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Canadian ATLANTIC Project

A Partnership to advance ITS research in Canada in concert with international partners

Presentation to

Planning Workshop

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

March 6, 2002

Canadian Objectives

The Canadian ATLANTIC Project will participate in ATLANTIC with European and U.S. partners:- benchmark the results of ITS research from the three regions categorized into 8 working groups

The Canadian ATLANTIC Project will have the additional aim to stimulate an active and self-sustaining ITS R&D community in Canada - this will be fostered through: • an assessment of ITS R&D in Canada, • a workshop convened in Canada to discuss results and identify future ITS R&D needs and priorities • submissions to funding agencies

Phased ApproachPhase 1:

Commitment to create an ATLANTIC node in Canada Nov 2000

Phase 2:Prepare proposal for Canadian ATLANTIC Project and present it to potential funding partners Sept 2001

Recruit experts for Canadian ATLANTIC Project and coordinate with international partners On-going

Phase 3:Implement the Canadian ATLANTIC Project

Will be launched officially when funding is confirmed

Deliverables – Phase 3

An active network of ITS research and development experts in Canada

A workshop to showcase Canadian and international ITS research results convened in Canada

A report of Canadian ITS research accomplishments benchmarked against European and U.S. experience

Submissions to R&D funding agencies for future cooperative ITS research projects

Accomplishments to Date

The Proposal for the Canadian ATLANTIC Project was:

- completed in September 2001- presented to key decision makers - submitted to potential funding partners

Recruitment of leaders/rapporteurs/experts for Canadian “mirror” working groups has begun

Initial work is to identify priority issues for Canada – planning workshop in March 2002

Planning Workshop Objectives

Introduce team members to the project, to each other and to international partners

Confirm participants in their roles

Familiarize participants with related ITS initiatives in Canada

Develop specific objectives and work plans for the Canadian “mirror” working groups

Annex ACanadian ATLANTIC Participants(as of March 6, 2002)

Core Team: Abdulhai, Crainic, Johnson

Sponsor: Transport Canada (Policy Group)

Academic sector: Universities of Toronto, Montreal,British Columbia, Calgary, Saskatchewan,

Carleton

Private sector: PSR Group, EIS, IRD, IBI Group, Delcan,INRO, Harmelink Consulting, Sabounghi & Assoc.

Public sector: Transport Canada (Safety & Security & Transportation Development Centre), MTO, MTQ

(discussions underway with other public & private agencies)

Annex BCanadian ITS Research Priorities

and Mirror Group Leaders/Rapporteurs/Experts (incomplete)

Network Monitoring & Traffic Management & ControlProf Abdulhai, M. Mahut, and experts

Intermodal Freight Info, Pre-clearance & LogisticsProf Crainic, W. Johnson and experts

Telematics-based Traffic & Travel InformationTBD, PSR Group and experts

Electronic Road User Charging & Payment IntegrationMuhammad Mustafa and experts

Intermodal Collective Transport InformationProf. Shalaby and experts

Annex BCanadian ITS Research Prioritiesand Mirror Group Leaders/Rapporteurs/Experts

(incomplete)

ITS User Acceptance & Impact AssessmentProf. Miller, Prof. MacIver and experts

Intelligent Vehicles & Vehicle Highway-SystemsTBD and experts

Human Machine Interface & User Friendly ITSTBD and experts

Annex CBackground

Initial approach was made by European Commission to Transport Canada under the Canada-E.U. Science & Technology Agreement – Canada was requested to participate in the E.U.’s transport thematic networks

European research partnerships followed up by seeking partners in Canada to participate in their submissions under the Fifth Framework for Research

The ATLANTIC European partners established a trans-Atlantic partnership with the two Canadian Universities of Toronto and Montreal

Transport Canada has consistently supported this partnership approach to cooperative research

Annex DCanadian ATLANTIC Project ContactsBaher Abdulhai, DirectorITS Centre and TestbedUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTel.: 416 946-5036 E-mail: baher@ecf.utoronto.ca

Theodor Crainic, DirectorIntelligent Transportation System LaboratoryCentre for Research on TransportationUniversité de Montréal, Montréal (Québec), CanadaTel: 514 343-7143 E-mail: theo@crt.umontreal.ca  

William Johnson, ConsultantTransport Research, Education & Development ServicesOttawa, Ontario, CanadaTel: 613 797-1489 E-mail: johnswf@attglobal.net