipeg (ITE Canada/CARSP Joint Conference)
32nd CARSP Conference Proceedings
June 19-21, 2023, Winnipeg, Manitoba
For access to any presentation listed below, please contact info@carsp.ca
Session 1A: Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
- All about the apps? Exploring trip planning preferences in the Netherlands
Matt Zilinski, McElhanney - Multimodal Transfer Point Selection in Multimodal Trip Planning
Ghazaleh Mohseni Hosseinabadi, York University - The Evolution of Car Share in the City of Vancouver
Billy Dong, City of Vancouver - Rapid Implementation of Bikeways
Brian Patterson, Urban Systems
Session 1B: Child-Related Road Safety
- Hailie and Trent’s Law, not just a name, a legacy
Eran Jones, Hailie and Trent’s Law - Integrating the child’s voice into road safety research: Mixed methods findings from the BIKE Study
Janet Aucoin, University of Calgary - Keeping School Children Safe – City Wide Elementary School Safety & Traffic Study
Kathy Ho & Po Sun, City of Burnaby; Mark Merlo, McElhanney - Risky Driver Behaviors Near Calgary Elementary Schools
Tate HubkaRao, University of Calgary
Session 1C: Alcohol and Drug Impaired Driving
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of remedial interventions for impaired drivers provided using videoconferencing technologies: A preliminary report
Christine Wickens, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - Taking the high road: Cannabis-impaired driving campaigns and lessons learned
Kelley Teahen, Parachute - The National Scan: An Enforcement Level Review of Bill C-46
Eric Dumschat, MADD Canada - Using Cannabis-Impaired Driving Research to Inform Policy Decisions
Craig Lyon, Traffic Injury Research Foundation
Session 1D: Active Transportation Facility Design & Implementation I
- Keddy Access Trail – Bridging a Geographical and Socio-Economic Divide
Danny Pimentel, City of Hamilton - “Safe System”, you say? … what’s that?
Ryan Martinson & Tyler Golly, Martinson Golly Ltd. - Active and Safe School Travel across Canada
Jamie Hilland & Shoni Madden, Urban Systems - Building Safety with Numbers: City of New Westminster City-wide AAA Active Transportation Network
Kanny Chow, City of New Westminster; PJ Bell, Urban Systems
Session 2A: Injury Trend Analysis
- Emergency medical services response times to motor vehicle crashes increased over the period 1987 to 2020
David Savage, NOSM University; Michel Bedard, Lakehead University; Patrick Gravelle, Brown University; Sacha Dubois, Centre for Applied Health Research - Explanatory prediction of injury severity in traffic incidents: a hybrid approach with latent class clustering and causal Bayesian network model
Hao Yang & Jing Li, McMaster University; Jingqiu Guo, Tongji University; Shuoyan Xu, University of Toronto - The Covid-19 Pandemic and Vulnerable Road User Injury Trends: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Brice Batomen Kuimi, University of Toronto; Linda Rothman, Toronto Metropolitan University - The Power of Post-Crash Analysis
Emily Thomason, Mobycon; Suzanne Woo, Road Safety Engineer - Using the Ontario Trauma Registry to study road injuries in Ontario: Rationale and Risks
Anne Harris, Toronto Metropolitan University
Session 2C: Active Transportation Facility Design & Implementation II
- Still Creek Avenue Rapid Implementation Active Transportation and Road Safety Improvements
Po Sun, City of Burnaby; Brian Patterson, Urban Systems; Raheem Dilgir, TranSafe Consulting Ltd. - Osborne Village Protected Bike Lanes – Developing Solutions for All Ages & Abilities
Chris Baker, City of Winnipeg; Jaime Lacoste & Kerra Mruss, WSP - Fast Forward: Lessons Learned from Implementing Quick-Build AT Infrastructure in Kelowna
