Transportation Talk - Fall 2017

EDMONTON 2018 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

CANADIAN CAPACITY GUIDE UPDATE

MEMBER PROFILE BASSAM HAMWI

Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers Quarterly Newsletter

TORONTO CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

VOLUME 39 : NUMBER 3 | FALL 2017

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Joint ITE/CITE Toronto Annual Meeting Highlights Meet all of the award and scholarship winners and revisit highlights from the engaging tours, memorable events, and thought provoking conversations

17 Innovation in Motion The what, why, and how of Canada's first diverging diamond interchange 23 Canadian Guide to Traffic Calming Get the scoop on what's new in the second edition update 28 Member Highlight: Bassam Hamwi Meet the 2019 Ottawa CITE Conference Co-Chair CITE news

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15 Edmonton 2018 CITE Conference Call for Abstracts

1 President's Ponderings 3 District Director's Message 31 Welcome New Members

27 Canadian Capacity Guide New developments 34 Section News 38 Student Chapter News

44 Advertising Directory 45 CITE Contacts

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president's p on d e r ing s

Hi Folks!

I am honoured to be writing my first article as CITE President. As a member of this organization since 1994, I have had the opportunity to watch it grow and prosper as the association of choice for transportation professionals across Canada.

I will start this column by first thanking our Past President, Jen Malzer of the City of Calgary, for her diligent leadership over the past two years. She did an exceptional job in advancing our organization, from EDWARD SOLDO, P.Eng. the development of our excite initiative for emerging members, to the Canadian District President creation of the Training Committee, to helping organize the Cities of president@cite7.org Tomorrow excite Youth Summit in Calgary. For those of you who know Jen, she is never short on ideas or energy, always pushing the envelope on moving things forward. It has been a pleasure working with her as President and I plan to continue championing the goals and initiatives developed over her tenure.

I would also like to officially welcome Ryan Vanderputten of the City of Calgary, who was sworn in at the CITE Annual Meeting, as our new Secretary/Treasurer. His senior management experience and understanding of CITE, gained as a member of four different sections/chapters across the country, will be a great asset to the organization. Special thanks to our outgoing past President, Peter Truch, thank you for the time and effort you have put into the organization over the last 8 years on the executive.

For those of you that had the opportunity of attending the Joint ITE/CITE 2017 Annual Meeting in Toronto, thank you for participating and I am sure you would all agree that is was a fantastic event that showcased the current and future practice of transportation. A special thanks to the Gene Chartier and the entire Toronto local arrangements committee, they did a wonderful job of coordinating and organizing with the ITE headquarters staff. The time and effort they spent planning the conference and social events lead to a great turnout from across Canada, the United States and internationally. It was an event that the entire ITE/CITE organization can truly be proud of. I have never seen a Hockey Night in Canada like the one in Toronto, although we are still awaiting a ruling from the hockey control centre on who actually won the game.

I would like to highlight and congratulate a few of our award winners. Jim Gough on receiving CITE’s most prestigious award, the H. Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award, Erin Toop on receiving the ITE Young Member of the Year Award, and Jeannette Montufar, Ph.D, on receiving the Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award.

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p re s id e nt ' s p o n d er ings

At the Toronto meeting, your Board of Direction (comprised of representatives of all CITE Sections) and Executive Committee, met and discussed a number of items to advance the business of the organization.

Some of the key decisions we reached: • Accepted a proposal from the National Capital Section to host the 2019 CITE Annual Conference in Ottawa. Bassam Hamwi (Morrison Hershfield) and Andrew Hart (Parsons) are the two co-chairs and they promise an outstanding conference. • Approved the CITE/TAC Traffic Calming Guide, which is the subject of our feature article in this edition.

The discussion that took place during the Board Meeting reinforced the strong grassroots support at the local level and allowed sections the opportunity to discuss alternative ways to engage our membership.

As President, one of my primary objectives is to continue to grow the organization and increase our membership by providing value added training and educational opportunities. Through the establishment of the CITE Training Committee, our goal is to increase the awareness and availability of opportunities related to new and emerging topics in partnership with the CITE Technical Liaison Committee, ITE International, and other organizations like TAC and CUTA. Stay tuned for some new developments along these lines over the course of the next few months.

During my term as President, I intend to visit many of the Sections and meet members at events across the country. I encourage you to become more active in CITE, whether it is serving as a representative on a committee, joining a section/chapter executive, visiting and presenting at a local student chapter meeting, helping organize an event, or just attending a local Section meeting. Our members are our greatest asset and we need your support and participation to keep our organization vibrant and relevant.

Enjoy your fall, take the time to get out and explore our great country as part of Canada150 and if there is anything you want to share about CITE, feel free to drop me an email at esoldo@cite7. org.

EDWARD SOLDO Canadian District President

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di s tric t d i re c tor ' s m e s s a g e

It seems like only yesterday the 2017 Joint ITE/Canadian District Annual Meeting and Exhibit concluded in Toronto. By all accounts the event was a smashing success, attracting nearly 1,400 participants to the four-day conference at the Sheraton Centre. Colleagues from across the ITE world remarked about how wonderful Toronto is (we already knew that!) and at the excellent work CITE is doing on many fronts (we also already knew that!). Personally, the 2017 Annual Meeting was one of the most exciting, gratifying (and demanding) initiatives I have participated in during my long ITE career, but I am so glad I had the opportunity to be a part of the event.

GENE CHARTIER, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., FITE Canadian District Director director@cite7.org

There are many people to thank for their contributions and support, beginning with our Local Arrangements Committee (Vice Chair Jim Gough, Russell Brownlee, Matthew Davis, Angela Gibson, Amy Jiang, Joanne Kervin, Farhad Shahla, and Kelsey Waugh) and the CITE Executive Committee and Board of Directors. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to the many Canadian exhibitors, sponsors, and attendees (over 420 of you!) who took part in the meeting. You left a lasting impression on our ITE colleagues and set the bar very high for annual meetings to follow, beginning next year in Minneapolis.

Before providing an update on what’s happening at ITE, I would like to acknowledge and congratulate four Canadian District members who received individual distinctions at the ITE and CITE Awards Lunch in Toronto: • Dr. Jeannette Montufar, recipient of the ITE International Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award. Jeannette is a shining beacon in our profession and has profoundly influenced the lives of hundreds (if not thousands) of students at the University of Manitoba through her enthusiasm, intellect, mentorship, and, in some cases, tough love.

• Erin Toop, recipient of the ITE International Young Member of the Year Award. A graduate of the LeadershipITE Program, Erin has quickly become a noted transportation professional in this country.

She is co-chair of the Local Arrangements Committee for next year’s CITE Conference in Edmonton, just another example of her leadership in our organization.

• Russell Brownlee, recipient of the ITE Transportation Safety Council Edmund R. Ricker Award for individual excellence. I have never met a harder working, more diligent transportation professional than Russell. He is one of the most respected voices on transportation safety in this country.

• Jim Gough, recipient of the CITE H. Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award. Jim has served on the Toronto Section and Canadian District Executive Committees, International Board of Direction, and several ITE International technical committees in leadership positions. He has spent his entire career volunteering for ITE, making him a most deserving recipient of CITE’s highest honour.

Well done, my friends!

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d i s tr ic t d ire c to r ' s m e ssage

Now, for what’s happening at ITE: • All six proposed amendments to the ITE Constitution received at least two-thirds approval and were therefore adopted by the membership. These amendments will allow ITE to become a more inclusive organization, better reflecting the direction our profession is headed. The changes will now be implemented and cascaded through the operating directives of the Districts, Sections, and Chapters.

Kudos to the ITE Constitutional Amendments Committee, and our District representative Nadine King of Watt Consulting Group, for their work on these important changes to our governing document.

• ITE has already sold more than 350 bundled copies of the new Trip Generation 10th Edition since its release in September. ITE HQ staff is hard at work fulfilling orders, answering questions, and helping our members purchase this new, innovative product.

• ITE has added 420 new (paid) members since the 15K Membership Campaign began earlier this year, with 70 new members recommended by ITE members. ITE plans to continue to reinforce the campaign with the Districts and Sections. If you know someone who should become an ITE member, please reach out! Help us reach our goal of 15,000 members.

• The Joint ITE International and Midwest/Great Lakes District 2018 Annual Meeting and Exhibit will be held August 20 to 23, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN at the Minneapolis Hilton. The meeting theme is: Inspiration. Connections. Knowledge. The Call for Abstracts has just been released. The deadline for submission is late November 2017. An abbreviated version of the meeting website is already available at www.ite.org/annualmeeting. A full registration brochure is slated to be available online and in printed format by April 2018. The 2019 ITE International Annual Meeting and Exhibit will be held July 21 to 24, 2019 in Austin, TX in conjunction with the Texas District.

• ITE has scheduled a full slate of webinars for this fall, and is already planning the winter 2018 calendar.

Some of the fall webinars include: Creating Great Communities series, Technology in Transportation series (free), Self-Enforcing Roadways, Trip Generation, Transportation and Health, Vision Zero, Advocacy (free), and Web Briefing for the “Implementing Context Sensitive Design for Multimodal Thoroughfares: An ITE Informational Report”.

• ITE has joined the Smart Cities Council as an Advisor.

I encourage you to participate in at least one of the many ongoing and planned ITE events and initiatives this fall. Your involvement is critical to ITE becoming the best organization it can be!

Enjoy the rest of 2017!

GENE CHARTIER Canadian District Director

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Highlights from #ITEToronto2017

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ENGAGING TOURS & MEMORABLE EVENTS

Kicked off with both Canadian and American anthems, it was standing room only at the Annual Street Hockey Challenge where the crowd enjoyed an impressive show put on by East vs West.

With appearances from ITE International President Shawn Leight and Canada's own ITE International Vice President Elect Bruce Belmore, it was clear this Canadian District tradition was a highlight for members from across the ITE community and their families too!

