Partner News – ITE Canada
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 to Cycling Infrastructure. This Design Guide was awarded both the ITE Canada Stan Teply Outstanding Technical Project Award and the ITE International Transportation Achievement Award for Planning in 2024. The webinar featured an overview of the Design Guide plus lessons learned from extensive stakeholder engagement and pilot projects. It was presented by Brian Patterson, Senior Transportation Planner with Urban Systems and also featured Suzanne Therrien, a transportation planner at the City of Kelowna and Mo Bot, a transportation planner at the City of North Vancouver. Suzanne has a population health and research background focused on active transportation initiatives and Mo specializes in sustainable and active transportation projects. This was a highly anticipated sold-out event with 300 registrants. If you missed the webinar, you can learn more about the project in this article from ITE Canada’s Transportation Talk quarterly.
Other major news for ITE Canada is around our 2025 Annual Conference. We invite you to save the date and plan to join us in Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 1-4, 2025 for an event to remember. The conference theme—Complete Communities: Integrating Transportation and Land Use Planning—promises to bring together a diverse range of perspectives on healthy and safe mobility. Applications are open for sponsors and exhibitors. We have many industry-leading companies who have already stepped up and our trade show is more than half sold so we encourage you to sign up soon if you’d like to connect with decision-makers and practitioners from across Canada. Find all the details at conference.itecanada.org.
Our Training Committee has been hard at work planning virtual workshops on two topics:
- Transportation Equity to Incorporate Solutions for Social Exclusion Issues
- Complete Networks: Planning Transportation to Reduce Auto-Dependence as Part of Affordable Housing Initiatives
Look for more details and registration at itecanada.org/training.
ITE Canada continues to invite CARSP members to take advantage of the Road Safety for Canadian Practitioners Online Training Program which we jointly developed with TAC. This on-demand, self-directed program includes five modules that can be purchased as a discounted bundle or separately.
Our parent organization, ITE International, also offers a wide array of road safety-related resources including:
- ITE Learning Hub - on-demand courses and webinars, free for ITE members
- Webinars have included topics such as Quick-Build Safety Countermeasures and Their Impacts and Beyond the Sign: Ensuring Safety Through Speed Limit Establishment
- Many informational reports, quick bites, and other frequently released resources at ite.org/technical-resources/resources including:
We’d also like to remind you of the Road Safety Professional (RSP) Certification offered by the Transportation Professional Certification Board (TPCB). You can read more about the certification here (PDF) and see the latest requirements and exam times at www.tpcb.org. The deadline to apply for February 2025 exams is November 20, 2024. (Editor’s note: Additional updates on RSP is also found in this SNN Fall Issue.
Finally, we invite you to check out an ITE Section event in your region to connect with local transportation professionals. Find ITE near you at itecanada.org/sections. Keep up with ITE Canada's latest news, including conference news, professional development opportunities, and more at itecanada.org and @itecanada on social media.