Chad Williams, City of Kelowna; Nathan Carswell, WATT Consulting Group - St. George Rainway: Reallocating Road Space to Active Transportation and Green Rainwater Infrastructure
Erica Mason, City of Vancouver - Using machine learning techniques to predict child active transportation prevalence and injury rates
Tate HubkaRao, University of Calgary
Session 2D: Road Safety Policy and Program Development
- Climate Impact of Implementing the Winnipeg Transit Master Plan
Bjorn Radstrom, Erin Cooke & Kevin Sturgeon, Winnipeg Transit - Hostile Vehicle Mitigation Measures: Protecting Pedestrians in the Public Realm
Geoff Wilkinson, Ontario Traffic Council; Jeff Suggett, CIMA+ - Creating a knowledge exchange and training hub for road safety professionals in Canada: A success story
Navoda Rillagodage, University of Manitoba - Restaurant Patio Guidelines: Protecting Restaurant Patrons in the Right of Way
Geoff Wilkinson, Ontario Traffic Council; Jeff Suggett, CIMA+ - Motorcycle Use in Developing Nations and Potential Safety Improvement Strategies
William Morrison, University of New Brunswick
Session 3B: PRESENTATIONS & PANEL – Speed Management
- Speeding Drivers in Collisions 2016–2020
Paul Boase & Brian Jonah, Transport Canada - Policing excessive speed as part of the ‘safe system’
Dave Cliff, Global Road Safety Partnership - Speed reduction pilot in four neighbourhoods in urban Winnipeg
Greg Blatz, City of Winnipeg - Temporary Traffic Calming Measures – Managing speeds on residential streets in the City of Ottawa
Krista Tanaka, City of Ottawa
Session 3C: Emerging methods and technologies in transportation planning and road safety analysis
- Advancing the Use of Video Analytics for Highway Traffic Operations and Safety Assessments
Da Kuang & Rita Hu, Parsons - From Artificial Intelligence to Real World Sustainability – A Case Study in Big Data and Equitable Planning
Mark Masongsong, UrbanLogiq; Barbara Thomas - Real-time Prediction of Conflict Risk Between AVs and Active Road Users: An Advanced Machine Learning Approach
Abdul Razak Alozi & Mohamed Hussein, McMaster University - Road Safety Analysis using LiDAR Devices
Christian Bachmann, Lipping Fu & Reza Aminghafouri, University of Waterloo; Faranak Hosseini, City of Kitchener - Understanding the Operational Design Domain for ADAS and AVs: Miovision’s work with OEMs and regulators to expand critical scenario databases
Craig Milligan, Miovision
Session 3D: Road Safety Improvement Initiatives I
- Are Smart Channels Here to Stay? Smart for VRUs or Cars?
Paula Sawicki, Region of Waterloo - At-grade Railway Crossing Safety Assessments
Ethan Hill & Kari Anderson, WATT Consulting Group - Real-time Dynamic Hazardous Location Identification and Network Monitoring System
Tarek Ghoul, University of British Columbia - Feasibility of provincial sanctuary corridors in mitigating wildlife-truck collisions on rural highways
Navoda Rillagodage, University of Manitoba - Macro-Scale Evaluation of Road Safety: An Enhanced Approach
Ali Darwiche & Gaby Monagan, McElhanney; Reid Keller, TransLink
Session 4A: Heavy Vehicle Road Safety
- Effects of Eco-Driving on Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Crash Risk
Craig Lyon, Milad Delavaryforoutaghe & Ward Vanlaar, Traffic Injury Research Foundation - Nowhere To Be Seen: The Challenge of Commercial Vehicle Visibility
Dominique Charlebois & Shivang Dube, Transport Canada - Human factors affecting truck-vulnerable road user safety: A scoping review
Alia Galal, University of Toronto - Towards clean energy: transportation and logistics with dangerous goods of hydrogen products
Yili Tang, University of Regina
Session 4B: PRESENTATIONS & PANEL – Technology & Road Safety
- Future Directions in Road Safety Research
