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ntario Trillium Section
VOLUME 45 NO. 4 FALL 2020
Training in Thunder Bay for ProGen with Lake Superior
in the background.
From left to right: Dale Garriock, Neal Stubbs,
Nicholas Kapush, Mike Keeling, and Joe Hendrix (moderator).
www.ontario.imsasafety.org
P.O. Box 69611 | 109 Thomas Street | Oakville, Ontario L6J 7R4 | Phone | 905.570.IMSA (4672)
2020–2021 Ontario Trillium Section
Board of Directors
President ....................................Paul Webster Regional Director, Southwest....David Thompson
Phone: (613) 532-3885 WSP Canada
Email: paul.webster@sympatico.ca 610 Chartwell Road, Suite 300
Oakville, ON L6J 4A5
Past President............................Dave Edwards Phone: (289) 835-2619 | Cell: (416) 571-2783
Phone: (289) 668-0010 Email: david.thompson@wsp.com
Email: daveedwardsconsulting54@gmail.com
International Delegate ................Dave Edwards
President Elect...............Shawna Boakes, P.Eng. Phone: (289) 668-0010
City of Windsor Email: daveedwardsconsulting54@gmail.com
Senior Manager of Traffic Operations
Phone: (613) 532-3885 Alternate Delegate..........Shawna Boakes, P.Eng.
Email: paul.webster@sympatico.ca City of Windsor
Senior Manager of Traffic Operations
Secretary ...............................Jason Mainprize Phone: (519) 255-6247, ext. 6791 | Cell: (519) 999-7158
The Regional Municipality of York Email: sboakes@citywindsor.ca
17250 Yonge Street
Newmarket, ON L3Y 6Z1 2020–2021 IMSA Trillium
Phone: (905) 830-4444, ext. 76637 Appointments
Email: jason.mainprize@york.ca
Events.................................Iain Myles, P.Eng.
Treasurer ........................................Rui Senos Ewing Traffic & Lighting Products
Sentinel Pole & Traffic Equipment Limited Phone: (905) 666-5600, ext. 233
Phone: (905) 564-2929, ext. 224 Email: idmyles@ewinggroup.com
Email: ruisenos@sentineltraffic.com
Newsletter Coordinator ...............Dave Edwards
Regional Director, GTA Central .......Joe Hendrix Phone: (289) 668-0010
Email: jjhendrixelectrical@gmail.com Email: daveedwardsconsulting54@gmail.com
Regional Director, West ..........Patrick Gallipeau Advertising ...........................Richard Chaikoff
27 Woodland Crescent 3 Hallfield Road
Tillsonburg, ON N4G 4G6 Etobicoke, ON M9B 5W5
Phone: (519) 983-4335 Phone: (416) 620-9896
Email: pgallipeau@sympatico.ca Email: rchaik@sympatico.ca
Regional Director, North...............Larry Sharpe MTO Representative ....Ousama Shebeeb, P.Eng.
5 Gregory Drive MTO
North Bay, ON P1B 8G3 301 St. Paul Street
Phone: (705) 495-1917 St. Catharines, ON L2R 7R4
Email: larry.sharpe@sympatico.ca Phone: (289) 219-2514
Email: ousama.shebeeb@ontario.ca
Regional Director, East......................Don Yates
Phone: (613) 344-6885 Off-Site School Coordinator .............Rob Decleir
Email: don_don19@hotmail.com Phone: (905) 638-7506
Email: rdecleir@sympatico.ca
Regional Director, GTA..............Terry McSwain
TM3 Inc. Committee Chairpersons
Phone: (519) 650-8770 | (519) 496-3512
Fax: (519) 650-5707 Events.................................Iain Myles, P.Eng.
