2025 Quebec (CARSP/ICTCT Joint Conference)

34th CARSP Conference Proceedings

 
May 20-23, 2025, Quebec City, Quebec 

If you like to have the contact info of the presenter please reach out to CARSP Executive Director at info@carsp.ca 

Articles published in TRAFFIC SAFET RESERCH journal- learn more here

Session 1A: Older Adults and Road Safety

  • Perceived neighborhood walkability by older adult pedestrians during winter season, a case study of Saguenay region, Canada (Mateo Isaac Laguna Munoz) - abstract
  • Comprendre l'expérience vécue par les aînés qui perdent leur permis de conduire au Québec : Un projet novateur de partenariat. (Camille Savoie)
  • La Zone Santé : Sécuriser et rendre favorable au vieillissement actif les abords des installations de santé (Hugo Quintin)
  • Traverser un stationnement en sécurité : place aux personnes aînées (Wiem Bargaoui)

Session 1B: Road Safety Policies and Plans - I

  • City of Quebec 2025-2029 Road Safety Strategy (Hervé Chapon) 
  • Road Safety in Canada from 2016 to 2022 (Brian Jonah) 
  • Innovative Collision Data Solutions: Enhancing Road Safety Management in Kenya (Antoine Le Guerrier' )

Session 1C: Vulnerable Road User Safety - I

  • The relationship between road user volume and traffic collisions in the City of Toronto - Investigating safety in numbers (Chaandini Ranganathan) 
  • A comparison of helmet usage and compliance of micromobility users in one Canadian urban region.(Emersan Kristel-Grinde) 
  • Analyse multidisciplinaire des rues piétonnes à Montréal (Nicolas Saunier - Marie-Soleil Cloutier) 
  • Risk-taking behaviours while riding electric scooters in one Canadian urban region. (Emersan Kristel-Grinde) 

Session 2A: Designing Safer Roads

  • SafeRoads: a real world study star-rating all roads in Georgia US and measing their performance against the UN road safety standard (Steve Abley) 
  • Pavement Friction Management for Safer Roads: A Global Overview to Guide Canadian Implementation (Stephen Goodman) 
  • Study of Bicycle Boulevard Improvements: Will they Notice? (Nicolas Saunier) 
  • Comprehensive Understanding of Road Infrastructure Safety Policies on French’s Secondary Road Network  (Ayman Zoubir) 
  • Evaluating the Life Saving Potential of High Energy Absorbing Passive Safe Poles Through Crash and Replacement Data Analysis (Carolien Willems) 

Session 2B: School Zone Safety: Protecting Children

  • Leveraging Technology to Enhance Safety and Efficiency in Toronto's School Crossing Guard Program (Jamie Kwong - Jasna Filipovic) 
  • An Analysis of Distracted Driving in School Zones: A Roadside Observation Study in Southwestern Ontario (Valentina Bashir) 
  • The development of guidelines on Street Design in the Vicinity of Elementary Schools as Influenced by Child Psychology (Paul Mackey) 
  • Drop-Off Zone Brigade: Better Guiding Our Students Toward Road Safety (Andre Durocher) 

Session 2C: Equity, Innovation and Road Safety

  • Building CapaCITY/É for Sustainable Transportation: A Novel Implementation Science Framework for Sustainable Transportation Interventions (Part II) (Emily McCullogh) 
  • CapaCITY/É – A case for nationwide standardization of data collection and data management practices relating to road infrastructure and road collision (Tim Chevrier) 
  • Neighbourhood built environment, social marginalization and active transportation injuries in a Canadian children hospital cohort (Linda Rothman) 
  • SafeCurves: A proactive approach to address horizontal curve safety in Native American Tribal Nations (Steve Abley) 

Session 3A: Using ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles to Advance Road Safety

  • Understanding Safety Implications of Autonomous Vehicles through Conflict Analysis: Insights from Real-World Sensory Data (Haniyeh Ghomi - Mahdi Gabaire ) 
  • A Narrative Review on the Potential of Autonomous Vehicles in Enhancing Road Safety in Winter Conditions (Janak Kharel) 
  • Are ADAS adaptable to the real world? (Dominique Charlebois ) 
  • Determining the Effect of Partially Automated Driving Systems on Drivers' Behavior (Francesco Biondi ) 
  • Enhancing Urban Roadway Safety through Dynamic Variable Speed Limit Scheduling and Multi-objective Optimization (Amir Hossein Karbasi) 

