Curriculum Vitae Bhagwant Persaud October

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1 Curriculum Vitae Bhagwant Persaud October Bhagwant N. Persaud, Ph.D., P.Eng. DEGREES Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Transportation) University of Toronto, Canada 1986 M.Eng. Civil Engineering (Transportation) University of Toronto, Canada 1981 B.S. Civil Engineering Iowa State University, U.S.A EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Current: Professor (Tenured), Civil Engineering, Ryerson University Current: Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto (since 1993), University of Waterloo (since 1994) : Part-time member, Ontario Automobile Insurance Board : Post-doctoral researcher, Civil Engineering, McMaster University : Research/Teaching Assistant, Civil Engineering, University of Toronto : Highway Engineer, Works, Guyana : Engineer-in-training (highway design and construction), Iowa Department of Transportation HONOURS D. Grant Mickle Award for best 2001 Annual Meeting paper in the areas of Operation, Safety and Maintenance of Transportation facilities, Transportation Research Board. D. Grant Mickle Award for best 2003 Annual Meeting paper in the areas of Operation, Safety and Maintenance of Transportation facilities, Transportation Research Board. D. Grant Mickle Award for best 2008 Annual Meeting paper in the areas of Operation, Safety and Maintenance of Transportation facilities, Transportation Research Board. SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Professional Engineer, (P.Eng.), Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario. Since Transportation Research Board: Current: Co-chair of Committee ANB20 -- Safety Data, Analysis and Evaluation; Member of Committee ABJ80 -- Statistical Methods; Past: Member of ANB25T-- Highway Safety Manual Task Force. Panelist, NCHRP Synthesis Project 20-05/Topic 35-03, Practices in Crash Reporting, Member, Expert Task Group for Project S02: Integration Analysis Methods and Develop Analysis Plan, Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2). Member, Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP). Since Organized and co-chaired the 10 th Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference, Toronto, June Member, Canadian National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices Member, National Task Force on Safety Data and Research Needs, Transport Canada ( ). Member, Road Safety Standing Committee (since 1999), Geometric Design Standing Committee (since 2008), Transportation Association of Canada. Also a member of the Joint Roundabout Subcommittee. Journal Paper Refereeing for Transportation Science: date: 4 papers; Accident Analysis and Prevention: date: 70 papers; Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering: 1994-date: 22 papers; American Society for Civil Engineering: to date: 112 papers; Transportation Research Record: date: 142 papers.

2 Curriculum Vitae Bhagwant Persaud October RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PROJECTS (Principal Investigator for Ryerson projects or portion thereof) Year Source/Type Title Details ($Can Est.) Blackspot Identification and Treatment Evaluation $15,000 (research Transportation, Ontario Safety Expenditures and Achievable Benefits $45,000 (research Transportation, Ontario Roadway Safety: Review the Ontario Experience $25,000 (research Transportation, Ontario and Relevant Work Elsewhere Accident potential models for Ontario road $20,000 (research Transportation, Ontario sections Use of accident potential models to study the $16,600 (research Transportation, Ontario safety effect of Highway 401 FTMS NSERC Optimization of traffic control strategies $56,900 (grant) Insurance Institute for Study of the safety effect of traffic signal removal $70,000 (research Highway Safety in Philadelphia NSERC Optimization of Traffic Control Strategies. $60,000 (grant) NSERC Development and Refinement of Safety $64,000 (grant) Management Tools and Knowledge Bases Insurance Institute for Development of Guidelines for the Identification of $27,000 (research Highway Safety Hazardous Highway Curves Bellomo McGee (for NCHRP) Data collection for NCHRP 17-16: Accident Warrant for Traffic Signals $23,000 (research 1999 Use of the Probability of Breakdown Concept to $40,000 (research Transportation, Ontario Devise Ramp Metering Strategies for the QEW Insurance Institute for Roundabout Safety in the U.S. $47,000 (research Highway Safety US Federal Highway Validation of Accident Prediction Models for $125,000 (research Administration (FHWA) Intersections US Federal Highway