DalTRAC would like to congratulate Caroline King Robertson, Masters of Planning Studies graduate student, on successfully completing her thesis presentation entitled: Travel Behaviour and Transportation Challenges of Households with Pre-School Aged Children: A Child Care Centre Based Study on Monday March 28.
This year, seven DalTRAC students presented nine research papers and represented Dalhousie University at the 95th Annual meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB) in Washington, D.C on January 10-14, 2016. Our session information can be found below:
DalTRAC team at TRB Conference (Left to Right): Shamsad Irin, Mahmudur Fatmi, Nazmul Khan and Shaila Jamal
DalTRAC team member and graduate student in the Department of Civil & Resource Engineering, Nazmul Arefin Khan, will make a presentation on his thesis entitled: Longitudinal Modelling of Households’ Vehicle Transaction and Type Choice Decisions
The presentation will take place on Thursday December 3, 2015 at 1pm in Room D203a. Everyone is welcome to attend!
DalTRAC team member and graduate student in the Department of Civil & Resource Engineering, Shamsad Irin, will make a presentation on her thesis entitled: Development of Traffic Microsimulation and Emission Modelling System for Evaluating Major Transportation Planning Decisions.
The presentation will take place on Thursday November 26, 2015 at 10am in Room D203a. Everyone is welcome to attend!
The MacDonald Bridge experienced an opening delay of up to 4 hours this morning due to the Big Lift construction, delaying commuters all over Halifax and Dartmouth. A recent study by Dalhousie Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC) predicted the extent of the MacDonald Bridge opening delay. In a tri-council funded traffic simulation study, which is currently under review for WCTR procedia, the authors concluded that the probability of opening delay could range 18-30% for an hour and 33% for 3 hour period.
Key highlights from his report include: 1) Significant traffic delays for 1 hour, 2 hour and 3 hour delay scenarios, as the network reaches capacity quickly; 2) A delay beyond 2 hours does not add much to the congestion, as the system becomes saturated; 3) Multiple key intersections get worse, including Boland and Victoria Rd; and 4) A 1 hour delay could cost $22,000 in terms of economic loss due to lost travel time. A simulation of the opening delay conditions is available to visualize the impact in the micro-simulation environment.
DalTRAC researchers are ready to use their expertise in transportation simulation and modeling, in studies such as the one mentioned above, to help in risk management and transport planning to reduce the traffic impact.
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DalTRAC team in TRB Left to right (Nazmul Arefin Khan, Muhammad Ahsanul Habib, Siobhan Witherbee, Shamsad Irin, Mahmudur Rahman, Mohammad Hesam Hafezi, Levi Megenbir, Naznin Sultana Daisy)
This year, seven students of DalTRAC presented eight research papers and represented Dalhousie University at the 94th Annual meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB) in Washington, D.C on January 11-15, 2015.
Our session information can be found below:
C25-Modeling Modal Shift of Cyclists and Pedestrians, and Preference of Alternative Services during Temporary Closure of the Macdonald Bridge in Halifax, Canada-Nazmul Arefin Khan, Muhammad Ahsanul Habib, and Siobhan Witherbee- 477- Bicycle Transportation-Monday, 7:30 pm-9:30 pm- Hall E, Walter Convention Center
C12-Estimation of Link–Based Emission for a Truck Route in the Downtown Halifax, Canada-Shamsad Irin and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib-531-Current Issues in Transportation and Air Quality-Tuesday, 8:30 am-10:15 am-Hall E, Walter Convention Center
C13-Estimating Fuel Consumption and Vehicle Emissions from Multi-Year Travel Survey Data- Levi Eric Megenbir and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib-531-Current Issues in Transportation and Air Quality-Tuesday, 8:30 am-10:15 am-Hall E, Walter Convention Center
E14-Investigating the Role of Built Environment and Lifestyle Choices in Active Travel for Home Based Weekly Non-Work Trips-Naznin Sultana Daisy and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib-786-Contemporary Research in Land Use and Transportation Planning-Wednesday, 8:30 am-10:15 am-Hall E, Walter Convention Center
F17-Synthesizing Population for Agent-Based Microsimulation Modeling in Atlantic Canada- Mohammad Hesam Hafezi and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib-785-Travel Demand Models-Wednesday, 8:30 am-10:15 am-Hall E, Walter Convention Center
F19-Spatial Transferability of a Micro Residential Mobility Model for the Integrated Land Use, Transport and Environment Modeling System-Mahmudur Rahman Fatmi and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib-785-Travel Demand Models-Wednesday, 8:30 am-10:15 am-Hall E, Walter Convention Center
F22-A Pseudo Panel Investigation of Out-of-Home Discretionary Activity Participation-Naznin Sultana Daisy and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib-844-Activity and Travel Behaviour-Wednesday, 2:45 pm-4:30 pm-Hall E, Walter Convention Center
G12-Pedestrian Injury Severity Levels in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada: A Hierarchical Ordered Probit Modeling Approach-Justin Forbes and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib-848-Pedestrian Safety and Operational Performance Measurement-Wednesday, 2:45 pm-4:30 pm-Hall E, Walter Convention Center
DalTRAC team has presented couple of papers in the last few weeks in several conferences, namely, Annual conference of Civil Society of Canadian Engineering (CSCE) (May 28-31, 2014), Conference Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF) (June 01-04, 2014). The paper titled “An ordered Response Model for Examining Pedestrian Injury Severity in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)” by Forbes, J.J. and Habib, M.A. won the CTRF BEST PAPER RUNNER UP prize!