Karim El-Basyouny - Transportation Automation Research Activities at NRC
Taufiq Rahman - The CARSP Advanced Vehicle Safety Systems (AVSS) Project
Martin Lavallière - Increasing Safety on Milton Roadways using Technology
Heide Schlegl
Session 4C: Road Safety Improvement Initiatives II
- New Westminster Intersection Safety Review: Ongoing Process and Value
Borg Chan, ISL Engineering; Kanny Chow, City of New Westminster - Planning for Safety in Brandon
Steven Florko, MORR Transportation Consulting - Safe and Secure Mobility – City of Burnaby Road Safety Network Screening Study
Marcus Chan, City of Burnaby; Borg Chan, ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd - Safety Audits with Diverse Perspectives in Mind – City of Saskatoon Shared Use Path Audit
Carly Grassing, City of Saskatoon; Monique Beaudry & Jon Medori, Associated Engineering
Session 4D: Cyclist Safety I
- Improving Bikeway Safety Through Video-Analytics
Bismarck Ledezma Navarro, Transoft Solutions; Riccardo Caimano, WSP - Safety and accessibility upgrades to an existing corridor and bike connection
Nick Sullivan, City of Victoria - Fatal-crashes involving cyclists: Crash-, cyclist-, and driver-related factors associated with crash responsibility
Bruce Weaver, Centre for Research on Safe Driving; Erica Sawula, Thunder Bay District; Michel Bedard, Lakehead University; Sacha Dubois, Centre for Applied Health Research - Bicycle Signal Operation Strategies from the US
Andy Kading, WATT Consulting Group
Session 5A: Traffic Calming and Speed Management
- Deployment and Operations Management of Automated Speed Enforcement Systems
Mandana Hedayati - The City of Calgary’s Left Turn Calming Pilot Project
Tom Li, The City of Calgary - The effects of left turn calming treatments on vulnerable road users’ safety in Toronto
Sheyda Saneinejad & Jafar Faizi, City of Toronto; Nora Hallett, City of Calgary - Traffic and Speed Management Policy – A Traffic Calming Approach
Kathy Ho, City of Burnaby; Borg Chan, ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd - Parachute Elementary Road Safety Program – School Zone Safety Intervention
Valerie Smith, Parachute Canada
Session 5B: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Transportation
- Bringing Complete Streets to our Suburban Arterials
Thaise Mota, Alta Planning + Design - Community Influence on Transportation Infrastructure in the City of Vancouver
Dominic Lao & Megan Pate, City of Vancouver - Furthering Truth and Reconciliation through Infrastructure – a Crescent Road N.W. Case Study
Charlene Wilcock, City of Calgary - From Local to Major Arterial: Applying Context-Sensitive Design for a Continuous All-Ages-and-Abilities Bikeway in Toronto
Kanchan Maharaj, City of Toronto; Riccardo Caimano, WSP - Rightsizing for Bikes and Bees: A Complete Streets Retrofit in an Equity Seeking Community
Charlene Wilcock & Kristen Myers, City of Calgary
Session 5C: Risky Driving and Fitness to Drive
- Don’t Rush the Red – A Red Light Running Awareness Campaign
Lauren Short & Liraz Fridman, City of Guelph - Older drivers reduce distracting behaviours over time
Bruce Weaver, Hillary Maxwell & Michel Bedard, Lakehead University Centre for Research on Safe Driving - Travel Restrictions and traffic injuries’ variation in Rasht city (Iran), during pre- and COVID-19 times: an autoregressive moving-average analysis
José Ignacio Nazif-Muñoz & Vahid Najafi Moghaddam Gilani, University of Sherbrooke - The association between diabetes and safe driving: A systematic search and review of the literature and cross-reference with the current guidelines
Hillary Maxwell, Lakehead University Centre for Research on Safe Driving - Impact of COVID-19 on aggressive and risky driving: A survey of Canadian drivers
