WELCOME TO WELLAR CONSULTING


Barry Wellar retired as Professor of Geography, University of Ottawa, on June 30, 2005. Wellar Consulting Inc. was launched on October 1, 2005. The links presented below provide access to information on why agencies, firms, organizations and individuals may wish to engage Wellar Consulting to undertake projects involving:

• Alternative Transportation Strategies
• Pedestrians' Safety Programs and Expert Witness Evidence
• Walking Security Index Design, Testing, and Implementation
• Geographic Information System Applications
• Geographic Information System Software Evaluation
• Geographic Information System Science Methods and Techniques
• Performance Measurement Techniques for Public Sector Applications
• Indicator and Index Design and Applications
• Quantitative Evaluation of Urban and Regional Development Policies and Plans
• Sustainability Assessment Techniques and Applications
• Urban Impact Assessment Techniques and Applications
• Research Methods and Techniques for Spatial Analysis

RECENTLY COMPLETED PUBLIC DOMAIN PROJECT

Methodologies for Identifying and Ranking Sustainable Transport Practices in Urban Regions

• Transport Canada Project Synopsis Report
  • Methodologies for Identifying and Ranking Sustainable Transport Practices in Urban Regions: Project Synopsis
• Transport Canada Project Interim Report 1
  • Groups and Individuals Contacted about the Sustainable Transport Methodologies Project
• Transport Canada Project Interim Report 2
  • Background Comment on Methodologies, Methods, and Techniques to Support Decisions to Identify, Adopt, or Implement Sustainable Urban Transport Practices
• Transport Canada Project Interim Report 3
  • Survey of Municipal Governments about Methodologies, Methods, and Techniques Used to Make Sustainable Transport Decisions
• Transport Canada Project Interim Report 4
  • Results of Search for Prior Studies on Methodologies, Methods, and Techniques for Identifying and Ranking Sustainable Transport Practices in Urban Regions
• Transport Canada Project Interim Report 5
  • Limitations to the Literature on Methodologies for Identifying and Ranking Sustainable Transport Practices in Urban Regions
• Transport Canada Project Interim Report 6
  • Municipal Government Responses to the Survey on Methodologies, Methods, and Techniques that Are Used to Make Decisions About Sustainable Transport Practices
• Transport Canada Project Research Report 1
  • Methods and Techniques that Could be Used in Making Decisions about Identifying, Adopting, or Implementing Sustainable Transport Practices
• Transport Canada Project Research Report 2
  • Preliminary Report, Commentaries on Methods and Techniques that Could be Used in Making Decisions about Identifying, Adopting, or Implementing Sustainable Transport Practices
• Transport Canada Project Research Report 3
  • Sampler of Commentaries on Methods and Techniques that Could be Used in Making Decisions about Identifying, Adopting, or Implementing Sustainable Transport Practices
• Transport Canada Project Final Report
  • Results of an Inquiry into the Methodologies, Methods, and Techniques Used to Make Decisions About Sustainable Transport Practices

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Enriching Sustainable Transport Decisions: Inputs from Operations Research and the Management Sciences: CORS-INFORMS 2009
• OR and MS Inputs to Decisions About Sustainable Transport Practices (PowerPoint presentation for CORS-INFORMS 2009 Paper)
• Tips on Testifying as an Expert Witness
• Adapting Walking Security Index Concepts and Procedures to Serve and Promote the Mobility of Children
• Core Information Challenges and Opportunities, 2010-2020: Building on Strengths. Keynote Address, URISA 2009. PowerPoint slides.
• Core Information Challenges and Opportunities, 2010-2020: Building on Strengths. Keynote Address, URISA 2009. Comments on PowerPoint slides.

SELECTED PUBLIC INTEREST GROUP PRESENTATIONS

Public interest group publications by B. Wellar are posted on various websites, including those hosted by academic, commercial, community association, and professional organizations. The links provided below provide connections to a number of these publications, as well as to other B. Wellar documents.

• 'Be Careful What You Wish For': Sound Advice, or a Scare Tactic to Save the Ontario Municipal Board from Termination?
• Further Analysis of HOV Lane and Sustainable Transport Failures in Ontario: Ottawa Case Study
• Measures To Mitigate Intersections That Are Conflict Zones For Pedestrians. Panel Presentation.
• Measures To Mitigate Intersections That Are Conflict Zones For Pedestrians. Background Guide.
• Careless Driving and Public Safety: Curtail the Pandemic by Raising the Bar
• Application of Walking Security Index Research to Standard of Care Situations and Analysis
• 'GIS and GeoSkills: New Ways to Achieve New Evidence for Better Decisions'
• Comments on 'GIS and GeoSkills: New Ways to Achieve New Evidence for Better Decisions'
• The Bottom Line in Tran$it Financing 101: They're All Taxpayer Dollar$
• Questions, Questions, and More Questions About Ottawa's LRT Plan, 2009 Edition
• Analysis of Responses to Questions, Questions, and More Questions About Ottawa's LRT Plan, 2009 Edition

GEOGRAPHY AWARENESS WEEK AND GIS DAY

• Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day 2006: Geography and Geographic Information Systems (GIS): New Realities of Canada as An Emerging Information Society (PPT)
• Geography Awareness Week 2008 and GIS Day 2008: Canada at the Leading Edge of Innovation (PPT)
• Geography Awareness Week 2008 and GIS Day 2008: Canada at the Leading Edge of Innovation (PDF)

TRANSPORTATION DAY ITEMS

• 1. Applied Geographic Research, AAG 2007
• 2. Ottawa's Transport Mess
• 3. Transport and Climate Change
• 4. High Occupancy Vehicle Standards
• 5. Geography and Sustainable Transport in Canada
• 6. Catalysts for New Transport Measures
• 7. End of Auto Era
• 8. Review of Sustainable Transport Literature - Canada
• 9. Fleming Transportation Lecture
• 10. New Transportation Measures Research
• 11. Walkability Best Practices
• 12. Walkability Workshop

SELECTED MEDIA ITEMS

• Another Proposal for a Sports Stadium? Based on Ottawa's Experience, Cover Your Wallet with Both Hands, and Run! Run!!
• Ottawa is growing up and growing out, with plans to intensify the city's core bringing unintended - and unwanted - consequences
• Roads scholar takes stand for pedestrian safety

OTHER DOCUMENTS

• Curriculum Vitae, Barry Wellar
  
• Publications in Transportation, Barry Wellar
  
• Recognition in Transportation, Barry Wellar
  
• Publications in Geomatics (GIS, GISSc), Barry Wellar
  
• Recognition in Geomatics (GIS, GISSc), Barry Wellar
  
  
  

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