The 2003 Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada was held in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, September 21-24, 2003 under the theme 'The Transportation Factor.' Papers were presented at the following sessions: Opening Plenary Session : The Transportation Factor; Transportation in the Spotlight : Promoting Public Awareness; 2002 TAC Environmental Achievement Award Nominations; Wildlife Accident Mitigation; Roadway Improvements - Funding and Benefits; Moving More People and Goods - Benefits of Capacity Improvements; Transportation Data Standards; Roadway Inventory and Condition Rating Data for Effective Maintenance Decision-making; Performance Measures for Road Maintenance Activities; Development and Implementation of Regional Road Salt Management Plans; Emerging Best Practices for Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure; Innovative Transportation Financing for Sustainable Cities; Impact of New Technologies on Future Transportation Planning; 2002 Sustainable Urban Transportation Award Nominations; TAC's Urban Transportation Indicators Project; Transportation and Climate Change; Long-life Pavements - Contributing to Canada's Infrastructure; U.S. and Canadian Long Term Pavement Performance Programs : Accomplishments and Future Directions; AASHTO 2002 Pavement Materials Selection and Design; Direction 2006 - Rail Safety; Road Safety - Working Together to Make Canada Safer; Work Zone Safety; Emerging Technologies in Traffic Operations; Innovations in Traffic Operations Safety; Intelligent Transportation Systems for Maintenance and Construction Work Zones and Incident Management; Traffic Operations Research and Applications; Recycling Materials for Use in Highway Design; Superpave Implementation and Experience in Canada; Bridge Management; Bridges - Engineering Impacting Society. For abstracts of individual papers see C 36377 - C 36448 (ITRD numbers E211266 to E211328, E211396 to E211405).
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