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INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Intelligent Transportation Systems are a broad range of diverse technologies
used to make transportation systems safer, more efficient, more reliable and
more environmentally friendly, without necessarily having to physically alter
existing infrastructure. Since 1999, Transport Canada has been promoting them
aggressively and has provided more than $25 million in support of Intelligent
Transportation Systems projects and research in Canada.
Intelligent Transportation Systems encompass new products and information and
communications technologies for the development, operation and management of the
transportation system. They include applications such as advanced systems for
traveller information, traffic management, public transport, commercial vehicle
operations, emergency response management, and vehicle safety. They all have in
common the application of advanced technologies, including information
processing, communications, and sensing and control, which helps put
transportation systems at the core of an innovation revolution.
The Government of Canada’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Plan for
Canada: En Route to Intelligent Mobility (1999) sets out the strategy for
stimulating the development and deployment of Intelligent
Transportation Systems across urban and rural Canada. The goals are to
maximize the use and efficiency of existing infrastructure and meet future
mobility needs more responsibly. The Intelligent Transportation Systems Plan
provides leadership and support to advance the application and compatibility of
Intelligent Transportation Systems technologies and to increase the safety,
integration, efficiency and sustainability of Canada’s transportation system.
Federal funding is provided under the Strategic Highway Infrastructure
Program (SHIP), a $600 million program to improve highway infrastructure across
Canada. SHIP has two components, a $500 million
highway construction component and a $100 million national system integration
component of which $30 million is designated to fund ITS initiatives.
For further information, please visit the Intelligent Transportation Systems
website at www.its-sti.gc.ca.
July 2006
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