1. Dept. of Civil Engineering ITS Centre and Testbed Sept 19, 2006 Simon Foo Building an Online ITS Research and Training Facility – the ICAT Database and Platform Simon Foo simon.foo@utoronto.ca Ph.D. Candidate University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada In collaboration with Roger Browne, Eamonn Doherty, Dave Ashton and Dr. Baher Abdulhai

2. Sept 19, 2006 ICAT Database and Platform ITSC 2006 Simon Foo What is ICAT? ICAT = ITS Centre and Testbed – a world class lab doing transportation research at the University of Toronto, Canada Live data + video connections to Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and to the City of Toronto via fibre-optic links

3. Sept 19, 2006 ICAT Database and Platform ITSC 2006 Simon Foo Key ICAT Platform Objectives Archived data user service (ADUS): Archives traffic data Makes traffic data readily available Provides basic data visualization functions Facilitates the “build once, use many times” research framework Provides an API for traffic data access Allows rapid deployment of custom data analysis tools on the ICAT website

4. Sept 19, 2006 ICAT Database and Platform ITSC 2006 Key Hardware Components Siemens Optical Transport Network (OTN) ICAT Database & Web Server Digital Video Recorders MTO Fibre City Fibre Data Video Signal Internet Video Wall

5. Sept 19, 2006 ICAT Database and Platform ITSC 2006 Simon Foo Base Software Operating System (Linux) Web Server Database Server Server-side Scripting Free Open-SourcePlatform-Independent LAMP

6. Sept 19, 2006 ICAT Database and Platform ITSC 2006 ICAT Software Architecture City RESCU MTO Compass "MTO-UTPROC" MTO-HAWK Traffic Database "City-UTPROC" RESCU Traffic Database COMPASS Website RESCU Website Other Data Sources (Future Expansion) Environment Canada Other TMCs

7. Sept 19, 2006 ICAT Database and Platform ITSC 2006 Simon Foo What’s in the ICAT Database? Loop Detector Data 20s lane volume, occupancy, speed Changeable Message Sign Messages Static Camera Images Every 3 minutes Operator Incident Log

8. Sept 19, 2006 ICAT Database and Platform ITSC 2006 Simon Foo ICAT Website

9. Sept 19, 2006 ICAT Database and Platform ITSC 2006 Simon Foo Unique Features Generic R&D framework for traffic data Users can develop their own applications. Integrates VDS, CMS, incident and camera images A system that can be used to test real-time ITS applications Highly expandable Unified database structure – easy to add new data sources Applied and tested with data from multiple nations Canada – Toronto and Ontario Netherlands US – Minnesota Based only on free, open-source software

10. Sept 19, 2006 ICAT Database and Platform ITSC 2006 Simon Foo ICAT Platform Demo Visit us at: Technical tour – ITS Centre and Testbed on Wednesday 13:40 – 17:00 Contact: Simon Foo simon.foo@utoronto.ca