CTRF 45th Annual Conference
Transportation and Logistics Trends and Policies: Successes and Failures
Tendances et politiques en matière de transport et de logistique : succès et échecs
May 30 – June 2, 2010
Courtyard Marriott Downtown Toronto, Toronto Ontario
Papers & Presentations
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Opening Plenary Session – Presentations Only: Canadian Transportation and Logistics Trends and Policies
Moderator: Doug Johnson, President CTRF
Speakers:
- David Bradley, Canadian Trucking Alliance, Ontario Trucking Association
- Ian Murray, Canadian Pacific Logistics Solutions
- Wayne Smith, Canadian Shipowners Association
- Gary Vince, DHL Global Forwarding
Session I: Active Transportation I
- Kristian Larsen and Jason Gilliland – Environmental Characteristics Associated with Adult Walking Behaviours
- Raktim Mitra, Ron Buliung – The Built Environment, Autonomous Mobility, and School Travel Mode Choice in Toronto
- Sheyda Saneinejad, Christopher Kennedy, Matthew J. Roorda – Modelling the Impact of Weather on Active Transportation
Session 1.2 Motor Vehicle Safety I
- Shamsunnahar Yasmin, Sabreena Anowar, Richard Tay – Injury Risk of Traffic Accidents Involving Emergency Vehicles in Alberta
- Garland Chow, Jinwoo Lee, William G. Waters II – Exploratory Evaluation of Commercial Vehicle Inspection Technologies in British Columbia
- Mina Hassanvand, John Douglas Hunt, Richard Tay – Speed Effects of Roadside Memorials on Curved Roads
Session 1.3 Transportation and Supply Chains
- Benoît Sanclemente-Lalana – Les technologies d’information et de communication appliquées a la logistique amont automobile
- Darryl Anderson, Joseph Monteiro – Cool Cargoes, Reefers and Refrigerated Shipping
- William Anderson, Andrew Coates – Delays and Uncertainty in Freight Movements at Canada-US Border Crossings
Session 2.1 Active Transportation II
- Asya Bidordinova – Motivators and Barriers to Utilitarian Cycling in Downtown Toronto
- Andrea Oppedisano – Mid-rise Buildings on Toronto’s Avenues – Responding to the Public Realm
- Tony Redington – Modern Roundabout Technology Unlocks the Stifled Walking Mode in Canada and United States
Session 2.2 Gateways & Corridors
- Darren Prokop – Adak, Alaska: A Marine Business Case
- James D. Frost – The ‘Close’ Dry Port Concept and the Canadian Context
- Maryem Ahbib – Continental Gateway and Trade Corridor Quebec-Ontario: better multimodality
Session 2.3 Benchmarking and Statistics
- Garland Chow, Vijay Gill – Towards the Development of a System-Wide Total Logistics Cost Index
- Marc-André Roy, Elizabeth Drake – Benchmarking Performance of Intercity Passenger Rail Operations: Challenges and Strategies
- Masood Hassan, Keir Packer, Tony Churchill and Alan Windhorst – Statistical Compendium of Freight Transportation in Alberta
Session 3.1 Road Congestion and Emissions
- Dorothy Yen, Jean Andrey, Clarence Woudsma – Truck Drivers’ Perspectives on Vehicle Idling’
- Michelle Rutty, Lindsay Matthews, Tania Del Matto – Analyzing Engine Idling Reduction Opportunities at Three Ontario Ski Resorts
- Samah El-Tantawy, Bahar Abdulhai – Self-Learning Acyclic Adaptive Traffic Signal Control
Session 3.2 Marine Transport
- Philip John, James S. Christie, Michael C. Ircha – Places of Refuge for Ships in Need of Assistance in Canada: Policy Lessons from other Maritime Nations
- Marc-André Roy, Peter Harrison – Short Sea Shipping in Canada: Lessons Learned and Research Model for the Development of New Services
- Riad Mustafa, Ming Zhong, Michael Ircha – Short Sea Shipping in Canada – Regulatory and Policy Issues
Session 3.3 Safety and Dangerous Goods
- Michèle Provencher – Risk Analysis in the Rail Transport of Dangerous Goods: How to Best Avoid Releases
- Hossam Abdelgawad , Baher Abdulhai – Planning for Emergency Evacuation: Are Large Canadian Cities Ready?
