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ITS Update



Week of September 1, 1997

WEEK AHEAD (Week of September 8, 1997)

- On September 8, the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, will hold a meeting in Gaithersburg,
Maryland titled, AUsing Voluntary
Standards in the Federal Government.@
Mike Schagrin of the ITS JPO will present the ITS standards program.

- On September 9, the Maryland DOT will present the Commercial Vehicle
Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) program to the Maryland State
Senate, one of the first times a legislative body has head a presentation
on CVISN. Mike Onder of the ITS JPO will be attending.

- On September 9, Christine Johnson will be participating in a conference
with the leadership of the Union Internationale de Chemins de Fer (International
Union of Railways--UIC) at the FRA in Washington, D.C. UIC is the largest
and most prestigious rail association representing Europe in particular,
as well as other rail systems around the world. The Association of American
Railroads and the FRA are associate members and Amtrak has been asked to
join. UIC has started an aggressive program of studies and assessments
beyond the single mode of rail transportation. Christine Johnson will be
discussing ITS issues on the Research, Development & Testing panel.

- On September 10, ITS Maryland, an ITS State Chapter, will host an intermodal
forum in Annapolis that will feature the ITS activities. Mike Onder of
the JPO will be attending.

- On September 10, an International Workshop on developing data dictionaries
will be held in Washington, D.C. This meeting will address international
coordination to support ITS applications in this area. Representatives
from Europe, Japan, and Australia will be present. Mike Schagrin of the
ITS JPO will be attending.

- On September 11, Christine Johnson will speak before the Road Gang
in Washington, D.C. about the direction of the ITS program and other current
ITS issues.

WEEK IN REVIEW (Week of September 1, 1997)

- On September 2, representatives from George Mason University, the University
of Michigan, ITS America and the Department discussed the efforts to organize
a standards symposium this November. This effort, which is being spearheaded
by George Mason University and the University of Michigan, and co-sponsored
by ITS America and US DOT, will result in an independent assessment of
the ITS standards program. Mike Schagrin of the ITS JPO participated.

- On September 2, the Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) Management
Group met to discuss continuing efforts including the AHS Demo >97
and lessons learned, infrastructure requirements, status of the IVI roadmaps
and outreach opportunities. The group will meet again on September 8. Ray
Resendes of the ITS JPO is coordinating this effort.

- On September 3, the FTA ITS Quarterly Review took place from 9 a.m.
- 3 p.m. This meeting was an opportunity for participants to review past
transit ITS achievements and to discuss their future plans. Mac Lister
of the JPO coordinated this effort.

- The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) first comment cycle
on ITS America's petition to acquire spectrum for Dedicated Short Range
Communications (DSRC) closed on July 28. Approximately 16 comments were
received, including the Department's, and the majority were in favor of
further FCC action to grant the intent of ITS America's request. The Reply
Comment cycle is now underway, and the closing date has been extended to
September 17 at ITS America's request. After this initial record has been
established, it is expected that the Commission will issue a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) at some point later in the year that recommends
concrete action related to ITS America's request. George Beronio is the
JPO contact on this issue.

- The ITS JPO is working toward determining criteria for the selection
of projects from the deployment incentives program for the area of travel
management. This effort will be more fully developed through a series of
meetings to be held in September. Mac Lister and Shelley Lynch of the JPO
are coordinating these efforts.

- Over the next few weeks, the ITS Procurement Resource Guide is being
sent to the FHWA Regions and Divisions and to the FTA Regions. Available
for the first time, this guide consists of five different reports addressing
different facets of procurement. Two additional studies are underway. Bill
Jones of the ITS JPO is coordinating this effort.