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Road Safety School – Active Transportation

Build active transportation networks where people of all ages and abilities feel safe, connected, and confident.
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Fee:
Duration:
4 Days

What You’ll Learn

  • Apply Safe System principles to the design of pedestrian and cycling infrastructure
  • Select appropriate facility types based on traffic volumes, speeds, and land use context
  • Design intersection treatments that reduce pedestrian and cyclist crash risk
  • Plan connected active transportation networks serving both recreational and utilitarian trips
  • Develop stakeholder communication strategies that build community support
  • Work within Ontario regulations while incorporating current best practices

Course Description

This course is offered as part of Road Safety School, Good Roads’ four-day training event dedicated to road safety practice in Ontario. Road Safety School brings together municipal professionals from across the province for a shared day of Safe System learning followed by three days of specialized, discipline-specific training.

Road Safety School opens on Tuesday, October 6 with a full-day Safe System Principles Workshop led by Kenn Beer, attended by all participants. You will gain the foundational context for understanding how all the Road Safety School courses support Vision Zero goals and the Safe System approach. That context is central to everything in the three days that follow.

Starting Wednesday, October 7, the course moves into three days of applied active transportation design. Safe infrastructure for walking and cycling is not just about bike lanes and sidewalks. It is about building connected networks where people of all ages and abilities feel confident moving through their communities. This course gives you the knowledge to make that happen.

The course includes site visits followed by group write-up of findings and a group presentation back to the full group.

Registration covers the full four-day program including continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshments each day.

Course Details

  • Municipal engineers and traffic specialists
  • Transportation planners
  • Public works managers
  • Elected officials and senior administrators
  • Consulting engineers working on municipal projects
  • Anyone involved in Complete Streets implementation
  • Safe System principles applied to active transportation design
  • Facility selection: separated bike lanes, enhanced crosswalks, shared streets, and off-road paths
  • Intersection design for pedestrians and cyclists
  • Network planning and connectivity
  • Stakeholder engagement and community communication
  • Ontario regulations and current best practices
  • Cycling and pedestrian site visits with field observation
  • Group findings write-up and presentation

No formal prerequisites.

  • Day 3 includes a written exam. Participants who successfully complete the course receive a certificate of completion.
  • Participants are eligible for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Professional Development Hours (PDHs).

Holiday Inn Oakville (Centre)
590 Argus Road, Oakville, Ontario L6J 3J3 Canada

Max McCardel, BEng (Hons)

Max is a Senior Engineer with a wealth of hands-on, road safety engineering experience and is an accredited Senior Road Safety Auditor. Max regularly conducts Road Safety Audits at all stages of a project’s life. Max is a passionate advocate for safer cycling and keeps up to date with best practice for designing and delivering cycling infrastructure. Max sits on the advisory group for CycleRAP – an international panel of cycling safety experts - and keeps abreast of how the world delivers innovative, technically excellent cycling projects often in constrained and complex sites. Max also runs the ‘Cycling Auditor Training Course’ which is aimed at sharpening road safety practitioner’s skills in identifying and providing solutions for cyclist safety. This course has amassed hundreds of eager graduates who have injected their newly acquired skills to their own transport projects.

Question:
Does this course cover both pedestrian and cycling infrastructure?

Answer:

Yes. The course addresses the full range of active transportation facilities, including sidewalks, bike lanes, separated paths, and intersection treatments for both pedestrians and cyclists.

Question:
Is this course relevant to smaller municipalities with limited active transportation networks?

Answer:

Yes. The course is designed for municipalities at all stages of active transportation network development, from early planning through to retrofitting existing roads.

Question:
Will the course address engagement with the public or elected officials?

Answer:

Yes. The course includes practical strategies for stakeholder communication and building community support for active transportation projects.