Comprehensive Highway Safety Improvement $170,000+ Administration (FHWA) Model (SafetyAnalyst) (research Network Center of Multidisciplinary collision investigation to facilitate $40,000 (grant) Excellence (Auto 21)) effective countermeasures Transport Canada Causes of Motor Vehicle Collisions: Phase 1 $74,000 ( NSERC Decision making tools for engineering road safety $95,000 (grant) US Transportation Crash reduction factors for traffic engineering and $150,000 (research Research Board ITS countermeasures Safety performance assessment of ramps and $28,000 (HIIFP Transportation Ontario interchanges research grant) Canadian Institutes for Driver fatigue and traffic crashes: biological and $9,000 (grant) Health Research epidemiological aspects for prevention NSERC Methods for estimating crash modification $135,000 (grant) functions for road safety interventions Operational Performance Assessment of Highway $35,000 (HIIFP Transportation Ontario and Freeway Sections research grant) Warrants for Roundabouts -- Ontario $38,000 (HIIFP Transportation Ontario Research Grant) Transport Canada National Warrants for Roundabouts $25,000 (Grant) Application of the Highway Safety Manual and $35,000 (Grant) Transportation Ontario Safety Analyst to Ontario Transport Canada Adoption of Highway Safety Manual Methods for $20,000 (Grant) Safety Assessment of Canadian Roads Safety Performance Functions to Apply Safety $60,000 (Grant) Transportation Ontario and Transport Canada Analyst Methodologies for Development and Evaluation of Countermeasures NSERC Development of Methods, Models and Knowledge for Advancing the Science of Safety Estimation $140,000 (Grant) Development of Collision Modification Factors for Transportation Ontario Use on Provincial Highways in Ontario $36,625 (Grant)

3 Curriculum Vitae Bhagwant Persaud October PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS [A] Refereed Journal Papers (Published or Awaiting Publication) (Past 10 years) Saleem T., Persaud B., Shalaby A. and A. Ariza. Can Microsimulation be used to Estimate Intersection Safety? Case Studies using VISSIM and Paramics. Accepted (March 2014) for Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Chen Y. and B. Persaud. Methodology to develop crash modification functions for road safety treatments with fully specified and hierarchical models. Accident Analysis and Prevention 70, pp , Shahdah U., Saccomanno F. and B. Persaud. Integrated Traffic Conflict Model for Estimating Crash Modification Factors. Accident Analysis and Prevention 71, pp , Persaud B., Lyon, C., Bagdade J. and A. Ceifetz, Evaluation of the safety performance of passing relief lanes. Transportation Research Record 2348, Journal of the Transportation Research Board, pp , Kondyli A., Elefteriadou, L., Brilon W., Hall F., Persaud B. and S. Washburn. Development and evaluation of methods for constructing breakdown probability models. A.S.C.E. Journal of Transportation Engineering 139(9), , Chen Y., Persaud B., Saachi E. and M. Bassani. Investigation of models to relate roundabout safety to predicted speed. Accident Analysis and Prevention No 50, pp , Gross F., Lyon C., Persaud B. and R. Srinivasan. Safety Effectiveness of Converting Signalized Intersections to Roundabouts. Accident Analysis and Prevention 50, pp , Chen Y., Persaud B., and E. Sacchi. Improving transferability of safety performance functions by Bayesian model averaging. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2280, pp , Sacchi E., Persaud B. and M. Bassani. Assessing international transferability of the Highway Safety Manual crash prediction algorithm and its components. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2279, pp , Shahdah U., Saccomanno F. and B. Persaud. Integrating Observational and Traffic Simulation Models For Priority Ranking of Unsafe Intersections. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2280, pp , Persaud B., Gross F. and R Srinivasan. Evaluation of two treatments for reducing crashes related to traffic signal change intervals. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2298, 38-45, Lan B. and B. Persaud. Evaluation of Multivariate Poisson Log Normal Fully Bayesian Methods for Before-After Road Safety Evaluations". Journal of Transportation Safety & Security 4:3, pp , Srinivasan R., Persaud B., Eccles K., Carter D., and J. Baek. Safety Evaluation of Improved Curve Delineation. Volume 3 (issue 1), Journal of Transportation of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Montella A., Persaud B., D Apuzzo M. and L. Imbriani. Safety Evaluation of an Automated Section Speed Enforcement System. