A targeted review of issues related to advancing Active Transportation in Nova Scotia – Justin Forbes, Research Assistant at DalTRAC. Read it here: DalTRAC AT Report
MACDONALD BRIDGE RENEWAL PROJECT: SURVEY OF CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS
Stephen Stone surveying on the Macdonald Bridge, Dartmouth, NS.
We are looking for people who cross the Macdonald Bridge using active transportation to participate in a short survey. Halifax Harbour Bridges (HHB) will undertake a major and essential renewal project of the Macdonald Bridge. Beginning in early 2015, the entire suspended structure of the bridge will be replaced. The bridge will remain open to vehicular traffic most days, but the bike lane and sidewalk will be temporarily removed.
The information collected will allow us to better support active transportation users during the renewal project. The survey will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete. Please complete the survey at your earliest convenience. If you have any questions or require further information, please contact Dr. Ahsan Habib (ahsan.habib@dal.ca) or Alison MacDonald (AMacDonald@hdbc.ns.ca).
UPON THE CLOSING OF THE SURVEY, THERE WILL BE A DRAW FOR A $50 GIFT CARD.
To participate in the survey, please follow the link below:
https://surveys.dal.ca/opinio/s?s=19259
DalTRAC Mentioned for Pedestrian Safety
CycleTracks Study: Record your rides & enter to win!
DalTRAC is experimenting with new ways of doing active transportation data collection by employing smartphone apps! Cities around the world are exploring the use of GPS-enabled smartphones to collect data on route choice, travel behaviour, potholes, and more! We will be doing a pilot study in the Halifax Regional Municipality using Cycletracks, a free app developed by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority. This will help us understand how cyclists move around with respect to trip purpose, gradients, road types, and much more.
Participants will enter to win a $50 gift certificate to Mountain Equipment Co-op!
Interested? Follow these steps:
1. Download Cycletracks. Currently, anyone who has an iPhone can download the app. Unfortunately, this app does not work on Androids in Canada.
2. Enter a few brief points about yourself under the ‘settings’ tab, such as your gender, and postal codes of your home and work.
3. Click “start” at the beginning of your ride, and “save” once you have reached your destination. We encourage you to do this for every ride that is done entirely by bicycle.
4. Select the type of ride. You will be prompted to choose from a variety of trip purposes, such as “commute” or “recreation”.
If you have any questions, contact Niki Siabanis at nk603580@dal.ca
Happy riding!
DalTRAC in the news again!
Daycare Travel Planning: A Study of Parents’ Travel Patterns
Hi Everyone,
My name is Caroline King. I am a Masters of Planning Studies student here at Dalhousie University. I am also facilitator for the Ecology Action Centre’s Tiny Travel Planning program, Transportation Officer for Dalhousie’s Office of Sustainability, Student Researcher at DalTRAC, and Director of Membership for the Halifax Cycling Coalition.
I am currently working on creating a daycare travel planning program to investigate travel patterns and determine transportation barriers for parents with children between the ages of 18 months and 5 years. I thought I would share the latest poster for the proposal of this research. If you have any comments or feedback on my project, I would love to hear it.
Research Design – Caroline A. King
More updates and information on the DalTRAC team to come!
DalTRAC Household Mobility and Travel Survey
DalTRAC is conducting an exciting study of households’ residential location, auto ownership, and travel behaviour choices. If you complete the survey by April 5th 2013, you will be entered into a draw for a $50 Gift Card.
The survey should only take 20-25 minutes to complete. If you feel that a question is not applicable to you, please enter “N/A”. Only those who complete the survey and provide a full mailing address will be entered into the draw.
To participate in the survey, please follow the link below:
https://surveys.dal.ca/opinio/s?s=15707
If you responded to the first phase of this survey in the Fall of 2012, we thank you for your participation and please disregard this notice.
Please contact Chris Demaine (chris.demaine@dal.ca), Mahmud Fatmi (mh982048@dal.ca) or Dr. Ahsan Habib, Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University (ahsan.habib@dal.ca) with any questions or concerns regarding this study.
DalTRAC to engage the Municipality of the District of Chester on ‘Share the Road’
Two students working for DalTRAC, Mateja and Kelsey, will be going to the Municipality of the District of Chester on April 4th to hold a community engagement session about ‘Share the Road’. The workshop will be divided into two parts. The first part will focus on how road safety can be improved in the local community. The second part will focus on generating ideas for a ‘Share the Road’ awareness campaign for the local community. Participants will be asked to discuss their opinions regarding which media and/or slogans will be effective in spreading the campaign message to the community. DalTRAC is excited about this opportunity to engage the community and gain valuable insights to help in the development of an effective ‘Share the Road’ campaign for the Province of Nova Scotia. Share the Road news release_FINAL[1]
DalTRAC is Looking for TWO PHD Students
Dalhousie Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC) invites applications for two Graduate Assistantship positions for PhD studies, to start in September 2013.
The Graduate Assistants will be expected to contribute in developing innovative approaches for the collection of travel and mobility data, travel behaviour analysis, travel demand forecasting, integrated transport-land use-emission modelling, and the estimation of sustainable transportation indicators.
DalTRAC is a multi-disciplinary transportation research unit, sponsored by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Province of Nova Scotia, and the Halifax Regional Municipality. It is a new research facility dedicated to transportation studies, planning and policy analysis. The Graduate Assistants will be working under the supervision of Dr. Ahsan Habib.
DalTRAC is Looking for TWO Masters of Planning Students
Dalhousie Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC) invites applications for two Graduate Assistantship positions for Master of Planning studies, to start in September 2013.
The Graduate Assistants will be expected to contribute in developing innovative approaches for the collection of travel and mobility data, spatial analysis, estimation of sustainable transportation indicators, transportation planning and policy analysis, and community engagements for transportation projects.
DalTRAC is a multi-disciplinary transportation research unit, sponsored by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Province of Nova Scotia, and the Halifax Regional Municipality. It is a new research facility dedicated to transportation studies, planning and policy analysis. The Graduate Assistants will be working under the supervision of Dr. Ahsan Habib.