The 2006 Annual Conference of the Transportation Association of Canada was held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, from September 17 to 20 under the theme Transportation Without Boundaries. Papers were presented at the following sessions and workshops: Opening Plenary Session; In-Career Training, Mentoring, and Knowledge Management Initiatives; 2005 TAC Environmental Achievement Award Nominations; Noise Management Measurement and Mitigation-A Practical Approach (Workshop); Success in Road Salt Management; Context-Sensitive Design: Developing Practical Responses to Community Needs (Workshop); Geometric Design for Better Border Crossings; Geometric Design-Transit/Transportation Corridors Without Boundaries; Canada-U.S. Border: Security versus Prosperity - ITS Applications to Achieve a Delicate Balance (Panel Discussion); Current Issues and Developments in Highway Maintenance and Construction; Road Operations and Asset Management (Panel Discussion); 2005 TAC Sustainable Urban Transportation Award Nominations; Best Practices in Urban Transportation Planning; Developments in Bus Rapid Transit-What Is the State-of-the-art? (Panel Discussion); Is Road Congestion Good or Bad for Sustainability? (Panel Discussion); Road Pricing as a Solution to Congestion (Panel Discussion); Small Municipalities-Sustainability on a Shoestring (Panel Discussion); Walking the Talk: Sustainable Transportation Implementation, Performance, and Results; From Road Test Facility to Road Performance: What is the Limit? (Panel Discussion); Low-Volume Roads - Beyond the Boundaries; Quiet Pavements: Reducing Noise and Vibrations; Road Safety beyond Engineering Boundaries (Panel Discussion); Roadside Safety Advancements; Road Safety Engineering Management; Reconciling Network Hierarchy and Traffic Calming Requests; Strategies for Transit Priority System Implementation; Assessmentand Rehabilitation of the Condition of Materials; Innovative Geotechnical Projects in Transportation and; Bridges in the 21st Century. For abstracts of individual papers see C 38347 - C 38444 (ITRD number E211522 to E211592, E215086 to E215108, and F160239 to F160242).
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