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board No 2281, pp , Srinivasan R., Lyon C., Persaud B., Baek J., Gross F., Smith S. and C. Sundstrom. Crash modification factors for changing left turn phasing. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board No 2279, pp , Turner S., Persaud B., Lyon C., Bassani M. and E. Sacchi. International crash experience comparisons using prediction models. Road & Transport Research Journal, Australian Road Research Board 20, pp.16-27, Sacchi, E. Bassani, M. and Persaud, B. Comparison of Safety Performance Models for Urban Roundabouts in Italy and Other Countries. Transportation Research Record: 2365, pp Lan, B. and Persaud, B. Investigation and Evaluation of Ranking Criteria for Hot-Spot Identification. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board No.2237, Vol. 2. pp

4 Curriculum Vitae Bhagwant Persaud October Persaud B., Lyon C., Gross F., and K. Eccles. Safety Evaluation of Offset Improvements for Left-Turn Lanes. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2171, pp.44-51, Torbic D., Hutton J., Bokenkroger C., Bauer K., Donnell E., Persaud B. and C. Lyon. Further Guidance on the Design and Application of Rumble Strips. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2149, pp , 2010 Hadayeghi A., Shalaby A., and B. Persaud. Development of Planning Level Transportation Safety Models Using Full Bayesian Semiparametric Additive Techniques. Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, , Volume 2, Issue 1, 01 March 2010, Pages Hadayeghi, A., Shalaby, A., Persaud, B., Development of Planning-Level Transportation Safety Tools Using Geographically Weighted Poisson Regression. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 42, March 2010, Pages Persaud B., Lan B., Lyon C. and R. Bhim. Comparison of empirical Bayes and full Bayes approaches for before-after road safety evaluations. Accident Analysis and Prevention, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2010, pp Cafiso S., Di Silvestro G., Persaud B. and M. Begum. Revisiting the variability of the dispersion parameter of safety performance functions using data for two-lane rural roads. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2148, 2010, pp Cafiso S., Grazianoa, A., Silvestro G. La Cava G., and B. Persaud, Development of comprehensive accident models for two-lane rural highways using exposure, geometry, consistency and context variables. Accident Analysis & Prevention Volume 42, Issue 4, July 2010, Pages Lan, B., Persaud B., Lyon C. and R. Bhim. "Validation of a Full Bayes Methodology for Observational Before-After Road Safety Studies and Application to Evaluation of Rural Signal Conversions". Accident Analysis & Prevention, Volume 41, Issue 3, May 2009, Pages Shahla F., Shalaby, A., Persaud B, and A. Hadayeghi, Analysis of transit safety at signalized intersections. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2102, pp , Washington, S, Lord, D., Persaud, B. Use of Expert Panels in Highway Safety: Critique. Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2001, pp , Lyon C. and B. Persaud. "Safety Effects of a Targeted Skid Resistance Improvement Program". Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2068, pp , Lyon, C., Persaud, B., Lefler, N., Carter, D. and K. Eccles. Safety Evaluation of Installing Center Two-Way Left-Turn Lanes on Two-Lane Roads. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2075, pp , Srinivasan R. Carter D., Persaud B., Eccles K., Lyon C. Evaluation of the Safety Effectiveness of Selected Treatments at Urban Signalized Intersections". Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2056, pp , Cheung C., Shalaby A., Persaud B., and A. Hadayehghi. Models for Safety Analysis of Road Surface Transit". Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2063, pp , Lyon C., B. Gotts, F. Wong, Persaud B. and T. Chiu. Comparison of alternate methods for identifying sites with a high propensity for specific accident types. Transportation Research Record 2019, pp , Hadayeghi A., Shalaby A. and B. Persaud. Safety prediction models: A proactive tool for safety evaluation in urban transportation planning applications. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2019, pp , Persaud B. and C. Lyon. Empirical Bayes Before-After Safety Studies: Lessons Learned From Two Decades of Experience and Future Directions. Accident Analysis and Prevention, Volume 39, Issue 3, pp, , Hadeyeghi A., Shalaby A., Persaud B. and C. Cheung. Temporal transferability and updating of zonal level accident prediction models. Accident Analysis and Prevention, Volume 38, Issue 3, pp , 2006.