See more photos and highlights on CITE's Facebook page FALL 2017 | TRANSPORTATION TALK and in the September 2017 edition of ITE Journal

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THOUGHT PROVOKING CONVERSATIONS

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CITE'S PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

The conference in Toronto brought together CITE members from across the country, including our most seasoned and experienced members and the emerging professionals and students who will take us into the future.

Above, we see ITE Vice President Elect Bruce Belmore alongside past Canadian ITE International Presidents Alf Guebert, Al Swanson, and Leo E. Laviolette and the swearing in of CITE's 2017-2019 Executive Committee.

Below are reflections from one of the student leaders and Canadian Traffic Bowl competitors on what he gained from attending the conference.

Chris Stogios, E.I.T.

Vice President of UT-ITE Student Chapter & MASc Candidate in Civil Engineering Transportation, University of Toronto | Toronto, ON The Joint ITE/CITE Annual Meeting and Exhibit in Toronto was a great experience. It allowed me to meet and connect with professionals in the transportation field from all over the world, as well as other students. The technical sessions were interesting and featured the latest trends of transportation engineering practice and research.

In particular, the sessions describing the future of transportation and how automated vehicles will affect it was of great interest and relevant to the future generation of transportation engineers and planners. The networking events available for students was a great opportunity to connect with other young professionals and learn about job opportunities and the latest trends in the industry. Overall, the conference in Toronto served as a great facilitator for professional development combining both technical and fun events.

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Transportation for All | Putting New Ideas Into Practice CANADIAN DISTRICT TRAFFIC BOWL COLLEGIATE AWARD McMaster University

NINE TEAMS FROM ACROSS CANADA

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UBC Okanagan

University of Alberta

University of Manitoba

McMaster University

Mohawk College

Ryerson University

University of Toronto

Carleton University

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2 0 17 CIT E awa rd w in ner s ACTIVITY AWARDS SECTION ACTIVITY AWARD | Greater Vancouver Section

Bruce Belmore & Jen Malzer present to Section President Brendan Stevenson

STUDENT CHAPTER ACTIVITY AWARD University of Manitoba

Bruce Belmore presents to Student Chapter President Auja Ominski

SECTION ACTIVITY DELTA AWARD | Northern Alberta

Bruce Belmore & Jen Malzer present to Section Past President Erin Toop

STUDENT CHAPTER ACTIVITY DELTA AWARD University of Toronto

Jen Malzer presents to Student Chapter President Md Sami Hasnine

RECOGNITION OF THE 2017 TORONTO CONFERENCE LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE Chair: Gene Chartier Vice Chair: Jim Gough Left to Right: Edward Soldo, Jen Malzer, Michael Sanderson, Gene Chartier, Paula Flores Benway, Jim Gough, Shawn Leight

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2 0 1 7 CI T E awa rd w in ne r s HIGHEST HONOURS H. ROBERT BURTON DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Jim Gough Manager, Transportation Planning, WSP Jim Gough, winner of CITE's higest honour, has distinguished himself through his career involvement with ITE over the last 27 years. This includes executive positions with the Toronto Section and the Canadian District, including International Director. Among his many task force and committee initiatives with ITE, Jim served as the chair of the Sustainability Task Force and oversaw the evolution of the task force to a standing committee, after which he served as the first committee chair. Jim is also the chair of the CITE Traffic Engineering Sub-Committee that leads the Canadian Capacity Guide for Signalized Intersections initiative. As a consultant, he is recognized as a leader in the area of transportation planning, active transportation, and rapid transit through his work with WSP.

Presenting: Bruce Belmore & Jen Malzer

Every year, CITE bestows its most prestigious award, the H. Robert Burton Distinguished Service Award, which is named after a man who dedicated much of his life to the traffic engineering profession. Bob Burton spent his entire career practicing and promoting traffic engineering. A founder of the original Canadian Section in 1951, he was still attending CITE Toronto Section meetings right up to his death at the age of 101 years. Award recipients have demonstrated a notable career in the field and have a record of service with CITE. ITE'S WILBUR S. SMITH DISTINGUISHED TRANSPORTATION EDUCATOR AWARD Dr. Jeannette Montufar Founding Partner and CEO, MORR Transportation Consulting The fourth Canadian and second woman to receive this honour, Dr. Montufar truly exemplifies the qualities and determination of this distinguished award. She has nurtured many by offering meaningful industry opportunities as part of students’ studies in transportation and leads many activities in support of students. For example: Presenting: Shawn Leight, Paula Flores Benway & Michael Sanderson

• She single-handedly founded the University of Manitoba ITE Student Chapter, which has won the CITE Student Chapter Activity Award in 11 of its 13-year history and the ITE International award in 2013.

• Her transportation student group is internationally recognized with many students offered quality internship and research opportunities.

• She created a fund to assist underprivileged women to pursue post secondary education in engineering and also created a $9,000 scholarship for women interested in transportation engineering.

Awarded by ITE International, the Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the transportation profession by relating academic studies to the actual practice of transportation. CITE was proud to nominate Dr. Montufar for this award.

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2 0 17 CIT E awa rd w in ner s MEMBER & STUDENT AWARDS RISING STAR AWARD & ITE YOUNG MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD Erin Toop, City of Edmonton Erin Toop, recipient of the Canadian District ITE Rising Star Award, was also named Young Member of the Year at the 2017 ITE Excellence in Transportation Awards in Toronto. CITE was proud to put forward Erin's name for this distinct honour.

She is one of the organization's most committed leaders, having served at the student chapter and section level and taken on roles at the national level. These include: • Co-Chair of the 2018 Edmonton CITE Conference • Past President of the Northern Alberta Section and Presenting: Shawn Leight, Paula Flores Benway & Michael Sanderson University of Toronto Student Chapter • CITE Appointee to the TAC Connected and Automated Vehicles Committee Her contributions to the profession are numerous. In her position at the City of Edmonton, Erin has been instrumental in bringing together a collaborative team to establish Edmonton as the leading Northern city for automated vehicles, among other initiatives that she has led or contributed to. Erin is a graduate of the LeadershipITE program.

You can read more from Erin herself in two recent articles she contributed to Transportation Talk: • Lessons from the Past: Proactive Planning for Automated Vehicles – Spring 2017 Edition • Towards Equality: Women in Transportation – Winter 2016-17 Edition

OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARD

CANADIAN CAPACITY GUIDE COMPETITION AWARD

Garrett Donaher, City of St. John's

Allister Aresta, McMaster University

Presenting: Bruce Belmore & Jen Malzer

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STUDENT PRESENTATION COMPETITION Wade Genders, McMaster University

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2 0 1 7 CI T E awa rd w in ne r s STUDENT AWARDS DR. MICHEL VAN AERDE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Andrew Northmore, University of New Brunswick

I am working towards my Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of New Brunswick under the supervision of Dr. Eric Hildebrand. My research focusses on developing an improved methodology for approximating the collision costs/benefits associated with changing forms of traffic control for use in traffic signal warrants. To accomplish this work, I will be quantifying the severity of intersection collisions with respect to roadway related variables, conducting a meta-analysis of existing safety performance functions to assess the typical change in collision expectations between forms of traffic control across North America, and then applying economic principles to the severity and prediction analyses to connect safety costs/benefits to user delay and other costs/benefits Presenting: Bruce Belmore & Jen Malzer considered within signal warrants. The end-result of my research will be the creation of robust, empirically based warrant-supplements and standalone warrants for systems such as those recommended by TAC, the OTM, and others.

I earned a B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and a M.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo and worked for 2 years at a collision reconstruction consulting firm in Mississauga, ON before starting my Ph.D. program.

When I graduate, I aim to become a professor with teaching and research interests in the design and operation of safe and efficient transportation systems. When I’m not working on my research, I can usually be found working as a Teaching Assistant at UNB, volunteering as a Big Brother through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fredericton-Oromocto, or organizing events as the President of UNB’s ITE Student Chapter.

JOHN VARDON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Kathy Tin Ying Hui, University of Alberta First off, I am honored to have received the John Vardon Memorial Scholarship! These past two years my research at the University of Alberta has focused on two main areas: research in emergency evacuations and utilizing passive data for intercity travel. Last year we had the unexpected chance to study the transportation side in the evacuation of Fort McMurray caused by the wildfire. This demonstrated to me how crucial transportation infrastructure and planning can be to people's lives; though it was an unfortunate situation, our key findings and insights will be of value to Alberta Transportation as they develop emergency plans for the future.

Presenting: Susan Vardon, daughter of John Vardon, with Bruce Belmore & Jen Malzer

My thesis work is on the application of passive data to intercity travel, specifically with anonymous cellular data. I have worked on developing a methodology to extract intercity trips from raw data and classifying the trip mode by air or ground with inferred trip travel times. I had the chance for a poster presentation of this at TRB 2017, where it was an eye-opening experience to see the overwhelming amount of research done by everyone else. As I finish my thesis program, I hope to be able to help give insight to the area of intercity travel, as it is an area that has received much less attention than urban areas, yet intercity travel is needed to connect these urban areas (and, ultimately, the world) together. I am looking forward to the future as there are more and more innovative ways to collect data that will enable us to have a better understanding of travel behaviour and thus create better solutions.

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2 0 17 CIT E awa rd w in ner s STUDENT AWARDS CITE WATT CONSULTING GROUP “TRANSPORTATION IN A SUSTAINABLE WORLD” STUDENT AWARD & STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION Caleb Olfert, University of Manitoba My paper, Incorporating the Effect of Special Events into Continuous Count Site Selection for Pedestrian Traffic, documented research performed with the University of Manitoba to develop a continuous pedestrian monitoring program in downtown Winnipeg. Using passive infrared sensors, 45-two week long counts were conducted to characterize how pedestrian traffic behaves on a daily and weekly basis in complex urban environments. The purpose of this monitoring effort was to strategically identify locations for permanent data collection in 2016 and onward.

