Final Program – PDF version
Most conference events will be held in the Ponderosa Ballroom at 6445 University Boulevard near the center of campus. The Wednesday night reception will be in the atrium of the Engineering Design Centre at 2345 East Mall, and the Thursday night dinner will be at the Sage Bistro in the University Centre, 6331 Crescent Road.
| 7th March, Wednesday | |
| 1800 – 2000 | Welcome Reception / Registration
In Engineering Design Studio (EDC) Atrium [#2 on map] |
Methods and Simulation
| 8th March, Thursday
All events except dinner in Ponderosa Ballroom [#1 on map] |
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| 0800 | Registration |
| 0900 | Welcome: Stijn Daniels, President of ICTCT & Tarek Sayed, University of British Columbia |
| Opening Session | |
| Chair: Paul de Leur | |
| 0915 | The Safe System approach, the role of new thinking in helping us achieve vision zero, Neil Arason |
| 0930 | Protecting vulnerable road users: a fast track to promoting health, Emily Newhouse |
| Methods and Simulation | |
| Chair: Paul de Leur | |
| 1000 | Can micro-simulation help in getting better exposure measures?, Carmelo D’Agostino |
| 1020 | Is it “Safe” to Use Bike and Walk Scores as Indicators of Bikeability and Walkability?, Ahmed Osama Amer |
| 1040 | Coffee break (provided) |
| 1110 | Validation of an agent-based microscopic pedestrian simulation model at the pedestrian walkway of Brooklyn Bridge, Mohamed Hussein |
| 1130 | Crowdsourcing Data-driven Development of Bicycle Safety Performance Functions (SPFs): Microscopic and Macroscopic Scales, Chen Chen |
| 1150 | Cycling Volume Estimation Methods for Safety Analysis, Mohamed El Esawey |
| 1210 | Lunch break (provided) |
| Behaviour | |
| Chair: Mette Moller | |
| 1315 | Distinct effects of traffic on cycling behaviour: Considerations of safety and air quality in route decisions, Alexander Bigazzi |
| 1335 | Behavioral and Safety Analysis of Pedestrian-Bike Shared Space of Robson Street in Vancouver, Mohamed Essa |
| Accidents | |
| Chair: TBD | |
| 1355 | Influence of different crash characteristics on level of injury among cyclists, Kira Hyldekær Janstrup |
| 1415 | How bicycle level of traffic stress correlate with reported cyclist accidents injury severities: A geospatial and mixed logit analysis, Haizhong Wang |
| 1435 | Coffee break (provided) |
| Surrogate Safety Measures | |
| Chair: Annie Chang | |
| 1500 | A comparison of different surrogate safety measures for traffic conflicts involving vulnerable road users, Wouter van Haperen |
| 1520 | Surrogate safety evaluation framework, Carl Johnsson |
| 1540 | Conflicts and Collisions between Pedestrians and Cyclists: Case Study of the University of British Columbia Vancouver Campus, Filippos Gkekas |
| 1800-2200 | Dinner – in Sage Bistro [#3 on map] |
| 9th March, Friday
All events except social event in Ponderosa Ballroom [#1 on map] |
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| 0830 | Registration |
| Infrastructure | |
| Chair: Alex Bigazzi | |
| 0900 | Complete Traffic Signal Timing, Alix Rosti |
| 0920 | GoGreen, Ralf Risser |
| 0940 | Improving mobility preconditions for persons with dementia – KOMPETENZ, Christine Chaloupka-Risser |
| 1000 | Influence of the cognitive workload on bicycle safety at four-legged intersections, Irma Kveladze |
| 1020 | Results from a Simulator-Based Analysis of Right-Hook Bicycle Crashes at Signalized Intersections, Christopher Monsere |
| 1040 | Coffee break (provided) |
| Video Analysis | |
| Chair: Carl Johnsson | |
| 1110 | Working in traffic: video-based observation of the risk of collision for pedestrian workers?, Sylvanie Godillon |
| 1130 | Safety evaluation at level crossings with the help of an automated measurement technique, Christine Chaloupka-Risser |
| 1150 | Effect of Cyclist Buffered Lane on Motor Vehicle and Cyclist Behaviour, Karim Ismail |
| 1210 | Lunch Break (provided) |
| Children | |
| Chair: Neil Arason | |
| 1330 | Traffic competences of children – do they need special infrastructure to be safe in traffic?, Bettina Schützhofer |
| 1350 | Countermeasures for Pedestrian and Cyclist Safe Journeys to School, Raheem Dilgir |
| 1410 | Coffee break (provided) |
| Society and Policy | |
| Chair: Wouter van Haperen | |
| 1440 | Diverse Stakeholder Perspectives on the Safety Impacts and Appropriate Regulation of Electric Bicycles, Saki Aono |
| 1500 | Car use: motives and habits, Matus Sucha |
| 1520 | Economic evaluation of road safety measures in the EU SafetyCube project, Stijn Daniels |
| 1540 | Justifying road safety investments for locations without collisions by quantifying road safety risk, Paul de Leur |
| 1600 | Closure |
| 1730 | Social event – see Friday evening brewery tour |