Bike Week 2016

June 14, 2016 Sara Campbell Leave a Comment

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

CTRF Conference

May 24, 2016 Sara Campbell Leave a Comment

The joint Annual Conference of Canadian Transportation Research Forum and US Transportation Research Forum was held in Toronto May 1-4, 2016. DalTRAC student MD Jahedul Alam presented his work titled The ‘Big Lift’ project of Macdonald Bridge re-decking, Halifax, Canada: A dynamic traffic assignment model. This model was used to evaluate impacts of the Macdonald bridge closure to surrounding link intersections and the overall network.

MD Jahedul Alam and Dr. Ahsan Habib at the 2016 CTRF Conference

CITE Atlantic Provinces Section 2016 Spring Meeting

May 20, 2016 Sara Campbell Leave a Comment

Dalhousie Transportation Collaboratory (DalTRAC) participated in the 2016 CITE Atlantic Provinces Section Spring Meeting on Thursday May 19 in Dartmouth. DalTRAC students presented two projects and held a poster session highlighting some of the other projects being conducted over the last year. These projects ranged from emissions modeling, traffic simulation and accessibility analysis.

Dr. Ahsan Habib presenting Traffic Simulation Modeling to Assess Vulnerabilities of the Redecking of the Macdonald Suspension Bridge

Nazmul Khan presenting his poster entitled Life Course-Oriented Approach of Modeling Vehicle Ownership State and Vehicle Type Choice Using Panel Data

DalTRAC team at CITE Spring Meeting (Left to Right): Sara Campbell, Shamsad Irin, Nazmul Khan, Dr. Ahsan Habib, Mahbub Rahman, Jahed Alam and Abroon Qazi

DalTRAC team at CITE Spring Meeting (Left to Right): Sara Campbell, Shamsad Irin, Nazmul Khan, Dr. Ahsan Habib, Mahbub Rahman, MD Jahedul Alam and Abroon Qazi

DalTRAC Seminar

May 20, 2016 Sara Campbell Leave a Comment

Haomiao Cheng, a visiting student from Tongii University in Shanghai, China, will make a presentation on her work entitled The Effect of Wealth Gap on Pedestrian Network and Urban Form in Shanghai.

The presentation will take place on Thursday May 26,2016 at 11am in room B105. Everyone is welcome to attend!

DalTRAC Seminar

May 9, 2016 Sara Campbell Leave a Comment

Abroon Qazi, a visiting student from the Strathclyde Business School in Glasgow, UK, will make a presentation on his work entitled Bayesian Belief Networks and its Application to Supply Chain Risk Management.

The presentation will take place on Tuesday May 10, 2016 at 11:30am in room B105. Everyone is welcome to attend!

MPS Thesis Defence

March 29, 2016 Sara Campbell Leave a Comment

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.

DalTRAC in the 95th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB)

February 3, 2016 Sara Campbell Leave a Comment

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:

Investigation of the Use of Smartphone Application for Trip Planning and Travel Outcome – Shaila Jamal, and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib – Paper 16-4892, Session 204 – Smartphones, Realtime Information, and Travel Behaviour – Monday, 8:00am-9:45am
Life-oriented Modeling of Commute Mode Loyalty and Transition Behavior – Mahmudur Fatmi, and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib – Paper 16-1152, Session 402 – Life Cycle Effects of Travel Behaviour – Monday, 3:45pm-5:30pm
A Longitudinal Vehicle Transaction Model: Assessing the Lead and Lagged Effects of Longer-term Changes and Life-cycle Events – Mahmudur Fatmi, and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib – Paper 16-4581, Session 402 – Life Cycle Effects of Travel Behavior – Monday, 3:45pm-5:30pm
Microsimulation-Based Emission Modeling for a Major Infrastructure Renewal Plan: Assessment of Network Attributes and Land Use Effects on Vehicular Emissions – Shamsad Irin, and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib – Paper 16-1140, Session 438 – Current Issues in Transportation and Air Quality – Monday, 4:15pm-6:00pm
Characterization of Accessibility in Halifax, Canada: Developing a Composite Network-Distance-Based Accessibility Measure – Stephanie Salloum, and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib – Paper 16-4885, Session 712 – Transportation and Land Development – Tuesday, 4:15pm-6:00pm
Modeling Travel Tool Ownership of the Elderly Population: A Latent Segmentation-based Logit Model – Mahmudur Fatmi, and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib – Paper 16-0692, Session 782 – Vehicle Ownership and Usage – Wednesday, 8:30am-10:15am
Life Course-oriented Approach of Modelling Vehicle Ownership State and Vehicle Type Choice Using Panel Data – Nazmul Khan, and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib – Paper 16-2832, Session 782 – Vehicle Ownership and Usage – Wednesday, 8:30am-10:15am
Population Synthesis base Pseudo Panel Modeling of Out-of-Home Discretionary Activity Duration – Naznin Daisy, Mohammad Hesam Hafezi, and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib – Paper 16-0782, Session 783 – Time Use and Activity Patterns – Wednesday, 8:30am-10:15am
Two-Stage Panel Model of Residential Search and Location Choice Decisions – Mahmudur Fatmi, Subeh Chowdhury, and Muhammad Ahsanul Habib – Paper 16-1153, Session 785 – Travel Demand Models R US – Wednesday, 8:30am-10:15am

DalTRAC team at TRB Conference (Left to Right): Shamsad Irin, Mahmudur Fatmi, Nazmul Khan and Shaila Jamal

MASc Thesis Defence

December 3, 2015 Sara Campbell Leave a Comment

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!

MASc Thesis Defence

November 25, 2015 Sara Campbell Leave a Comment

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!

DalTRAC team expanding the Share the Road Nova Scotia campaign

September 21, 2015 nz942602 Leave a Comment

The Share the Road campaign has grown substantially in size and outreach over the last year. The campaign has successfully involved itself in multiple events and promotions, including community events that aligned with our core values, as well as holding its own independent events to raise awareness and gain support. DalTRAC, in partnership with the Halifax Regional Municipalities Crosswalk Safety Advisory Committee, hosted the first Crosswalk Safety Information Café in March.In July, Share the Road Nova Scotia, along with hundreds of cyclists, attended the kick off to the Heartland Tour event in Halifax. The Share the Road campaign also traveled to Bridgwater to participate in the seventh annual Growing Green Festival street fair, where our team engaged with the community about road sharing issues and distributed promotional material. SWITCH Open Street Sunday’s, which took place on Agricola Street, was the last summer event for the DalTRAC Share the Road team this year.

Share the Road has recently gained partnerships with multiple municipalities in Nova Scotia, including Pictou County, District of Shelburne, Town of Berwick, Town of Bridgewater, Town of Westville, Town of Port Hawkesbury, and Town of Lunenburg. The campaign has also developed a series of non-traditional partnerships with organizations across Halifax Regional Municipality, including Halifax Public Libraries, Bicycle Nova Scotia’s Women on Wheels program, SuperNOVA camps, and Sportwheels Sport Excellence, furthering the exposure of the campaign.

DalTRAC team members, Dylan and Sara, promote the Share the Road campaign at the Heartland Tour event in Halifax. (Photo: Bruno, Snap Halifax, July 5, 2015)