Presenting: Bruce Nelligan & Alf Guebert (Watt Consulting) with Bruce Belmore & Jen Malzer

The charactertistics of pedestrian traffic was interesting, particularly at the time of special events hosted at Winnipeg’s downtown arena. This arena frequently hosts sporting events and concerts adding up to 15,000 pedestrians to the downtown area with a common destination. The research found significantly large increases in evening pedestrian traffic on evenings with special events and that the influence of events decreases with distance from the arena. A metric called the evening proportion ratio was used to quantify this influence at each count site and was used to categorize the downtown area into two spatial traffic pattern groups. Within each group, four passive infrared pedestrian counters were installed to continuously monitor traffic volumes.

Since this research was completed, I have continued my M.Sc. studies in transportation engineering at the University of Manitoba. My research focuses on active transportation traffic monitoring, seeking ways to leverage short-duration and continuous counts for engineering applications. I anticipate an early 2018 graduation.

CITE WSP UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP Chris Delawski, Lakehead University My submission, titled Transportation: Building a Reliable Future, was fueled by my experience with and passion for vehicle and equipment maintenance and reliability. In my previous career, I was involved with all aspects of large fleet (5000 units) engineering reliability and maintenance including the implementation and management of a world class used fluids analysis program, root cause failure analysis and investigations, condition based maintenance systems, equipment modifications for improved safety and reduced environmental impacts, and several other related technical engineering maintenance projects. It is here I developed Presenting: Eric Peissel (WSP), Bruce Belmore & Jen Malzer an admiration for transportation fleets maintenance systems alongside a desire to become a reliability engineer in transportation services and contribute to its operational success and community growth into the future.

I was a licenced engineering technologist in that time with the ability to practice engineering in a limited scope of equipment reliability and maintenance. It had become limiting for me as I had the drive to achieve more and take on greater responsibility; to accomplish this goal, I returned to school to obtain an advanced engineering degree at Lakehead University. My dream is to make our world a better place by improving transportation services now and into the future by utilizing reliability centered maintenance and its methodologies at the core. I strongly believe in the power of a properly managed fluids analysis program, forensics analysis, and condition based maintenance strategies.

Its proven benefits can bring improvements and positive impacts on transportation fleets which can build reliability our world will and can depend on into the future.

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CITE CONFERENCE AND ANUNAL MEETING | JUNE 2-6

The Northern Alberta Section of ITE is excited to be hosting the 2018 CITE Conference and Annual Meeting. We look forward to welcoming the ITE community to Edmonton, Alberta!

Edmonton is a rapidly growing city located in a key economic region of Canada, and there are many exciting developments happening locally in the transportation scene. Edmonton is home to Canada's first connected vehicle testbed and a downtown cycle track network, which opened in summer 2017. These, as well as the newly opened Walterdale Bridge, Valley Line LRT Construction, and Mechanized River Valley Access will prove to be great technical tours.

The conference venue, the Shaw Conference Centre, sits on the North Saskatchewan Riverbank. Edmonton's river valley will be a prominent part of the technical tours and social events, especially for the early morning running team.

We invite you to become part of our innovative technical program, which will explore how transportation systems are adapting for a future of rapid technological advancement and a changing climate.

IMPORTANT DATES Abstract Submissions due Tentative Abstract Approvals Full paper submission for conditional acceptance CITE Annual Meeting

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October 23, 2017 December 15, 2017 March 15, 2018 June 2-6, 2018

2018 C I T E Co nfe rence

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CITE invites all interested transportation professionals and students to take a lead role in our annual conference from June 2-6, 2018 in Edmonton, AB! The spirit of the conference will emphasize the strength of our organization: fostering ITE’s community. CITE Edmonton 2018: Fostering Community will provide a unique forum for you to share your successes and discover others for the benefit of all.

Our technical program will reflect how transportation systems are developing towards a future of rapid technological advancement and a changing climate. To adapt to and embrace these changes, and capture the greatest benefit possible for a sustainable future, we as transportation professionals must retool our approaches towards analysis and design of the systems we are responsible for.

We welcome you to share your ideas, initiatives, and success stories. Submissions are welcome on any topic that demonstrates something new, novel, or noteworthy in the world of transportation. Send us your abstract with any exciting new development in the state of the practice, and we’ll see if we can include it in a suitable conference session.

Some ideas for presentations which may be particularly topical include: • • • • • • •

Autonomous and connected vehicles Bike-, car- or ride-sharing initiatives Innovative urban / active transportation design Gender issues related to city building Designing for inclement weather and winter conditions Climate change adaptation, and preparation for natural disasters “New mobility” and transportation technology impacts

Please use your abstract to show us how and why your idea is innovative and would make a great addition to the technical program for Edmonton 2018!

We’re also planning to have a variety of session formats, especially innovative formats that would foster connections and/or collaborations among your audience members. Options include: 1. Paper and Presentation – a paper abstract followed up with a full paper after abstract acceptance, and then a final presentation at the conference; all submitted papers will be published in a conference compendium available on-line.

2. Presentation Only – a draft presentation submitted as an abstract and a final presentation submitted after abstract acceptance 3. Innovative formats – If you are interested in developing your presentation into a Panel Discussion, Workshop, Pecha Kucha, Conversation Circle, World Cafe or Roundtable Session then please check the appropriate box under “Additional Considerations” on the Abstract Submission Form. Please be sure to include in your submission a brief description of the proposal, including its format, along with identified panelists and target audience. During the abstract review process the review panel will evaluate your proposal, and if selected, a panel member will contact you with further information.

The abstract submission deadline is October 23, 2017. For more information and to access the submission form, visit cite7.org/2018-edmonton.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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Innovation in Motion Canada’s First Diverging Diamond Interchange

BY KARA WOLFE, DOMINIC CHENG & CHRIS DELANOY THE CITY OF CALGARY & ISL ENGINEERING

On the afternoon of August 13, 2017, Calgarians started driving through Canada’s first Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI). A quick web search will direct you to the south end of the city of Calgary, Alberta, where this DDI intertwines Macleod Trail (one of the city’s major north-south expressways to the downtown core) and 162 Avenue (a major arterial connector for surrounding commercial, business, and residential areas). Affectionately called “M162” by the Project Team, publicly favoured, and

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with construction completion anticipated in October 2017, the DDI serves to: • provide safe access to area businesses and local communities for all travel modes • enhance Macleod Trail as a free-flow gateway to the city • improve goods movement for the city and surrounding areas, and • support area growth, including transit-oriented development around existing LRT stations.

d i ve rg i n g d ia m o nd inte rc hange M162 AT A GLANCE • • • •

Constructed three new bridges made up of 26 concrete NU girders Assembled 5,800m2 of new MSE Walls with GeoMega straps Installed 4,000m2 temporary retaining walls for detours Directionally drilled three storm crossings under active traffic on Macleod Trail and 162 Avenue • Constructed a new 1,600m3 storm pond to mitigate overland flooding • Realigned 540m length of 1050mm diameter water feedermain • Strengthened 560m length of existing 900mm diameter sanitary pipe at depths of 8 to 15m with cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) lining technology

M162 NOTABLES • • • • • •

Multi-use pathways converge to the central path on the interchange

ParcloA Detour Interchange allowed free-flow traffic on Macleod Trail nine months after construction start as opposed to waiting for DDI completion Continuous pedestrian and cyclist access provided through project site during construction DDI designed for future expansion, allowing for potential dedicated transit lanes and additional ramp capacity Interchange built within existing city road right-of-way Landscape plan developed as a low-to-zero maintenance system Artistic features incorporated into the retaining walls, bridge piers, bridge girders, and along pathways

BRIEF INTRO TO DDIs The DDI concept hails from France, which has had three in service since the 1970s. Since 2009, the DDI has evolved primarily in the United States where there are now over 80 such interchanges in service and many new locations in different stages of planning, design, or construction.

Also referred to as a double crossover diamond (DCD), the operation of the interchange follows the namesake. Two crossover intersections meter the minor road, directing traffic to the left side of the road. This allows left-turning traffic to access the major thoroughfare without waiting for a signal or crossing oncoming traffic, nearly halving the number of conflict points compared to a typical diamond interchange. Right-turning vehicles use slip lanes away from the intersection to bypass the crossovers. With turning movements removed from the crossover intersections, the traffic signals can operate on a short two-phase cycle, improving intersection safety and efficiency.

Throughout the design and construction period, concerns of driver confusion was a recurring theme. While an aerial view of the DDI can lead to some apprehension, once at

street level, the roadway configuration, approach angles, placement of curb lines and islands, strategic use of signage, and clear road markings significantly improves the driver’s understanding of the interchange configuration; it becomes no different than driving on a one-way street. Roadway geometry helps to control vehicle speeds and mitigates potential wrong-way movements.

As most of the prior US applications were retrofits of existing diamonds, there are no fixed standards for greenfield construction of new DDI interchanges. The US FHWA published an informational guide to DDIs in 2014 and guidelines are available from various state-level Departments of Transportation. Design engineers at ISL Engineering & Land Services surveyed these best practices and ultimately developed a design that reflected the sitespecific context, Calgary’s typical design standards, and best engineering judgement based on first-principles. As one of the few relatively “greenfield” DDIs to be implemented to date, ISL found a number of opportunities to innovate and improve on existing geometric design practices while also reducing construction time and cost.

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feature WHY HERE? Macleod Trail at 162 Avenue was one of Calgary’s more notorious transportation bottleneck points. It was previously an at-grade intersection, carrying six lanes north-south and four lanes east-west, with dual slotted left-turn bays in all directions. Peak queues at the intersection were typically in excess of one kilometer, often approaching or extending beyond adjacent interchanges to the north and south.

Based on planning studies dating from the 1990s, land had historically been preserved at this location for a ParcloAB interchange focused on downtown-commuter traffic. Over time, development around the intersection generated different traffic patterns, with high left-turn demands in all directions (refer to Figure 1). With its tight weaving area between adjacent loop ramps and poor accommodation of pedestrians and cyclists across higherspeed ramps, the ParcloAB was no longer a favourable option at this location.

