SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
- Road User Safety
- Pedestrian Safety
- Assessment of Roadway Design, Signage and Maintenance
- Winter Maintenance and Minimum Maintenance Standards
- Roadside Safety
- Human Factors and Positive Guidance
- At-Grade Rail Crossings
- Safety Training
- Transportation Engineering and Peer Reviews
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Master of Applied Science in Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, 1996
Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba, 1993
Additional Courses
- Snow School, 3 Day-Course, Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA), 2009
- Traffic Signal Operations Specialist, Ontario Good Roads Association and Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2006
- Traffic Protection and Control Planning, Construction Safety Association of Ontario, May 2006
- Roundabout Design Workshop, November 2006
- Road Safety Audit Seminar, April 2000
EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND
Giffin Koerth Inc.
Transportation Safety Engineer
2008 – Present, Toronto, ON
- Lead investigator for transportation facility design, operations and maintenance files for public, legal and insurance sector clients
- Transportation safety training
- Transportation safety and traffic engineering peer review services
IBI Group
Associate and Senior Transportation Engineer
2001 – 2008, Toronto, ON
Project Manager and Lead Investigator for road safety and rail safety practice
Carried out in-service safety reviews for hundreds of road sections, intersections and accesses
Traffic engineering and transportation planning guideline and policy development
Training for road user safety, in-service safety review, traffic control device, site planning and transportation impact.
Transportation Development Centre rail safety projects including: Second Train Warning At-Grade Crossings, Safety at Private Crossings and Rail Trespassing Occurrences and Countermeasure Development
Synectics Transportation Consultants
Project Engineer – Road User Safety
1999 – 2001, St. Catharine’s, ON
Project Manager and Lead Investigator for road safety reviews
Policy development
City of Vaughan
Traffic Engineer
1998 – 1999, Vaughan, ON
Managed the transportation planning, transit planning and transportation engineering
Managed transportation engineering staff and resources
Reviewed design drawings, development submissions and transportation reviews
Guideline and policy development
Managed consultant assignments
Budget development and tracking
Totten Sims Hubicki Associates
Transportation Engineer
1995 – 1998
Transportation Planning
Traffic Engineering
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES / ASSOCIATIONS
- Member, Professional Engineers of Ontario, 1996
- Member, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists, British Columbia, 2009
- Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE), District Director 2010 to present
- ITE Board of Direction, 2010 to present
- Ontario Provincial Standards (OPS) Traffic Safety Committee - CEO Representative, 2011 to present
- Fellow, Institute of Transportation Engineers
- Chair, Transportation Safety Council Executive Committee, ITE, 2008 to 2010
- Vice-Chair, Expert Witness Council, ITE, 2010 to present
- Member, Transportation Safety Council Executive Committee, ITE, 2007 to present
- Member, Traffic Engineering Council, ITE
- Member, Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP)
- Member, Road Safety Committee of Ontario (ROSCO)
- Member, Technical Liaison Committee of CITE
- Member, ITE Nominating Committee - 2010 and 2011
- Member, ITE Ethics Standing Committee - 2010 and 2011
- Past President, ITE Toronto Section Executive
- Past Member, Traffic Engineering Council Executive Committee, ITE
PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- “Highway Safety Manual One-Day Workshop”, Russell Brownlee, Jeff Shaw, Brian Malone and Geni Bahar, ITE Toronto Section, 2011
- “Intersection Safety Course”, Ontario Traffic Council, Two-Day Course, 2010 and 2011
- “Road Authority Risk Management Half Day Workshop”, City of London, 2010, City of Kingston and Region of Durham in 2011
- “Vulnerable Road Users Workshop”, Ontario Good Roads Association, 2011
- “Road Authority Risk Management Webinar”, OMEX 2011
- “Applying the Highway Safety Manual”, OTC Traffic Engineering Workshop, 2011
- “Road User Safety and Forensic Engineering”, ITE Toronto Section Bootcamp, 2011
- “Highway Interchange Human Factors Review”, Matt Colwill, Branko Zivkovic and Russell Brownlee Institute of Transportation Engineers, Canadian District 2011 Annual Meeting
- “Practical Urban Maintenance: Case Studies in Road Maintenance and Forensic Investigations”, Ontario Good Roads Association, 2011
