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COMPASS, also referred to as Freeway Traffic Management System, is a system run by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) to monitor and manage the flow of traffic on various roads (including 400-series highways) in Ontario. COMPASS uses pairs of in-road sensors to detect the speed and density of traffic flow.
In early 1991, Highway 401 was equipped with a traffic camera system called COMPASS. [134] Using closed-circuit television cameras, vehicle detection loops and LED changeable-message signs , COMPASS enables the MTO Traffic Operations Centre to obtain a real-time assessment of traffic conditions and alert drivers of collisions, congestion and ...
The MTO is in charge of various aspects of transportation in Ontario, including the establishment and maintenance of the provincial highway system, the registration of vehicles and licensing of drivers, and the policing of provincial roads, enforced by the Ontario Provincial Police and the ministry's in-house enforcement program (Commercial vehicle enforcement).
The MTO plans to further extend Highway 417 westerly through the Ottawa Valley by twinning and realigning the existing route to a four-lane freeway beyond Arnprior, where it currently merges into a two-laned Highway 17. [73] Route planning has been completed to Pembroke, with a bypass to the east of the Cobden area.
Watch a live view of the Gaza skyline as the Israel-Hamas war enters a fifth day. Palestinian civilians were scrambling to find safe havens on Wednesday morning (11 October) as Israel stepped up a ...
A camera with interface for an external GPS (the interface could be a physical connector or a bluetooth adapter to a remote GPS logger, or WiFi and an app to allow the camera to sync GPS from a smartphone); A storage media (CF or SD card) that has GPS or WiFi built-in (products like Eye-Fi provides cards like this, only supported for some cameras).
King's Highway 8, commonly referred to as Highway 8, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario.The 159.7-kilometre (99.2 mi) route travels from Highway 21 in Goderich, on the shores of Lake Huron, to Highway 5 in the outskirts of Hamilton near Lake Ontario.
This section has a variable lighting system to overcome the frequent fog found in the area. It is also the site of Ontario's first freeway traffic management system which incorporates traffic cameras and changeable message signs. The original name of the first bridge was the Burlington Bay Skyway.