Freeway Management System - COMPASS is a traffic management system used by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation on highways in the Greater Toronto Area and parts of southern Ontario. The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO is an Ontario government ministry responsible for Transport Infrastructure and Law The Greater Toronto Area (locally abbreviated as the GTA) is the most populous Metropolitan area in Canada. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec The system was developed by Delcan Corporation of Toronto. Delcan Corporation is a system and infrastructure company based in Markham Ontario. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario
Began as a 16-kilometre section between Martin Grove Road and Yonge Street, the current system is used to monitor traffic on the:
- Highway 400 in Toronto and York Region - Langstaff Road in Vaughan to Highway 401 in Toronto
- Highway 401 from Highway 410 in Mississauga to Harwood Road in Ajax
- Highway 427 from Highway 401 to Bloor Street in Toronto
- Highway 403 - Highway 401/410 to Hurontario Street in Mississauga
- Highway 404 from Sheppard Avenue to Highway 401 in Toronto
- Highway 405 from the QEW to Lewiston-Queenston Bridge in Niagara Falls
- Highway 410 - Courtney Park Road to Highway 401/Highway 403 in Mississauga
- Highway 417 from Highway 416 to Highway 174 in Ottawa
- QEW from Highway 427 in Toronto to Burlington Street in Burlington
- QEW from Ontario Street in St. Catharines to Mountain Road in Niagara Falls
- QEW from Bowen Road to Thompson Road in Fort Erie. The King's Highway 400, more commonly known as Highway 400 or the 400, is a key north-south 400-Series Highway in the Canadian province of Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Mississauga (ˌmɪsɪˈsɑgə) incorporated in 1974 is a City located in the Regional Municipality of Peel Ajax ( 2008 population 93104 is a town located in the Golden Horseshoe of south central Ontario, Canada. Highway 403 is a 400-Series Highway in Ontario, Canada that extends 126 km (78 Highway 404 is a 400-Series Highway in Ontario, Canada. It runs from the junction of Highway 401 and the Don Valley Parkway in Highway 405 is a short 400-series highway in Ontario, Canada that connects the Queen Elizabeth Way to the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge The Lewiston-Queenston Bridge is an Arch bridge that crosses the Niagara River gorge just south of the Niagara Escarpment. Niagara Falls is a Canadian City of 82184 residents Geography and Climate Niagara Falls Ontario Highway 410 is a 400-Series highway in Ontario, Canada that connects Highways 401 and 403 with Toronto 's western suburbs Highway 417 is a 400-series highway in Ontario. It is the backbone of the transportation system in the Ottawa region where it is known as the Queensway Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. The Queen Elizabeth Way (commonly referred to as the QEW, Q, QE, or Queen-E) is a vital 400-Series Freeway in Ontario The King's Highway 427 is a 400-Series Highway in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, that runs from immediately south of the Queen Burlington ( 2006 population 164415 is a city located at the western end of Lake Ontario The Queen Elizabeth Way (commonly referred to as the QEW, Q, QE, or Queen-E) is a vital 400-Series Freeway in Ontario The Queen Elizabeth Way (commonly referred to as the QEW, Q, QE, or Queen-E) is a vital 400-Series Freeway in Ontario Fort Erie (2006 population 29925 is a Town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.
- Highway 58 from Pine Street to Davis Road (Thorold Tunnel and its approaches) in Thorold, the only non-400-Series Highway monitored
COMPASS is linked to the Toronto's RESCU management system. Highway 58 is a provincially maintained highway in the Niagara Region in Ontario, Canada. The Thorold Tunnel, located in Thorold, Ontario, Canada, is an underwater tunnel carrying Highway 58 underneath the Welland Canal Thorold (2006 population 18244 is a City in Ontario, Canada, located on the Niagara Escarpment The 400-series highways are a network of controlled-access Freeways throughout the southern portion of the province of Ontario, Canada, forming a special Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario The Road Emergency Services Communications Unit (RESCU is a traffic management system used by the City of Toronto on city managed highways
The system consist of:
- Traffic Operations Centre (TOC)
- Central Computer System
- Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
- Vehicle Detector Stations (VDS)
- Changeable Message Signs (CMS)
- Ramp Metering Stations (RMS)
- Field Provisions (ducts, cabinets, footings, power, etc. )
- Communications Subsystems:
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- Fibre-Optic
- Coaxial
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