Figure 1 - Project area and surrounding development

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In evaluating alternatives, the DDI proved a good fit; literally, when you consider that it is a high-capacity option that can be compactly contained within the existing property footprint.

The configuration of M162 is illustrated in Figure 2. The interchange is comprised of three bridge structures: one carrying each direction of 162 Avenue over Macleod Trail, and a third basketweave structure to accommodate local access. Design of M162 put pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users at the forefront. Multi-use pathways of minimum 3 metres width connect all corners elegantly by converging users to a single central pathway on the interchange. These wider paths ease snow clearing efforts.

Safety for pathway users is increased as all road crossings pass a single direction of vehicular traffic, and walking distance is significantly reduced by allowing all four quadrants to be accessed from the single central pathway.

Transit service is enhanced with the inclusion of bus priority signals at the crossover intersections.

d i ve rg i n g d ia m o nd inte rc hange Figure 2 - Proposed DDI configuration for M162

Figure 3 - Temporary wire-frame retaining walls during construction

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feature HOW IT CAME TOGETHER Originally scheduled to start construction in 2016, this project was selected to be accelerated in response to the economic downturn. With design just getting underway in late May 2015, the team developed a multi-stage procurement strategy that would see initial detour work begin by July 2015, followed by tendering of the balance of the project at about the 60% design level under an “Early Contractor Involvement” model. This strategy brought the contractor on board during the final stages of design, allowing the team to benefit from their input to gain schedule and cost savings.

Construction staging for the project was focused primarily on sequencing of the bridges. By separating the opposing traffic flows on individual bridges, the DDI design enabled a unique construction sequence: 1. Unlike the traditional practice of relocating the major intersection away from the main bridges, M162 maintained the existing signalized intersection at the

onset. Temporary wire-frame retaining walls were employed to construct the south half of the DDI including the first overpass structure immediately adjacent to active traffic (see Figure 3). Ultimately, these temporary walls were buried with the interchange fills.

2. The South DDI Bridge and the adjacent Basketweave Bridge were completed and available nine months following construction start on the main contract.

The availability of these bridges at such an early date allowed for implementation of an innovative “Interchange Detour” that routed east-west traffic onto the overpass, as seen in Figure 4. With traffic on the ParcloA detour interchange, subsequent construction of the north half of the DDI was advanced. This innovative detour removed the traffic signal from Macleod Trail nearly a full year before DDI completion, allowing for a significant improvement in traffic flow part-way through construction.

Figure 4 - ParcloA Detour Interchange – October 2016 to August 2017

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d i ve rg i n g d ia m o nd inte rc hange 3. The North DDI Bridge and connecting ramps were completed in August 2017, allowing the detour interchange to be permanently changed over to the DDI configuration. The transition required the full shutdown of the temporary ParcloA interchange starting the night of August 11, with 24-hour work until opening two days later on August 13.

CANADA’S FIRST AND NOT THE LAST The opening of Canada’s first DDI was achieved because of the close partnership between The City of Calgary, ISL Engineering and Land Services, and Graham Infrastructure.

For The City of Calgary, the decision to build Canada’s first DDI at Macleod Trail and 162 Avenue was based on several key criteria including increased safety, improved capacity, and ease of construction. Exploring current practices of DDI design in the United States and collaboration with technical experts, the M162 design by ISL Engineering was developed with Calgary in mind, considering site specific conditions, driver behaviour, and climate.

Kara Wolfe was recently appointed as Manager, Network Planning for The City of Calgary. In her previous role she served as The City's Project Manager for a variety of major infrastructure projects including the M162 interchange.

Dominic Cheng is a transportation engineer with ISL Engineering. Excited with the prospect of bringing new innovation to Calgary roads, he held lead roles in the design, tender, and construction of the M162 interchange.

Chris Delanoy is Managing Director of ISL Engineering in Calgary and was the consultant Project Manager for the M162 interchange.

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Neighbourhood traffic calming in Ottawa with a road diet

Canadian Guide to Traffic Calming Second Edition Update

BY TOM BAUMGARTNER WATT CONSULTING GROUP

The Canadian Guide to Traffic Calming (Second Edition) has been approved by the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) Board of Directors and the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Chief Engineers' Council. The new Guide is an updated national reference that will assist practitioners with understanding traffic calming principles and applications and encourage provincial and municipal transportation agencies to adopt more consistent traffic calming techniques and policies.

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In 1998, CITE and TAC jointly published the Canadian Guide to Neighbourhood Traffic Calming (1998 Guide).

The document was Canada’s first national reference on traffic calming and focused on neighbourhood residential streets. While the 1998 Guide was well received and used throughout North America, public process and the state and needs of traffic calming have evolved. In order to scope the update, the CITE Technical Liaison Committee (TLC) conducted a needs assessment through a volunteer project consisting of consultations and workshops with users of the 1998 Guide and stakeholders.

Ca n a d i a n G u id e to Tra f f ic Ca l ming Canadian Guide to Traffic Calming

Updated applicability tables offer a simplified visual comparison of traffic calming measures

TABLE 3.2 - APPLICABILITY OF TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES TRAFFIC CALMING / SPEED MANAGEMENT MEASURES

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The new edition of the Guide expands the scope to nonresidential and arterial streets. As such, it includes current practices in the assessment and development of traffic calming and speed management. The updated Guide incorporates and expands on: • Process and criteria for screening, selection, implementation, prioritization, and removal of traffic calming measures; • Integration and accommodation of all users, other transportation modes, and emergency and service vehicles; • Evaluation and monitoring strategies; and • How traffic calming supports other community objectives.

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Speed management principles and devices have been incorporated into the Guide. These are applicable to all roadway types including urban arterial roads and rural highways. Measures include physical and visual treatments, education programs, and enforcement measures.

Key elements to the update include: • Expansion of traffic calming process and procedures including scope beyond neighbourhood streets; • Addition of speed management principles and June 2017 devices; • Update of information about existing traffic calming measures and devices; • Addition of new measures and devices; and • Reformatting of document.

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Existing traffic calming measures and devices have been updated based on a literature review. The TAC/CITE Traffic Calming Guide Update Annotated Bibliography, March 2016 that was developed through this process contains additional information on traffic calming and speed management devices. It will be made available through the TAC Library as a supplemental resource. Updates were made to traffic calming measures and devices on: • Applicability; • Advantages and disadvantages; • Quantitative and qualitative impacts on speed, volume, safety, and environment; • Considerations for device and road maintenance; • Elements to consider when applying devices; and • Qualitative costs.

Traffic Calming applicability tables have been updated to provide a simplified, visual comparison of the potential benefits and disbenefits of the incorporated devices and measures. These tables assist practitioners to select the appropriate measure to address specific transportation problems. They also summarize the undesirable challenges and disbenefits of inappropriate measures for particular applications.

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feature The updated Guide contains 46 measures and devices, of which there are 28 new measures and devices for traffic calming and speed management. Seven measures that focused on signs were not carried forward as they do not provide a demonstrable improvement without the use of physical measures and/or are incorporated in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada (MUTCDC).

New signage will be vetted for recognition testing through the next re-write of the MUTCDC. The new Guide is presented in a restructured format that includes updated photos and revision and addition of design guidelines and figures. Device summaries are reorganized for clarity and references are included for source study material. In some cases, where previous studies could not be identified, the 1998 Guide is referenced.

28 new measures are featured in the guide, including:

The Second Edition of the Canadian Guide to Traffic Calming will provide an up-to-date national reference of well proven and innovative treatments for traffic calming and speed management. The guide is intended to assist practitioners with understanding traffic calming principles and applications; and encourage consistent application of traffic calming techniques and policies across Canada.

TAC will complete editing and publication of the document for release in early 2018 in English. As the Guide was developed in English, the French version will be released afterwards.

CITE will be facilitating training on the new Guide for two one-hour sessions to be delivered through webinars.

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Canadian Guide to Traffic Calming The updated guide features a restructured format with new photos, design guidelines, and figures

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RAISED MEDIAN ISLAND Description and Purpose: A raised median island is an elevated median constructed on the centerline of a two-way roadway to reduce the overall width of the adjacent travel lanes.

The purpose of a raised median island is to reduce vehicle speeds and to reduce pedestrian–vehicle conflicts.

Source: Watt Consulting Group

Design Details: Chapter 4, Section 4.4.3 Advantages: 11,52  Vehicle Speeds: Reduction between 3 and 8 km/h  Conflicts: Can function as a pedestrian refuge resulting in reduced pedestrian-vehicle conflicts  Environment: Aesthetic benefit if well-maintained planting is incorporated  Other: No effect on snow plowing (islands are visible due to signing), street sweeping, or police enforcement Disadvantages:  Local Access: May restrict access to driveways from one direction only  Active Transportation and Transit: Cyclists may feel squeezed where insufficient room has been left between a central median and the adjacent curb (aggravated on roads with high proportions of heavy vehicles)  Parking: May require additional right-of-way and/or removal of on-street parking  Other: Speeds may increase if mid-block left turn movements are not possible Limited or No Data Available (Further Research Encouraged):  Traffic volume reduction  Maintenance requirements Applicability:  Road Classification: Local and collector streets, urban arterials  Traffic Conditions: All traffic volumes  Roadway: Urban cross-section – curb and gutter; rural cross-section; most effective on roads with two traffic lanes (one each direction) Elements to Consider:  Effectiveness can be increased if used in combination with curb extensions before and/or after raised median islands  If required, bicycle lanes can be included to prevent motorists from intruding into the path of cyclists  In retrofit situations, there are risks of overhead tree canopy and utility poles coming into contact with larger vehicles due to the median shifting vehicles closer to the curb  Median landscaping should not negatively impact or reduce pedestrian visibility Cost:  Medium – High o Cost is a direct function of length and width of the median island 76

FIGURE 4.15 – RAISED MEDIAN ISLAND June 2017

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The Second Edition of the Canadian Guide to Traffic Calming was developed

by CIMA+ (Hart Solomon, Brian Malone, Jaime Garcia, Giovani Bottesini, and Sovandary Hoeun) and Paradigm Transportation Solutions Ltd (Gene Chartier). Funding for the guide was provided by: • Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers through its Technical Liaison Committee (TLC). The TLC committed multi-year funding to the project to a total of 50% of the project budget.

