Evaluating the performance and maintenance requirements of traffic signal systems within the Connected Vehicle environment

EPCOR Technologies（EPCOR）是EPCOR Utilities，Inc.的分支，埃德蒙顿的一家公司。EPCOR与埃德蒙顿市签订合同，管理埃德蒙顿的交通信号系统和智能交通系统（ITS）设备。智能交通行业的最新发展是互联车辆（CV）技术，其核心技术是在高移动性交通环境中的无线通信。 CV技术被加拿大大多数ITS利益相关者广泛认为是ITS行业的未来。作为埃德蒙顿交通信号系统的承包商，EPCOR对CV技术在主干道上广泛应用后可能带来的运营改进感兴趣。在ECPOR和阿尔伯塔大学（U of A）的ITS研究小组进行了几次讨论后，EPCOR决定与U of A合作，调查动脉的新性能指标，以及CV环境中信号控制器和机柜维护的可能变化。

EPCOR Technologies (EPCOR) is a branch of EPCOR Utilities, Inc., an Edmonton-based company. EPCOR is contracted by the City of Edmonton to manage the traffic signal systems and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) equipment in Edmonton. The latest development in the ITS industry is Connected Vehicle (CV) technology in which the core technology is wireless communication within a high-mobility traffic environment.. CV technology is widely considered the future of the ITS industry by most ITS stakeholders in Canada. As a contractor of the traffic signal system in Edmonton, EPCOR is interested in the possible operational improvements when CV technology is widely employed on arterials. After several discussions between ECPOR and the ITS research team at the University of Alberta (U of A), EPCOR decided to collaborate with the U of A to survey new performance measures for arterials, and possible changes to the maintenance of signal controllers and cabinet within a CV environment.