Task Force on VWD Policy
Meeting
Presentations
Agenda 3a National Update
(John Pearson)
Agenda 4 Canada/US Regulatory
Cooperation Council Update (Michel Leclerc, Transport Canada)
Agenda 5a New Generation Wide Base
Single Tires on Canadian Highways (Kamal Adhikari,
Michelin North America)
Agenda 5b 6x2 Forward Liftable Tandem (David McCleave,
Hendrickson)
Agenda 5c Overview of Volvo/Mack Technology
6x2 Tractors (Tim Lafon, Volvo)
Agenda 5e Summary of
Results from Recent TC Studies on HDV Boat Tails (Marc Belzile,
Transport Canada)
Agenda 5g Natural Gas Trucks
Weights and Dimensions (Charlie Ker, Cummins Westport Inc., Canadian
Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance)
Agenda 5h Transport Canadas ecoTECHNOLOGY for Vehicles Program (Leanna Belluz, Transport Canada)
Agenda 5i Phase II - Heavy Duty
Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations (Julie Deschatelets, Environment Canada)
Agenda 5k Vehicle Weight and
Dimension Developments The Rest of the World (John R. Billing)
Agenda 5l Trailer Tail Update
(Jeff Grossmann, ATDynamics)
Agenda 6a Harmonization of Special Permit
Conditions for Long Combination Vehicles in Western Canada (John Pearson)
Agenda 7 Pilot
Car/Escort Vehicle Driver Training (Heather Murray, Sparrow Piloting
Services)
Agenda 3a National
Update (John Pearson)
Agenda 6a Wide
Base Single Tire Assemblies 2013: A Holistic View (Van Teeple, Michelin Americas Research Company)
Agenda 6c Fuel
Economy Testing of 6x2 Tractors (Yves Provencher,
FPInnovations)
Agenda 6d Forward
Collision Avoidance and Mitigation Systems for Medium/Heavy Commercial Vehicles
(J. Woodrooffe, UMTRI)
Agenda 6e & f Addition
of Extended Length B Train Configurations and Tri-Drive Tractors to the MOU
(Stephen Laskowski and Ron Madill, Canadian Trucking
Alliance)
Agenda 7 Developments
in the Pilot Car/Escort Vehicle Sector (Heather Murray, Sparrow Piloting
Service)
Agenda 8a Transport
Canadas ecoTECHNOLOGY for Vehicles (eTV) Program (Ryan Klomp, Transport Canada)
Agenda 4 Triple 53 Trailer Operations in Saskatchewan
(Andrew Cipywynk, Sask
Highways and Infrastructure)
Agenda 5a - Transportation
Working Group on Energy Efficiency: Smartway Canada
Program (Jennifer Tuthill, Natural Resources
Canada)
Agenda 5b - Transport Canada: ecoTECHNOLOGY for Vehicles Program (eTV) (Ryan Klomp,
Transport Canada)
Agenda
5c - Low
Rolling Resistance Tires Winter Performance (Brad Richard, Transport Canada
and David Chuang, National Research Council)
Agenda
5d - Trailer Tail Update: Full
Sized Boat Tails in the Field (Jeff Grossman, ATDynamics)
Agenda 6b Canada/US Regulatory Cooperation Council (Anika Chassι,
Transport Canada)
Agenda 7 MAP 21 - Truck Size and Weight Provisions Overview (John Nicholas, Federal Highway
Administration and Luke Loy, Federal Motor Carrier safety Administration)
Agenda 8g Supercube Tractor Semitrailer
Configuration
(Andy Ellis, Wal-Mart Canada)
Agenda 8h Roll Coupling Hitches for Heavy Trucks: Improving Safety and
Truck Productivity (Eric Amlin,
Wolf Trailers)
Agenda 9 Developments in the Pilot Car/Escort Vehicle Sector (Heather Murray, Sparrow Piloting
Service)
Agenda 3a National Update (John
Pearson)
Agenda 3b New West Partnership
Agreement Transportation Issues (Andy Cipywnyk, Saskatchewan Highways and
Infrastructure)
Agenda 6 Federal
Highway Administration Truck Size and Weight Program (Luke Loy, US Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration)
Agenda 7a Smartway
Canada: Canadian Version of the US Environmental Protection Agencys Smartway Program (Jennifer Tuthill,
Natural Resources Canada)
Agenda 7c Planned Environmental
and Safety Investigations of Advanced Heavy Duty Vehicle Technologies (Ryan
Klomp, Transport Canada)
Agenda 7d Proposed
Regulations to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New On-Road Heavy-Duty Vehicles
(Stephane Couroux, Environment Canada)
Agenda 8d Weight
Issues for LNG Powered Tractors (Claude Robert and Yves Maurais,
Transport Robert)
Agenda 8e Wide
Single Tire Weight Limits (Yves Maurais,
Transport Robert)
Agenda 9 Roll
Coupling: Improving Transportation Safety and Productivity (Eric Amlin, Wolf Trailer Company)
Agenda 10 - Hub Alert: Wheel End Temperature
Sensing (Andy Malion, Spectra Products)
Agenda 11 - Developments in