Christine Wickens, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Session 5D: Cyclist Safety II (Municipal)
- Kamloops adventures towards a Two-Way Protected Bike lane Option on 6th Avenue (Downtown)
Purvez Irani, City of Kamloops - Building a “Cycling City” in Rural Manitoba – Active Transportation design and implementation in the middle of the prairies
Mike VanAlstyne, City of Dauphin; Jamie Hilland, Urban Systems - Safety Analysis of cycling infrastructure installed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto Canada
Linda Rothman, Toronto Metropolitan University - How is cyclists’ safety affected by on-street bike infrastructure? A case study from the City of Toronto
Haniyeh Ghomi & Yasmina Imad Monzer, McMaster University - Innovative Traffic Signal and Lighting Design for Cyclist Safety
Amy Hunter, PBX Engineering
Session 6A: Traffic Safety Enforcement
- A literature review of the factors affecting law enforcement professionals’ traffic safety enforcement behaviour
Navoda Rillagodage, University of Manitoba - Evaluation of an Automated Speed Enforcement Program in Toronto
Saroar Zubair, The Hospital for Sick Children - Evaluating attitudes, beliefs and behaviours related to traffic safety enforcement among police leaders in Ontario
Navoda Rillagodage, University of Manitoba - E.R.A.S.E. – Eliminate Racing Activity on Streets Everywhere
Todd Snooks, York Regional Police
Session 6C: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and AVs
- Autonomous shuttle pilot project on Plaza Saint-Hubert in Montreal: Social acceptability and urban form
Pierre-Maxime Leduc, INRS - User and service provider perspectives of inclusive and autonomous public transportation for aging populations
Dallas Murphy & Michelle Porter, University of Manitoba; Ruheena Sangrar, University of Toronto - The place of self-driving vehicles for people with degenerative disease
Martin Lavallière, UQAC
Session 6D: Pedestrian Safety I
- PTH 100 & PR 200 (St. Mary’s Road) Interchange Functional Design
Diana Emerson, WSP Canada - Safety Effectiveness of Leading Pedestrian Intervals – A Before and After Study Using Video Conflict Analysis
Josée Dumont, True North Safety (TNS) Group - Planning-Level Crosswalk Evaluations
Glenn Stanker, McElhanney Ltd. - Achieving Vision Zero: Insights from 50 Before-After Traffic Safety Studies Using Miovision Video Analytics
Craig Milligan, Miovision
Session 7A: Planning, Implementation & Evaluation of Road Safety Programs
- Embracing Vision Zero in the City of Kamloops BC
Purvez Irani, City of Kamloops; Raheem Dilgir, TranSafe Consulting; Tyler Golly, Martinson Golly Ltd. - Turbocharging Safety for All Road Users: A Turbo Roundabout Case Study
Chun Man & Laurel Flanagan, McElhanney - Synthesis of Canadian Practice in Vision Zero and the Safe System Approach: Government Survey
Nancy Badeau, Ville de Montréal; Raheem Dilgir, TranSafe Consulting; Suzanne Woo, Road Safety Engineer - The Importance of the Road Safety Audit (RSA) Process in Design-Build Project Delivery
Jeeshan Ahmed, Michael Skene & Nadine King, WATT Consulting Group - Vision Zero – The role of multi-sectoral governance structures in delivering robust and effective road safety programs
Shabnem Afzal, WATT Consulting
Session 7B: Transportation Planning and Operations
- A congestion fee funding model for transit in the Greater Toronto Area
Darshan Soni, Trans-Plan - First Steps of the Journey – Solving the Colwood Crawl!
James Wadsworth, BC Transit; Bernard Abelson, McElhanney Ltd - Assessing and Improving Bus Speed and Reliability – A Case Study of Langley City, BC
Eric Ma & Fujiou Lu, Urban Systems Ltd. - React Fast and Predict the Future Perfectly!
