The Road Emergency Services Communications Unit (RESCU) is a traffic management system used by the City of Toronto on city managed highways. The system is used to monitor traffic on:
Gardiner Expressway from the Queen Elizabeth Way to the Don Valley Parkway - 28 cameras Don Valley Parkway from the Gardiner Expressway to Ontario Highway 401 - 17 cameras Lake Shore Boulevard from near Parkside Drive to Leslie Street - 17 cameras Allen Road from Finch Avenue West to Eglinton Avenue - 9 cameras
Various intersections through the GTA are also monitored including Woodbine Avenue and Steeles Avenue / Ontario Highway 404, Black Creek Drive and Lawrence Avenue West, Don Mills Road and Overlea Boulevard, and Warden Avenue and Ellesmere Road.
The system consists of:
70+ traffic cameras 635 vehicle sensors 5 overhead changeable message signs - Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway 4 portable signs 121 detector stations (650 loops) Remote Traffic Information System (RTIS) - website Queue End Warning System - reminder for drivers that Allen Road ends at Eglinton Avenue West by using flashing light/sign and display screen on southbound Allen Road at Glengrove Avenue and south of Viewmount Avenue; advisory overhead sign at Flemingdon Road.
See also
RESCU is linked to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation's Freeway Traffic Management System or COMPASS.
References
RESCU