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ITS Architecture for Canada
Release 2.0

The updated ITS Architecture for Canada now provides a TURBO Tool and guidelines for the development of regional ITS architectures. ITS User Services have been expanded and reorganized to reflect new services and the Border Information Flow Architecture (BIFA).

To facilitate maintenance of previously developed regional architectures, a mapping tool will be available shortly to link versions 1.1 and 2.0 of the ITS Architecture for Canada.

Canada's ITS Plan incorporates the development of a national ITS architecture to ensure that products and services are seamlessly integrated.  The system architecture provides a unified framework for integration to guide the co-ordinated deployment of ITS programs within the public and private sectors.  It offers a starting point from which stakeholders can work together to achieve compatibility among ITS elements to ensure unified ITS deployment for a given region.

The architecture describes interaction among physical components of the transportation system including travelers, vehicles, roadside devices, and control centres.  It also describes the information and communications system requirements, how data should be shared and used, and the standards required to facilitate information sharing for ITS deployment.  Overall, the system architecture defines the functionality of ITS components and the information flows among ITS elements to achieve total system goals.

Border Information Flow Architecture

Transport Canada is undertaking the development  of a Border Information Flow Architecture in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration. The Architecture could help guide a deliberate effort to ensure that technology deployed at border crossings are able to interact with each other. The development of the border architecture will follow the regional ITS architecture practices widely used throughout Canada and the U.S. Federal, state and provincial agencies from both sides of the border have been actively participating in the working group.

The BIFA was completed in December 2005 and is available on-line at www.iteris.com/itsarch/bifa/. The BIFAWG Steering Committee is continuing to lead the marketing, training and maintenance activities related to the architecture.

Date modified:
2010-08-12