1. Canadian ATLANTIC Project A Partnership to advance ITS research in Canada in concert with international partners Presentation to Planning Workshop Montreal, Quebec, Canada March 6, 2002

2. Canadian Objectives The Canadian ATLANTIC Project will participate in ATLANTIC with European and U.S. partners: - benchmark the results of ITS research from the three regions categorized into 8 working groups The Canadian ATLANTIC Project will have the additional aim to stimulate an active and self- sustaining ITS R&D community in Canada - this will be fostered through: an assessment of ITS R&D in Canada, a workshop convened in Canada to discuss results and identify future ITS R&D needs and priorities submissions to funding agencies

3. Phased Approach Phase 1: Commitment to create an ATLANTIC node in Canada Nov 2000 Phase 2: Prepare proposal for Canadian ATLANTIC Project and present it to potential funding partners Sept 2001 Recruit experts for Canadian ATLANTIC Project and coordinate with international partners On-going Phase 3: Implement the Canadian ATLANTIC Project Will be launched officially when funding is confirmed

4. Deliverables – Phase 3 An active network of ITS research and development experts in Canada A workshop to showcase Canadian and international ITS research results convened in Canada A report of Canadian ITS research accomplishments benchmarked against European and U.S. experience Submissions to R&D funding agencies for future cooperative ITS research projects

5. Accomplishments to Date The Proposal for the Canadian ATLANTIC Project was: - completed in September 2001 - presented to key decision makers - submitted to potential funding partners Recruitment of leaders/rapporteurs/experts for Canadian “mirror” working groups has begun Initial work is to identify priority issues for Canada – planning workshop in March 2002

6. Planning Workshop Objectives Introduce team members to the project, to each other and to international partners Confirm participants in their roles Familiarize participants with related ITS initiatives in Canada Develop specific objectives and work plans for the Canadian “mirror” working groups

8. Annex A Canadian ATLANTIC Participants (as of March 6, 2002) Core Team: Abdulhai, Crainic, Johnson Sponsor: Transport Canada (Policy Group) Academic sector: Universities of Toronto, Montreal, British Columbia, Calgary, Saskatchewan, Carleton Private sector: PSR Group, EIS, IRD, IBI Group, Delcan, INRO, Harmelink Consulting, Sabounghi & Assoc. Public sector: Transport Canada (Safety & Security & Transportation Development Centre), MTO, MTQ (discussions underway with other public & private agencies)

9. Annex B Canadian ITS Research Priorities and Mirror Group Leaders/Rapporteurs/Experts (incomplete) Network Monitoring & Traffic Management & Control Prof Abdulhai, M. Mahut, and experts Intermodal Freight Info, Pre-clearance & Logistics Prof Crainic, W. Johnson and experts Telematics-based Traffic & Travel Information TBD, PSR Group and experts Electronic Road User Charging & Payment Integration Muhammad Mustafa and experts Intermodal Collective Transport Information Prof. Shalaby and experts

10. Annex B Canadian ITS Research Priorities and Mirror Group Leaders/Rapporteurs/Experts (incomplete) ITS User Acceptance & Impact Assessment Prof. Miller, Prof. MacIver and experts Intelligent Vehicles & Vehicle Highway-Systems TBD and experts Human Machine Interface & User Friendly ITS TBD and experts

11. Annex C Background Initial approach was made by European Commission to Transport Canada under the Canada-E.U. Science & Technology Agreement – Canada was requested to participate in the E.U.’s transport thematic networks European research partnerships followed up by seeking partners in Canada to participate in their submissions under the Fifth Framework for Research The ATLANTIC European partners established a trans-Atlantic partnership with the two Canadian Universities of Toronto and Montreal Transport Canada has consistently supported this partnership approach to cooperative research

12. Annex D Canadian ATLANTIC Project Contacts Baher Abdulhai, Director ITS Centre and Testbed University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Tel.: 416 946-5036 E-mail: baher@ecf.utoronto.cabaher@ecf.utoronto.ca Theodor Crainic, Director Intelligent Transportation System Laboratory Centre for Research on Transportation Université de Montréal, Montréal (Québec), Canada Tel: 514 343-7143 E-mail: theo@crt.umontreal.catheo@crt.umontreal.ca William Johnson, Consultant Transport Research, Education & Development Services Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Tel: 613 797-1489 E-mail: johnswf@attglobal.netjohnswf@attglobal.net