- Douglas Kube – Air Canada’ Pilot Health Program: A Commitment to Safety and Employee Engagement
Panel Session: Planning for Goods Movement: The Continental Gateway Strategy, Urban Goods Movement and Borders
Moderator: James Perttula, Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Speakers:
- Claude Sirois, Ministry of Transportation of Quebec
- Lisa Salsberg, Metrolinx
- Tony Shallow, Transport Canada
Session 4.1 Freight Logistics
- Blair Sherwood, Barry E. Prentice – Airship Logistics Centres: The 6th Mode of Transport
- Juergen K Bock, Uwe Apel, Barry E. Prentice – Forestry Transport: Concept for Autonomous Unmanned Airship Logging
- Paul Jakubicek, Clarence Woudsma – Logistics Locations in the GTA: Context and Industry Perspectives
- Louis A. Le Blanc, Laura A. Valentine – Freightquote.com: Value Added Intermediation in Transport
Session 4.2 Industry Structure and Competition
- Joseph Monteiro, Benjamin Atkinson – Containers, Container Shipping Trends and Implications
- Joseph Monteiro, Gerald Robertson – Railways in Canada and the Experience with Regulatory Reform – with Emphasis on the Competitive Provisions
- Joseph Monteiro – Do Airports Compete?
- Darryl Anderson, Joseph Monterio – Marine Container Terminal Operators: The Extent of Competition
Session 4.3 Transportation Modelling
- Alex Anas , Robin Lindsey – Road Pricing, Public Transport and Market Structure
- Hanna Maoh, Mark Ferguson, Pavlos Kanaroglou, Matthew Roorda – A New Approach for Estimating Establishment-Based Origin-Destination Trip Matrices for Urban Commercial Vehicle Movements
- Nilesh Anand, Ron van Duin, Lori Tavasszy – Multi Agent Modelling for City Logistics Policy Analysis
Session 5.1 Motor Vehicle Safety II
- Mohammad Shafayat Hossain, John Douglas Hunt, Richard Tay – Student Perception of Pedestrian Risk
- Sabreena Anowar, Shamsunnahar Yasmin, Richard Tay – Analysis of Holiday Crashes in Alberta
- Shakil Mohammad Rifaat, Richard Tay, Alex de Barros – Effect of Neighbourhood Street Pattern on Motorcycle Crash Severity at Calgary
Session 5.2 Policy and Transportation Trends
- Emily Bates, Philip Cartwright, Nick Mulder – Macro Trends – Transportation Impacts
- Paul D. Earl – Policy Failure or Legal Failure? The Case of Logistical Control of Western Grain
- Paul D. Earl – The 1996-97 Grain Transportation Failure: A History; A Critique; and the Perspective Ignored by the CTA
Session 5.3 Transport Economics
- Ana Yanes – Depreciation of Light Duty Vehicles: Evidence from the Canadian Red Book
- Joseph Monteiro, Benjamin Atkinson – Maritime Industries – Are they Becoming More Concentrated?
- Robert McKinstry and Fares Bounajm – Investigating the Social Benefits of Short Line Freight Railways in Canada
Panel Session: Freight Rail Service Review – Preliminary Findings
Moderator: Nick Mulder, Global Public Affairs
Speakers:
- Joseph Schulman, CPCS Transcom
- Shauntelle Paul, Canadian National Railway
- Bob Ballantyne, Canadian Industrial Transportation Association
Session 6.1 Mode Choice
- Sundar Damodaran – Commute Distance and Policy Implications
- Amjad Khan, Lina Kattan, Richard Tay – Policies to Promote Sustainable Transportation in Calgary
Session 6.2 Surface Transport
- Barry E. Prentice, Charles Mossman, Adam van Schijndel – Taxi Fares and the Capitalization of Taxi Licenses
- Joseph DiJohn, Jillian Tenebrini – Chicago’s CREATE Rail Program: A Successful Public-Private Partnership
- Ehsan Jafari, Amin Ramezani, Behzad Moshiri, Karim Salahshoor, Baher Abdulhai – Adaptive Freeway Traffic State Estimator Based on Measurement Fusion Method
Session 6.3 Urban Transit
- Sybil Derrible and Bilal Farooq – The Four Outcomes of Transit and Land-Use
- Leonardo J. Basso, Cristian Angelo Guevara, Antonio Gschwender, Marcelo Fuster – Congestion Pricing, Transit Subsidies and Dedicated Bus Lanes: Efficient and Practical Solutions to Congestion
- Richard M. Soberman – Making Transit Work – The Main Ingredients