• Alberta Transportation • British Columbia Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure • Ministère des Transports, de la Mobilité durable et de l’Électrification des transports du Québec • Nova Scotia Department of Transportation & Infrastructure Renewal • PEI Department of Transportation, Infrastructure & Energy • City of Burlington • City of Edmonton • City of Kelowna • City of London • City of Ottawa • City of Saskatoon • Ville de Montréal • Halifax Regional Municipality The consulting assignment was led by TAC and a joint TAC/CITE project steering committee comprised of the following individuals:

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CO-CHAIRS • Tom Baumgartner, Watt Consulting Group (CITE) • Rob Hird, Nova Scotia Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (TAC) CITE APPOINTEES • Manoj Dilwaria, Regional Municipality of Niagara • Mark Merlo, WSP • Shannon Noonan, Corporation of the City of Cambridge • Greg O'Brien, WSP TAC MEMBERS • Catherine Berthod, Ministère des Transports, de la Mobilité durable et l'Électrification des transports • Richard Chow, Alberta Transportation • Heidi Cousineau, City of Ottawa • Sylvain Felton, Ville de Montréal • Brent Jefferson, City of Burlington • Audra Jones, City of Edmonton • Taso Koutroulakis, Halifax Regional Municipality • Kenedee Ludwar, British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure • Shirley Matt, City of Saskatoon • Edward Soldo, City of London • Wilfred Wollin, City of Kelowna PROJECT MANAGER: Luay Mustafa, Transportation Association of Canada FALL 2017 | TRANSPORTATION TALK

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me mb CCG uperd ate h i g h l i ght

We are pleased to provide an update regarding the onboarding of our new and important partner – PTV Group – to help support the Canadian Capacity Guide for Signalized Intersections (CCG). Later this year, PTV will release the next version of their Vistro Software, which will include the CCG methodology as a new analysis function. Over the past few months, the CITE Traffic Engineering Subcommittee has been working with PTV on the CCG-related interface, parameters, and output sheets. This group consists of professionals from Canada, US, London and Germany. In addition to regular video working sessions across multiple time zones, we also have the opportunity to access the nightly build of the software. We are making excellent progress and have now started to move into the testing phase which will ultimately lead to the development of an example intersection library and technical paper. Additionally, we hosted a successful session during the recent Joint ITE/CITE 2017 Annual Meeting in Toronto to strategize opportunities for outreach and education on the CCG methodology, as well as to discuss further building upon this latest software initiative with PTV. Stay tuned for a more detailed feature in the next issue of Transportation Talk!

If you are not familiar with the CCG, we invite you to download a free copy from the CITE website: cite7.org/canadian-capacity-guide. The CCG has been widely regarded as fundamental to the understanding of signalized intersection operations. Its genesis dates back to over 30 years ago when a team led by Dr. Stan Teply of the University of Alberta produced the first edition in 1984. It was further enhanced in 1995 as a second edition and again in 2008 as a third edition. The CCG is one of the most comprehensive projects undertaken by CITE, and it has also been endorsed by the Transportation Association of Canada as a national reference. It includes a rigorous modular set of techniques for the planning, design, and evaluation of the timing and phasing for signalized intersections, as well as insight into Canadian-specific saturation flow, transit priority, safety, and other relevant topics. Its ambition is to serve as a compendium of the experience of practicing traffic engineers, educators, and students across Canada, as well as a considerable body of Canadian and international research. However, the use of the manual processes of the CCG has decreased over recent years with the rise of various analysis software platforms. Thus, the step towards the replication of the CCG procedures in major software – such as PTV Vistro – is an essential and exciting milestone in the CCG’s evolution as a living and practical resource.

The CITE Traffic Engineering Subcommittee includes representatives from across Canada. If you are interested in becoming involved or would like to share some ideas, we would be happy to hear from you. Please do not hesitate to contact Jeff Walker (jeff.walker@wsp.com) and Margaret Briegmann (briegmann@bagroup.com).

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BASSAM HAMWI

M.Eng., P.Eng.

Current employment Morrison Hershfield (MH), Principal and Director of Transportation Planning Education • Numerous courses at the Ph.D. Level, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1994 • M.Eng., Transportation Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1993 • B. Eng., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1991 First job in transportation engineering ITS Research Engineer, Research and Development Directorate, Transport Canada When did you join CITE? Member since 1991 What positions have you taken on as a member of ITE? I had chaired the Technical Program for the 2002 CITE Conference held in Ottawa and am co-chairing the 2019 CITE Conference to be held in Ottawa.

Current city of residence Ottawa, Ontario Family Wife – Kelly; Son – Milad (20) Personal hobbies Past hobbies for which I've had a great passion include soccer and biking. Current hobbies include kayaking, hiking, reading, and volunteering.

CITE INVOLVEMENT When did you first attend a CITE event?

The first event that I attended was a luncheon organized by the Ottawa Section. I remember being excited by the prospect of meeting fellow practitioners on a monthly basis and surprised as to how small the community really was (and still is today).

What is your CITE involvement (past and present)?

My involvement has focused on either presenting papers at annual conferences or assuming a leadership role in organizing such conferences. The conferences provide an excellent venue for fostering relationships and staying abreast of trends shaping our industry.

Recognizing the benefits of CITE involvement, I have encouraged rising stars on my team to participate in CITE activities over the years, many of whom have served as executive members on local CITE chapters across Canada.

What do you value most about your CITE membership?

The opportunity to connect with both young and seasoned professionals across Canada who share my interests, hopes, and challenges ranks high up there, followed closely by the opportunity to exchange ideas and share lessons learned. CITE is truly a blessing in many respects – a blessing to those who wish to learn, and to those who wish to contribute to the profession.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/ACHIEVEMENTS How would you describe your job to someone you just met at a party?

I’m always toying with this for two reasons. First, it is literally impossible to describe what I do in few words given the breadth of what I do. Second, I love to get peoples’ reaction to different statements about what I do.

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me mb er h i g h l i ght A humorous response would describe my job as involving the prediction of the unpredictable (that being peoples’ behavior including their propensity to travel, travel mode of choice, and preferred travel routes) and the formulation of plans that aim to appease the populace (who are divided in their views, interests, and priorities) and satisfy regulatory bodies (who do not pay for the implementation of these plans)!

What is one aspect of your work that you particularly enjoy?

Forming project teams; achieving consensus particularly where it seems difficult to do so; mentoring; and serving clients in the capacity of trusted advisor.

What are one or two projects that you're most proud to have worked on?

There are many projects that have been a source of pride for me including: • Projects that tackled an emerging need where the knowledge base has been limited (e.g., Assessment of Environmental & Socio-economic Potential and Consequences of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Ontario’s Transport Sector) • Projects that made a noticeable difference in the lives of the most vulnerable members of our society (e.g., Ottawa’s School Zone Safety Policy and Adult School Crossing Guards Deployment Guidelines) • City-building projects that are transformative by their very nature (e.g., Ottawa’s Confederation Line Preliminary Design and Procurement) • Projects that involved development of tools well ahead of their time (e.g., a web-based trip planning tool for Transport Canada to allow a comparison of freeway travel time against GO Transit train travel time across the Greater Toronto Area; a tool for Ministry of Transportation of Ontario to quantify safety-driven improvements and place an economic value on it to be weighed against capital costs of such improvements; and an integrated tool to facilitate road needs assessment and development of multi-year capital plan at a city-wide level).

During your career to date, have you pursued any professional designations through ITE (such as PTOE)?

In recent years, I have been exclusively focused on elevating my technical and non-technical competencies as opposed to acquiring more degrees or designations.

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Please describe what attracted you to the transportation profession?

In the summer of my second year as an undergrad student (1989), I was hired as an Assistant Engineer in the Transportation Modelling Section at the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. By the end of that summer, I knew that Transportation Planning was my passion. I was particularly attracted to the interplay between transportation, environment, health, economics, and politics. This interplay is not always clearly visible, but it is real and quite fascinating.

If asked to speak to a class of engineering or planning students, how would you recommend it as a profession?

This profession provides the opportunity to: manage and shape how cities grow; respond to people’s needs, fears and desires; and be part of sweeping trends driven by emerging technologies and regulatory changes.

Individuals with versatility of character and skills will find this profession rewarding. As projects are unique and the field is continuously evolving, having a can-doattitude and a life-time commitment to learning are critical. If you join this profession, you are virtually guaranteed to go to work every day with a spring in your step and a heightened sense of eagerness, as each day brings new challenges that arise from the diversity and uniqueness of projects.

Projecting yourself into the future, from an end-ofcareer perspective, what will you hope to have accomplished?

I hope to have contributed to the profession in ways that will stand the test of time. That I have made a positive difference in all the communities I have worked.

That I have inspired and helped others grow and thrive in their careers as others have done for me.

What is the single greatest satisfaction you take from your job as a transportation professional?

Solving challenging problems; seeing something overlooked by others; achieving consensus where contention reins.

What is the first thing people most commonly ask or say when they find out you are a transportation professional?

“Hmm…So, what do you do?”

m e m b e r hig h light GETTING TO KNOW YOU If you did not pursue engineering as a career choice, did you have another career in mind?

Those who know me would not be surprised to hear that a career in economics and finance was up there on my mind.

What is the most daring thing you've done in your lifetime?

