Dangerous goods route selection criteria.

The movement of Dangerous Goods on the roads through a major city represents a challenge to transportation engineers, enforcement officers, and emergency response personnel. One of these challenges is the establishment of a Dangerous Goods Route network. Road safety is a key criterion in the effective selection of Dangerous Goods Routes. Incorporating safety in the designation of a Dangerous Goods Route Network will be demonstrated using the City of Calgary's network as an example. A research project was conducted in 2003 by Hamilton-Finn for the Centre of Transportation Engineering and Planning (C-TEP) in cooperation with the City of Calgary, to: Establish criteria for the selection of dangerous goods routes; review the adequacy of the current network; and identify changes and upgrades using a transparent and repeatable process. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E211426.