The Governors of the University of Alberta

Published purpose

There is currently no centralized database identifying the key facilities (and characteristics) of the multimodal transportation system in Northern Canada. This project will examine how winter roads are operated and used (leveraging a currently funded and ongoing project aimed at developing a database of the winter roads and trails system, and connections into other modes, in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut). In addition, the project will characterize and gather data for connecting facilities (all-weather roads, marine) and hubs (aerodromes). It will also investigate technologies for automated data collection on remote transportation facilities operating in harsh and remote environments, and identify potential opportunities to fill critical data gaps. Lastly, the project will prepare information collected and/or created for secure transfer and integration into the NRC logistics data vault. It is anticipated that this data can complement other data in the vault, to better understand the Canadian freight network.