Michael Vaudan

Panel Organizers:

• Janis Chow, General Supervisor of Signals & Street Lighting, City of Edmonton
• Yeatland Wong, Director of Smart Mobility, Transnomis Solutions Inc.

Moderators: Yeatland Wong, Transnomis Solutions, and Janis Chow, City of Edmonton

Panelists:

Linda Lee, Senior Engineer, City of Toronto

• Jonathan Hamel-Nunes, Division Manager, Innovation and Travel Management, City of Montreal
• Sharath Mysore Narasimhamurthy, Postdoctoral Associate, University of Calgary
• Michael Vaudan, Sr. Operations Engineer, City of Edmonton
• Peter Short, Sales and Operations Manager, Velociti Innovations

Traffic monitoring has evolved well beyond traditional loop detectors and tube counts. Today, agencies have access to radar and lidar sensors, AI-powered video analytics, connected vehicle data, probe data from navigation apps, and crowdsourced information—each offering different strengths, coverage, and costs.

This panel takes a practical look at emerging traffic monitoring technologies and how Canadian agencies are putting them to work. Panelists from public, academic, and private sectors will discuss the need for traffic monitoring, the challenges, solutions, and real-world deployments, comparing the accuracy, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of different approaches. They’ll explore how agencies integrate multiple data sources to build a more complete picture of network conditions—and the challenges of managing, fusing, and making sense of all that data.

Panel Organizers:

• Roger Browne, Director, Congestion and Network Management, City of Toronto
• Yeatland Wong, Director of Smart Mobility, Transnomis Solutions Inc.

Moderators: Roger Browne, City of Toronto, and Yeatland Wong, Transnomis Solutions

Panelists:

• Mary Ann Bent, Manager, Accessible Navigation & Wayfinding Solutions, CNIB Access Labs
• Sunny Petrujkic, Senior Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives, City of Toronto
• Mara Bullock, Director, Smart Sustainable Mobility, WSP
• Michael Vaudan, Sr. Operations Engineer, City of Edmonton

Across Canada, sidewalk closures, detours, and work zones can quickly turn into barriers for people with disabilities, older adults, and others who rely on clear and accessible information or direction to travel safely.

This panel brings together municipalities, transportation agencies, accessibility advocacy representatives, and technology experts to discuss how they can remove barriers through the use of technology and devices, and what’s still needed in the future to make sidewalks and sidewalk detours accessible to support safer, more independent travel for all. We’ll explore challenges, policies, and solutions.