5 Curriculum Vitae Bhagwant Persaud October Jagannathan R., Gimbel M., Bared J., Hughes W., Persaud B. and C. Lyon. Safety Comparison of New Jersey Jughandle Intersections and Conventional Intersections. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1953, pp , Zaloshnja, E., Miller, T.R., Council, F., and B. Persaud. Crash costs in the United States by crash geometry. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 38(4), , Persaud B., Council F., Lyon C., Eccles K. and M. Griffith. Multi-jurisdictional safety evaluation of red light cameras. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1922, pp , Lyon C., Persaud B., Haq A. and S. Kodama, "Development of safety performance functions for signalized intersections in a large urban area and application to evaluation of left turn priority treatment". Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1908, pp , Council F., Persaud B., Lyon C. Eccles K. Griffith M., Zaloshnja E., and T. Miller. Guidance for implementing red light camera programs based on an economic analysis of safety benefits. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1922, pp , Smiley A., Persaud B., Bahar G., Lyon C. and T. Smahlel. Traffic safety evaluation of video advertising signs. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1937, pp , Persaud B., Retting R. and C. Lyon. Crash reductions following installation of centre-line rumble strips. Accident Analysis and Prevention 36, pp Persaud B., Bahar G., Mollett C. and C. Lyon. Safety evaluation of permanent raised snowplowable pavement markers. Transportation Research Record 1897, pp , Lord D. and B. Persaud. "Estimating the safety performance of urban road transportation networks". Accident Analysis and Prevention 36, pp , Persaud B., McGee H., Lyon C. and D. Lord. Development of a procedure for estimating the expected safety effects of a contemplated traffic signal installation Transportation Research Record 1840, pp , [B] Papers submitted Persaud B., Lyon C., Eccles K. and J. Soika. Safety Evaluation Of Centerline Plus Shoulder Rumble Strips. Accepted (October 2014) for presentation at the 2015 Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board. Under consideration for publication in Transportation Research Record. [C] Conference Papers (Peer reviewed) (Past 10 years) Lyon C., Persaud B. and D. Merritt. Large Scale Safety Evaluation of Low Cost Treatments that Improve Pavement Friction. To appear in the 2015 Annual Meeting Compendium, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC. Saulino G., Persaud B. and M. Bassani. Calibration And Application Of Crash Prediction Models For Safety Assessment Of Roundabouts Based On Simulated Conflicts. To appear in the 2015 Annual Meeting Compendium, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC. Lorion A. and B. Persaud. To appear in the 2015 Annual Meeting Compendium, Transportation Research Board, Washington DC. Cafiso S., D Agostino C. and B. Persaud. Investigating the influence on safety of retrofitting Italian motorways with barriers meeting a new EU standard Annual Meeting Compendium, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C. Lyon C., Persaud B. and A. Smiley. Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Driver Improvement Programs in Reducing Future Crashes Annual Meeting Compendium, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C. Shahdah U., Saccomanno F. and B. Persaud. Developing a Crash-Conflict Model for Safety Performance Analysis and Estimation of Crash Modification Factors for Urban Signalized Intersections Annual Meeting Compendium, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.

6 Curriculum Vitae Bhagwant Persaud October Shahdah U, F. Saccomanno and B. Persaud. Linking Observed Crashes and Simulated Traffic Conflicts in Safety Analysis. International Conference Road Safety and Simulation RSS October 2013 Rome, Italy. Persaud B., T. Saleem, S. Faisal, C. Lyon, Y. Chen and A. Sabbaghi. Adoption of Highway Safety Manual Predictive Methodologies for Canadian Highways. To appear in Proceedings (CDROM), Transportation Association Of Canada Annual Conference, New Brunswick, October Gross F., Lyon C. and B. Persaud. Safety Evaluation of Access Management Policies and Techniques Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board. Chen, Y., Persaud, B. and C. Lyon. Effect of Speed on Roundabout Safety Performance: Implications for Use of Speed as Surrogate Measure Annual Meeting Transportation Research Board. Elefteriadou, L., Kondyli, A., Brilon, Hall, F., Persaud, B., Washburn, S. Ramp Metering Enhancements for Postponing Freeway-Flow Breakdown Annual Meeting Transportation Research Board. James B, Chen Y. and B. Persaud. Assessment of the Crash Modification Factors in the Highway Safety Manual for use in Canada. Proceedings (CDROM), Transportation Association Of Canada Annual Conference, Halifax, Persaud B., Eccles K. and R. Amjadi. Recent research on Safety Evaluation of Low-Cost Engineering Safety Countrermeasures Lessons for Canada. Proceedings (CDROM), Transportation Association Of Canada Annual Conference, Halifax, September Persaud B., Lyon C., Gross F., and K. Eccles. Safety Evaluation of Offset Improvements for Left-Turn Lanes. International Geometric Design Symposium, Valencia, Spain, June Srinivasan R., Persaud B., Eccles K., Carter D., and J. Baek. Safety