Insider Access: The Birth of a Solar Powered BC HighwayCam
Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a BC Highway Cam come to life? It’s a lot more than just a pole and camera. We documented the entire process during an installation at
Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a BC Highway Cam come to life? It’s a lot more than just a pole and camera. We documented the entire process during an installation at
Short, succinct and speaking to you in 66 characters or less, our dynamic message signs have a lot to say about safety.
To determine how best to protect travellers, the ministry and maintenance contractors monitor and forecast weather using roadside weather, remote avalanche weather and frost probe stations. if there is a concern with dropping temperatures, we can set an alert to notify us when a specific temperature is reached, allowing crews to apply salt in either solid or liquid (brine solution) form before freezing begins.
Some people are accustomed to “jumping on the bus” – another way to say climbing aboard. But how does something as heavy as a transit bus jump ahead of traffic at a busy intersection? And
There seems to be an official week or day for everything these days – yar, there’s even Talk Like a Pirate Day. Seriously… it was just last month. But there’s credibility behind something like National
Most people in B.C. are familiar with the “leaping deer” depicted on provincial highway signs. But people travelling on Highway 97 south of Williams Lake and Quesnel may see deer signs with extra dazzle being
Since launching DriveBC in 2005, BC HighwayCams have quickly become the website’s most popular resource for catching up-to-the-minute road conditions. Their fast rising popularity demonstrated there’s a big desire to “know before you go,” whether
New intelligent transportation systems have recently landed on B.C. highways. While these might sound like extra-terrestrial time-travelling devices, they are actually human-created combinations of advanced and emerging technologies like computers, electronic sensors and communication devices.