2019 Calgary
29th CARSP Conference Proceedings
May 26-29, 2019, Calgary, AlbertaPlease note - Keynote, lunch and panel presentations are at the bottom of this page
Session 1A: Road Design and Traffic Control
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An Impact Assessment of Intersection Design and Operational Elements on Red-light Running
Henderson
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Sixth Edition of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices – Revisions to Enhance Safety
Dilgir
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The problem of cross-over highway crashes and what can be done about them.
Arason, Erdelyi, Melnyk, Chan, Brubacher
Session 1B: Collision Reconstruction
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Drag Sled Mechanics, a Fundamental Review
Navin
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Pre-crash path determination using EDR stability control data
Agha-Razi
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Real World Side Impacts Involving Pediatric Rear Occupants
Shkrum, Pellar, McClafferty, Carter, Fraser, Charyk-Stewart, Comeau
Session 1C: Alcohol Impaired Driving
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Automated Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) Prolific Prohibited Driver Program in BC
Aroutiounian
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Persistent depressed mood and alcohol in risky driving
Case, Brown
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Roadside Surveys of Alcohol and Drug Use in Canada’s North
Beirness, Boase|Beirness, Boase
Session 2A: Distracted Driving and Crossing
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The Plight of the Distracted Pedestrian: A Meta-analysis of Mobile Phone Use and Crossing Behaviour
Simmons, Caird, Ta, Sterzer, Hagel
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To What Extent Do Certain Cell Phone Tasks Decrease Driver Performance and Increase Crash Risk? An Overview Review of Meta-analyses and Naturalistic Studies
Caird, Simmons
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Use of Electronic Communication Devices by Canadian Drivers: Combined Urban/Rural Sites
Jonah
Session 2B: Child and Adolescent Related Injury Prevention I
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A comparison of active school transportation across Canadian urban/suburban areas
Rothman, Cloutier, Ling, Desrosiers-Gaudette, Hubka, Howard, Macpherson, Fuselli, Hagel, Winters
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An Investigation of Circumstances Contributing to Child Bicyclist Injuries in Three Canadian Municipalities.
Aucoin, Hubka, Zanotto, Ling, Doan, Beno, Stang, Howard, McCormack, Nettel-Aguirre, Teschke, Winters, Hagel
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The Smart e-Saver
Chung
Session 2C: Vulnerable Road User Safety
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How differences in ambient light intensity in or near an intersection will affect the interpretation of traffic ahead specificity vulnerable road users.
Browne
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Safety Measures for Cyclists and Pedestrians Around Heavy Vehicles
Boase, Italiano, Florcke, Sow
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The effect of lowering residential speed limits to 30 km/h on pedestrian injuries in Toronto, Canada
Fridman, Ling, Rothman, Cloutier, Hagel, Howard
Student Paper Competition: Honourable Mention
Session 3A: Drug Impaired Driving
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Cannabis Legalization and Driving: Exploring Young Ontarians Knowledge, Perceptions and Attitudes
Colonna, Alvarez, Holmes, Hand
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Enhancing the SFST to Detect Cannabis Impairment
Beirness, Porath, Smith, Beasley
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Impact of Oral Fluid Screeners on Road Safety
Verghis
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Is psychological distress related to driving under the influence of cannabis?
Tirnovanu, Berthiaume Grondin, Foug-Sung, Paquette, Bergeron
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Road Safety and the Lifeworld: Unintended Consequences of Canada’s New Drug-Impaired Driving Legislation
Valentine
Student Paper Competition: 3rd Place
Session 3B: Speed Limits, Speeding and Risky Driving
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An Objective Warrant System for Red Light Cameras
Hildebrand, McBride
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Safety Evaluation of Speed Limit Increase on Rural Highways in British Columbia
Sengupta, Elesawey, Timpa, Jain
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The casualty reduction benefits of Average Speed Enforcement Technology
Hall
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Variable Speed Limit System
Edgar
Session 3C: Child and Adolescent Related Injury Prevention II
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A Review of Study Designs in Childhood Transportation Injury Prevention Research in the Published Literature
Rothman, Clemens, Macarthur
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Adult and child pedestrian road crossing behaviours during morning school drop-off time across Canadian urban/suburban areas
Cloutier, Ling, Desrosiers-Gaudette, Hubka, Howard, Macpherson, Fuselli, Winters, Hagel
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Driver characteristics involved in child and youth pedestrian motor-vehicle collisions (PMVC) and the built environment – a case control study
Fridman, Pitt, Rothman, Howard, Hagel
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Motorist speed compliance near Calgary Elementary Schools
Hubka, Churchill, Rothman, Nettel-Aguirre, Hagel
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Risky driver behaviours at school drop-off time and active school transportation in children across Canadian urban/suburban areas
Rothman, Ling, Desrosiers-Gaudette, Hubka, Howard, Fuselli, Cloutier, Winters, Hagel, Macpherson
Session 4A: Cycling Safety
Session 4B: Fitness to Driver and Driver Training
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Examining the effect of video-based feedback on older drivers’ confidence and behind-the-wheel performance
Sangrar, Griffith, Letts, Vrkljan
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Fitness to Drive: Strengthening Road Safety through Enhanced Road Assessments
Campbell
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‘Take Five Stay Alive’ : Development and Implementation of Classroom Based DE program for Adolescents
Bruce
Session 4C: Truck Safety I
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Commercial Vehicles and Vulnerable Road User
Comeau, Monk, Boase, Burns, German
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Could the implementation of rest areas decrease the number of truck driver crashes in Saskatchewan?
