Municipal agencies within Canada responsible for municipal/regional traffic signal control and traffic event management, such as City departments of public works.
| Area | Role and Responsibility |
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| Archived Data Systems | Collect transportation related data (traffic counts, accident history, etc.) to provide basic data quality, data privacy, and metadata management. |
| Support transportation planning activities that span the Canada/US border - planning joint operations, shared infrastructure, etc. |
| Commercial Vehicle Operations | Coordinate with Intermodal Terminal Operators to better manage commercial vehicle traffic accessing and leaving the terminal. |
| Emergency Management | Share traffic information with the provincial traffic management centre during disaster response, recovery and evacuation situations. |
| Coordinate traffic control and resource sharing with public safety agencies and provincial traffic management centres during disaster response, recovery and evacuation situations. |
| Implement disaster response and emergency response plans. |
| Work with public safety agencies, the ministry of transportation, and the ministry of the environment to develop disaster response and emergency response plans for large scale emergencies. |
| Incident Management | Coordinate traffic control and resource sharing with public safety agencies and provincial traffic management centres during incident situations. |
| Share traffic information with the provincial traffic management centre during incident situations. |
| Traffic Management | Share information on traffic conditions with other centres so traffic operations can be coordinated. |
| Provide traffic information to the public using the traveller information services (e.g. agency website, Interactive Voice Recognition system). |
| Monitor traffic flow within municipally owned street network. |
| Operate and maintain infrastructure within municipalities - may include surface streets, signs, ITS devices, and control centres. |
| Coordinate traffic signal systems with adjacent municipal traffic management centres. |
| Manage traffic at signalized intersections within municipally owned street network. |
| Work with the ministry of transportation and public safety agencies to develop diversion response plans for freeway and bridge closures. |
| Traveller Information | Coordinate traveller information with other information service providers including other transportation operations centres, etc. |
| Responsible for developing and operating traveller information services, allowing travellers to access information (traffic congestion, road weather conditions) prior to a trip or en-route. |
| Provide information concerning the conditions of the roadway including, traffic congestion, incidents, or weather conditions to area public safety agencies. |
| Collect and format data concerning road and travel conditions. |
| Collect and format data concerning maintenance and construction activities including asset restrictions from the municipality's maintenance services. |
| Provide information concerning traffic conditions to Intermodal Terminal Operators. |
| Provide information concerning the conditions of the roadway including traffic congestion, incidents, maintenance activity or weather conditions to the travelling public either directly using traveller information services (e.g. website, social media) or through the media. |