the Pilot Car Sector (Heather Murray, Sparrow Piloting Service)
Agenda 3a National Update (John
Pearson)
Agenda 5 14 Metre Inter-city Coaches (Dave Carroll, Motor
Coach Canada)
Agenda 6a Transportation Working Group on
Energy Efficiency (Jennifer Tutthill, Natural Resources Canada)
Agenda 6b Boat Tails
Searching for a Solution (Dan Davis, Transport Canada)
Agenda 6c Fuel
Efficiency Testing at FPInnovations (Jan Michaelsen, FPINnovations)
Agenda 6e Wide
Base Single Tires: Canadian Update (Francois Beauchamps,
Michelin)
Agenda 6f Idle
Reduction Options, Trends and Regulatory Barriers to Mainstream Adoption of
Idle Reduction Technologies (Allen Smith, Climacab)
Agenda 7a Safety Concerns with
Roll-Coupled Trailers (Koell Abell
and Paul Grycko, Premier Manufacturing)
Agenda 7b Improving
the Safety and Productivity of Truck-Trailer Combinations by means of Roll
Coupling (Eric Amlin, Wolf Trailer Company)
Agenda 7c Perspectives
on Vehicle Stability and Safety Performance (John Woodrooffe,
UMTRI)
Agenda 14 Introduction
to Transportation Ministry/Industry Task Force cooperative model in Alberta
(James Sinnett, FPInnovations)
Agenda 15 Cargo
Securement Regulations: Amendments to NSC Standard 10 (John Pearson)
Agenda 3a National Update (John
Pearson)
Agenda 4 Council of the Federation
Regulatory Harmonization Initiative (John
Pearson)
Agenda
5a Developments on Roll
Stability Control Systems (Todd Bourque, Haldex Brake Products Inc.)
Agenda 5b Trailer
Technology Developments (Tom Parrott, Meritor Wabco)
Agenda 5c Research
on Roll Coupling of Truck Trailer Combinations (James Sinnett
and Seamus Parker, FPInnovations and Larry Wulff, Wolf Trailers)
Agenda 5d Tractor and Trailer
Lighting Developments (Charlie Taylor, Grote Industries)
Agenda 5e Research on
Safety Implications of Longer Boat Tails (Dan Davis, Transport Canada)
Agenda 6 Implications of
California Air Resources Board Regulations (John Overing,
Michelin)
Agenda 7 Trailer
Wheelbase Limits for Double Drop and Low Bed Trailers (Bob Dolyniuk, Manitoba Trucking Association)
Agenda 3a National Update
(John Pearson)
Agenda 4 Council
of the Federation Regulatory Harmonization Initiative (John Pearson)
Agenda 5 CTA Weights and Dimensions
Initiatives (Geoff Wood,
Canadian Trucking Alliance)
Agenda 5 Boat Tail Law in the United
States (Andrew Smith, ATDynamics)
Agenda 6 Improving
the Dynamic Performance of Truck/Full-Trailers (James Sinnett,
FPInnovations)
Agenda 4 Environmental
Stewardship and Equipment Design (Bob Dolynuik,
Manitoba Trucking Association)
Agenda 5a Wide Single Tires
Research (Ron Madill, Ontario Ministry of Transportation)
Agenda 5b Track Width with Wide
Single Tires (Ralph Beaveridge, Michelin)
Agenda
6a Rear Outswing of a
Semitrailer with a Rear-mounted Device (John Billing)
Agenda 6b - CTA Initiative
Aerodynamic Fairings Boat Tails (Barry Montague and Geoff Wood, Canadian
Trucking Alliance)
Agenda 8 Alternative Truck
Configurations (Jan Michaelsen, Forest
Engineering Research Institute)
Agenda 9 Atlantic
Provinces Oversize Special Permit Conditions Initiative (Don Stonehouse, Nova Scotia Transportation & Public Works)
Agenda 3b Ontario
Weight and Dimension Reforms (Ron Madill, Ontario Ministry of Transportation)
Agenda 4 New
Generation Single Tires (Ralph
Beaveridge, Michelin)
Agenda 5 Harmonization of Length Laws
for Transportation of Saddle Mounted Trucks (Catherine Pawlich,
JHT Holdings)
Agenda 6 Stinger Steer Truck
Trailer Combinations (Eddy Tschirhart, Canadian
Transportation Equipment Association)
Attachment 3 Reevaluation
of Load Restrictions in Spring Thaw Period in Quebec (Gervais Corbin, Transports Quebec)
Attachment 4 Evaluation of
Spring Load Restrictions Effects on Pavements in Quebec (Denis St. Laurent, Transports Quebec)
Attachment 5 Ontario Vehicle
Weight and Dimensions Reforms Phase 3 (Ron Madill, Ontario Ministry of Transportation)
Attachment
6 Effective Rear Overhang
on Trailer - Stinger Steer Configuration (Francois Janelle, Transports
Quebec)
Attachment 8 Type of
Tires and Impact on Pavements (Fritz Prophete,
Transports Quebec)
Attachment 10 Tridem
Drive Tractors: Research and Operational Experience (Eric Amlin, Forest Engineering Research Institute)
Attachment 12 North
American Cargo Securement Standard (John Pearson)