Freeway Management System - COMPASS
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Freeway Management System - COMPASS is a traffic management system used by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation on highways in the Greater Toronto Area and parts of southern Ontario. The system was developed by Delcan Corporation of Toronto.
Began as a 16-kilometre section between Martin Grove Road and Yonge Street, the current system is used to monitor traffic on the:
- Highway 400 in Toronto and York Region - Langstaff Road in Vaughan to Highway 401 in Toronto
- Highway 401 from Highway 410 in Mississauga to Harwood Road in Ajax
- Highway 427 from Highway 401 to Bloor Street in Toronto
- Highway 403 - Highway 401/410 to Hurontario Street in Mississauga
- Highway 404 from Sheppard Avenue to Highway 401 in Toronto
- Highway 405 from the QEW to Lewiston-Queenston Bridge in Niagara Falls
- Highway 410 - Courtney Park Road to Highway 401/Highway 403 in Mississauga
- Highway 417 from Highway 416 to Highway 174 in Ottawa
- QEW from Highway 427 in Toronto to Burlington Street in Burlington
- QEW from Ontario Street in St. Catharines to Mountain Road in Niagara Falls
- Highway 58 from Pine Street to Davis Road (Thorold Tunnel and its approaches) in Thorold, the only non-400-Series Highway monitored
COMPASS is linked to the Toronto's RESCU management system.
The system consist of:
- Traffic Operations Centre (TOC)
- Central Computer System
- Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)
- Vehicle Detector Stations (VDS)
- Changeable Message Signs (CMS)
- Ramp Metering Stations (RMS)
- Field Provisions (ducts, cabinets, footings, power, etc.)
- Communications Subsystems:
- Fibre-Optic
- Coaxial
