Spring marks a busy period for ITE Canada with many events underway across the country and virtually hosted by our Sections and the ITE Canada District. ITE Canada’s Training Committee is pleased to offer two professional development courses offered several…
Dear CARSP Member, This is a notice that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Wednesday, May 21st during the lunch hour, at the in-person CARSP/ICTCT 2025 Conference, Ballroom 2000A/B, Quebec Convention Centre, 1000 Bd René-Lévesque E, Québec,…
CARSP YPC in Morocco: Insights from the 3rd Global Youth Assembly and 4th Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. In February 2025, two CARSP Young Professionals Committee (YPC) executives, Robert Colonna and Jerome Range, travelled to Marrakech, Morocco, to participate…
Author: Caroll Lau & Dr. Peter Burns Caroll Lau is a Human Factors Specialist at Transport Canada, where she conducts applied vehicle safety research focusing on driver distraction, human-machine interfaces in automated vehicles, and safety perceptions of advanced technologies. Her…
By: Adam Sweanor Project Manager – Vision Zero Projects Transportation Services, City of Toronto Author Bio Adam began working for the City of Toronto in 2014 in the Cycling & Pedestrian Projects Unit. In 2020 he transitioned to the Vision…
Congratulations to nearly 200 Canadian professionals certified as Road Safety Professionals!!! And … a New Road Safety Certification is being explored by TPCB, as noted below! The TPCB was established in 1998 to provide a mechanism to create and administer…
Author: Seema Ansari, C.E.T Seema Ansari is the Supervisor of Transportation Operations and Safety at the Region of Peel and serves as the Vision Zero lead for the region. She is a Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T) with over 16 years…
Nancy Badeau Biography: Nancy Badeau has been the engineer heading the road safety team at Ville de Montréal since 2009. After working in road safety for over 30 years, she is getting ready to retire in April 2025. Nancy was also…
By: Boris Lam – Engineer-In-Training, Mobility Safety Bio: Boris Lam is an Engineer-in-Training specializing in Traffic Safety with the City of Calgary, bringing over three years of experience in the field. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil…
By: Heidi Cousineau P.Eng. Manager, Traffic, Safety & Mobility Traffic Services, City of Ottawa Abstract The City of Ottawa is advancing road safety through a multifaceted approach that integrates Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE), comprehensive traffic calming programs, and street design…
Authors: Megan Oakey and Lauren Pearson Megan Oakey Since 2016, Megan has been the Manager for Injury Prevention at the BC Centre for Disease Control and a member of the BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit. She has over 20…
Date: February 26, 2025 Interviewer: Dr. Emily McCullogh, York University, CARSP Safety Network Newsletter, Editor Interviewee: Jennifer Chapman is the current manager of road safety at the Manitoba Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (MTI). Jennifer has spent 20 years working…
Hello Road Safety Community, Are you passionate about road safety and eager to make an impact? CARSP is looking for dedicated volunteers to join our committees and help us drive important initiatives forward. This is a unique opportunity to connect…
Date: October 3, 2024 Interviewer: Dr. Emily McCullogh, York University, CARSP Safety Network Newsletter Editor Interviewee: Dr. John Morrall, current president of the Canadian Highways Institute, former professor of civil engineering at the University of Calgary, and longstanding road safety…
Congratulations to the 189 Canadian professionals certified as Road Safety Professionals out of 1,391 worldwide certified RSPs!!! This section of the CARSP SNN aims to give our readers the most recent news about the RSP certification by the Transportation Professional…
As we enter the final year of CARSP and ITE Canada’s partnership agreement, we are pleased to continue collaboration and information sharing between the two organizations. Roadway safety is a major priority for ITE International and the organization has released…
Youth ambassadors The Parachute Youth Ambassador Program launched in October 2024 as part of Canadian Youth Road Safety Week and empowers young leaders to make a difference in their communities by addressing local road safety issues. Eighteen Youth Ambassador teams…
Abstract Part One of this article introduced care ethics as a way of viewing the built environment and how it supports the safety of road users. Care ethics focuses on our collective human interdependence, vulnerability, and need, which draws attention…
By: Dr. Suliman A. Gargoum., Ph.D., P.Eng. Introduction Creating digital replicas of road infrastructure (also known as digital twins) has the potential to transform all disciplines of transportation engineering including design, planning, and safety. Whether it is the use of…
Paul Boase, M.A. and Brian Jonah, Ph.D. Abstract The purpose of this article is to evaluate the progress made on the level of road safety in Canada from 2016 to 2022, the first seven years of Canada’s Road Safety Strategy…