October 11, 2018 Galbraith Building, Room GB202, 35 St. George Street, University of Toronto
Agenda
8:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee/Tea and Pastries
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Charge of the 4th Forum: Ezra Hauer, University of Toronto
9:10 a.m. Session 1: Introductions
Facilitator: Geni Bahar, NAVIGATS Inc.
Self-Introductions
9:30 a.m. Session 2: Optical Illusions & Traffic Crashes: More Insight from Big Data Science
Facilitator: Alison Smiley, Human Factors North Inc.
Presenter: Donald A. Redelmeier, University of Toronto/Sunnybrook Health Sciences
10:00 a.m. Session 3: Who is Doing What? Ongoing Efforts
Facilitator: Geni Bahar, NAVIGATS Inc.
- (10:05) Pedestrian Safety Index Visualization, Elkan Wan, University of Toronto
- (10:15) Supporting Public Health Practice for Road Safety: A Collaborative Project with Municipalities, Public Health and Research, Sarah A. Richmond, Applied Public Health Science Unit, Injury Prevention, Public Health Ontario
- (10:25) Pedestrian Fatality Forecasting – A Model-Based Approach, Jeff Pascua, Lakehead University
10:30 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Session 3 (cont’d): Who is Doing What? Ongoing Efforts
Facilitator: Geni Bahar, NAVIGATS Inc.
- (11:05) Intervening to reduce the risk of vehicle crash and to maintain quality of life for people with dementia and family caregivers, Elaine Stasiulis, Baycrest Rotman Research Institute
- (11:15) Senior Drivers and Automated Vehicles, Heather Woods-Fry, Traffic Injury Research Foundation
- (11:25) i-DARE: Feasibility of an app- based intervention for young novice drivers, Liliana Alvarez, Western University
- (11:35) Drug-Impaired Driving Learning Centre, Heather Woods-Fry, Traffic Injury Research Foundation
- (11:45) Arrive Alive DRIVE SOBER 30th campaign, Michael Stewart, Arrive Alive, Drive Sober
- (11:55) Relating self-reported road safety attitudes and behaviours to population-level collision outcomes, Justin Chee, MTO
- (12:05) Sitting Ducks (literally) – Is Extending Restaurant Patios into the roadway a safe Traffic Engineering solution in today’s world?, Yaron Levgoren, Expert Eye Consulting
- (12:15) Ontario Truck Rest Areas and Safety, Erik Nevland, York University
12:30 p.m. Lunch
Lunch is covered by the $35 registration fee.
1:30 p.m. Session 4: Speed and Safety
Facilitator: Alison Smiley, Human Factors North Inc.
- (1:35) Street Racing and Stunt Driving in Ontario, Evelyn Vingilis, University of Western Ontario
- (2:00) Neighbourhood Slow Zones in New York City – What Was the Safety Effect? Ezra Hauer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto
2:30 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Session 5: Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety
Facilitator: Ezra Hauer, University of Toronto
- (3:05) Pedestrian and Bicycle Initiatives in Toronto, Roger Browne, City of Toronto
- (3:25) Visual Attention Failures During Turns at Intersections: An On-road Study, Nazli Kaya, University of Toronto
- (3:45) Evaluation of Protected Left-Turn Phasing and Leading Pedestrian Intervals Effects on Pedestrian Safety, Craig Lyon, Persaud and Lyon Inc.
- (4:05) A Primer on Risk Compensation, Maurice Masliah, Headlight Consulting Inc.
4:25 p.m. Final Words
Ezra Hauer, University of Toronto
Organizers
Geni Bahar, NAVIGATS Inc. (genibahar@navigats.com)
Alison Smiley, Human Factors North Inc.
Ezra Hauer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto
Bhagwant Persaud, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Ryerson University