Dr. Habib with the CTRF president on prize giving ceremony
Papers by PhD Students:
Daisy, N.S. and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Built Environment, Life Style Choices and Active Transportation: Evidence from Halifax Regional Municipality, NS, Canada”, CSCE 10th International Transportation Speciality Conference. Halifax, NS, May, 28-31, 2014.
Fatmi, M.R. and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Comparing Residential Mobility in Halifax and Toronto, Canada: A continuous time hazard based duration modeling approach”, CSCE 10th International Transportation Speciality Conference. Halifax, NS, May, 28-31, 2014.
Hafezi, M.H and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Optimization Model of Bus Travel time with stop skipping scheme”, 49th Annual Conference Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF), Windsor, On, June 1-4, 2014.
PhD student Naznin Sultana Daisy presenting her paper on Active Transportation in CSCE
PhD student Mahmudur Fatmi presenting his paper on Residential Mobility in CSCE
PhD student Mohammad Hesam Hafezi, presenting his paper on Optimization of Bus Travel Time
Papers by MPlan Students:
Forbes, J.J. and Habib, M.A. (2014), “An ordered Response Model for Examining Pedestrian Injury Severity in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)”, CSCE 10th International Transportation Speciality Conference. Halifax, NS, May, 28-31, 2014.
Shaw, N., Habib, M.A. and Siabanis, N. (2014), “Modeling residential location of the elderly population in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Canada”, 49th Annual Conference Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF), Windsor, On, June 1-4, 2014.
Dr. Habib presenting the paper on Pedestrian Injury Severity in CSCE
Papers by MASc students:
Irin, S. and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Estimation of Accessibility Measure for Service Destination in Halifax, Canada”, CSCE 10th International Transportation Speciality Conference. Halifax, NS, May, 28-31, 2014.
Khan, N.H.A. and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Modeling Mode shift behavior of cyclists and pedestrians due to temporary closure of the MacDonald Bridge in Halifax: A mixed logit modeling approach”, CSCE 10th International Transportation Speciality Conference. Halifax, NS, May, 28-31, 2014.
Rahman, M. and Habib, M.A. (2014), “Transit Demand Forecasting Model For HRM”, CSCE 10th International Transportation Speciality Conference. Halifax, NS, May, 28-31, 2014.
MASc student Shamsad Irin, presenting her paper on Accessibility Measure in CSCE
MASc student Nazmul Arefin, Presenting his paper in CSCE
MASc Student Mahbubur Rahman, presenting his paper on Transit Demand forecasting model for HRM in CSCE
Naznin Sultana Daisy, Stephanie Salloum, Niki SIabanis, Mahmudur Fatmi, Stephen Stone, Ahsan Habib, Justin Forbes
This year, six students of DalTRAC are presenting research papers and representing Dalhousie University at the Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Our session information can be found below:
K08 – Developing Multiplatform Social Marketing Engagement Strategy in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – Muhammad Ahsanul Habib, Niki Siabanis and Stephen Stone – 432: Public Involvement in Transportation – Monday, 4:15 pm – 6:00 pm – Hilton, International Center
K10 – Modeling Bicyclists’ Injury Severity Levels in the Province of Nova Scotia using a Generalized Ordered Probit Structure – Muhammad Ahsanul Habib and Justin Forbes – Tuesday, 8:30 AM- 10:15 AM – Hilton, International Center
G05 – Travel Behavior of Car Share Members in Halifax, Canada: Modeling Trip Purpose in Case of the Use of Car Share Services and Mode Choice in Absence of the Service – Mahmudur Rahman Fatmi and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib – 632: Cutting-Edge International Carsharing Research – Tuesday, 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm – Hilton, International Center
Modeling Shot-Term and Long-Term Responses to Increase in Gas Price: Latent Class Modeling Approach – Mahmudur Rahman Fatmi, Muhammad Ahsanul Habib, and Stephanie Anne Salloum – 720: Activity-Travel Dynamics – Tuesday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Hilton, Lincoln West
H12 – Investigation of Mode Choice Behavior for School Trips in Dhaka City, Bangladesh: Random Parameter Logit Model Application – Naznin Sultana Daisy and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib – Wednesday, 8:30 AM – 10:15 AM – Hilton, International Center
H14 – Modeling Mobility Tool Ownership of the Youth in Toronto: Assessing Accessibility and Neighborhood Effects – Mahmudur Rahman Fatmi, Muhammad Ahsanul Habib, and Stephanie Anne Salloum – 774: Recent Advances in Travel Behavior – Wednesday, 8:30 am – 10:15 am – Hilton, International Center
MPS student Justin Forbes recently attended the 60th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International in Atlanta, GA to present a paper on bicycle safety in Nova Scotia. The paper examines the factors affecting injury severity in bicycle collisions using multivariate models. Justin is currently collaborating with Professor Ahsan Habib on other transportation safety themed papers in production.