News – CARSP Events
1. CARSP/ICTCT Conference 2025
CARSP, ICTCT, and Parachute jointly hosted the highly successful CARSP/ICTCT 2025 Conference from May 20–23 in Quebec City, Quebec. Themed “Innovative Interventions and Technologies for Safer Roads: A Global Perspective”, the event welcomed over 230 delegates from Canada and around the world, offering a rich platform for learning, networking, and collaboration.
A defining feature of this year’s conference was that it was fully bilingual, with all sessions, materials, and presentations offered in both English and French. This commitment to accessibility and inclusivity ensured meaningful engagement for participants from across the country and beyond and truly reflected the spirit of national and international cooperation.
The program featured two outstanding keynote speakers: Lars Ekman, who discussed The Role of New Technology in Implementing Vision Zero, and Ian Lockwood, who delivered Safety: It Takes a Village. The conference also included four thought-provoking panel discussions: i) Speed Management and the 5 Es, ii) Bigger Vehicles, Bigger Risks, iii) Micromobility and Road Safety: Navigating the Future of Urban Transportation, and iv) Advancing Road Safety Through Data Analytics
The add-on activities: namely the pre-conference workshop, Collaborative Fatal Collision Investigations, the Vision Zero walkshop, the bike tours, and City of Quebec Traffic Management Centre tours enriched the overall experience.
The event concluded with a festive Awards Banquet that recognized excellence in road safety. Awards included six student winners: in the poster competition, first place went to Ella Sherafat, second to Tanner Van Every, and third to Cameron Mohammadi; and in the paper competition, first place was awarded to Jerome Range, second to Émilie Bouchard, and third to Wendy Ding. Additional honors included the Mavis Johnson Traffic Safety Award presented to Camille Savoie, the Dr. Charles H. Miller Award awarded to Hillary Maxwell, and three Lifetime Achievement Awards granted to Michel Bédard, Paul Mackey, and Lynn Vézina.
This truly bilingual and globally engaged conference set a new benchmark for collaboration in road safety.
2. CARSP Webinar Series
CARSP has offered five webinars so far in 2025, with monthly webinars set to resume this fall. These sessions continue our mission to share cutting-edge research and best practices with the broader road safety community. The past CARSP webinars are made available to the public in CARSP’s YouTube channel as well as in the CARSP website. A list of webinars offered in so far in 2025 are as follows:
Topic: Vision Zero Guelph: Action Plan for Safe Streets and Canada’s first High-Risk Network (HRN) analysis
Speakers: Nico Koening; Reza Aminghafouri
Topic: Geographic Distribution of Motor Vehicle Collisions Involving Pedestrians Resulting in Fatal, Major and Minor Injuries in Winnipeg (2012-2020): A Transportation Equity Analysis
Speakers: Jairo Viafara
Topic: City of Toronto Speed Management Strategy
Speakers: Sheyda Saneinejad
Topic: Sustainable Safety versus Vision Zero
Speakers: Anna Luten, Narayan Donaldson
Topic: Exploring the Use of Wireless Sensors in Pedestrian Safety Analysis
Speakers: Professor Karim Ismail, Salah Fakhoury