October 17, 2019, 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. Session 1: Welcome and Introductions
Facilitator: Bhagwant Persaud, Ryerson University
Self-Introductions
Brief Update – Road Safety Professional Certification Update – Geni Bahar, NAVIGATS Inc.
9:20 a.m. Session 2: Crash Causation, Countermeasures, and Policy Implications
Facilitator: Alison Smiley, Human Factors North
Presenter David Shinar, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel: Crash Causation, Countermeasures, and Policy Implications
10:10 a.m. Session 3A: Who is doing what? Ongoing Efforts
Facilitator: Amit Arora, Road Safety Consultant
- 3.1 A GIS-based Network Screening Tool for Train Derailments – Tavia Chow, York
University - 3.2 A Real-Time Internet-of-Things (IoT) Device to Prevent First Responders’ Injuries Involved in Collisions – Ahmad Mohammadi, York University
- 3.3 Weed Out the Risk: An Anti-Crash Course for Canadian Youth – Barrington Hector,
Spring Board Services
10:40 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Session 3B: Who is doing what? Ongoing Efforts – Part 2
Facilitator: Sean Nix, Mohawk College
- 3.4 Vision Zero 2.0: City of Toronto’s Road Safety Plan Update – Sheyda Saneinejad, City of
Toronto - 3.5 Leveraging Traffic Cameras for Road Safety in the City of Toronto: A Look into the Future – Jessica Keung, University of Waterloo
- 3.6 Understanding the Impact of Connected and Automated Vehicles for Pedestrians with Visual Impairment – Sina Azizisoldouz, University of Toronto
- 3.7 Impact of Ontario’s 2009 Legislation Banning the Use of Handheld Electronic Devices by Drivers – Madiha Javed on behalf of Patrick Byrne, Ministry of Transportation, Ontario
11:40 a.m. Session 4 – Fitness to Drive
Facilitator: Evelyn Vingilis, Western University
- 4.1 Aging Drivers in Ontario: Challenge meets Opportunity – Brenda Vrkljan, McMaster
University - 4.2 Driving and Dementia – Assessing Fitness to Drive and Ethical Implications – Erica
Weir, Queen’s University
12:40 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Session 5: Active Transportation, Public Health, and Road Safety
Facilitator: Tom Smahel, Human Factors North
- 5.1 #BuildTheVisionTO – Nancy Smith Lea, TCAT and Keagan Gartz, CycleTO
- 5.2 Pedestrian Crash Causation in Ontario – Sarah Plonka, Ministry of Transportation, Ontario
- 5.3 The Effect of Reducing the Posted Speed Limit to 30 Km/hour on Pedestrian
Motor Vehicle Collisions in Toronto, Canada – A Quasi Experimental, Pre-Post
Study, Liraz Fridman, Hospital for Sick Children - 5.4 Parachute: Updates on the National Work with Vision Zero – Valerie Smith,
Parachute
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Session 6: Winter Maintenance and Road Safety
Facilitator: Soroush Salek, CIMA+
- 6.1 Safety of Snowplows at Road-Rail Level Crossings: Summary of the Human Factors Issues involved in the January 2018 London ON Level Crossing Crash – Missy Rudin-Brown, Transportation Safety Board of Canada
- 6.2 Safety Benefit of Employing Alternative Standards for Winter Road Maintenance – Taimur Usman, University of Waterloo
4:00 p.m. Forum Adjournment
4:00 p.m. CARSP Young Professional Committee Networking Event
5:30 p.m. CARSP Event Adjournment
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