Contents

• February 2006
• January 2006
• December 2005
• November 2005
• October 2005
• September 2005
• August 2005
• July 2005
• June 2005
• May 2005
• April 2005
• March 2005

FEBRUARY 2006

Rail Transportation

• Evaluation of automated enforcement of grade crossing signals

Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Intelligent sign management system

JANUARY 2006

Air Transportation

• Aircraft cabin/fire safety program  
• Aircraft landing operations on wet runways
• Airport bird detection system
• Airport environment gas emission evaluation tool
• Feasibility of total aircraft performance modelling based on flight data monitoring
• Joint winter runway friction measurement program
• Runway incursion – airfield movement control and monitoring systems

Marine Transportation

• Assessment of Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) child life jackets
• Firefighting systems for tunnel areas of self-unloading bulk carriers
• Maximizing ship’s draft in the St. Lawrence Seaway
• NOx emission study

Road Transportation

• Bus rapid transit systems and technology: R&D; needs  
• Evaluation of advanced pedestrian detection systems (APDS) for school buses
• Feasibility assessment of a central tire inflation (CTI) system for urban buses  
• Lightweight urban delivery truck
• Traffic related electronic data strategy (TREDS)

Rail Transportation

• Railway Ground Hazard Research Program
• Track performance standards: in-service assessment of the LVSafe Model on CN and CP track networks  

Transportation of Dangerous Goods

• Full-scale fire tests of thermally protected 112J-type rail tank cars  

Transportation Accessibility

• Development of standards for accessible pedestrian traffic signals
• National guidelines for the use and installation of accessible pedestrian traffic signals  

Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Traffic related electronic data strategy (TREDS)

DECEMBER 2005

Road Transportation

• Pilot project for the safe introduction of low-speed vehicles into urban areas

Rail Transportation

• Steered freight car truck: endurance testing

NOVEMBER 2005

Marine Transportation

• Short sea shipping market feasibility study

Road Transportation

• Lightweight refrigeration trailer  

Intelligent Transportation Systems

• CVO data brokerage/clearinghouse facility for transportation security and efficiency

OCTOBER 2005

Road Transportation

• Development of a North American fatigue management program for commercial motor carriers  
• Hybrid refuse truck feasibility

Rail Transportation

• Evaluation of automated enforcement of grade crossing signals
• Ground penetrating radar survey
• Identification and examination of safety at farm and private crossings  
• Light detecting and ranging (LIDAR) survey
• Rail trespassing occurences and countermeasures  
• Visual behaviour and conspicuity/effectiveness of grade crossing elements

Human Factors

• Development of a North American fatigue management program for commercial motor carriers  

Transportation Accessibility

• Study of equipment and procedures for boarding regional small aircraft

Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Fleet management for advanced intermodal services  
• Regional multi-modal traveller information system – Proof of concept  
• Traffic monitoring using cellular phones – Proof of concept

SEPTEMBER 2005

Road Transportation

• Evaluation of the Segway^TM HT Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device (EPAMD)

AUGUST 2005

Road Transportation

• Development of fuel system standards for hydrogen fuelled vehicles
• Fleet demonstration of technological aids for management of fatigue among commercial motor vehicle drivers

Rail Transportation

• Benchmark testing of biodiesel blends as fuel for Canadian railway operations

Transportation of Dangerous Goods

• Performance standards for plastic drums
• Revised tank car thermal model

Human Factors

• Fleet demonstration of technological aids for management of fatigue among commercial motor vehicle drivers

Transportation Accessibility

• Assessment of g forces for rear-facing wheelchair securement systems in transit buses

JULY 2005

Marine Transportation

• Development of a vessel positioning system for the St. Lawrence Seaway locks  
• Short sea shipping market feasibility study  
• Terminal appointment system study  

Road Transportation

• Strategic plan for FRMP implementation  

Human Factors

• Development of multimodal design guidelines and evaluation procedures for fatigue management programs
• Strategic plan for FRMP implementation  

Transportation Accessibility

• In-vehicle Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) countermeasures to improve older driver intersection performance

Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Commercial vehicle dispatch system  
• Development and demonstration of a system using cell phones as traffic probes
• Development of GIS standards for ITS
• In-vehicle Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) countermeasures to improve older driver intersection performance
• Remote access personal digital assistant system in support of an urban traffic control system  
• Remote controlled weigh stations
• Video weigh-in-motion technology in an urban environment  

JUNE 2005

Intelligent Transportation Systems

• 511 readiness in Canada
• Advanced traveller information system pilot project for Alberta  
• Integrating travel services – the ride points systems
• ITS for variable load restrictions

MAY 2005

Air Transportation

• 406 MHz Beacon tester

Rail Transportation

• Decision support model for prioritizing safety improvement programs at high risk highway-railway grade crossings  
• Geotechnical hazards field data collection system  
• Ground penetrating radar survey  
• Hazard monitoring and event technology  
• Identifying grade crossing “black spots”
• Light detecting and rangign (LIDAR) survey  
• Railway Ground Hazard Research Program  
• Vehicle-based measures of track performance

Transportation of Dangerous Goods

• Assessment of tank car thermal protection defects

Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Intelligent traffic signal pre-emption system  

APRIL 2005

Air Transportation

• Aerodynamic flow-off of partially evaporated aircraft ground anti-icing fluids  

Road Transportation

• Hybrid refuse truck feasibility  
• Operational test of on-board recorders, smart cards, and digital signatures

Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Ediport vehicle access management system
• Operational test of on-board recorders, smart cards, and digital signatures

MARCH 2005

Marine Transportation

• Marine emissions reduction
• NOx emission study  

Rail Transportation

• Benchmark testing of biodiesel blends as fuel for Canadian railway operations