Road Safety Committee

This committee supports the Safety, Design and Operations Council. It is a centre of expertise within TAC and a national forum for sharing information and addressing challenges related to roadway and roadside safety.

Its goals include:

  • Gathering and creating information on road safety issues and initiatives
  • Identifying and prioritizing the connection between roadway factors and collision experience in the complex driver-vehicle-road relationship
  • Promoting the integration of safety principles in roadway planning, design, construction, maintenance, operation and stewardship

Getting Involved

Committee membership is open to interested employees of TAC member organizations and individual members of TAC.

The Committee meets during TAC’s Spring and Fall Technical Meetings and at other times as needed. Employees of TAC member organizations and individual TAC members may attend; others may attend if invited by the Chair.

Executive

Chair 
Thomas Smahel

Human Factors North Inc.

Vice-Chair
Mark Hearson

Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Secretary
Shabnem Afzal

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

Past Chair
Rebecca Peterniak

City of Winnipeg

Chair of the Project Idea Subcommittee
Chair of the Road Safety Workforce Subcommittee
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Subcommittee
Chair of the Vision Zero and Safe System Subcommittee

Subcommittees

CRaSH & Project Idea Subcommittee

Co-Chair 
Geoffrey Ho

G. Ho Engineering Consultants

Co-Chair 
Reza Omrani

CIMA Canada

Road Safety Workforce Subcommittee

Co-Chair
Lucas Knowles

Yukon Highways and Public Works

Co-Chair
Sean Nix

Mohawk College

Truth and Reconciliation Subcommittee

Co-Chair 
Rebecca Peterniak

City of Winnipeg

Co-Chair 
Andrew Northmore

Englobe

Vision Zero and Safe System Subcommittee

Co-Chair 
Nancy Badeau

Ville de Montréal

Co-Chair 
Raheem Dilgir

TranSafe Consulting