Email: tmcswain@TM3inc.com Moderators & Programs..................Joe Hendrix
Certification ..............................Dave Edwards
Audit ...................................Patrick Gallipeau
2 Fall 2020
In This
Issue
Board of Directors.......2
Appointments..............2
Committee Chairs .......2
President’s Message...3
Suggested or
Implemented Changes
President’s To Traffic Operations
Due to COVID-19 .........4
Message
International Office .....4
2021 IMSA Training ....6
Advertising Info...........6
W
elcome to the Fall edition of our Newsletter. As you may know,
our Annual General Membership Meeting is normally held in List of Advertisers .......6
June and is accompanied by a morning of golf. Like everything New Email Address
else this year, Covid prevented us from being able to conduct our AGM for IMSA Ontario.........8
as scheduled and it was delayed until September 30th. What’s Going On?.......8
I would like to welcome Shawna Boakes (President Elect) and Don Section Membership
Yateman (Director East Region) to our 2020–2021 board and thank Rob Information ..................8
Decleir for the numerous years he held an elected board position. I At the Limit....10, 12, 14
would also like to thank all the other members of the board and commit- Call for Newsletter
tees for the excellent work they do for the Ontario Trillium Section. For Articles .......................14
those who do not know me, my name is Paul Webster. I have been on Membership Info ......14
the board for the last four years as Director East Region and recently
Current Vendors and
retired from the Ministry of Transportation after 33 years. For the major- Organizations Offering
ity of those years, I was involved in traffic signal design and operations Webinars....................16
along with signing and pavement markings from a traffic perspective. The Nuts and Bolts
Throughout the summer International has been working to develop of IMSA Ontario
certified online training to meet members’ needs. They are hoping to go Recertification ...........17
live within the next month with a few classes to get out of the gate. Lo- Call for Newsletter
cally we are focusing on how best to deliver training to our members for Articles .......................18
this upcoming and future years, which could consist of holding our an- Certification Renewal
nual school and/or more on-site schools adhering to strict physical dis- Form ...........................20
tancing guidelines. We are also evaluating the potential of offering On-Site
online courses. As we are able to finalize this years’ training, we will Certification ...............22
provide updates on our website. Newsletter
If you have an interesting article you would like to have published in Deadlines ...................22
our Newsletter, please do not hesitate to forward it to Dave Edwards at 2021 IMSA Forum &
daveedwardsconsulting54@gmail.com. Expo............................22
As I was writing this message, I realized our next Newsletter will not Traffic Related
be published until next year. So at this time, I would like to take the Websites.....................24
opportunity to wish everyone a safe and happy Holiday Season. How to Set Up
Your IMSA Online
Paul
Profile .........................26
IMSA Ontario Trillium Section 3
Suggested or Implemented Changes To
Traffic Operations Due to COVID-19
M any municipalities/jurisdictions have received a variety of requests for changes to their opera-
tions or have implemented changes to their daily operations.
They are as follows:
• Requests to put some or all of their traffic signals on pedestrian recall. This would remove the
need for pedestrians crossing intersections to push the pedestrian button.
• Another request was to place arrows on sidewalks where there is a sidewalk on each side of the
roadway so pedestrians would be advised to only walk in one direction on EACH side of the
street.
• The Ministry of Transportation has taken advantage of the significantly lower traffic volumes to
close two lanes during the day on the Toronto-bound QEW on the Burlington Skyway.
• The City of Brampton has implemented temporary bike lanes on Vodden St. and Howden Blvd.
This has been done by closing the curb lane on each road to provide a bike lane for each direc-
tion of travel. Signs have been posted advising bicyclists to practice physical distancing.
• Toronto, during the opening of Phase 2, removed bike lanes from several routes to allow restau-
rant and bar owners to use that road space for expanded patios. Now that all the province has
moved into Phase 3, the patios have been removed and bike lanes have been reinstated.
There are probably other similar activities in other municipalities that have been implemented
during this pandemic.
Now that there was/is a return in some areas to indoor dining, many of the outdoor patios have
closed. This means areas there were used for bike lanes and, in some cases, live lanes, have re-
verted back to their original uses.
With the recent lockdowns in some areas many restaurant owners are upset that they cannot go
back to the patios.
The construction season is winding down so roads are going back to their original configuration
or the new one. Many projects, especially on some of the larger facilities, are ahead of schedule or
were completed early due to the lower traffic levels earlier this year. This is one of the very few ad-
vantages I am aware of since COVID began!!