Evaluation of Improved Curve Delineation. Presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting Transportation Research Board. Parajuli B., Persaud B., Lyon C. and Munro J. "Safety Performance Assessment of Freeway Interchanges, Ramps and Ramp Terminals". Proceedings, Transportation Association of Canada Annual Conference, PEI Persaud B., and C. Lyon. Validity of results from empirical Bayes observational before-after studies. Proceedings, Traffic Safety on Four Continents Conference, Warsaw, Poland, October, Chipman M., Lebovic G., Persaud B., Bhim R., Gou M., and J. Dufort. Vehicle size and risk of side-impact collisions: a case-control study in Toronto and Montreal. Traffic Safety on Four Continents Conference, Warsaw, Poland, [D] Significant Technical Reports (since 2000) Smiley A., Persaud B. and 6 others. Review of Driver Sanction and Remediation Programs. Final report for the Ministry of Transportation, Ontario, Road Safety Program Office, July Persaud B., Saleem, T., Chen Y. and C. Lyon. Safety Performance Functions for Estimating the Safety Benefits of Proposed or Implemented Countermeasures. Report for Transport Canada and Transportation, Ontario. Ryerson University, April Persaud B., Sabbagi A., Chen Y. and C. Lyon. Adoption of Highway Safety Manual and SafetyAnalyst Methodologies for Operational Performance Assessment of Ontario Highways. Report for Transport Canada and Transportation, Ontario. Ryerson University, August Srinivasan R., Persaud B. and 9 others. Evaluation of Safety Strategies at Signalized Intersections. National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 705, Transportation Research Board, Persaud B., Lyon C., Faisal S. and Y. Chen. Adoption of Highway Safety Manual Methodology For Safety Assessment of Canadian Roads. Transport Canada/MTO Report. Ryerson University, Bahar G., Persaud B. and Lyon C. Guidelines for the Network Screening of Collision-Prone Locations. Transportation Association of Canada (CDROM) 2010.

7 Curriculum Vitae Bhagwant Persaud October Gross F., Persaud B., and C. Lyon. A Guide to Developing Quality Crash Modification Factors. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration Report. FHWA-SA , Srinivasan R., Lyon C., Persaud B., Martell C. and J. Baek. Methods For Identifying High Collision Concentration Locations (HCCL) For Potential Safety Improvements Phase II: Evaluation Of Alternative Methods For Identifying HCCL. Final Report for California Department of Transportation, December Persaud B. and others. Tools for Estimating the Safety and Operational Impacts of Roundabouts. Report for Transport Canada and Transportation, Ontario. Ryerson University, Persaud B. in association with others: Roundabouts: An Informational Guide, Second Edition. National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 672, Transportation Research Board, Persaud B. and others. Operational Performance Assessment of Highway and Freeway Sections. Report for Ministry of Transportation, Ontario. Ryerson University, Harkey, D., Srinivasan, R., Baek, J., Council, F., Eccles, K., Lefler, N., Gross, F., Persaud, B., Lyon, C., Hauer, E., Bonneson, J. Accident Modification Factors for Traffic Engineering and ITS Improvements. National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 617, Transportation Research Board, Lord, D.; Geedipally, S. R; Persaud, B. and 5 others. Methodology to Predict the Safety Performance of Rural Multilane Highways. National Cooperative Highway Research Program Web Document No. 126, Persaud B. in association with others: Safety evaluation of low cost treatments: stop ahead pavement markings; flashing beacons; increased retroreflectivity stop signs, offset left turn lanes, curve delineation and two-way left turn lanes. Six reports for the Federal Highway Administration, Persaud B. in association with others: Application of Roundabouts in the United States. National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 572, Transportation Research Board, Council F., Persaud B., Eccles K., Lyon C. and M. Griffith. Safety Evaluation of Red Light Cameras. Federal Highway Administration Report FHWA-HRT ; HS Parajuli B., Lyon C. and Persaud B. "Operational Performance Assessment of Freeway Interchanges, Ramps, and Ramp Terminals". Final report, HIIFP, Transportation, Ontario, November Persaud B., Chipman M., Hale I, Smiley A. and K. Sennah. Study of the Causes of Motor Vehicle Collisions Phase 1. Final Report for Transport Canada. October Washington S., Persaud B., Lyon C., and Oh J. Validation of Accident Models for Intersections. Federal Highway Administration FHWA-RD , Bahar G. Persaud B., Lyon C., Smiley A., Smahel T. and H. Mc Gee. Safety evaluation of permanent raised pavement markers. National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 518, Transportation Research Board, Bahar G., Masliah M, Mollett C. and B. Persaud. Integrated Safety Management Process. National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 501, Transportation Research Board, McGee H, Persaud B. and S. Taori. Crash Experience Warrant for Traffic Signals. National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 491, Transportation Research Board, Persaud B.N. Statistical Methods in Highway Safety Analysis. National Cooperative Highway Research Program Synthesis 294, Transportation Research Board, 2001.