REVISED COUNTRY-WIDE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM GUIDELINES LAUNCHED IN CANADA

BY LEAH GERMAIN, IN EDMONTON EXPERTS, industry and provincial and municipal governments met this month [June] to discuss progress and improvements to a set of detailed guidelines for planning, defining, and integrating intelligent transportation systems specifically for Canada's needs. 'The ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems Architecture for Canada 2.0' is the country's second such set of detailed guidance. The first guideline launched in 1999 by federal government ministry Transport Canada was modelled on a pre-existing set of American guidance, with some ...


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