Dave Edwards
IMSA International Office
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Technical Writers | Contributors
Paul Webster, Rob Decleir, Dave Edwards
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IMSA Ontario Trillium Section 5
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have looked at our options and decided how to move forward. Ewing – Traffic & Lighting Products........19
Late in October a survey was sent to our members using our new Fellmore Electrical Contractors Ltd. .........7
email setup (see article on Page 8) to ascertain how members felt
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about continuing with our long-time method of doing in-class training.
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Of the 30 or so responses we received it was VERY CLEAR that in-class
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Recently our school team met with the Delta Hotel in Toronto and
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looked at the facilities and what they could do to enable us to hold the
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their training needs. Solarsignals ................................................13
Many agencies and suppliers of products to the traffic industry are Tacel Ltd. – Traffic Control
running webinars to provide some type of training for folks. IMSA In- Equipment..............................................19
ternational is putting together some webinars as well. TechPower Developments........................15
IMSA International has been working diligently to get virtual train- TM3 Inc..........................................................9
ing set up for most of its courses. Late in November they sent out a Traffic Hardware + Design........................25
request asking each Section to provide a list of 5–6 moderators who TRISTAR Electric Inc....................................9
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IMSA Ontario Trillium Section 7
New Email Address for Ontario
Trillium
IMSA Ontario Section
Membership
G
ood day folks. As most of you know, the current
email system used by our section is not very func- Information
tional. It was developed a long time ago and has
been hosted by the IMSA International server. After
repeated attempts by our folks to address the poor oper- The I in IMSA stands
ation of this system with the folks down in the US, we for International and
decided to abandon it. the International, or
With a lot of hard work by one of our moderators,
Shawna Boakes, we have adopted the Gmail platform.
head, office is in
We have created a new email address for the use of our Rockledge, Florida.
members and it is info@imsasafetyon.org. All membership dues
This email will be monitored by our secretary moving
are paid to the Inter-
forward. Currently our secretary is Jason Mainprize. He
will decide who on our board should respond to a par- national office IN US
ticular query and it will be forwarded for response to the FUNDS. The address
appropriate individual.
and amount are on
Currently our email database for our members is not
as complete as it could be. If you are reading this and your renewal invoice.
have not received any emails from xx@imsasafetyon.org
Join, update your
please send an email to Jason who will add your new or
updated email to our current list. information or renew
Thanks for your continued cooperation. your membership
Dave Edwards easily online at:
www.IMSAsafety.org
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IMSA ONTARIO?
The answer may be found online! Call 1.800.723.IMSA
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will keep you informed about local IMSA Ontario events.
…AND… Ask for Dawn Donson
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IMSA Ontario Trillium Section 9
SPEED LIMITS
On September 26, 2019, Ontario
began a two-year pilot project that saw
speed limits raised to 110 km/h from
100 km/h on three sections of highway.
The project is meant to explore “new
ways to improve traffic flow and safety.”
The three sections of 400 Series
highways chosen for the pilot (see
“Proving Grounds,” page 24) were
selected based on their ability to
accommodate higher speed limits,
according to a statement from
Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation.
The government will take additional
safety measures, including increasing
signage and messaging, to make sure
drivers know where the new limits
are in place. A public survey conducted
by the province found that 80 per cent
of respondents were in favour of
the pilot project. Most people also
thought that drivers already exceed
the current speed limits.
The thing about limits of all kinds
is that they are oen broken. During
This article was reprinted by permission of the 117 years since Doolile took those
CAA Magazine, Fall 2020 issue. politicians for a spin, speed limits across
Canada have not been static, nor have
they simply been on a steady upward
At the Limit
trajectory. The limits have wavered—
sometimes increasing, sometimes
decreasing—based on the quality of
the roads, the political climate, social
acceptability, environmental awareness,
AS ONTARIO TESTS THE EFFECTS OF RAISING SPEED LIMITS the price of gasoline, advances in
ON A FEW PROVINCIAL HIGHWAYS, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE automotive technology and, of course,
concern for public safety.