I always take calculated risks in my life. I’m not a dare devil by any means, so any daring thing I ever found myself doing was not by design. One time, I had gone sailing in a catamaran on the Caribbean Sea with my wife and son not realizing that a major storm was expected later that day. We found ourselves caught in the storm, and were saved only by the grace of God. Another time, on a pilgrimage trip to the Holy Mount Athos of Greece in winter, I together with few friends hiked up the mountain to reach the Skete of Saint Anne.

The trip around the side of the mountain to reach this cliff-hanging skete was challenging to say the least, but the most daring part of the trip was going back down as a quick glance to the base of the mountain was enough to send a chill down your spine.

What is the last book that you read or are currently reading?

My appetite for reading exceeds my available time for reading, so I usually have two to three books on the go at any given time. I am currently reading “Spiritual Counsels”

by Elder Paisios of Mount Athos of Greece; and “For Your Improvement: A Guide for Development and Coaching” by Michael Lombardo and Robert Eichinger.

Have you ever met anyone you consider famous?

I met few monks on Mount Athos seeking spiritual counsel. They directed me to a holy man with the name of Yaronda Yacobus, who I later discovered to be famous across the Orthodox faithful worldwide. This man told me many things that I’ll never forget. One I’d like to share here is this: “What you actually do in life is not important.

How you do it is of some importance. But, why you do what you do is of utmost importance”.

most influence on my career. He taught me to focus more on what is within my control, and less on what is beyond my control. He taught me the difference between being a manager and being a leader.

If you could change one thing about the practice of transportation engineering, what would it be?

We need to solve transportation problems using fewer resources and with fewer impacts. We need a greater focus on policy as a key tool in our arsenal. To appreciate the power and potential for policy to change our cities and our lives, we only need to look at Singapore – a country that relied heavily on sound policies to transform itself from third world to first with no resources to speak of and in a short time span.

What is the greatest opportunity you see for the field?

There is a confluence of three trends that promise to transform our field – for better or worse! First, on the economic front, the public sector has reached a peak in terms of its share of the national economy. This is set to reverse, and we’ll see for the first time in a long time an increase in the private sector’s share of the economy.

Secondly, on the social and commuting front, we’re witnessing a reduction in automobile ownership due to shifting attitudes, reduced affordability, and emergence of attractive pay-as-you alternatives to car ownership.

Thirdly, a slew of enabling technologies are now available for deployment at a cost that is below the economic benefits they create. It is incumbent upon us to anticipate and proactively deal with these closely intertwined trends.

What insight have you learned over the years that you could share with our readers?

Economics drives everything around us, and transportation is no exception. We can choose to resist or embrace it, but either way we need to appreciate it and deal with it. It may be hard for some to accept, but economics is at the root of the growing interest in climate change and autonomous vehicles.

INTERESTS & PERSPECTIVES Who has had the greatest influence on your life and career?

My father had the greatest influence on my life. He taught me hard work, perseverance, and perspective.

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cong ratul ati on s & we l co m e CITE extends a warm welcome to all new Canadian District ITE members who recently joined us!

Dena Abakumov, Stantec Consulting, Calgary, AB Belay Ayele Abegaz, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Vincent Abendroth, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Ray Acuna, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Irys-Colombe Emmanuelle Adom, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Ali Al-Abbasi, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Adunola Eunice Alabi, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Samir Maan Alhasan, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Abdullah Alshammari, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Zaid Alyami, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Martin C. Asurza, Asurza Engineers Ltd., Bowmanville, ON Sergey Averyanov, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Ehsan Bagheri, Toronto, ON Angela Balanga, Saskatchewan Ministry Of Highways And Infrastructure, Regina, SK Camilo Andres Barragan Infante, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Renz Bico, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Marcus Bowman, WSP, Toronto, ON Griffen Brunk, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Maria Elena Espe Bucsit, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Andrew J. Buis, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Azhar Buksh, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Domenic Bullock, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Brennan Burback, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Madeleine Catz, Nextrans Consulting Engineers, Concord, ON

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Rebecca Caughey, Region Of Peel, Brampton, ON Barry Chan, P.Eng., Alberta Transportation, Edmonton, AB Maninderjit Singh Chana, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Christian Chenard-Lemire, Pointe-Claire, QC Ridwan Chowdhury, York University, Toronto, ON Brittany Chung, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Glenn Churchill, P.Eng., CH2M, Winnipeg, MB Michele Colley, LEA Consulting Ltd., Toronto, ON Lauren Crawford, Newmarket, ON Barry Cronkite, City of Kitchener, Kitchener, ON Matthew D'Ottavio, Lakehead University, Winnipeg, MB Andrea Dale, C. Tech, Town of Whitby, Whitby, ON Zuhair Darzaid, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Mark Day, GPI, Toronto, ON Darren Deng, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Tommy Deng, McGill University, Montreal, QC Musa Deo, City of Vaughn, Maple, ON Dhruv Deora, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Alexandre Desjardins, LeddarTech, QuĂŠbec, QC Donald Aime Desmarais, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Sachdeepak (Sunny) Dhillon, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Nicholas DiPietro, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Mohamed Ahmed Essa, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Brenda Lynn Estoque, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Amanda Gadowski, University of Alberta, Sherwood Park, AB Charles Gardner, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, Barrie, ON

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Vipul Garg, UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, BC Zara Georgis, Nextrans Consulting Engineers, Aurora, ON Mark Gunter, exp Services, Fredericton, NB Simon Gutierrez, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Md Ibtesam Hossain, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON Ryan Huang, E.I.T, City Of New Westminster, New Westminster, BC Musa Ince, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Rosie Jaswal, City of Edmonton, Edmonton, AB Jacob Jelasco, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC Trevor Jenkins, Hamilton, ON Katrine Jomaa, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Mike Jones, Region of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON Dhavan Mahesh Joshi, Lakehead University, Thunderbay, ON Edward Christopher Joyce, WSP Canada Group Limited, Toronto, ON Hawa Kaba, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON Brian H. Kamau, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Navjot Singh Kanwar, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Craig Kelly, P. Eng, City of Whitby, Whitby, ON Alan Kuan, ISL Engineering and Land Serivces, Calgary, AB Hanna Lavoie, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

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Sydnee Lawrence, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Robert Lee, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Stacy Lee, McGill University, Montreal, QC Alex Liaw, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Wei Lin, University of Waterloo, Oakville, ON Kayla Lindsay, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Donghui Lu, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Justin Ross Lueck, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Sabeen Makki, York Region Transportation, Newmarket, ON Dahlia Malek, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Kiesha Mantik, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Sarah McDonald, AECOM, Ottawa, ON Jennifer Miller, P.Eng., The City of Calgary, Calgary, AB Jonathan Minderlein, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Klassen Mok, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Luay Mustafa, Nepean, ON Abiya E. Mwashimaha, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Kyle Othmer, Miovision Technologies, Kitchener, ON Prabhjot Singh Panesar, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Harshkumar Sanjaybhai Patel, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

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cong ratul ati on s & we l co m e Mayurkumar Patel, Ryerson University, Etobicoke, ON Robert Pauley, Cellint, Toronto, ON Ross Cameron Perkin, McElhanney Consulting Services, Surrey, BC Stephanie Pham, BA Group, Toronto, ON Danny Pimentel, City of Kitchener, Kitchener, ON Leonardo Alves Pinto, Associated Engineering, Calgary, AB Arthur Stanley Price, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Roman Prikhodko, Miovision Technologies, Waterloo, ON Michal Pylko, P.Eng., Alberta Transportation, Edmonton, AB Brayden Rankin, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Ashfaq Rauf, Region of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON Adrian Reyes, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Dawson Roberts, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Erin Russell, Calgary, AB Rokib Sa, Alberta Transportation, Edmonton, AB Pratik Saha, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON Safiyyah Saleh, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON Christopher L. G. Schneider, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Aundrea Sebjanic, City of Calgary, Alberta, Calgary, AB Luxmi Yvette Shanmuganantha, LEA Consulting Ltd, Toronto, ON Manpreet Singh, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Jasmine Alexis Smith, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Affan Sohail, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Vinod Soman, Toronto, ON Diana Teodora Soroaga, WSP, Calgary, AB Angèle Spencer, City of Dieppe, Dieppe, NB Vasily Spiridonov, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC John Patrick St. James, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON Branden Michaela St. Jean, Lakehead University, Thunderbay, ON Lubko Stebelsky, City of Edmonton, Edmonton, AB Margo Stewart, Metrolinx, Toronto, ON Daniel Szara, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Davis Tang, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON Helen Tran, Alberta Transportation, Edmonton, AB Kristy Tu, AECOM, Richmond Hill, ON Atta Ullah, Regional Municipality of York, Newmarket, ON Michael Wu, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON Dustin Yanke, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC Tim Zapf, Lafrentz Road Marking, Acheson, AB Connor Zarglis, University of Western Ontario, London, ON Tingting (Isabelle) Zhang, Polytechnique Montreal, Vancouver, BC Yiming Zhong, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Austin Zimak, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON

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s e c t io n news GREATER VANCOUVER SECTION The Greater Vancouver Section of ITE has had its annual golf tournament with one lunch meeting since the summer break.

The 15th Annual GVITE Golf tournament was held on Thursday, June 22nd at the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course. The weather was great with many golfers participating in the tournament and dinner and prizes given out. Following the success of last year’s event, a trivia component was included with transportation related questions asked at the end of every hole.

The second event of this quarter was a lunch meeting held in September. This event featured Paul de Leur

and Nicholas Moss who shared their experience and knowledge of the results of this summer's update of the ICBC Road Safety Benchmarks, which was last compiled ten years ago in 2007. The update provided a set of benchmark road safety metrics, based on 2011-2015 crashes and covering a range of intersection types and environments. These updated benchmark values would help traffic engineers identify high-risk locations by facilitating comparisons using sets of average values for crash frequencies, rates, and severities. The benchmarks provided an enhanced framework for the systematic and proactive identification of intersections for safety improvements, including those that may be eligible for funding under ICBC’s Road Improvement Program, now in its 27th year.