Session 3B: Improving Cyclist Safety

  • Cyclist Fatalities in Ontario from 2013 to 2019 (Allison Pellar) 
  • Effects of a Public Bicycle-sharing Program on Cycling Collisions in Toronto, Ontario: An Interrupted Time-series (Valerie Pagnotta - Rita Kocsis) 
  • Trends in the demographics and safety practices of cyclists over two decades: A series of roadside observational studies. (Emersan Kristel-Grinde)
  • Positivity in cycling safety messaging - lessons from Let's Bike Month (Felicity Borgal) 

Session 3C: Enhancing Vehicle Occupant Safety for Children

  • From Inquiry to Action: A Roadmap for Real-World Roadside Research (Katherine Hutka) 
  • An Observational Roadside Survey of Child Restraint Use and Misuse in Nova Scotia (Tanner Van Every - Katherine Hutka) 
  • Observations from a roadside survey in Nova Scotia: Comparing driver information sources, sociodemographic factors and child restraint use (Tanner Van Every - Katherine Hutka) 
  • Enhancing Occupant Safety for Children: Exploring an Online, On-Demand Knowledge Tool (Eran Jones - Katherine Hutka) 

Session 4A: Determining One's Fitness to Drive

  • A three-tiered driving evaluation integrating a driving simulator test for drivers with borderline cognitive fitness-to-drive: Proof of concept (Michel Bédard)
  • Cognitive functions among drivers and non-drivers with Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (Amélie D'Ambroise) 
  • En ce qui concerne ma conduite, ma santé est parfaite : disconnecte entre la santé autorapportée et le maintien du permis de conduire (Martin Lavallière - Marie-Laurence Dufour) 
  • Capacité à conduire de la personne aînée : présentation d’une trousse pour l’aîné, son proche et les intervenants des milieux communautaires (Camille Savoie)
  • Comment conduire le TDAH vers la sécurité routière. (Martin Lavallière - Chloé Cheval)

Session 4B: Improving Truck Driver Safety: Training, Health and Policy Insights

  • Helping to Keep Tow Truck Drivers Safe (Michael Stewart) 
  • Examining the Association Between Clinical Tests and Simulated Driving Performance in Long-Haul Truck Drivers (Mackenzie McKeown) 
  • Exploring the Relationship Between Obesity, Clinical Tests, and Workplace Productivity in Canadian Long-Haul Truck Drivers (Mackenzie McKeown) 

Session 4C: Risky Driving Prevention and Enforcement - I

  • Traffic Safety Enforcement: Surveying Police Officers in Ontario (Christine Wickens)
  • COVID-19 et sécurité routière au Québec (Nicolas Saunier) 
  • Safety Promotion Programs: Best Practices in Road Safety Education and Outreach (Denae Penner) 
  • Assessing Risky Driver Behaviors in Response to Advance Warning System at a High-Speed Intersection Across Different Road-Weather Conditions (Homa Naeini) 
  • Exploring the Relationship Between Perceived and Measured Road Safety in Calgary using Social Media Data (Mohammad Majid Abedi) 

Session 5A: Assessment of Intersection and Highway Safety

  • Fatal Collision Investigations (Jeffrey Suggett) 
  • Impact of Road-Weather Conditions and Vehicle Types on Driver Time Headway Selection: Implications for Highway Safety (Janak Kharel) 
  • À pied en sécurité : aménager la traversée des artères (Severine Renard - Karine Lachapelle) Toronto's Gardiner Expressway Rehabilitation Road Safety Audits (Jeffrey Suggett) 

Session 5B: Risky Driving Prevention and Enforcement - II

  • The COVID-19 effects on road safety and driving behaviors (Reza Zarei)
  • Evaluating the Effectiveness of Automated Speed Enforcement Cameras in Guelph, Ontario: A Comprehensive Before-and-After Analysis (Reza Aminghafouri - Liraz Fridman) 
  • Une approche technopédagogique pour diminuer la distraction au volant (Perrine Ruer) 
  • Vehicle theft in Canada (Brian Jonah) 

Session 5C: Understanding Road Safety for Children and Youth

  • Transportation injury trends in children and youth in Ontario as related to the COVID-19 pandemic (Linda Rothman) 
  • What's in a name? Evolving to Canadian Youth Road Safety from National Teen Driver Safety Week (Kelley Teahen - Valerie Smith) 
  • Establishing Youth’s Risk Profiles for Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis (Robert Colonna) 
  • Exploring the relationship between personality traits and documented risky driving in young drivers: The mediating and moderating roles of self-report (Seyedsepehr Hashemian) 
  • Le risque routier, à pied ou à vélo, sur le trajet des parcs de jeu à Montréal: le risque réel et perçu par les enfants de 8 à 12 ans et leurs parents (Wiem Bargaoui) 
  • Exploring Children's Commuting in Canadian Cities based on Urban Form and Spatial Network Characteristics (Philippe Brodeur-Ouimet) 