ART AND SCIENCE OF BALANCING SAFETY AND SPEED
by MATT BUBBERS
A Brief History of Speed
Ontario issued its first 198 licence plates
in 1903, a process administered by a
S
INCE THE FIRST CAR BOUNCED DOWN A DIRT ROAD during the single clerk in the provincial secretary’s
closing years of the 19th century, the answer to this question— office. Cars were new and unfamiliar
how fast is too fast?—has changed, a lot. machines at the time, and they weren’t
In 1903, a band of early and enthusiastic adopters of the automobile necessarily welcome on our roads. In
lobbied Ontario’s government to raise the speed limit from eight miles per Prince Edward Island, for example, they
hour to a whopping 10 mph (16 kilometres per hour). This group, which remained banned until 1913. And even
included CAA’s first president, Dr. Perry E. Doolile, took MPPs for rides then, cars weren’t allowed to be driven
in their newfangled cars to show them they were safe. on Sundays or market days.
continued on page 12
10 Fall 2020IMSA Ontario Trillium Section 11
SPEED LIMITS
PROVING GROUNDS
Three sections of
Ontario highways had their
speed limits raised to
110 km/h from 100 km/h,
in a two-year pilot project.
Queen Elizabeth Way
from Hamilton to St. Catharines
32 KM
Highway 402
from Sarnia to London
90 KM
Highway 417
from Gloucester
(an Ottawa suburb) to the
Ontario-Quebec border
102 KM
and Saskatchewan. With highways
came higher speeds. During the 1950s,
the limit on some highways in Ontario
went up to 60 mph (97 km/h), and by
1968, it was 70 mph (113 km/h). In
Nova Scotia at that time, the limit
was 65 mph (105 km/h).
The first cars were expensive increased, so did speed limits. By 1919, Then came the 1970s. “There’s a kind
luxuries—seen by many as disruptive, the maximum in some rural areas was of backlash against the automobile, a
dangerous, noisy and too fast—says up to 20 mph (32 km/h), he says. backlash against speed and a backlash
Dimitry Anastakis, professor of history But there would be a price to pay. against highways,” Anastakis continues.
at the University of Toronto. “In the 1920s, lots of people are There was a growing awareness about
“You start to see these terms like geing killed on the roads in Toronto, pollution from vehicles and questions
‘joyriders’ or ‘speed demons’ to morally Vancouver and Montreal,” Anastakis raised about cars’ safety. On top of
condemn automobile drivers, especially explains. “But people are willing to all that, the oil crisis sent gas prices
rich drivers from cities,” explains accept the risk of the automobile through the roof.
Anastakis, who has wrien extensively because of the mass mobility created Governments responded, in part, by
PHOTOGRAPHY AUDREY SHTECINJO
on Canada’s automotive history. “And by the Model T and others.” By 1927, the lowering speed limits to reduce fuel
then there’s a kind of counter-rhetoric; limit was 35 mph (56 km/h) on rural consumption. Highway limits across
people who challenged the car and speed roads in Ontario, and by the end of the Canada dropped to 60 mph. (Most cars
are very much ‘country bumpkins.’” decade, there were more than a million use about 20 per cent less fuel when
Things didn’t change much until the cars on roads across the country. driven at 90 km/h instead of 110 km/h.)
1910s, when the Ford Model T made Following the Second World War, But by 1977, as part of the national
driving affordable for the masses. As the paved highways spread across Canada, adoption of the metric system, limits
social acceptability of the automobile especially in the vast prairies of Alberta crept back up to 100 km/h (62 mph).
continued on page 14
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IMSA Ontario Trillium Section 13WHAT IS
STUNT
DRIVING?