Last but not least, GVITE was awarded the CITE Section Activity Award for 2017, which was designed to encourage and promote active involvement by promoting the purpose and objectives of the Institute. Our president Brendan Stevenson accepted the award at the CITE conference this summer.

Left: Paul de Leur and Nicholas Moss with President Brendan Stevenson at the September lunch meeting Below Left:Annal GVITE Golf Tournament Below Right: Brendan Stevenson with the CITE Section Activity Award

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se c tio n n ews NORTHERN ALBERTA SECTION At the CITE Annual Conference in Toronto, NACITE proudly accepted the CITE Section Delta Award given to the Section that achieved overall improvement from past years with respect to Section activities. The NACITE Executive is truly appreciative for being recognized and thankful to all of our members and sponsors for their tremendous support!

August marked the start of the term for a new Executive. The new Executive represents a mix of past Executive members (who will continue to serve in new roles) and members that are new to the Executive. The most significant change is that Erin Toop, our President for the past two years, has stepped down to focus on co-chairing the 2018 CITE Edmonton conference planned for June 2018.

During the past two years as president, Erin worked diligently to reconnect with the student chapter at the U of A and broaden our relationship with the private and public sectors. While Erin’s leadership and

contributions will be missed, we’re all very excited for Edmonton to host CITE in 2018. Dallas Karhut will assume the role​​of President.

Our newly formed Executive is very excited about the upcoming year and looks forward to serving our members by providing a wide range of networking and professional development events. Our season of events will continue to include luncheons (with the first luncheon on October 4) and other events such as socials and technical tours.

SOUTHERN ALBERTA SECTION This summer, we held a technical tour and a pub night social event in Calgary’s historic Inglewood neighborhood. The technical tour included stops by two new bridge construction sites, bike lanes, future Bus Rapid Transit and Light Rail Transit development sites. After walking around Inglewood, the ITE group arrived at the gritty Blues Can to be entertained by blues guitarist and performer Tim Williams, with his trusty harmonica sidekick Shorty, performing an early bird happy hour just for us. The aim was to get members together in an informal setting to chat, share

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drinks and make a connection. The event was very well received from all participating members.

SA ITE monthly luncheons started again in September with a presentation titled “Crowchild Trail Corridor Study” by Feisal Lakha from the Transportation Planning, City of Calgary. Since 2014, The City of Calgary has been working together with Calgarians to identify short-, medium-, and long-term changes and upgrades to Crowchild Trail from 24 Ave. N.W. to 17 Ave. S.W. through a transportation corridor study.

Recommendations from the Crowchild Trail Study will

s e c t io n news help address current issues and challenges, and accommodate the continued growth of Calgary. The 2017 International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Canada Core Values Awards were presented on September 7, 2017 in conjunction with the IAP2 North American Conference in Denver, Colorado. The Crowchild Trail Study was recognized with two awards: “Extending the Practice through Creativity, Collaboration and Innovation in the Field,” as well as Canada’s “Project of the Year.” Funding for the shortterm plan as part of Infrastructure Calgary has been approved. An implementation and construction plan is currently being developed for the projects listed in the short-term plan. Construction is anticipated to begin in fall 2017 and take approximately three years to complete.

We have some exciting presentations planned for our upcoming fall luncheons, as well as field trips and workshops. We plan to take our members out for a field trip in October to see the first in Canada diverging diamond interchange, which has been just constructed at the intersection of Macleod Trial and 162 Avenue S.

We are also planning on holding a few Complete Streets workshop sessions. The target is to get around 30 people from the City administration, consulting and the development industry, in small table sessions focusing on complete streets and urban planning. The workshop is going to help participants learn how to foster a team based approach to problem-solving, which can be then taken into the day-to-day practice.

For more information on these and other Southern Alberta ITE section events, please visit our LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6664937/ profile.

We are moving to mailchimp to automate event notices. We also have created accounts with facebook, twitter and instagram. We hope this will help our chapter become more conversational and visible. So follow us at the buttons below.

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st udent se c tio n ncews h a p te r n ews LETHBRIDGE CHAPTER On July 11 and in the middle of their summer break, the ITE Lethbridge Chapter hosted their 2nd annual networking BBQ at Indian Battle Park in the City of Lethbridge. At the BBQ, students and transportation professionals from across the City met to network with each other and discuss transportation issues in the beautiful setting of the Oldman River valley. Good food and company were enjoyed by all that attended.

With the recent opening of a new multi-lane roundabout at the intersection of Whoop Up Drive and Metis Trail, the chapter hosted a luncheon that highlights roundabout design and safety. The Roadway Safety Institute webinar titled, “Evaluation of Safety and Mobility in Two-Lane Roundabouts” was shown on September 26 at Luigi’s Pizza and Steakhouse.

The chapter’s executive is currently finalizing the lineup of presentations for the rest of the 2017 luncheon series and plans to have their second annual Trafficbowl as part of their December luncheon. Details for upcoming events and activities will be forthcoming in the Chapter’s email invites. If you would like to be added to the Lethbridge Chapter mailing list, please contact Breanna Jackson at jacksonb@ae.ca.

MANITOBA SECTION The Manitoba section took some time off to enjoy our summer filled with beautiful weather and no mosquitos! We closed out the spring session with a presentation in June by Bill Menzies of Dillon Consulting. Bill provided an overview of the design, operations planning, and simulation modeling of the recently-completed Stadium Station at Investors Group Field. Held just before the current Blue Bomber season and the 2017 Canada Games held in Winnipeg over the summer, this was a very timely presentation.

A slate of presentations are planned for our monthly luncheons in the upcoming fall and winter seasons, beginning in September when we heard from Steven Florko of Stantec Consulting Ltd. On the transportation and traffic engineering elements of Winnipeg’s CPR Yards Crossing Functional Design Study (Arlington Bridge). We are also excited to be hosting ITE Manitoba’s first ever Escape Room Tournament in October. In this tournament, teams will complete two Escape Rooms, followed by dinner at a nearby restaurant. All in the name of supporting ITE Manitoba and showing off their logical minds!

Bill Menzies, Dillon Consulting at the June 2017 ITE Manitoba Luncheon

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s t u d e nt c h a p te r news UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA The ITEUA was proud to be a part of the Traffic Bowl competition at the annual conference and successful organizer for the students workshop during the ICUTS and ICTIS 2017 joint conference in Banff in the past few months.

The ITE University of Alberta students chapter participated in the Traffic Bowl competition at the CITE/ITE joint conference in Toronto. The ITEUA was represented at the Traffic Bowl competition by a team of four students: Matthew Woo, Difei, Yusuf Soliman, and Bryan Tran. Our team won the first traffic bowl round, advancing to the final, and losing to the eventual Canadian Champions. We also won the student category of the MiteY race, hosted by the conference. In addition to these events, the opportunities to network, learn from industry leaders, and build our knowledge and expertise in transportation was invaluable.

The ITE UA students workshop ‘Connecting Emerging Transportation Professionals on Hot Transportation

Topics’ during the ICTUS and ICTIS 2017 conference in Banff was a success too! Around 20 International and UofA students attended the workshop. They got an opportunity to network and get to know each others' transportation research interests. During the event, groups of students discussed the current transportation related challenges and how to overcome them and concluded with presentations from each group. The workshop was a great learning experience for all the students, especially our friends from China who got a better insight into transportation systems in Canada.

We would like to thank Transportation Association of Canada for the financial support in organizing the workshop!

The Fall term for us kicked off with a guest seminar on Vision Zero-achieving zero road fatalities, followed by the ITEUA 2017-2018 term executive elections. We look forward to successful events coming up in this new term with a new team!

Left: Participants at ITE UA ‘Connecting Emerging Transportation Professionals on Hot Transportation Topics’ students workshop during the ICTUS and ICTIS 2017 conference in Banff Below: University of Alberta's team made it to the final round at the Canadian Traffic Bowl

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st udent c h a p te r n ews UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA Summer was a bit quieter for the student chapter, however there were still great events hosted and attended by the group.

Two student chapter members attended the Cities of Tomorrow Conference hosted by excite. The students travelled to Calgary to spend two days learning and taking part in an idea competition. Both students thoroughly enjoyed the experience and were happy to have been given the opportunity to take part in the first excite summit.

At the end of July, nine student chapter members travelled to Toronto to attend the joint CITE/ITE Annual Meeting and Conference. These students attended a variety of events, including technical sessions, tours, and networking with other students and professionals.

Four attending members also competed in the CITE Traffic Bowl. They lost a hard-fought battle in the final

round to McMaster University, who did a great job in their first year competing. All in all, the students had a great time at the conference and are already looking forward to next year in Edmonton!

Our student chapter is also excited to have launched our new website this July. Our new website highlights past and upcoming student chapter activities, provides access to the group’s newsletters, and much more, and can be visited at www.iteumanitoba.ca.

We are now launching into our new student chapter year, and have participated in numerous recruitment events to encourage students to get involved with our chapter. We have hosted our kickoff meeting, and will soon be holding elections for our new executive. We are incredibly excited to start planning our new student chapter year.

University of Manitoba's delegation at the Joint ITE/CITE Conference in Toronto

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s t u d e nt c h a p te r news LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY Between July and September, a lot of work has been done to set up the structure of the Lakehead University ITE student chapter. While efforts appear to be successful, the student chapter is still looking to grow.

On July 2 for example, student chapter President Jeff Pascua and Vice President Swaraj Ahluwalia operated an ITE information booth during Lakehead University’s 2017 Engineering Summer Transition Orientation. We are pleased to say that we received over 40 signatures from students interested in transportation engineering.

The student chapter estimates that another 40 students will be joining the chapter during September-October.

Needless to say, recruitment results are looking very nice for Lakehead University.

