511 Readiness in Canada

The objective of this project is to prepare a development plan and deployment standards and guidelines for a national 511-based traveler and weather information system. Access to timely and accurate travel information can help travelers avoid problems such as congestion and accidents and help them choose travel modes appropriate to actual conditions. This in turn promises to increase the overall safety and efficiency of the system and reduce the cost and frustration associated with delays. While a variety of sources of information such as weather and road conditions is already available, no work is being done to coordinate the delivery, content, quality and style of this information and to make sure that the systems can share their data.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Contract Numbers:

  200411RT341E

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Transportation Canada

  Transportation Development Centre
  800 Rene Levesque Boulevard West, Suite 600
  Montreal, Quebec    H3B 1X9
• Performing Organizations:

  Transportation Canada

  Transportation Development Centre
  800 Rene Levesque Boulevard West, Suite 600
  Montreal, Quebec    H3B 1X9
• Principal Investigators:

  Loane, G

• Start Date: 20040000
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20050000
• Source Data: RiP Project 10864

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Research projects; Road weather information systems; Traffic congestion; Traffic control; Traveler information and communication systems; Travelers
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01458640
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Contract Numbers: 200411RT341E
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 12:47PM