Finding a Balance speed of traffic and sets the limit at the Stunt driving and street
Today, highway speed limits across 85th percentile—equal to or less than racing are essentially more
the country range from 70 to 120 km/h, the speed at which 85 per cent of cars egregious, more dangerous
according to Raheem Dilgir, a director are travelling, Dilgir says. Twenty years forms of speeding. Their
at the Canadian Association of Road ago, a new method aimed to set speed definitions vary from province
to province but generally
Safety Professionals and president of limits based on risk factors, such as the
include driving 50 km/h
TranSafe Consulting, a firm that helps type of intersection, traffic volume and or more over the limit,
government agencies set speed limits. road geometry. More recently, Dilgir intentionally causing tires
“It’s prey rare to have that situation explains, there’s been a movement to to lose traction, road rage
where you raise the speed limit and make all decisions around speed limits behaviour and driving in a
it’s safer,” Dilgir says. Case in point: based on a “safe systems” approach. manner that could startle or
interfere with other drivers.
British Columbia raised some speed Determining the right speed limit,
limits to 120 km/h on certain sections though, has always been about finding There was an uptick in
of highway in 2014. Three years later, a balance between safety and efficiency, stunt driving charges
aer a study by the University of British
across the country as
Dilgir says. “That balance has shied;
traffic dropped off during the
Columbia found that fatal crashes had the balance is now much more towards COVID-19 pandemic. Several
more than doubled on some highways, safety than it was before,” he added. cases made headlines,
the province re-lowered many (though As ever, we would all do well to including one in which an
not all) of the limits. The higher limits remember that speed limits are upper 18-year-old was clocked
remained on certain sections of road speed limits. Drivers need to take into driving 308 km/h on the
Queen Elizabeth Way near
where a government study found the account the conditions and adjust their
Burlington, Ont. Through
number of crashes had not increased. speed accordingly, says Teresa Di Felice, late March and April, Toronto
Police Services reported a
nearly 600 per cent increase
in stunt driving incidents.
Determining the right speed limit The penalties for such
behaviour can include the
has always been about finding a balance immediate impounding
of a vehicle, a lengthy
licence suspension, fines of
between safety and efficiency. That has $10,000 and even jail time.
During Ontario’s 110 km/h
shifted; the balance is now much more pilot program, the province
stated, “Stunt driving
penalties will continue to
towards safety than it was.” apply at 150 km/h.” In other
words, going 40 km/h over
the limit—rather than
50 km/h—on these stretches
“The higher the speed, the greater assistant vice president of government
of highway will still be
considered stunt driving.
the probability that you will get and community relations at CAA SCO.
seriously injured or die; there’s an “In the most recent available Such reckless driving
undeniable correlation,” Dilgir says. road safety statistics for Ontario, behaviour greatly increases
the likelihood of a crash
However, he pointed out that sometimes speed accounts for the third highest
causing death or serious
when you have a low speed limit, people percentage of fatalities,” Di Felice says. injury. One study from
may end up exceeding it by a higher Collisions involving pedestrians made Western University found
margin—which could also be dangerous up the highest percentage of fatalities, that there were 58 fewer
since you end up with cars travelling at followed by collisions that involved speed-related deaths or
very different rates of speed. drinking and driving. “The numbers tell injuries per month among
young male drivers in Ontario
There are several ways to determine us we have something to be concerned
after the 2007 introduction
an appropriate limit for a given road. about. We all have a role to play in of stricter laws against stunt
The traditional approach measures the making our roads safer.” driving and street racing.
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IMSA Ontario Trillium Section 15Current Vendors and Organizations
Offering Webinars
B
elow is a list of the organizations • APPLIED INFORMATION
that are offering webinars. This • GRIDSMART
does not represent all that are
• EPIC (this is an organization that
available but those IMSA ON is aware of
offers courses for a fee and are now
at press time. Some of these are one
branching out into Webinars in early
hour and free while others are half-day
May)
or longer and there is a fee.
Before you decide on taking any of • INTELLIGENT TRANSORTATION
these, ensure that they are relevant to SYSTEMS OF CANADA
your current certifications as CEUs are • ONTARIO TRAFFIC COUNCIL
only awarded if they are. Courses that • INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
are offered by IMSA International will be ENGINEERS
all qualified.
• ECONOLITE (US)
The decision whether a topic is CEU
qualified is made by the International. As • TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
a student, you need to provide the fol- OF CANADA
lowing for each Webinar you take to see Please feel free to contact me or any
if it qualifies: other member of our board if you have
• Date and Webinar hours any questions.
