On November 26, 2007, TransLink, the regional transportation authority for Metro Vancouver, launched the iMove system as a "one-stop" transportation portal to provide multi-modal, multijurisdiction, real-time and static traveller information via the World Wide Web. The iMove website enables transportation consumers in Metro Vancouver to quickly access information on a host of transportation issues, including transit and cycling routes, construction and event information, current incidents, airline arrivals and departures, border crossing wait times, ferry sailing time and loadings, all from a single source. Visitors to the site have access to over 125 webcams to access current road conditions on major regional corridors and at key locations. The iMove system was developed as the first phase of the Regional Advanced Traveller Information (ATIS) strategy of the BC Provincial Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Vision and Strategic Plan. The paper describes the iMove project including the use of ITS Corporation's structure to bring together the efforts of many existing regional agencies in the Vancouver area to create a unified multi-modal traveller information service which bundles information to cater for the needs of specific user groups. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD number E216597.
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