Research

Students can be expected to be exposed to and participate in a wide variety of research activities being conducted by the Transportation Group. The focus of our research initiatives tends to be transportation problems in the Atlantic Region.

However, problems of national and international significance are regularly the subject of research and study as well. Example of research projects and activities completed over the past few years include:

• Flangeway gap fillers to improve accessibility at railway grade crossings
• Administrative health data to support transportation planning for older adults
• Engineering and planning metrics for volunteer driver program planning
• Travel demand modelling for active transportation
• Planning for age-friendly active transportation
• The impacts of incorporating more recyclable material into asphalt pavements
• Developing a Canadian field guide for detailed safety assessments of road/railway grade crossings
• Road safety audit guidelines
• Long combination vehicle (LCV) safety project
• Multi-disciplinary motor vehicle accident investigations

Much of this research is funded through government and the transportation industry. Individual faculty members also have research grants from NSERC, Transport Canada (Collision Investigation Team) and other agencies. Further to this, faculty members are regularly engaged in consulting activities for private and government agencies.

While such activities are normally outside the university framework, the experience gained from these assignments often end up in the classroom in the form of specific examples or as cases. Along with faculty research, a number of student research projects are undertaken in conjunction with transportation partners in the public and private sector.

Research papers

Theses and reports