Transportation : an economic enabler : proceedings of the 2007 annual conference and exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada TAC, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, October 14-17, 2007.

The 2007 Annual Conference of the Transportation Association of Canada was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, from October 14 to 17 under the theme Transportation-An Economic Enabler. Papers were presented at the following sessions and workshops: Opening Plenary Session; Best Practices in Urban Transportation Planning-An Economic Enabler; Critical Transportation Issues Forum (Workshop); 2006 TAC Environmental Achievement Award Nominations (Session); Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation Infrastructure (Panel Discussion); Urban Ecological Restoration - Thinking Beyond the Curb (Workshop);Applied Human Factors in the Geometric Design of Roads (Session); Road Medians for Access Control and Separation (Session); Innovative Contracting Models for Maintenance and Construction (Session); Management Systems to Support Winter and Summer Road Maintenance Decision-Making (Session); 2006 TAC Sustainable Urban Transportation Award Nominations (Session); Framework for the Collection of High-Quality Data on Urban Goods Movement (Panel Discussion); Exploring Transportation Behaviour: What Drives Us to Drive? (Panel Discussion); Integrating Transit Services Into Communities (Session); Parking Management-A Sustainable Transportation Tool (Session); Rapid Transit Planning: A Growth Management Tool (Session); Transportation and the Economies of Small Municipalities (Panel Discussion); Transportation-An Economic Enabler: Government View (Panel Discussion);No Road-No Load: Enabling the Economy While Protecting Pavement Structures (Session); Pavement Preservation: Supporting the Economy (Session); Sustainable Preservation of Pavement Assets (Workshop); Preserving Low-volume Road Investments (Session); Risk Management for Roads (Panel Discussion); Travel Speed Management (Session); Economics of Road Safety Investments (Session); Innovation in Traffic Operations and Management (Session); Roundabouts and Traffic Calming: Sustainable Infrastructure Assets (Session);Characterization and Improvement of Soils and Materials (Session); Cost-effective Assessment/Rehabilitation of the Condition of Materials (Session) and Bridges - Economic and Social Linkages (2 Sessions). For abstracts of individual papers see C 42300 - C 42375 and C 48723 - C 48733 (ITRD numbers E216512-E216595) and C 44452 - C 44458 (F160245-F160251).