By: Abigail Cartwright, BScE, MscE student, Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick Abstract Complete streets are designed to cater to all road users, promoting safety through road design elements. Complete streets seek to reduce collisions and promote multimodal…
Date: October 3, 2024 Interviewer: Dr. Emily McCullogh, York University, member of the CARSP editorial board Interviewee: Dr. Ian Pike, Full Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of British Columbia, investigator at BC Children’s…
Another milestone of ITE Canada and CARSP’s partnership was reached this fall with a second joint webinar. This one, hosted by ITE Canada, centred on TransLink and the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s Design Guide for Bus Stops Adjacent…
Welcoming Our New Members The CARSP Young Professionals Committee (YPC) is thrilled to welcome five new members to the team! You can learn more about our members and read their bios on the CARSP Website. Reflection on YPC Growth Over…
This section of the CARSP SNN aims to give our readers the most recent news about the RSP certification by the Transportation Professional Certification Board (TPCB) with a focus on the Canadian perspective. The TPCB was established in 1998 to…
By: Valerie Smith Director of Road Safety Programs Parachute For more than a decade, Parachute has led National Teen Driver Safety Week (NTDSW) in Canada. Supported by Desjardins Insurance and, more recently, Transport Canada, we created the For Young Drivers,…
On behalf of Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure, it was our pleasure to sponsor and attend the 2024 CARSP Conference in Ottawa. Road safety is a significant priority in Manitoba as evidenced by the fact that it is one of three…
Background The CARSP Lifetime Achievement Award for Road Safety is presented annually to individuals who have made a positive impact on road safety in Canada. Candidates will have had a career in this field (past/present) and have also made significant…
By: Robert Colonna, M.Sc.; Ph.D. Candidate, Health Promotion, Western University and Chair, CARSP Young Professionals Committee Another year, another fantastic CARSP Conference! The Young Professionals Committee (YPC) is thrilled to report on several conference successes. This year, we hit a…
By: Amr Shalkamy, Ph.D., P.Eng., RSP1 Abstract Equity in transportation aims to ensure fair access to mobility and transportation networks for all individuals and communities, regardless of their location or mode of transport. Historically, road design has favored vehicle movement,…
Implementing Healthy Urban Policy in Guelph, Ontario: Lessons from Copenhagen By: Dr. Linda Rothman, BScOT, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the School of Occupational and Public Health at Toronto Metropolitan University and Adjunct Scientist in Child Health Evaluative Sciences at the…
By: Isabelle Joncas, B.A. Équiterre Abstract In Canada, the recent rise in the number of small trucks on our roads is phenomenal (a category that includes sport utility vehicles (such as SUVs, pickups, mini-vans and crossovers). They are sold as…
By: Caroll Lau, B.Sc., M.Sc. Human Factors Specialist, Transport Canada Patrick Kehoe, B.Eng., M.A.Sc. – Senior Researcher, National Research Council Canada Zuzanna Strom, B.A., M.a. – Manager, Consumer Awareness and Road Users, Transport Canada Abstract: Pediatric Vehicular Heatstroke (PVH) is…
Impairment Identified by the Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) after Smoked Cannabis with and without Alcohol: Relating SFST Results to Simulated Driving Performance By: Christine Wickens, Ph.D., Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and Associate…
Date: July 11, 2024 Interviewer: Dr. Emily McCullogh, York University, member of the CARSP editorial board Interviewee: Dr. Alison Macpherson, Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University, prominent injury prevention and road safety public…
This section of the CARSP SNN aims to give our readers the most recent news about the RSP certification by the Transportation Professional Certification Board (TPCB) with a focus on the Canadian perspective. The TPCB was established in 1998 to…
CARSP & ITE Canada Summer 2024 Partnership Update At the joint CARSP/ITE Canada Conference in Winnipeg in June 2023, the organizations announced the start of a partnership agreement, to the end of 2025. The partnership was established to enable our…
By: Amr Shalkamy, Ph.D., P.Eng., RSP1, Project Manager, Arcadis Emily McCullogh, Ph.D., York University, Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Science Navoda Rillagodage, Ph.D., E.I.T., Transportation Engineering Associate, MORR Transportation Consulting Ltd.; Postdoctoral fellow, Price Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba….
Date: April 11, 2024 Interviewer: Dr. Emily McCullogh, York University, member of CARSP editorial board Interviewee: Dr. Linda Rothman, Associate Professor in the School of occupational and public health at Toronto Metropolitan University, prominent injury prevention and road safety public…
The countdown is on! Less than 2 months until the 2024 CARSP Conference! The Young Professionals Committee (YPC) has been hard at work planning several exciting conference initiatives! We’ve also launched a NEW Mentorship Program, which was announced at the…