Highway & Road
Highway Maintenance Market Area Review (2011) - Philip Davies led this study for the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure in cooperation with Darryl Anderson of Wave Point Consulting Ltd. Steve Hayto of S5 Services and Aaron Licker HB Lanarc. Mr. Anderson was a Senior Consultant who had a key role economic analysis, comparison of the BC system with other relevant jurisdictions, and gathering information through research and stakeholder interviews. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the structure of the highway maintenance market; identify options for improving efficiency through minimizing costs while maintaining service quality under a private sector delivery model; and maintaining competition in the industry. Completion scheduled for December 2011.
Highway 3 Economic Impact Study (2011) - Philip Davies led this study for the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure in cooperation with Darryl Anderson of Wave Point Consulting Ltd. and Steve Hayto of S5 Services. Mr. Anderson was a Senior Consultant on this project for the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. He played a key role in analysis of the tourism sector, including gathering information, stakeholder communications, developing the structure and preparation of the market analysis. He provided expert advice and analysis related to analysing and assessing the industrial land tourism related passenger related economic opportunities and impacts along the corridor. The study scope included two major components: assessment of current and future economic opportunities within the economic catchment areas of the Highway 3, 3A and 3B corridors; and assessment of the economic impacts of a proposed package of highway corridor investments based on projects proposed by the Mayors and Chairs Coalition. The Highway 3 Corridor traverses the Southern Interior of BC for approximately 840 km between Hope and the Alberta border. The study also includes sections of Highway 3A and 3B for a total length of approximately 1,120 km. Economic opportunities were assessed through development of detailed economic profiles of the communities along the corridor, including a detailed GIS-based analysis of employment by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) categories. Additional analysis was undertaken for major industries, including mining, forest products and tourism. The assessment of economic impacts of proposed highway investments included estimation of direct user benefits, and a scenario analysis based on induced increases in tourism traffic.
Long Combination Vehicle Usage – Freight, Energy, Road Infrastructure, & Safety Outcomes (2004) - John Woodrooffe, Lloyd Ash and Darryl Anderson prepared a paper based on the research results of an Alberta Transportation initiated study of data from the period 1995 to 1998. The paper discusses how the use of Long Combination Vehicles (LCVs), operating under special permit conditions, produce a number of positive economic and safety benefits when compared to semi-trailer trucks. An activity based truck operations and costing model was the research methodology deployed to analyze the freight, energy, and road infrastructure outcomes. Truck safety outcomes were determined by calculating the collision exposure rates based on vehicle distance travelled. The research findings quantitatively demonstrate the extent to which LCV usage in freight transport reduces the truck trips required on the highway system. LCV usage therefore resulted in reduced energy/fuel consumption, less accumulative damage to pavement surfaces. The research findings also reveal that LCVs had the lowest collision exposure rate. In addition, the John Woodrooffe led the same team in preparing the paper ‘The Influence of Policy on Crash Rates of Long Combination Vehicles’ at the 8th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Weights and Dimensions. Paper was short-listed for best paper award.