• Name of company, the instructor
Dave Edwards
who delivered the material, contact
Certification Chair
information in case anything needs
to be verified by the International
and
• Name of the Webinar, and a para-
graph of the topic(s) covered
The following companies are offering
webinars:
• ALPHA TECHNOLOGIES
• ONTARIO GOOD ROADS
ASSOCIATION
• ITERIS
• EBERLE DESIGN INC.
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16 Fall 2020The Nuts and Bolts of IMSA Ontario
Recertification
ccording to The Certification Policy and
A
• www.imsasafety.org
Procedure Manual (CPPM), all current certifi- • From the Home page, click on — CERTIFI-
cation certificates are valid for three years CATION
from the date of issue. • Then click on — RENEWAL
There are several options available to the paid-up • File is called “Certification Renewal
member to renew his/her certificate prior to the ex- Packet.pdf”
piry of the certificate and this has to be done within See page 8 for a sample copy.
one year from the expiry date. So take note!
5. Renewal After Expiration (Take note)
The options one can take are:
• Members and non-members whose certifi-
1. Educational Units — Not applicable in Ontario. cation(s) are due to expire within one year,
2. Continuing Education Units (CEU) — This can have approximately 12 months to renew,
be a seminar, webinar or classroom instruc- starting at the twenty-fourth (24th) month
tion on a particular subject/program/course in from the expiry date. The member must at-
the field you are currently certified in. The sub- tend sixteen (16) hours of training in the
jects covered can be: MMU, CMU, Detector, certification(s) that will be expiring. Exams
Controller or cabinet, just to name a few and are not required at the end of the training.
offered by a distributor, manufacturer, supplier • Note: Retake of the prerequisite is also not
or agency. The subject taken must be directly required. Members wishing to take a pro-
related to the certification(s) being renewed. gram not in their certification field for the
For example, if your certification is Traffic Sig- renewal process can do so; however the
nal Field Level I, you must take courses/pro- program would not be counted towards
grams directly related to Traffic Signal Field. their renewal, but treated as a new program
As an example, subjects taken that fall under and additional certification fees will apply.
the Roadway Lighting category do not apply. Any programs taken for renewal must be in
Upon completion, email your “Letter of Com- the certification stream applying for. For ex-
pletion” obtained from the company/agency ample, if you are certified in Traffic Signal
that offered the program to IMSA. Your “Letter Field Level I, you can retake TS Field Level I
of Completion” must state the following: or take a higher Level, II followed by III, in
• Course taken, date, hours of classroom the same stream. Taking a Roadway Light-
instructions/hands-on. ing Level I, II or III as an example, will not be
• Name of the instructor, email, company or counted towards your TS Field recertifica-
agency address, and phone number (for tion, but will be treated as a new certificat-
verification purposes). ion program. So choose wisely! Members
can also take advantage of the renewal pro-
or
cess by considering Options 2 or 4 at left.
• Fill out the Certification Renewal Form — These options are only applicable to the
see sample on page 20. group mentioned above.
3. Technical Advancement Recognition Points • For members and non-members who are in
(TARP) — The database is currently under re- possession of an expired certification(s),
view — stay tuned. more than one (1) year after the expired
4. Renewal Hours by Personal Log (Members date, must attend sixteen (16) hours of
and/or Non-Members) — Individuals must training in the certification(s) that have ex-
complete a personal log or diary of their con- pired and take the exams for each renewal
tinuing education by documenting any training certification re-applying for. You must pass
they receive. Personal logs can be downloaded the exams with 70% minimum mark to re-
from the IMSA Web site at: www.imsasafety. gain your certification(s). Failure to attain
org/IMSA/Certification/Renewal/IMSA/Certifi 70% on a renewal exam will result in your
cation/Certification_renewal.aspx?hkey= certificate being withheld, until such time all
4acf9055-abd4-4d07-83b7-601ea75ee45f requirements have been met successfully.
A simpler way to get to the page above is to Note: Retake of the pre-requisite is not re-
type the following: quired.
