Projects funded by the Enhanced Road Safety Transfer Payment Program in 2024 to 2026

From 2024 to 2026, the Enhanced Road Safety Transfer Payment Program (ERSTPP) will fund 35 projects from thirty-one different organizations as shown in the table below. The projects will focus on impaired driving due to consumption of drugs and/or alcohol, distracted and aggressive driving, excessive speed, innovative design, testing, integration of Connected and Automated Vehicles, and the education, training and enhancement of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems technologies.

Applicant Project Title TC Total Contribution
Arcadis Professional Services (Canada) Inc. Update and Implementation of Winter Road Condition Guidance $109,650.00
University of British Columbia Monitoring Impaired Driving in Canada $1,385,130.00
University of Waterloo Enhancing Driving Automation Safety in Canada: A Traffic Data-Driven Approach for Advanced Driver Assistance System and Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Test Scenarios $238,577.00
SMATS Traffic Solutions Guidance for Posted Speed Limit Reductions in Support of Vision Zero $312,296.00
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Impaired Driving Offenders in a Remedial Program: A Qualitative Study of Women and Men’s Experiences $360,449.12
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Impaired Driving Offenders in a Remedial Program: Analyzing Gender Differences and their Significance for Road Safety $303,757.25
CIMA Canada Inc. Connected Vehicle Data in Road Safety $249,505.00
Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada’s Marketing Campaign Targeted to Men Ages 18-34 - National Campaign Across Canada $134,923.66
University of Waterloo Improving Road Safety in Canadian Municipalities $235,138.00
York University Enhancing Road Safety and Equity Through Strategic Deployment of Mobile Automated Speed Enforcement Cameras $528,348.00
Carleton University Connecting Drivers with Advanced Driver Assistance System to Optimize Safety in SAE Level 3 Autonomous Vehicles (The CONNECT Project) $748,402.75
City of Kelowna Safe Mobility Action Plan $137,680.00
Manitoba Public Insurance Manitoba Speed Display Sign Program $228,978.75
University of Toronto A Foundation for Next-Generation Driver Distraction Detection and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems $510,400.00
Canadian Automobile Association Combatting Cannabis Impaired Driving $415,630.00
RoadSafetyBC British Columbia Road Safety Strategy 2030: A Collaborative Approach to Action $335,322.00
Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure Lasercam Lidar Speed Timing Devices $138,180.00
Parachute Leaders in Injury Prevention Exploring the Safe System Approach and Vision Zero in Action: Municipal
Walkshops
$160,285.00
Invest Ottawa Enhancing Road Safety Using Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, In-Cabin Sensing Technologies, and Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications to Deliver Real-Time Actional Safety Messages $1,697,206.87
McMaster University The Future is Here but Are We Ready? A Framework for Assessing and Enhancing Road Safety in the Autonomous Vehicle Era $237,444.00
City of Lethbridge Communications, Outreach and Data Collection to address the Leading Causes of Road Collisions and Fatalities and Enhance Road Safety for Vulnerable Road Users $516,000.00
True North Safety Group Inc. Configuration and Development of an Application Aimed at Improving Road Safety Analyses in Quebec $225,000.00
Traffic Injury Research Foundation Preventative and Proactive National Safe Roads Challenge Program to Improve Drivers and Target Safety Interventions $719,742.65
MANAC Inc. Training, Testing, and Enhancement of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Technologies for Articulated Heavy Vehicles with Driver-Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulator $494,000.00
Fédération motocycliste du Québec Inc. Motorcycle fun, in all sobrieties! $451,692.75
Ontario Ministry of Transportation Experience Surveys of Novice Drivers, Senior Drivers, and New Canadians $120,000.00
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Detection of Driving Impairment ‘The Morning After’ Last Cannabis Use in Frequent Smokers of Cannabis $476,694.75
Ontario Ministry of Transportation Novel Distracted Driving Resources to Address Habitual Cellphone Use. $125,400.00
City of Vancouver Vancouver’s Vision Zero Action Plan Update $410,000.00
Destrier Technology and Electric Micromobility “Vehicle to Everything” to Prevent Accident Risks $300,000.00
The Corporation of the City of Markham Development of a Comprehensive Road Safety Plan $326,024.25
Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators National Road Safety Data Roadmap Report $161,633.00
Canadian Association for Road Safety Professionals Technology and Road Safety Canadian Association for Road Safety Professionals Conference 2025 $151,450.00
The City of Whitehorse 2024 – 2025 City of Whitehorse Road Safety Initiatives $306,750.00
Kanata North Business Association Smart Mobility Solution: Testing and Deployment of a Medium-Speed Autonomous Shuttle in Canada’s Largest Tech Park  $1,433,337.00
  Totals $14,685,027.80

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