Session 6B: Preventing and Treating Impaired Driving

  • Self-report measures and prediction of recidivism in impaired driving offenders who participated in the Quebec remedial program (Marie Claude Ouimet) 
  • Exploring Sex Differences in Risk Factors for Impaired Driving and Remedial Education Outcomes (Christine Wickens)
  • Reducing Cannabis-Impaired Driving Among Youth: The "High Alert" Pilot Randomized Control Trial (Robert Colonna) 
  • Can cannabis legislation changes affect alcohol-related injuries? (Jose Ignacio Nazif-Munoz)

Session 6C: Road Safety Policies and Plans - II

  • Canadian Coalition for the Global Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 (Brenda Suggett - Valerie Smith) 
  • Traffic safety and the Safe System in synergy and conflict with other target areas (Matilda Magnusson) 
  • How Concussion Has Been Overlooked When Considering Occupant Safety in Motor Vehicle Collisions (Jeremy Colangelo) 

Session 7A: Using Data Analytics to Understand and Advance Road Safety - I

  • City of Surrey Video Conflict Analysis (Borg Chan) 
  • Eye on the streets: computer vision to fill data gaps in road safety evaluation (Brice Batomen - Erica Zhang )
  • Applying object detection and tracking for road safety analysis (Qingwu Liu - Nicolas Saunier) 
  • Real-Time Network-Wide Safety Assessment and Prediction: A Framework Using Conflict-Based Risk Index and Temporal Fusion Transformer Modeling (Abdul Basith Siddiqui) 

Session 7B: Assessing and Enhancing Driver Behaviour and Performance - I

  • Fast to the Scene, Safe to the Finish: A Systematic Review of Driving Performance Evaluation in Emergency Responders (Jerome Range)
  • Assessing Driver Behavior Through Residents’ Perceptions: Safety Implications in Montreal’s Urban Environment (Shabnam Abdollahi) 
  • Développement d’une plateforme d’évaluation permettant l’étude avancée des mécanismes de contrôle visuo-moteurs (Émilie Bouchard - Martin Lavallière) 
  • Enhancing Driver Safety through Hazard Perception and Prediction Testing: A Czech Study on Novice and Experienced Drivers (Matúš Šucha) 

Session 7C: Understanding Cannabis Impaired Driving

  • Does what you use matter when driving? Identifying different user groups based on cannabis use products and associations with road safety (Paweena Sukhawathanakul) 
  • Examining the Role of THC Alone and in Combination with Alcohol in Fatal USA Crashes over the Past Three Decades: Prevalence and Crash Risk (Sacha Dubois) 
  • A Survey of Canadians’ Beliefs, Cannabis Use Behaviours and Decision-Making Processes Related to Cannabis and Driving (Hillary Maxwell) 
  • Cannabis Impaired Driving Behaviours among Ontario Drivers. (Michael Stewart) 

Session 8A: Using Data Analytics to Understand and Advance Road Safety - II

  • Validating a trajectory reconstruction framework in reconstructing trajectories collected by Autonomous vehicles in complex urban settings (Hossam El-Din Helal) 
  • Some perils of placing blind faith in established knowledge on crash modification factors for road safety interventions: An exploration using simulated data (Robert Mansell) 
  • Évaluation d'une chaussée à voie centrale banalisée par observations fixes et mobiles (Wilfried Evans Deutcho Ndjonjup  - Nicolas Saunier) 
  • ENHANCING ROAD SAFETY ANALYTICS USING FLOATING CAR DATA (Chris Paquette)

Session 8B: Assessing and Enhancing Driver Behaviour and Performance - II

  • Exploring the Eye Movement Behavior Between Drivers With Different Takevoer Performance (Wendy Ding) 
  • What Traffic and Mobility Psychology Should Deal With (Christine Chaloupka - Ralf Risser) 
  • Current State of Research on Driver Monitoring Based In-Vehicle Interventions for Drowsiness and Distraction (Basar Demir) 

Session 8C: Vulnerable Road User Safety - II

  • Traffic safety of children at pedestrian crossings - a case study in the area of elementary schools in the city of Maribor (Chiara Gruden) 
  • Understanding the experience and opinions of electric scooter users in one Canadian region: A roadside survey. (Emersan Kristel-Grinde) 
  • Understanding the experiences and behaviours of electric scooter riders in one Canadian urban region. (Emersan Kristel-Grinde)