Application of variable speed limits along the Trans Canada Highway in Banff National Park.

Author(s)
Steel, P. McGregor, R. Guebert, A.A. & McGuire, T.
Year
Abstract

The Trans Canada Highway (TCH) is to be twinned from the Castle Mountain Interchange to the Alberta/BC border within Banff National Park. In conjunction with the twinning of the Trans Canada Highway, Parks Canada is looking to initiate several Intelligent Transportation Systems within the park that will address an improved operation and safety performance of the highway. One such initiative focuses on the application of a variable speed limit to address speeding during poor weather conditions, congested periods or when wildlife is actively crossing the highway. This paper attempts to address the following issues with respect to the application of a variable speed limit within the Banff National Park: the current legislation for variable speed limits on roadways; the safety performance of the Trans Canada Highway within Banff National Park; effect of a variable speed limit on the collision rate; criteria to determine a reduction or increase in the posted speed limit; process to be employed to effectively reduce/increase the posted speed limit within the Park; and authority (RCMP/Parks Canada) for managing of a variable posted speed limit. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E211426.

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C 42731 (In: C 42681 CD-ROM) /73 / ITRD E211477
Source

In: Transportation : investing in our future : proceedings of the 2005 annual conference and exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada TAC, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 18-21, 2005, 14 p., 14 ref.

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