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MACAVO Municipal Alliance for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in Ontario
Posted by: ITS Canada
November 17th, 2016

Municipalities Create Alliance to Actively Promote Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Testing and Integration within our Communities

OAKVILLE, Ontario, November 17, 2016 – Connected Vehicles (CVs) and Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are coming much faster than originally estimated. Ontario was the first province in Canada to create a Regulation (Reg. 306/15) allowing AVs to be piloted on its roads. With this regulation in place, municipalities across Ontario must prepare for the imminent arrival of CVs and AVs. In an effort to have all jurisdictions work together, and to help facilitate this co-ordination, Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA) has organized the Municipal Alliance for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in Ontario (MACAVO), best pronounced “Muh-Kay-Vo”.

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