City of Toronto - Curb Radii Design Guidelines
Roadway design engineers in Canada have historically relied on design guides as the basis for
engineering roadways. However, most traditional guidelines were developed decades ago, have...
Session title: 2016 Road Safety Engineering Award
Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors: City of Toronto
2016
Coloured Asphalt Bus Rapid Transit Lanes in The Regional Municipality of York: Integrating Laboratory Performance Testing into Sustainable Pavement Asset Management
Located north of Toronto, Ontario, The Regional Municipality of York, the sixth largest municipality in Canada, is a thriving community and home to a well-established service sector. York Region...
Session title: Innovations in Pavement Management, Engineering and Technologies - Design Applications
Organizers: Pavements Standing Committee
Authors: Varamini, S., Farashah, M.K., El-Hakim, M., Tighe, S.L.
2016
Comparative Analysis of Performance of Different De-Icing Materials
The relative performance of different snow-clearing materials and conditions under which they can be effective are examined using field Data. The efficiency of four different de-icing treatments (...
Session title: Efficient Transportation - Managing the Maintenance Demand
Organizers: Maintenance & Construction Standing Committee
Authors: Salek, S., Perchanok, M., Izadpanah, P., Hadayeghi, A.
2016
Cross Asset Management – the Alaska Highway Corridor
In 2013 Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) retained a consultant to develop a comprehensive cross asset management plan (AMP) to inform the development of 50 years of capital...
Session title: Cross Asset Analysis and Optimization - Solutions for Informed Decision Making
Organizers: Asset Management Task Force
Authors: St. Michel, G.R., Reggin, A.
2016
Decision Sight Distance for Freeway Exit Ramps – a Road Safety Perspective
Design guidelines/standards and subsequent project design criteria generally stipulate that Decision Sight Distance (DSD) be ...
Session title: Geometric Design - Emerging Issues
Organizers: Geometric Design Standing Committee
Authors: Ho, G., Rozental, J., Majstorovic, S.
2016
Delayed Ettringite Formation (DEF) in Precast Concrete Fear, Facts and Risks
Precast structural concrete units are commonly used in bridge construction. The quality of concrete used in the production of girders, deck elements and other bridge elements is expected to be...
Session title: Structures
Organizers: Structures Standing Committee
Authors: Czarnecki, B.
2016
Des mesures d’aménagement du territoire pour favoriser la sécurité routière
Les victimes de la route sont de moins en moins nombreuses au Québec, malgré
l’augmentation du nombre de véhicules en circulation et de titulaires de permis de
conduire....
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Organizers: Road Safety Standing Committee
Authors: Berthod, C.
2016
Design Considerations for Updating Toronto’s Transportation Operation Centre (TOC)
The City of Toronto’s Transportation Operation Centre (TOC) has been in place since January
1994. There were no major upgrades to the facilities over the past 20 years. The utilities...
Session title: Next Generation Transportation Management Centers
Organizers: Traffic Operations & Management Standing Committee
Authors: Huang, S.Q.
2016
Design of Full-Depth Reclamation with Portland Cement (FDR-PC) Pavements
The rehabilitation of failed flexible (asphalt) pavements is often an expensive process, especially if the pavement has base or subgrade problems and a simple overlay will not result in a long-...
Session title: NEW REALITIES WITH RECYCLING MATERIALS
Organizers: Soils and Materials Standing Committee
Authors: Gregory E. Halsted
2016
Developing and Operationalizing Integrated Cross-Asset Investment Planning for Public Infrastructure
Faced with a record quantity of built infrastructure to manage, agencies are under growing pressure to implement processes that will allow them to do so in an increasingly efficient and effective...
Session title: Cross Asset Analysis and Optimization - Solutions for Informed Decision Making
Organizers: Asset Management Task Force
Authors: Posavljak, M., Tighe, S.L., Larson, N.
2016