Crizzle, Toxopeus
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Does truck driver training meet the needs of the industry?
Malkin, Madani Larijani, Zello, Bigelow, Crizzle
Session 5A: Pedestrian Safety
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Characteristics of left- and right-turning vehicle-pedestrian crashes and what can be done about them
Arason, Erdelyi, Chan, Phillips, Brubacher
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Midtown Atlanta Case Study – New Data Collection Techniques in Automated Pedestrian Safety Analysis
St-Aubin
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Pedestrian road safety perception after a massive implementation of all-way stop signs (AWSS) in a Montreal neighbourhood
Cloutier, Desrosiers-Gaudette, Tardif, Pagel-Grechi
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Recent trends in child and youth emergency department visits because of pedestrian motor vehicle collisions by socioeconomic status in Ontario, Canada
Rothman, Macarthur, Wilton, Howard, Macpherson
Session 5B: Truck Safety II
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Nutrition Assessment of Long-Haul Truck Drivers: Implications on Health, Quality of Life and Road Safety
Zello, Malkin, Madani Larijani, Crizzle
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Occupational health and safety risks in Canadian long-haul truck drivers
Crizzle, Madani-Larijani, Malkin, Zello, Bigelow, Shubair, Thiffault
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Depression among Long-Haul Truck Drivers in Western Canada
McLean, Malkin, Madani-Larijani, Crizzle
Session 6A: Vision Zero, Safe Systems Approach & City Wide Road Safety Plans I
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Automated Proactive Road Safety Analysis: Towards Vision Zero in Toronto
St-Aubin
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Comparison of Municipal Transportation Safety Planning Practices: Part 3 – Strategic Approaches
Dilgir
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Effective implementation of the Safe System Approach – The Belize Road Safety Project
Johnson, Scott-Bradley, Hyde
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Vision Zero in Peel: A collaborative effort between Transportation and Public Health
Aymar, Toy
Session 6B: Autonomous Vehicles, Connected Vehicles and Networks & Advanced Vehicle Technology
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ELA – Lessons Learned by the City of Calgary
Sedor
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Integration of roadside camera images and weather data for monitoring winter road surface conditions
Carrillo, Crowley
Student Paper Competition: 1st Place -
Introducing ELA: The journey of Canada’s first publicly accessible Autonomous shuttle
Groves, Korpan
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Safety Review: Edmonton’s Downtown Protected Bicycle Network
Freigang
Session 6C: Built Environment's Relationship to Road Safety I
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Effect of neighbourhood proximity to safer routes on male and female commuting to work by bike
Teschke, Chinn, Brauer
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Exposure-Adjusted Bicycling Crash Rates and Risk Factors in Seven European Cities
Branion-Calles, Nelson, Winters, Gotschi
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Modeling Associations between Pedestrian Injury Severity and Road Infrastructure
Pascua, Dubois, Pernia, Bedard
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Safety effects of cycle track implementation on cyclist-motor vehicle collisions in Toronto, Canada
Ling, Rothman, Cloutier, Howard
Session 7A: Vision Zero, Safe Systems Approach & City Wide Road Safety Plans II
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Building the Vision: Community and Collaboration
Verlinden, Nasca, Smith Lea
Mavis Johnson Traffic Safety Award -
Mapping the road safety policy context across Canadian provinces
Winters, Zhou, Cloutier
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Traffic Safety Initiatives: City of St. Albert
Barua, Schick
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#VisionZero in Canada: What can we learn from Twitter when it comes to road safety initiatives?
Cloutier, Thigpen, Fersten
Session 7B: Built Environment's Relationship to Road Safety II
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A Scoping Review of Canadian Evidence on the Relations Between Urban Form and Health in Children and Adolescents
Pitt, McCormack, Aucoin, Hubka, Goopy, Hagel
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Evaluating the quality of evidence on built environment interventions within road safety public policies across five urban traffic environments in Canada
Richmond, Siladi, Friman, Fuselli, Pike, Macpherson
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Toward Active Neighbourhoods: Analysing Pedestrian Collisions and Socio-Economic Status in three Canadian Cities
Khakh, Fast, Lee, Nasca, St. Pierre
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Traffic in the City: A New Design Approach for Urban Public Spaces
Diepens
Session 7C: Collision Prediction and Prevention
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Mapping Road Accidents in Québec
Girard-Verreault
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More is Less: How Increasing Damage Thresholds for Reporting Collisions Erodes Sample Sizes and Produces Misleading Analytical Results
Pooley
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Predicting Crashes with Safe Systems Surrogates Obtained from Video Analytics’ Implications for Evaluation of Vision Zero Safety Treatments
Jafari Anarkooli, Milligan, Penner, Persaud, Saleem
Student Paper Competition: 2nd Place | Dr. Charles H. Miller Award -
Wildlife Detection System
Steele
Monday - Keynote Speaker
Panel 1: Risky Driving Behaviour and Road Safety
Tuesday Morning Keynote Speaker
Panel 2: Vulnerable Road Users
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Applying Vision Zero principles to create safer cycling infrastructure
Churchill
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Pent Up Desire: How the bicycle – and a National Cycling Strategy – can solve the top 4 transportation issues in Canada
Swanson
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Stepping Toward a Safer Tomorrow through Active School Travel
Murray
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Vancouver’s Pedestrian Strategy
Quintero
Wednesday Lunch Panel: Highly Automated and Autonomous Vehicles
Wednesday Afternoon Keynote Speaker