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CARSP Conference 2022 – A Big Success!
Happy to get some excellent news coverage during the event…
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YPC partners with the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety
By Jacob Smith and Robert Colonna. Jacob Smith is the Regional North Americas Leader of the Global Youth Coalition for Road Safety, a driven car crash survivor, speaker, and activist. He has his consultancy in road safety and mobility justice,…
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The Role of Human Factors in Road Safety Audits
Robert Dewar, Western Ergonomics Inc. Introduction The road safety audit has come into use as a means of improving road safety. It involves a formal safety performance examination of either an existing or future road by an audit team. This…
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New MTO Resource: Wildlife vehicle collisions mini e-toolkit
Watch For Wildlife When You’re Behind The Wheel. Peak times for wildlife collisions are in the spring when animals seek road salt in ditches and try to escape biting insects and during the fall mating and migration seasons. POEO has…
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May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness month!
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness month, and RoadSafetyBC is pleased to be leading an awareness campaign about this important road safety initiative. This RoadSafetyBC campaign aims to spread awareness about what all road users can do to keep motorcyclists safe….
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New MTO Resource: Micromobility video series
The popularity of micromobility devices in recent years is giving rise to the fastest-growing mode of transport in cities across the province of Ontario. From POEO’s perspective, the greater variance in the types of vehicles and devices on our roads…
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Why ‘Vision Zero’ Hit a Wall
The traffic safety movement has saved lives across the European countries that adopted its principles. But in the U.S., deaths in participating cities have continued to rise. Los Angeles, a city famously built around the automobile, has long been a dangerous place to…
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Webinar recording available – Taking Action: The Global Plan for the New Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030
This free webinar provides an overview of the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety, 2021-2030, shares the regional call to action for Canada and discusses next steps. We also share information about the upcoming #CommitToAct 2022…
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Street Sense, ICBC’s interactive app for new drivers, launches today
BC announce the launch of a new app to help new and inexperienced drivers improve their hazard perception skills. Street Sense is an interactive learning experience that aims to enhance situational awareness by presenting hazards in driving scenarios in a safe,…
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Keeping Canada’s Backbone Safe
CARSP in the news…. With transportation an essential part of Canada’s economy, more needs to be done to address key issues impeding worker safety in the road and rail sectors. In a country as vast as Canada, driving is essential….
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Today the Current on CBC presented road safety as a topic of discussion.
Today the Current on CBC presented road safety as a topic of discussion. What will it take to bring down road fatalities and make Canada’s roads safer for all? They spoke with Jessica Spieker, who was hit by an SUV…
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BuckleUpBC Campaign (social media package) – March 21st-April 1st, 2022
This RoadSafetyBC campaign aims to spread awareness about the safety benefits of properly wearing a seatbelt, along with key information about proper carseat and booster seat use. The campaign will run from March 21, 2022 through April 1, 2022. It…
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Roundtable Invitation – University of Calgary – Canadian Northern Corridor Research Program – April 5, 2022
The University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy is hosting a series of roundtables throughout 2022 on the Canadian Northern Corridor Concept (CNC). The roundtables are facilitated by Cascade Projects. The roundtable event, to be held via Zoom on April…
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Change for Good Roads report published
As mentioned in Parachute’s last Open Your Parachute newsletter, over fall 2021, Parachute drew together diverse sectors to envision how to work together to drive change to our roads and road use. This collaboration has resulted in a report and…
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Parachute presents: Author Jessie Singer
Jessie Singer’s best friend died 15 years ago when he was 22, cycling in New York, and a driver hit and killed him. Singer, a journalist, also became a road safety advocate. Her quest to find out why society often doesn’t…
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Save the date! Safe Kids Week May 30 to June 5
This year, Parachute’s Safe Kids Week will focus on the safety and health benefits of encouraging school-age children to engage in active transportation: that is, to walk, cycle or wheel to school or other nearby destinations, rather than be driven. …
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March’s traffic safety focus in Alberta is Occupant Restraints
Alberta Transportation’s safety focus for the month of March is Occupant Restraints. Whether you’re a driver or a passenger, buckling up is one of the simplest things you can do to protect yourself in a collision. Seatbelts help secure you in…
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Road Safety Calendar, 2022
Take a look at 2022 Road Safety Calendar published by Public Outreach and Education Office of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.
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CCCS ALERT AL22-002 – Disruptive activity against Ukrainian organizations / CCC ALERTE AL22-002 – Activités perturbatrices contre des organisations ukrainiennes
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security issued an alert on February 24, 2022 concerning a new disruptive malware, named HermeticWiper, targeting Ukrainian organizations. For more information on this cyber security alert, please visit: https://cyber.gc.ca/en/alerts/disruptive-activity-against-ukrainian-organizations