ICTCT 2018 Vancouver: 11th ICTCT extra workshop 2018 University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada, March 8-9, 2018 |
Conference website | http://www.ictct.org |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ictct2018vancouver |
Submission deadline | December 31, 2017 |
Call for abstracts
XI ICTCT extra Workshop in Vancouver, Canada, March 8th -9th 2018
"Improving the safety of vulnerable road users"
Challenges and Opportunities
Venue: University of British Columbia
Studies have shown that active modes of transportation such as walking and cycling have considerable social, health, and environment benefits. They can improve livability, increase activity levels, and reduce congestion and related emissions. As such, many cities worldwide are recognizing the important role that active transportation plays in creating green and livable communities and have implemented policies to encourage walking and cycling. However, active travelers are vulnerable to an elevated severe injury risk. Safety concern can also be a major deterrent to urban travelers choosing active modes. In addition, comfort and user friendliness - or usability must have a high priority in order to have a positive effect on mode choice. Therefore, it is important to understand the factors affecting the safety of these modes to develop effective safety programs for multimodal transportation. Furthermore we want to focus on studies that deal with measures to improve safety and the comfort of vulnerable road users and with evaluation of such measures.
This workshop focuses on methods to model, diagnose, evaluate, and improve the safety of active transportation users, as well as how the user friendliness of the infrastructure for vulnerable road users can be enhanced. Topics included in the workshop cover the following areas:
- Diagnosing safety problems for pedestrians and cyclists
- Safety evaluation studies for vulnerable road users’ countermeasures
- Studies on how to enhance the comfort of vulnerable road users
- Use of surrogate safety measures to analyze the safety of vulnerable road users
- Methods for data collection of active transportation users
- Behaviour models for active transportation users
The XI ICTCT extra workshop offers a multidisciplinary forum for lively discussion among inter-national experts in an open-minded and friendly atmosphere. ICTCT invites interested persons to submit abstracts of 300 to 500 words before December 31, 2017 via EasyChair (see below).
The Scientific Committee of the workshop will review the abstracts for acceptance on the basis of the papers' scientific value and interest, relevance to the workshop topic and likelihood to arouse discussion. The ICTCT secretariat will inform the authors about acceptance and send out a preliminary programme at the end of January 2018.
Submission Process
The submission processes will be managed with the help of EasyChair: For submitting an abstract please use the following link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ictct2018vancouver
If you have used this system before, you can use the same username and password. If this is your first time using EasyChair, you will need to register for an account by clicking on "sign up for an account". After completing your registration, you will get a notification email from the system with a link which allows you to upload and re-upload the paper by the date due for submission. Your abstract (300 to 500 words) includes the following points:
- Background
- Aim
- Method or methodological issues
- Results obtained or expected
- Conclusions
Early career researchers get priority in the review process and newcomers are stimulated to do their first ICTCT presentation.
If the number of papers accepted exceeds the number of slots for presentation, or if the submitter prefers it, we also offer the option to present a poster rather than an oral presentation.
The workshop will be organised in close co-operation with the Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia
Contacts and Organisation |
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ICTCT Secretariat |
Local Organisers |
Contact Persons: |
Clemens Kaufmann |
Tarek Sayed, Alex Bigazzi and Paul de Leur |
Address: |
Hermann-Bahr-Straße 9, |
6250 Applied Science Lane University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
Tel |
+43 1 5041546 |
01+604+822-4379 01+604+803-7726 |
Fax: |
+43 1 5041548 |
01+604+822-6901 |
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clemens.kaufmann@factum.at |
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