Hello Ward 8 Neighbours,
Each year, the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) recognizes exceptional contributions made by its member organizations across Canada through its Technical Achievement Awards – with the City receiving two awards including those for Road Safety Engineering and Sustainable Mobility.
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The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) awards have been a mainstay since 2000, with notable municipalites such as Vancouver, the City of Calgary and Montreal have won awards in the past.
According to the TAC site, there were a total of 35 applicants with 18 finalists in four categories: Environmental Achievement; Sustainable Mobility; Educational Achievement and Road Safety Engineering.
The City accepted the Road Safety Engineering Award for its 2019-2025 Vision Zero Action Plan and was recognized for its contributions to improving road safety on Canadian roadways through the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of roadway infrastructure, while aiming to advance the practice and guidelines for road safety engineering.
According to the City’s release, as part of the City’s Vision Zero Action Plan, the City upgraded its analytics, reporting, network screening and digital monitoring in 2020. Network screening is a ranking of collision locations based on industry standard Safety Performance Functions (SPF) and allows staff to quickly identify focus areas for resources and funding. The City also delivered a neighbourhood speed limit reduction program, introduced Community Safety Zones, an Automated Speed Enforcement pilot program, and monthly safety education campaigns.
Sustainable Mobility Award
The City, as well as project partner Dillon Consulting accepted the Sustainable Mobility Award for their collaborative work on the Keddy Access Trail in 2020.
The Keddy Access Trail project, named in honour of Jay Keddy was facilitated by re-purposing a vehicular travel lane on one of the city’s busiest mountain access corridors in order to provide a high quality active transportation connection between the lower city and mountain – which spans a distance of 2.7 km and is designed with inclusivity in mind when it comes to strollers and wheelchairs.
Congratulations to Public Works and all City of Hamilton staff and departments whose excellent work is being celebrated on a national level.
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