Under the competitive process, projects are selected for funding through solicitation of proposals from private sector enterprises, not-for-profit organizations, municipalities, public agencies, academia and First Nations. An Applicant’s Guide is published for each call for proposals; setting out the criteria proposals must meet. Proposals must address the objectives of the ITS Plan, the national ITS architecture and predetermined eligibility criteria. Inter-provincial and international cooperative agreements, partnerships, or other arrangements intended to promote regional and intermodal cooperation, planning, and shared project implementation for ITS technologies are encouraged.

To date, three calls for proposals have been held, with the most recent closing on July 29, 2004. In total, fifty-eight (58) projects have been competitively selected for cost-shared funding. Projects include feasibility, planning and integration studies that assess and guide the deployment of ITS; deployment of ITS systems; systems integration projects to achieve interoperability and compliance with the ITS architecture for Canada; pilot ITS projects involving intergovernmental and private sector cooperation; and ITS projects of national scope or that promote cross-Canada applications. Links to all projects, by geographic area, are listed below:

• Pacific Region
• Prairie & Northern Region
• Ontario Region
• Quebec Region
• Atlantic Region