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ITS Update



Week of September 15, 1997



WEEK AHEAD (Week of September 22, 1997)

- The American Public Transit Association (APTA) begins its annual meeting
in Chicago, Illinois on September 21, 1997. That day, the ITS America APTS
Committee will meet. Mac Lister of the ITS JPO will attend both meetings
and conduct a presentation on September 25.

- The ITS Strategic Planning Group will meet on Monday, September 22,
1997 to discuss a variety of issues. This will be the first meeting which
will videoconference in field representatives. Christine Johnson will be
presiding.

- The ITS JPO has been actively involved in commenting on the various
ISTEA reauthorization bills and will continue to do so. These efforts have
been led by Christine Johnson.

- From September 20-21, the International Border Crossing Planning and
Deployment Committee will meet in Washington, D.C. to address issues associated
with the ITS border crossing operational tests. The group consists of representatives
from USDOT, US Treasury, and US Immigration along with counterparts from
Canada and Mexico. The ITS/CVO Division of the Office of Motor Carriers
is hosting the meeting. Mike Onder of the ITS JPO will be attending.

- From September 25-26, the Intelligent Vehicle Initiative Retreat will
be held in Potomac, Maryland. Activities include finalizing the roadmap
and management concepts. Representatives from FHWA, FTA, and NHTSA. Ray
Resendes of the ITS JPO will also be attending.

- From September 29-30, the PCB Steering Committee will meet at the Atlanta
Airport Marriott in Atlanta, Georgia. The objectives of the meeting are
to establish a consensus on strategic program and budget priorities for
FY 1998, strategic program directions and priorities for FY 1999 and beyond,
and a clear role for the academic community in the PCB Program. Christine
Johnson will be among those providing opening remarks on September 30.
This meeting is being hosted in part by ITS America.

- From September 29-30, the National Architecture Conformance Policy
Working Group will meet in the Nassif Building to continue their ongoing
efforts. Shelley Lynch and Mac Lister of the ITS JPO will be attending.

- INFORMATION -- In early September, the Transit Communications
Interface Profiles project completed the first phase of its standards effort
when it filed draft specifications with the Institute of Transportation
Engineers. The JPO funded this one-year project, which was ultimately conducted
by the Institute for Transportation Engineers. It was designed to provide
the data interfaces that will allow different transit organizations to
exchange data. The document is now available for public comment, a critical
new stage allowing members of the transit community and other interested
parties to review the specifications and provide feedback to the project
team. The deadline for commenting is November 14, 1997. Then, the TCIP
Technical Working Group will review and incorporate the comments as appropriate.
Final draft specifications are due February 20, 1998.

WEEK IN REVIEW (Week of September 15, 1997)

- From September 13-16, the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA)
hosted their annual conference in Marco Island, Florida. Their members
discussed the creation of a joint committee with ITS America on intermodal
freight. Mike Onder of the JPO coordinates these issues, but did not attend.
An ITS America representative attended.

- On September 15, the Society of Automotive Engineer (SAE)=s
ASTM Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) meeting took place in
Warrendale, Pennsylvania. At the August meeting, representatives from Treasury
and Immigration joined the writing groups. This was a follow up meeting.
In the evening, the Working Advisory Group (WAG 15) meeting took place
to address DSRC issues. Mike Schagrin of the JPO attended.

- On September 15, Christine Johnson was slated a panelist at the HELP,
Inc. National Symposium titled, ATechnology
Trends--What=s In Our Future?@
which took place in Montana. The conference attracted a wide variety of
experts and covered a diversity of issues.

- Two three-day short courses scheduled for September 9-11 and September
16-18 and titled, AUsing the
National ITS Architecture: A Short Course for Transportation Professionals
on System Integration for ITS@
were held in the Nassif Building. About half of the attendees were from
the public sector (Federal, State and local levels) and half are from the
private sector. The pilot course was held in July. This effort was coordinated
by Lee Simmons of the ITS JPO.

- From September 17-18, the SAE Standards Committee met to discuss several
key standards including the following: in-vehicle databus, the MayDay standard,
and high speed FM subcarrier. Mike Schagrin of the JPO attended.