Some of the student chapter’s main goals for this 20172018 year are to 1) promote transportation engineering to all engineering students within Lakehead University, and 2) foster the development of professional networks between three major groups: a) students and recent graduates, b) current engineering professionals, and c) members of the community. To meet these goals, the Lakehead University ITE student chapter has partnered with the already-established Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE) Lakehead Chapter. Both student chapter presidents hope that by sharing knowledge and resources, students can participate in networking and learning outside of the classroom.

During the early weeks of the Fall semester at Lakehead, we have appointed Maninderjit (Manny) Chana to be the student chapter’s Undergraduate Representative.

As a recent graduate from SAIT in Calgary, AB., Manny is excited to promote transportation engineering to undergraduate students in Lakehead University’s Civil Engineering program. During the latter half of September, Manny and Jeff took time to visit undergraduate classes and talk about the benefits of becoming part of both ITE and the Lakehead University ITE student chapter.

On September 21, President Jeff Pascua met with executives of the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) Lakehead Chapter to discuss networking opportunities between current engineering professionals and students/recent graduates. A few of Jeff’s discussion points were that transportation engineers are expected to be in high demand in the near future, and that this is one of the best times to be involved in transportation development.

Our first general meeting occurred on October 3.

During this time, the executive team advertised the positions of Secretary and Treasurer to prospective students. We are excited to announce that perceived interest in the student chapter executive appeared quite high. Plans to hold formal elections are being discussed, and we hope to have a full executive team ready for action by 2018.

Left: Vice President Swaraj Singh recruiting new members for ITE, as well as the LU student chapter during the annual engineering summer transition orientation Right: The Lakehead University ITE student chapter welcomes Maninderjit (Manny) Chana as its Undergraduate Representative

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st udent c h a p te r n ews MCMASTER UNIVERSITY The ITE McMaster Student Chapter made their mark in 2017. A new student chapter that was formed late in 2016, they held a number of events in 2017, hosted the Annual Joint Student Presentation Competition for the Toronto, Hamilton and Southwestern Ontario Sections,students attended meetings of the Hamilton Section, Toronto Section and the Joint ITE/CITE Annual Meeting in Toronto.

The McMaster ITE Student Chapter entered a team in the CITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl Competition at the Joint ITE/CITE Annual Meeting. The team of Allister Aresta, Joseph Dominicis and Angelo Pilla, won the CITE Traffic Bowl in thrilling fashion on their final jeopardy answer. The McMaster team then competed the next day in the ITE Collegiate Bowl against teams from across the United States where, despite a valiant effort, they were eliminated in the first round.

Congratulations to the first year team on winning and they are looking forward to defending next year in Edmonton.

Top: The winning McMaster Traffic Bowl team (L-R) Joseph Dominicis, Allister Aresta, and Angelo Pilla.

Bottom: Members of the McMaster chapter gather to accept their Traffic Bowl trophy

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s t u d e nt c h a p te r news UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO UofT ITE 2017-2018 Seminar Series

UofT Transportation Section BBQ

The UofT ITE Student Chapter would like to introduce its weekly “Friday Seminar Series” for the 2017-2018 academic year. This weekly transportation seminar series is attended by students and faculty from the transportation group at the University of Toronto, as well as a few industry representatives and other students from nearby universities. The seminar series is an opportunity for us to hear from professionals in the industry about exciting transportation projects happening, as well as visiting professors discussing their research, and graduate students presenting their thesis work. This year’s edition of the “Friday Seminar Series” is off to a great start! We have had many Master’s students present their thesis work, as well as a few presentations from visiting professors. We would like to invite ITE members in the GTHA to consider presenting their work this fall. Presentations are typically 40 minutes, followed by a Q& A session. The seminars take place Fridays from 11:00am to 12:00pm at the Sanford Fleming building on the St. George Campus. For more information or to request a presentation date, please contact us at ite@utoronto.ca

On September 22, 2017, the UofT ITE student chapter participated in the UofT Transportation Research Group welcome BBQ to start off the new academic year with faculty, staff, and new/returning students. It was a great event where professors and students had the opportunity to meet each other and talk about transportation while enjoying delicious food!

UofT ITE Annual Open House UofT ITE is the process of planning its annual student chapter open house. This is an opportunity for the student chapter to showcase its plans for events over the upcoming year, as well as to provide an opportunity for networking for students, faculty, and ITE members.

The open house is usually attended by ITE student members from UofT and nearby universities, professors, the CITE executive committee and professionals from industry. Keep an eye out for details on this great event!

CITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl

CREDIT: SAMI HASNINE

UofT ITE Student Chapter Traffic Bowl Team participated in the annual CITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl at the Joint ITE/CITE Annual Meeting in Toronto. We would like to thank the members of the team, Chris Stogios, Catalina Parada, and Ran Tu, for their efforts and participation in the event. It was a great event with lots of fun and transportation trivia!

Top Left: Dr. Miguel Andres Figliozzi from Portland State University presenting at the UofT ITE “FridaySeminar Series” Bottom Left: MASc Candidate Yishu (Roy) Pu presenting his thesis research at the UofT ITE “FridaySeminar Series” Bottom Right: UofT ITE Student Chapter Traffic Bowl Team at the CITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl

CREDIT: T. ROMANCYSHYN

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a dve st udent r ti s icnhga pdte i rer cnto ews ry UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK It’s been a busy summer for the ITE Chapter at UNB! The students from the group have been travelling across Canada, participating in conferences and meetings to further their knowledge of the transportation industry and to make contributions to research and future developments.

Students from the Chapter attended the spring meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Section in Halifax, the CTRF Annual Conference in Winnipeg, the CARSP Conference in Toronto, the excite Youth Summit in Calgary, and the ITE/CITE Annual Meeting in Toronto.

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Some members of our executive were highlighted for their achievements at these events, including publications from Matthieu Goudreau (VP) and Brendan McPhee (outgoing VP) in the CTRF compendium, Caitlin Sowers (outgoing President) came in 2nd place in the student paper competition at the CARSP conference, and Andrew Northmore (President) received the Dr. Michel Van Aerde Memorial Transportation Scholarship at the ITE/CITE Annual Meeting. The exciting summer calendar has left our Student Chapter excited and motivated about the year to come; stay tuned!

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CITE conta c ts CITE EXECUTIVE President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward Soldo, P.Eng., FITE

Past President . . . . . . . . . . Jen Malzer, P.Eng., MITE

Vice President . . . . . . . . . . Julia Salvini, P.Eng.

District Director . . . . . . . . Gene Chartier, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., FITE

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Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . Mariya Otten-Andrew, P. Eng., PTOE

Vice Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kerra Mruss, M.Sc., P.Eng.

Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . Paula Sawicki, P.Eng.

Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . Manoj Dilwaria, B.Eng., M.Pl., FITE

Committee (excite) . . . . . Ryan Martinson, M.Eng., P.Eng.

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Co-Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heather Goodman, B.Eng., EIT

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Manitoba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Wiebe, P.Eng. PTOE

Greater Vancouver . . . . . Brendan Stevenson, P.Eng. PTOE

Southwestern Ontario . . Doug MacRae, P.Eng.

BC Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Roth, EIT

Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manoj Dilwaria, B.Eng., M.Pl., FITE

Northern Alberta . . . . . . Dallas Karhut, P. Eng.

Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Nix, M.Eng., RPP

Southern Alberta . . . . . . Irini Akhnoukh, M.Eng., P.Eng.

National Capital . . . . . . . . Ian Borsuk, P.Eng.

Lethbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steven Dudley, P.Eng.

Québec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Bourque, IAITE

Saskatchewan . . . . . . . . . Rosemarie Draskovic, P.Eng., PTOE

Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roddy MacIntyre, P.Eng.

NKing@wattconsultinggroup.com

president@citevancouver.org

cite.bcinteriorchapter@gmail.com

dkarhut@bunteng.com

iakhnoukh@mcelhanney.com

sdudley@mpe.ca

president.saskite@gmail.com

president@manitoba.cite7.org

dmacrae@london.ca

MDilwaria@Thorold.com

sean.nix@mohawkcollege.ca

cite.ncs.pres@gmail.com

paul@pabeco.com

macintr@halifax.ca

STUDENT CHAPTERS

Advisors Presidents Carleton University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ata Khan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anthony Kwok

ata_khan@carleton.ca

cite.carleton@gmail.com

Lakehead University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juan Pernia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Pascua

jpernia@lakeheadu.ca jpascua@lakeheadu.ca

McMaster University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Antonio Páez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allister Aresta and Kyle Doucette

paezha@mcmaster.ca

arestaag@mcmaster.ca

Mohawk College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean Nix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gregory DeTina

sean.nix@mohawkcollege.ca

gregory.de-tina@mohawkcollege.ca

Montréal-Québec Étudiant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ciprian Alecsandru. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amir Khatami

ciprian.alecsandru@concordia.ca

info@sitem.ca

Ryerson University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bilal Farooq. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -

bilal.farooq@ryerson.ca

University of Alberta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tony Z. Qiu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Naomi Li

zhijunqiu@ualberta.ca

li18@ualberta.ca

University of British Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . Tarek Sayed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Mckenna and Alex Liaw

tsayed@civil.ubc.ca

president@ubcite.org

UBC Okanagan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Lovegrove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen Reimann

gord.lovegrove@ubc.ca

ubcocite@gmail.com

University of Calgary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lina Kattan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heba Al-Junaidi

lkattan@ucalgary.ca

uofc@gmail.com

University of Manitoba. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeannette Montufar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abby Scaletta

jeannette.montufar@morrconsulting.com

president@iteumanitoba.ca

University of New Brunswick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Hildebrand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Northmore

edh@unb.ca anorthmo@unb.ca

University of Toronto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marianne Hatzopoulou. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Md. Sami Hasnine

hatzopoulou@utoronto.ca

ite@utoronto.ca

University of Waterloo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Hellinga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Terry

bhellinga@uwaterloo.ca

uw.ite.sc@gmail.com

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