Bjorn Radstrom & Darren Manley, Winnipeg Transit - Updating a 4-Step Traffic Model in VISUM
Brendan Stevenson & Ethan Hill, WATT Consulting Group
Session 7C: Road Design and Road Safety
- Passing Sight Distance Assessment and Safer Allocation of Passing Zones on Highways: An Automated Approach using LiDAR Data
Amr Shalkamy, Arcadis IBI Group - Developing a MASH crash tested transition from Steel Beam Guide Rail to Permanent Concrete Barrier
Jesse Hopkins, Innovations Academy - Integrated analysis with the Highway Safety Manual and the Highway Capacity Manual
Bob Aghdashi & Fabio Sasahara, McTrans Center - Safety Impact of Pavement Markings in Multi-Lane Roundabouts
Eric Hildebrand & Riley Taweel, University of New Brunswick - Maintaining Transportation Options During Major Interchange Construction
Nadine King, WATT Consulting Group
Session 7D: Safe System Approach, Vision Zero & Road Safety Management
- Lessons Learned and Updates to the Traffic Injury Research Foundation’s Action2Zero Learning Centre
Craig Lyon & Rob Wilkinson, Traffic Injury Research Foundation - Asset Management – Developing a Critical Replacement Program for Your Municipality
Amy Hunter, PBX Engineering - B.C.’s Vision Zero in Road Safety for Vulnerable Road Users Grant Program: Results from a Process Evaluation Study
Emily McCullogh, York University - Corporate Road Safety Management Observatory
Jonny León, Independent Professional - Designing Safe Systems: The intersection of Big Data, Complete Streets, and Vision Zero
Amar Lad, TYLin
Session 8A: Intersection Safety
- Before-and-After Safety Effectiveness Evaluation of High Friction Surface Treatment at Signalized Intersections in British Columbia
Joy Sengupta & Mohamed Essa, BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure - Do Traffic Countermeasures Improve the Safety of Vulnerable Road Users at Signalized Intersections?
Qiangqiang Shangguan, University of Waterloo - Evaluating the effects of the Right Turn on Red regulations on the intersections in Quebec (Canada)
Martin Lavallière, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi - So, your city adopted a cool new mobility policy? Congratulations!
Jen Malzer, City of Calgary
Session 8B: Transportation Accessibility and Community Building
- Access to transit for vulnerable pedestrians in Greater Montreal
Philippe Brodeur-Ouimet, INRS - Identifying Transportation Issues in First Nation Communities and Offering Solutions Moving Forward
Jeeshan Ahmed & Michael Skene, WATT Consulting Group - Dynamic Resource Optimization Modelling in Fire Departments
Ali Khaksar, York University - Youth Pedestrian and Cyclist Fatalities in Ontario
Marcus Chan, City of Burnaby; Borg Chan, ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd.
Session 8C: Youth/Novice Driver Road Safety
- Development and testing of a smartphone intervention to reduce youth cannabis-impaired driving
Robert Colonna, Western University - For Young Drivers, By Young Drivers: A Framework to Improve Road Safety for Youth in Canada
Valerie Smith, Parachute Canada - Influencing young driver behaviour: engaging youth through social media marketing
Kelley Teahen & Valerie Smith, Parachute
Session 8D: Pedestrian Safety II (Municipal)
- Cohabitation project on pedestrian streets in Montreal: pedestrian experiences on Mont-Royal Avenue
Audrey-Anne Lamarche, INRS - Traffic Circulation and Pedestrian Safety Study at Kemptville Campus
Jordan Frost & Nathan Chan, GHD Limited - Raised Crossings – A building block to Edmonton’s Safe System
Mikaela Wrobel, City of Edmonton; Tyler Golly, Martinson Golly Ltd. - Network Screening and Prioritization of Crosswalks for Improvements, City of Whitehorse, YK
Stefan Baer, City of Whitehorse; Andres Baez, Morrison Hershfield Ltd.