Educating Road Safety Professionals
This PDF file represents the slides used for our presentation to the Panel Discussion on Educating the Road Safety Professional, which was held at the Transportation Association of Canada Annual Conference in Toronto, in September 2008. The presentation is entitled "Road Safety Education: Crossing the Event Horizon" and provides a discussion of education needs for road safety professionals in Canada. Questions and comments are welcomed. [Download 0.8MB PDF]

Extending the Design Domain - A Risk Management Prespective
This pdf file represents the slides used for our presentation to the Flexible Design Workshop at the Transportation Association of Canada Annual Conference in Toronto, in September 2008. The presentation provides an overview of a methodology applied by the Queensland Department of Main Roads, Australia to extend the stopping sight distance design domain on 3R/4R projects. Questions and comments are welcomed. [Download 0.5MB PDF]

Flexible Design for Sustainable Roads
This PDF file represents the slides used in our introductory remarks to the Flexible Design workship at the Transportation Association of Canada Annual Conference in Toronto, in September of 2008. The presentation provides a brief overview and background to the challenge of developing flexible design guidance for the Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads. Questions and comments are welcomed. [Download 0.9MB PDF]

Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS)
This PowerPoint represents the slides presented at to the Context Sensitive Solutions workshop at the Transportation Association of Canada Annual Conference in Charlottetown, PEI in September 2006. The presentation is entitled "CSS - A design perspective" and provides a discussion of the flexibility available to the road designer working towards a context sensitive solution within the Canadian design environment. Questions and comments are welcomed. [Download 1.1MB PDF]

Dealing With Uncertainty and Risk in VE
This Download Provides a PDF copy of slides presented at the Road Safety Session "More Value in Combining Processes" at the Annual 2006 CSVA Conference held in Markham Ontario in October 2006. The presentation entitled "The Dark Side of Road Safety: Dealing With Uncertainty and Risk in VE" - provides an overview of the application of quantitative risk analysis in the value engineering process. Questions, comments, and discussion are welcomed. [Download 1.4 MB PDF]

Rural Intersection Safety Handbook
Prepared for Transport Canada, the Rural Intersection Safety Handbook gives practical guidance to spot and remedy safety problems at rural intersections. The central feature of the handbook is a cost effectiveness assessment for each road safety solution, presented under 23 different problem scenarios arranged under the headings of Intersection Layout; Visibility; Signs, Signals and Pavement Markings; Rail Crossings; and Usability. The handbook is designed to quickly aid the practitioner in selecting appropriate measures for their needs. There is also a discussion on risk management tailored to the problem of very low-volume rural roads. This document is available for free download directly from Transport Canada at this location: www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/saferoads-ruralroads-handbook-1238.htm