Papers from the CTRF 52nd Annual Conference
Canadian Transportation: 150 Years of Progress
Les transports au Canada : 150 ans de progrès
Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 28-31, 2017
Agricultural Transportation
Mohammad Torshizi, Richard Gray
Rail Capacity, Freight Rates and Removal of the Maximum Revenue Entitlement Program
Modal Choice Demand Analysis
Justin Tyndall
Waiting for the Bus: Service Dependability and Commuter Mode Choice
Naznin Sultan Daisy, Lei Liu, Hugh Millward
Optimizing Daily Travel Sequences and Time-Use Patterns of Individuals
Urban Freight Movements
Mohammad Hesam Hafezi, Lei Liu, Hugh Millward
Modelling Activity Scheduling Behavior of Individuals for Travel Demand Models
Adrian Lightstone, Mausam Duggal
Region of Peel – Commodity Flow and Network Analysis
Rahaf Husein, Hanna Maoh
Trip Generation Modeling for London, Ontario, Canada: A Micro-Analytical Approach
Autonomous Vehicles and Taxi Regulation
Joseph Monteiro, Barry Prentice
The Tale of Taxi Reforms in Two Cities: The Failure of Closed Entry – Continued
Malcolm Cairns
A Future with Autonomous Vehicles: Issues, the potential for research topics, and a personal perspective
Rail Transportation
Ge Gao, Changmin Jiang, Paul D. Larson
Express Freight Transportation by High-Speed Rail: The Case of China
Adam Morrison, Chris Bachmann, Frank Saccamanno
Generalized Cost Functions of Crude Oil Pipeline Shipments in Canada
Active and Green Transportation
Sara Edge, Joshua Goodfield
Responses to electric bikes (e-bikes) amongst stakeholders and decision-makers with influence on transportation reform in Toronto, Canada
Puyuan Deng, Mehdi Nourinejad, Mahyar Jahangiriesmaili, Matthew Roorda
Design and Analysis of City Logistics Systems in Toronto for Express Courier Companies
Logistics/Supply Chain Management
Alec Knowles, Adrian Lightstone
The Impacts of Connected and Automated Vehicle Technologies on Goods Movement and Distribution in North America
Optimizing Infrastructure
Amal Ghamrawi, Hanna Maoh
Modeling the Feasibility of Transitioning Diesel-Based Heavy-Duty Trucks to CNG-Powered Engines in the GTHA
Jacob Terry, Chris Bachmann, Jeffrey M. Casello
Sustainability Analysis of Transportation Infrastructure in Waterloo, Ontario
Air Transportation
Xudong Chen, Changmin Jiang, Paul Larson
Sustainability Reporting of Airlines: Performances and Driving Factors
Barry E. Prentice, Sarfraz Ahmed
Ground-Handling Systems for Cargo Airships
Public Transit
Zhenyuan (Eric) Ma, Md. Nobinur Rahman, Ahmed O. Idris
Setting A Fair-Fare Structure for Improved Transit Passengers’ Accessibility
Trevor Hanson, Matthieu Goudreau
How many New Brunswickers rely on organized volunteer driver programs? Preliminary tools and approaches to help us find the answer
Lawrence McKeown, Eric Mongrain
Trends in Transit: A Statistical Examination
Policy and Planning
Patty Toner, Hunter Doubt, Nick Mulder, Philip Cartwright
Pursuing Tomorrow’s Transportation System Today: How Government and Key Players Can Drive Positive Change
Paul Larson
Sustainable railroading across Canada and beyond
Spatial-economic Modelling
Toka S. Mostafa, Matthew J. Roorda
Modelling Start-up Size of Canadian Firms
Murat Olus Inan, Eren Inci, Robin Lindsey – The Ron Rice Award for the Best Conference Paper
Policies to Control Spillover Parking
Mohammad Hesam Hafezi, Lei Liu, Hugh Millward
Modeling Activity Scheduling Behavior of Individuals for Travel Demand Models
Road Transportation
Gordon Baldwin
Photo Radar in Ontario–Will Being a Late Adopter Solve the Problems?
