DalTRAC team member and graduate student in the Department of Civil & Resource Engineering, Mahmudur Rahman Fatmi, will defend his PhD thesis with a presentation entitled “Development of Integrated Urban System Models: Life-transitions, Household location, and Vehicle Transaction Decisions”
The presentation will take place on Friday November 3, 2017 at 9:30am in Room 3107, Dalhousie Mona Campbell Building, 1459 LeMarchant Street. Everyone is welcome to attend!
The DalTRAC team promoted the Thumbs Up! Share the Road Nova Scotia campaign during SWITCH Spring Garden on Sunday, September 25. This well attended event allows HRM residents the opportunity to explore streets by foot, bike, or other modes of active transportation. Spring Garden Road was closed off to traffic to encourage recreation activities, markets, and entertainment.
DalTRAC team members Samantha MacLellan and Sara Campbell promote the Share the Road campaign. (Photo by: Sean Dewitt)
SWITCH Spring Garden
On Thursday September 21, 2017, Daniel Richardson gave a public talk at Dalhousie University entitled “Ottawa’s BRT to LRT Conversion from an Operations Planning Perspective”. Daniel is the Team Lead of Service Reliability for O.C. Transpo in Ottawa. A native of the Greater Toronto Area, Daniel has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Ottawa, majoring in English Literature and Geography, as well as a Masters of Planning Degree from Dalhousie University. Prior to working for the City of Ottawa, Daniel worked as a Research Assistant for Dalhousie Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC). Daniel’s professional experience includes project management for various transit priority projects, transit oriented infrastructure projects, and other bus stop and station improvements. Specifically, over the past 3 years, Daniel’s work has focused primarily on the coordination of transit detours and construction impacts throughout the closure of the Transitway for the construction of the O-Train Confederation Line.
A town called Bodegraven in the Netherlands is pilot testing a new type of pedestrian crossing signal. The crosswalk signal is embedded in the sidewalk at an intersection which is aimed at gaining the attention of distracted walkers. Global News interviewed Dr. Ahsan Habib regarding his thoughts on the new technology, and distracted pedestrians. Dr. Habib commented that with the rate of distracted pedestrians increasing in recent years, this innovative technology is a fabulous idea. Although the cause of distraction is not well documented, there needs to adaptive solutions to ensure road safety.
View the full story (minute 19:50) at http://globalnews.ca/video/3525788/global-national-jun-13-5
DalTRAC students will be participating in the Community Transportation Nova Scotia (CTNS) Conference and AGM on Tuesday, May 16 in Truro. The theme of this years conference is Transforming Community Transportation: Mobility for All! DalTRAC students will have posters displayed throughout the entire conference related to topics such as transportation sustainability, accessibility, smartphone use and travel, risk assessment and emission modelling.
For more information about the CTNS Conference please visit http://communitytransitns.ca/events/
Dalhousie Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC) has partnered with Dalhousie University to conduct data collection for the University Avenue Protected Bicycle Lane Pilot Project. These counters will help increase the availability and transparency of data for bicycle use in Halifax. A permanent counter is located on the North side of University Avenue outside the Dalhousie Arts Centre. This counter has a permanent real-time display. The second counter is installed on the South side of the boulevard, outside the Kenneth Rowe Management building. Online bicycle counts will be available through DalTRAC’s StreetSenseNetwork website at http://www.eco-public.com/ParcPublic/?id=4638.
If you are a cyclist travelling on University Avenue, make sure you are counted. For more information about the StreetSenseNetwork please contact daltrac@dal.ca
Permanent real-time bicycle counter display outside the Dalhousie Arts Centre
The green line shows the location of the permanent bicycle counter outside the Dalhousie Arts Centre. Once crossing this imaginary line on a bicycle, the display (above) should update.
Temporary bicycle tube counter outside Kenneth Rowe Management building
Dr. Ahsan Habib was interviewed by Dan Misener from CBC radio regarding his thoughts on Distracted Walking. “It is very important in our transportation field to start recognizing this type of new phenomena” said Dr. Habib. Listen to more of the interview at https://soundcloud.com/cbcyukon/dan-misener-distracted-walking
Dalhousie researchers Ahsan Habib and Kevin Quigley are working on a mass evacuation simulation for Halifax. Read more about this project at http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/emergency-evacuation-video-game-dalhousie-disaster-flood-1.4030663
DalTRAC has partnered with the Halifax Cycling Coalition for the StreetSenseNetwork Project, with support from Halifax Regional Municipality. It will provide automatically transmitted, publicly accessible baseline information on cyclists and pedestrians for specific locations throughout the municipality. The first counter has been installed on Agricola Street to collect the number of people cycling travelling South. The initiative aims to increase the availability and transparency of data for bicycle usage in Halifax. It will be a tremendous resource for bike planning and promotion in the region. The network will be growing over the next few months so check back for data in other locations.
The StreetSenseNetwork public webpage can be found at http://www.eco-public.com/ParcPublic/?id=4638
For more information about the StreetSenseNetwork please contact daltrac@dal.ca
The DalTRAC team promoted the Thumbs Up! Share the Road Nova Scotia campaign throughout Bike Week 2016. From June 3-12, bike safety tips and videos were shared on social media, and community events were attended to distribute promotional materials and discuss safer road sharing with community members. We partnered with the Town of Pictou Parks and Recreation department for their Pictou County Bike Week and attended events in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Switch Open Street Sundays was held on June 5 in Dartmouth, with over 500 community members enjoying the open streets with activities for all ages. We also wrapped up the week attending the Halifax Cycling Coalition Bike Expo on Sunday June 12 at the Emera Oval.
MD Jahedul Alam and Sara Campbell promoting the Share the Road Nova Scotia campaign at Switch Dartmouth
Community members enjoying the Switch Open Street Sundays event
Participants at the Halifax Cycling Coalition Bike Expo