IMSA Ontario Trillium Section 17Call for Ontario Trillium
Newsletter Articles Section
By Dave Edwards, Newsletter Coordinator Membership
Information
R
ecently I became the editor of our fine News-
letter. Members rely on it to let them know
about upcoming events and our annual The I in IMSA stands for International and
school. Additionally, the Newsletter is intended to the International, or head, office is in Rock-
be a forum for members to write articles about new ledge, Florida. All membership dues are
projects they are working on, new devices they are paid to the International office IN US
working with, ask questions on ways to solve a FUNDS. The address and amount are on
problem — or even announce a unique way they your renewal invoice.
have solved a problem. However, getting articles to
fill the pages is an ongoing battle. Join, update your information or renew
You could write a short article about anything re- your membership easily online at:
lated to the traffic world — it would be most appre- www.IMSAsafety.org
ciated. You don’t have to write an entire book; a
200–300-word article will suffice. Don’t worry about
Questions???
your grammatical skills or spelling, all articles are Call 1.800.723.IMSA (4672)
proofread and/or edited before publishing.
Ask for Dawn Donson
Put on your penmanship skills and ship me an ar-
ticle. The deadline for our next Newsletter is Oc- membership@IMSAsafety.org
tober 30. I am hoping to hear from YOU!!!
18 Fall 2020TELEPHONE (519) 884-2330
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IMSA Ontario Trillium Section 19Ontario Recertification
Certification Renewal
Did you know you can now submit your Continuing Education Credits (CEC) and up-
load supporting documentation online for approval? Go to www.IMSAsafety.org and
sign in to your profile. Click on the “My Certification Record” tab and follow the
instructions to add your continuing education information. If submitting CECs online,
please return this page and the Declaration of Release to the address below or email to
cert@IMSAsafety.org.
Name _____________________________________________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________________________________________________
City _________________________________________________________ State ________ ZIP ___________
Please list the certification(s) you are renewing:
1. _________________________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________________________
IMPORTANT: Fee is based on individual certification, not an agency/employer group rate.
NUMBER OF RENEWALS FEE MEMBER DISCOUNT MEMBER PRICE
1 $80.00 $40.00 $40.00
2 $110.00 $40.00 $70.00
3 $130.00 $40.00 $90.00
4 OR MORE $140.00 $40.00 $100.00
Credit card payments can be made by calling 321.392.0500 or online.
Please do not email your credit card information.
If you are not a member of IMSA and would like to receive the discounted member rate, you
may visit our website at www.imsasafety.org to join.
Renewal fees can be paid by check (US FUNDS ONLY) or purchase order.
Please make checks payable to IMSA and mail to:
IMSA
597 Haverty Court, Suite 100
Rockledge, Florida 32955
RETURNED CHECKS WILL INCUR A $50.00 FEE
Purchase Order Number: __________ (Include a Copy of Purchase Order)
Please contact IMSA with any questions at cert@IMSAsafety.org or 321.392.0500.
20 Fall 2020IMSA Ontario Trillium Section 21
On-Site Certification
secutive days or, if it makes sense for your opera-
O
nce every year, IMSA
Ontario provides certifi- tion, we can split up the days to run over several
cation opportunities in weeks. We are very flexible; however, the costs for
every Certification Program we the program will vary depending on the number of
offer. Many students usually students per certification program or renewals and
attend our school, but we know for some it is some- who provides the meeting facility and refreshments.
times difficult to secure the budget to send your Your best bet to keep costs down is to provide the
employees. meeting facility and refreshments. Alternately, stu-
For these situations we are offering an alter- dents can provide their own refreshments and
native. lunch. Generally we found that when the numbers
The alternative is what we call On-Site Certificat- of students is in the 10 student range, it can be very
ion. This is where we will come to you and present cost effective.
the specific certifications you require. We have been You could also combine training with other local
doing this for a few years and lately we have suc- municipalities or contractors in your area.
