COMPASS Signs Keeping Hwys Safe for 20yrs
Summer 1990, WOrkers checked overhead message signs and vehicle detectors embedded in pavement to ensure data received was properly being transferred and relayed to the signs.
McGuinty Government Continues To Help Traffic Flow And Keep Roads Safe
Nick Buczynsky checks computer system at the Traffic Operations Centre in 1993.
For 20 years, Ontario’s COMPASS system has been helping keep travellers safe, managing congestion and keeping travellers moving along some of the busiest highways in North America.
There are currently 222 cameras and 55 electronic signs displaying real-time traffic conditions and road safety messages along 265 kilometres of highway in Ontario.
COMPASS cameras help identify congestion and provide Ontario travellers with real-time information so they can adjust their routes. They also help monitor vehicle collisions and breakdowns so emergency services can respond more quickly, reducing the number of injuries and fatalities.
Through the Open Ontario plan, the government continues to make investments in road safety while helping to create jobs and economic opportunities in Ontario.
QUICK FACTS
- The cutting-edge technology developed by COMPASS in Ontario has been used in traffic management systems in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Seoul, Korea and other countries.
- COMPASS is located along sections of highways in Toronto, Mississauga, Burlington, London, Windsor, Sarnia, Ottawa and the Regions of Durham and Niagara.
- The 2008 Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics show Ontario has the safest roads in Canada with the lowest rate of traffic fatalities.
