Transportation Planning and Research Standing Committee:

Report to Urban Transportation Council

TAC Spring Technical MeetingsApril 13th, 2014

TPRSC Roster

• 16 members• 30 friends• New Executive

– David Duncan (Chair)– Sabbir Saiyed (Vice Chair)– Timothy Spurr (Secretary)

• Meetings– Spring/Fall Technical Meetings – Monthly Conference Calls

West Central East

Federal Sharon Philpott

Provincial David Duncan Maria PiccioniPierre Tremblay

Municipal

Sabbir SaiyedLuc CouillardGeoffrey KeyworthPaul Sabo

David McCusker

Transit Timothy Spurr

Industry/ Consulting

Tomasz Kroman

Rajan PhilipsRico Fung Don Stephens

Tim Holyoke

Academia Clark Lim

TPRSC Terms-of-Reference

• TPRSC is proposing changes to membership guidelines:– Meetings are well attended and active friends are

seeking to be added as members. – Membership is currently capped at 15– Highlights of proposed changes:• Increase membership between 20 to 25• Annual review of members (by TPRSC Executive)• Encourage active friends to seek membership

TPRSC: Completed Projects

• Best Practices for Transportation Planning Studies Workshop Materials

• Potential for Truck Lanes in Urban Areas• Changing Practices in Data Collection on the

Movement of People

TPRSC: Projects in Progress

• Urban Transportation Indicators 5th Survey– David Kriger Consultants– Project Budget: $195K– Status:

• Phase A, Develop Indicators: Draft report has been submitted to PSC

• Phase B, Survey: Anticipate survey launch by early summer 2014

– Anticipated deliverables (spring 2015): Survey Database, Reports (profile and comparison with previous UTI Surveys)

TPRSC: Projects in Progress

• Design and Implementation of Transit Services: Guidelines for Small Communities– Steer, Davies, Gleave Consultants– Project Budget: $80,000– Status:• First Project Steering Committee meeting with

consultant was held April 12th, 2014

– Anticipated deliverables (spring 2015): Primer and Guidelines

TPRSC: Project Seeking Funding

• Best Practices in Transportation Impact Assessment– Project approved by UTC in April, 2013– Project Budget: $140,000– Project purpose / objectives

• To capture how new transportation requirements are being addressed in impact assessment

• Review Best Practices in Canada, US, Europe and Australia• Synthesize Best Practices according to jurisdictional and

development contexts

TPRSC: Project Proposal

• Defining and Measuring Congestion– Urban authorities have identified a need to

develop practical guidelines and standards for measuring and monitoring congestion.

– Proposal is to develop:• State of Practice• Guidelines

– Estimated cost: $100,000 (consultants fee only)

TPRSC: Annual Conference Events

• Best Practices in Transportation Planning - Paper and Poster Sessions

• Goods Movement – Past, Present and Future - Paper and Poster Session

• A Century of Urban Transportation Planning - Panel Discussion

• Innovations in Data Collection on the Movement of People – Panel Session

• Measuring Congestion – Paper and Presentation Session