Kevin Gingerich, Hanna Maoh
Utilizing machine learning to reduce the processing time for GPS truck based map-matching
Safety and Dangerous Goods
Darren Prokop
Supply Chain Threats and Emergency Management
Brendan McPhee, Trevor Hanson
Suitability and limitations of using an open source video data approach to understand hazardous goods movement by rail
Pruethipong Singhatiraj
Road Accident Model for Depressed Median
Sustainable Transportation
Aya Hagag, Lawrence McKeown
The Greening of Canada’s Road Motor Vehicles: An Assessment
Md. Nobinur Rahman, Abdul Rahman Masoud, Ahmed O. Idris
Modelling the Influence of Fused Grid Neighbourhood Design Principles on Greenhouse Gas Emissionswith Emphasis on Street Connectivity
Marine Transportation
Leah Beveridge
Arctic Pilots for Canadian Corridors
James Frost
Short Sea Shipping in Canada – Alive or Dead?
Trade & Transportation
Ali Ülkü, Horand I. Gassmann, Michael E. Foster
A Framework for Regional Logistics Performance
Mahyar Jahangiriesmaili, Matthew Roorda, Chris Bachmann
Assessing the Impact of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) on Canada’s Transportation Network
Aya Hagag, Lawrence McKeown
An Analysis of American Commodity Shipments to Canada
Transportation Modeling and Data
Naznin Sultana Daisy, Lei Liu, Hugh Millward
Analyzing Tours: Application of a Traveller Grouping Based Cluster Analysis
Hakan Andic, Koby Kobia
The Measurements of the Total Factor Productivity Growth for Canadian Railways
Hamed Shahrokhi Shahraki, Chris Bachmann
Optimizing Transportation Infrastructure Investment using Computable General Equilibrium Models
Traffic Management and Simulation
Olaf Milbredt, Florian Rudolph
Data interface model for passenger-centric intermodal traffic management
Md. Kamrul Islam
A Simulation Model to Evaluate Impact of Vehicle Size and Dispatch Headway Variability on Passenger Loading and Reliability of Public Transit
Electric Vehicles
Terence Dimatulac, Hanna Maoh
Modeling the Demand for Electric Vehicles in the Canadian Rental Market: A Stated Preference Approach
Sina Bahrami, Motahareh Shafiee Fard, Matthew Roorda
Optimal Deployment of Fast Charging Stations
Urban Transit Analysis
Alireza Mohammadi, Luis Amador-Jimenez, Fuzhan Nasiri
Underground Transit System Management; New Issues
Hassaan Masood, Ahmed O. Idris
Index-Based Decision-Support Tool for Transit Stop Planning Under Uncertainties
Transport Management
Garland Chow
Taxi Service Performance: Definition and Measurement
Shakil Khan, Hanna Maoh, Mark Ferguson, Moataz Mahmoud
Factors Influencing Electric Vehicle Fleet Acquisition in Canada: Insights from a Recent Survey
Kalinga Jagoda
Transportation Challenges of Rural SMEs: Insights from Alberta
Urban Policy and Planning
Hassaan Masood, Ahmed O. Idris
Passenger/Operator Opinion Survey for Transit Stop Evaluation Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making
Chris Harding, Eric J. Miller
Life cycle costing for transportation, housing and municipal service provision: a case study in Montreal, Canada
Truck Transport
David Evans, Lawrence McKeown
Factors Associated with Own-Account Trucking in Canada
Mausam Duggal, Bryce Sharman, Rick Donnelly, Rob Tardif, Shan Sureshan, Sundar Damodaran
Province of Ontario’s Commodity Flow and Long-Distance Truck Models – A comprehensive picture of freight movement in Ontario
Georgiana Madar, Hanna Maoh, William Anderson
A Simulation Approach to Modeling the Robustness of the Ontario Truck Road Network
STUDENT PAPER WINNERS
Undergraduate Category
Bradley Kloostra, University of Toronto
Fully Autonomous Vehicles: Analyzing Transportation Network Performance and Operating Scenarios in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Ph.D. Category
Justin Tyndall, University of British Columbia
Where No Cars Go: Free-Floating Carshare and Inequality of Access