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Seminar - Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads 2017 Edition - What's New?

Organization:
Transportation Association of Canada
Location:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Start Date:
November 30, 2017
End Date:
November 30, 2017
Description
The 2017 Edition of TAC’s Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads provides guidance to planners and designers in developing design solutions that meet the needs of a range of road users while addressing the context of policy decisions and the surrounding environment. Design guidelines are included for freeways, arterials, collectors, and local roads, in both urban and rural locations as well as for integrated bicyclist and pedestrian design.

This seminar provides an overview of the contents in the 2017 Guide with the focus on key changes to geometric design elements and processes provided in the Guide. It addresses critical aspects of the design process intended to provide participants with a solid understanding of those key changes as well as application and practices arising from the implementation of the 2017 Edition of the Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads.  

Special Promotion

Seminar registrants purchasing copies of the Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads (2017) will receive a one-time, 15% discount on one copy purchased in print (PKG-GEODES17-E) and e-book (PKG-GEODES17-EBK) formats. A special promo code will be provided as part of the confirmation email seminar registration. Offer valid until 2017-12-15.

Learning Objectives

  • Acquire knowledge about the new contents in the 2017 Guide
  • Understand key changes and processes in the Guide
  • Learn about design elements and processes in both urban and rural environments 
  • Understand application and practices arising from the implementation of the Guide   

Target Audience

  • Designers, traffic engineers, transportation engineers, project engineers, transportation planners, municipal managers and consulting engineers with a minimum of 3 years of experience in the field, since there is no discussion on fundamental concepts. 
  • Experienced designers will learn new ways of addressing and evaluating design options.

Depending on the location, this one-day seminar will be delivered by two of the following presenters:

Geoff Millen, Regional Manager - Halifax, WSP Canada
Geoff has more than 24 years of experience in highway design and road safety engineering with WSP Canada. He currently serves as the Lead Road Safety Engineer for WSP’s national road safety engineering practice and was a co-author on several chapters of the 2017 edition of TAC’s Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads.

John Robinson, Senior Partner, Flood Murray International Inc.
Dr. Robinson is a Traffic and Transportation Systems Engineer with a 42-year career in the field. He brings an extensive body of proven expertise in road safety engineering to the company. John was a co-author of the roadside design and intersection chapters of the 2017 edition of TAC’s Geometric Design Guide for Canadian Roads.

Ryan Martinson, Associate, Stantec Consulting Ltd., Calgary
Ryan is a leader in the active and sustainable transportation industry and is passionate about creating stronger communities and better cities. He has been involved with important transportation projects including Edmonton’s Complete Streets Guidelines, Calgary’s Centre City Cycle Track Network, walkability technical reports and complete street planning and design projects. Ryan is a part of the Measuring Walking Group of Walk21, which documents and shares methods to capture walking and walkability data. This data is used to provide a higher emphasis on people travelling on foot, contributing to the creation of more livable communities.

Additional information

DATE: November 30, 2017
TIME: 8:30 AM -5:00 PM
VENUE: Hotel Grand Pacific, 463 Belleville Street, Victorica, BC; COST: TAC Member $695 / Non-Member $895
EARLY-BIRD: TAC Member $595 /Non-Member $795
GROUP RATES are available for 10 or more individuals, from the same organization attending on the same date.

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