| When | 6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. - Nov 01, 2011 (Tuesday) | ||||||
| Where | Agincourt Library Auditorium 155 Bonis Ave, M1T 3W6 Major intersection: Sheppard Ave E./Kennedy Public transit: subway, bus # 43 |
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| Registration | Registration Link: If link does not connet, copy & paste in
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFlabXA3bU5JdzE3YjhxbE9uUU1fc2c6MQ Questions, clarifications - email: traffic@peoscarborough.ca |
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| Cost | Sponsored by Scarborough Chapter
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| Light refreshments and snacks will be served. |
What the Seminar is about…
Presenter:
Dave Richardson, P.Eng., PTOE, Senior Project Manager - Transportation Planning, Partner of MMM Group Limited
Mr. Richardson’s talk will first give a very brief overview of the work done by his company in the areas of surveying, mapping, building engineering, municipal design, landscape architecture, planning, environmental, water resources, and project management. The talk will then focus exclusively on traffic engineering and will cover everything from signal phasing and timing, control modes, traffic hardware, intersection design, pavement markings, signal co-ordination, intersection capacity analysis and some interesting trivia on traffic engineering-related information.
Bio of Presenter
Mr. Dave Richardson, P.Eng., PTOE, Senior Project Manager,
Transportation Planning, is a Partner of MMM Group Limited. Dave joined MMM in
1990 after 17 years with the Transportation Department of Metropolitan Toronto.
While at Metro, he was responsible for the management of the Traffic Control
Centre which monitors, co-ordinates and continuously optimizes over 2,000
traffic control signals.
Dave is the co-author of the 1984, 1995 and 2008 editions of the Canadian Capacity Guide for Signalized Intersections, and has done extensive research into traffic control signal safety and operations. He has written numerous papers and has lectured extensively on this subject. He is the firm’s prime consultant on all matters relating to traffic signal safety, design, installation, phasing, timing, co-ordination and analysis. While at Metro Toronto, he also managed the Research and Investigation Division which was responsible for analyzing more than 50,000 collisions which occurred annually on City streets and Metro roads. Over the course of his 35-year career, he has undertaken a broad range of planning, design, value engineering, pedestrian, transit, bicycle and safety related projects for both public and private sector clients both locally and internationally.