cessfully completed more of these schools. These If you’re interested in pursuing an on-site school
schools can be tailored to your needs and student please contact your IMSA Ontario Trillium Section
numbers. We have presented these in hotel facil- Regional Director listed on page 2 in this newsletter
ities, banquet facilities or in the contractor’s board- for more details.
room — we even did one in the Contractor’s shop
area/garage! We can tailor these courses to run con- Robert Decleir
Newsletter
Article
Submission
Deadlines
2021 Winter Edition
January 15, 2021
2021 Spring Edition
2021 IMSA
April 30, 2021
FORUM & EXPO
2021 Summer Edition
August 1–5, 2021
July 31, 2021
Columbus, Ohio USA
2021 Fall Edition
October 31, 2021
22 Fall 2020Emergency Vehicle Preemption (EVP) Transit Signal Priority (TSP) First-response and transit vehicles get to their destinations quickly and safely with the EMTRAC priority-management system. • Optical and GPS/RF Communication • Adaptive Signal Priority • Minimal Maintenance Required • Set and Forget, or Customize as Needed Scott Sherlock – EMTRAC Canada (416) 818-2859 ssherlock@emtraccanada.ca emtracsystems.com IMSA Ontario Trillium Section 23
Traffic Related Websites
A M
Alpha Technologies — www.alpha.ca/imsa Metallifer — www.metallifer.com
Aluminous Lighting Products — Ministere Des Transports Du Quebec —
www.aluminous.com www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/index_en.html
AMG — www.amgmetals.com Moon-Matz Ltd. — www.moon-matz.com
B N
Beacon Utility Contractors Ltd. — Naztec — www.naztec.com
www.beaconutility.com Novax Industries Corp. — www.novax.com
Black & McDonald — www.blackandmcdonald.com NTCIP — www.ntcip.org
C O
C.I.T.E. — www.cite7.org Ontario Good Roads Association — www.ogra.org
Coordinated Traffic Solutions — Orange Traffic — www.orangetraffic.com
www.coordinatedtraffic.com O.T.C. — www.otc.org
E P
Econolite Control Products — www.econolite.ca Parsons Inc. — www.parsons.com
Electromega — www.electromega.com Peek Traffic — www.peek-traffic.com
Epcor — www.epcor.ca PM Castings Ltd. — www.pmcastings.com
Ewing Traffic & Lighting Products — Polefab Inc. — www.Polefab.com
www.ewinggroup.com
S
F Sentinel Traffic — www.sentineltraffic.com
Fellmore Electrical Contractors Ltd. — Solar Signals — www.solarsignals.com
www.fellmore.com
Fortran Traffic Systems Ltd. — T
www.fortrantraffic.com Tacel Ltd. — www.tacel.ca
3M — www.3m.com
G Traffic Hardware & Design —
GGI — Road & Traffic — www.thegetgoinc.com www.traffichard ware.com
Guild Electric Limited — www.guildelectric.com Tristar Electric Inc. — www.tristarelectric.ca
TM3Inc. — www.TM3inc.com
I
Impulse Technologies — V
www.impulsetechnolgies.com Valmont West Coast Engineering —
IMSA International — www.imsasafety.org www.valmontstructures.ca
IMSA Ontario — www.ontario.imsasafety.org
I.T.E. — www.ite.org W
Intelligent Transportation Systems (SIEMENS) — Weinmann Limited — www.weinmannlimited.ca
www.itssiemens.com WSP Canada — www.wsp.com
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Canada —
www.itscanada.ca
Innovative Traffic Solutions Inc. —
www.its-traffic.com
L
Lanelight — www.lanelight.com
LineTech Design & Mfg. Ltd. —
www.linetechdesign.com
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PM Castings Ltd.
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IMSA Ontario Trillium Section 2526 Fall 2020
Moon-Matz Ltd.
Consulting Engineers Structural
Mechanical
Michael Matz, PMP, LC,
Vice President Electrical
Transportation (Municipal) Transportation
2902 South Sheridan Way, Suite 300
Oakville, Ontario L6J 7L6
Tel: (905) 274-7556 ext. 207 Fax: (905) 274-5382
E-mail: mmatz@moon-matz.com Web: www.moon-matz.com
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