- “Canadian Road Safety Initiatives Roundtable”, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Canadian District 2011 Annual Meeting
- “Road Safety Self-Assessment: Project Status”, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Canadian District 2011 Annual Meeting
- “Municipal Liability Forum”, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Canadian District 2011 Annual Meeting
- “Highway Safety Manual: Will you use your new safety powers for good or evil?”, Institute of Transportation Engineers Conferences in Florida and Halifax, 2011
- “Working with Experts”, The Advocates’ Society, 2011
- “Intersection Safety Course”, Ontario Traffic Council, Two-Day Course, 2010
- “Road Authority Risk Management Half Day Workshop”, City of London, 2010 and City of Kingston, 2011
- Forensic Specialization and Road Safety”, McCague Borlack Transportation Seminar, 2010
- “Working with Experts”, The Advocates’ Society, 2010
- "York Region Fatal Investigation Process Review" workshop, Regional Municipality of York, 2009
- “In-Service Pedestrian Safety Review Workshop”, Institute of Transportation Engineers, San Antonio Annual Conference, 2009
- “Work Zone Safety Reviews on Freeway Facilities”, Institute of Transportation Engineers, San Antonio Annual Conference, 2009
- “A Series of Safety Case Studies: Safe or Unsafe? What Should Have Been Done”, Institute of Transportation Engineers, San Antonio Annual Conference, 2009
- “Low Cost Treatments for Horizontal Curve Safety” Institute of Transportation Engineers, 2009
- “In-Service Safety Review One Day Workshop”. Regional Municipality of Durham, 2008
- “The New Reality of Forensic Engineer”, Ontario Insurance Adjuster Association (OIAA), 2009
- “In-Service Safety Review Training”, Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, 2009
- “Only Assessing Nominal Safety … Are You Missing the ‘Safety Boat’”, Ontario Traffic Conference Magazine, 2009
- “ITE’s Role in Safety Leadership”, ITE Journal, December 2008, Institute of Transportation Engineers
- “Transportation Engineering Meets CSI: Forensic Engineering of Collisions”, October 2008, CITE Transportation Talk.
- “Introduction to the Road Environment: Safety 101”, Webinar, October 2008 and February 2009, ITE
- “Improving Safety Through Highway Design and Operations”, ITE Journal, July 2008
- “Safety 101 Module 101.6: Road Sections Training Package”, Federal Highways Association (FHWA) and ITE, July 2008
- “Work Zone Safety Reviews: Developing an Implementable Process”, Russell Brownlee and Bert Tarini, CITE 2007, Toronto
- “Traffic Signal Operations Specialist (TSOS) Refresher Course”, Instructor, March 2007
- “Explicit Safety Considerations in Transportation Planning” - 2005 CITE Annual Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
- “Second Train Warning at Grade Crossings: The Canadian Experience.” ITE Annual Conference, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, August 2004.
- “Traffic Control Devices & Warrants.” Ontario Good Roads Association, half-day workshop, February 2006 and March 2007
- “Site Design Guidelines to Promote Sustainable Transportation Modes” – Institute of Transportation Engineers Webinar – November 2007
- “School Site Planning, Design and Transportation”, Russell Brownlee and Mike Cynecki, ITE Journal Article, September 2007
- “School Site Planning, Design and Transportation”, Russell Brownlee and Mike Cynecki, Conference Paper, Pittsburgh, 2007
- “Transportation Impact Study Reviews” – Half-Day Course, Region of York, 2006
- Site Design and Access Management Workshop, Region of York, 2006
- “Transportation Impacts of Land Development.“ Ontario Traffic Conference, June 2003.
- “Assessing the Transportation Impacts of Land Development.” One-day workshop, OTC, September 2003, April 2004 and November 2004.
- “Neighbourhood Traffic Management: Looking Beyond Speed Humps.” 2005 CITE Annual Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
- Qualified as an expert in traffic engineering, design and road safety in the Superior Court of Justice, Ontario.
- Qualified as an expert by the Superior Court of Justice, Ontario in transportation engineering and transportation planning including site design and parking.
- Qualified as an expert witness by the Ontario Municipal Board in transportation planning, transportation engineering and road user safety.
- Qualified as an expert witness in transportation engineering and road user safety for a Hearing of Necessity in the Matter of the Expropriations Act.
- Participated as an expert in a Transportation Safety Board of Canada review of a second train pedestrian-rail fatality in Brockville, Ontario, Railway Investigation Report, R05T0030.
