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The following legend has been developed to allow delegates to quickly identify sessions, panel discussions and workshops of interest to them. It is intended to be used as a general guide as only key subject areas reflecting the overall content of an event are flagged.


   Transportation – Investing in Our Future

   Planning

   Geometric Design

   Environment

   Soils & Materials

   Maintenance & Construction

   Pavements

   Structures

   Road Traffic Operations & Management

   Road Safety

   Municipalities/Urban Areas (incl. transit)

   Research & Development

   Sustainable Development

   Intelligent Transportation Systems

   Information Management


THEME

Opening Plenary Session: Transportation – Investing in Our Future

Public-private Partnerships (Panel Discussion)

EDUCATION

How Can We Build a Better Business Case for In-career Training? (Workshop)

ENVIRONMENT

2004 TAC Environmental Achievement Award Nominations (Session)

From Concept to Completion – Meeting Environmental Commitments in Transportation Projects (Workshop)

Management of Salt-impacted Water at Maintenance Yards (Session)

GEOMETRIC DESIGN

Innovative and Emerging Issues in Geometric Design (Session)

Installing Roundabouts in Canada (Workshop)

Risk Management in Geometric Design (Session)

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

511 Weather and Traveller Information Service Deployments (Panel Discussion)

MAINTENANCE & CONSTRUCTION

Best Practices in Contracting Routine Maintenance Services – From Managed Outsourcing to Full Private-sector Delivery (Session)

Guidelines for Road Features Inventories (Workshop)

Road Weather Information as a Decision-making Tool in Winter Maintenance Operations (Session)

MUNICIPALITIES / URBAN AREAS

2004 TAC Sustainable Urban Transportation Award Nominations (Session)

Building Sustainable Transportation Master Plans – Guidelines for Canadian Communities (Workshop)

Emerging Best Practices in Urban Transportation Planning (A) (Session)

Emerging Best Practices in Urban Transportation Planning (B) (Session)

Moving Towards Sustainable Urban Transportation – Progress,Problems and Promise

Urban Freight Movement – Investing in Mobility (Panel Discussion)

PAVEMENTS

Accelerated Pavement Testing

Future Directions in Pavement Surface Characteristics (Workshop)

Very Long-term Life-cycle Analysis of Pavements – Determining the True Value of Our Investment (A) (Session)

Very Long-term Life-cycle Analysis of Pavements – Determining the True Value of Our Investment (B) (Session)

ROAD SAFETY

Direction 2006 – Rail Safety – Reducing Risks in Your Community through Partnerships and Technology (Panel Discussion)

Towards A Safer Road Network (Session)

ROAD TRAFFIC OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT

Investing in Traffic Operations and Management – Innovative Ideas and Intelligent Transportation Systems (Session)

Traffic Operations and Management Initiatives (Session)

SOILS AND MATERIALS

Soils and Materials – Investing in New Materials, Products and Processes (Session)

STRUCTURES

Innovations in Bridge Engineering (A) (Session)

Innovations in Bridge Engineering (B) (Session)