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1. ITS Standards Framework for Canada
ITS Canada in cooperation with Transport Canada is pleased to announce their joint adoption of a Proposal for Implementation of an ITS Standards Development Framework for Canada. This significant milestone was approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting on June 15, 2001, and by Transport Canada in August 2001. It was officially released to members on September 13, 2001, in Toronto at a meeting of the ITS Canada Standards Committee co-chaired by William Johnson and Colin Rayman.
The implementation plan is the result of extensive study, consultation and debate over the last two years. It is based on the ITS Canada reports entitled "ITS Standards Development Plan for Canada" March 2000 and "An ITS Standards Development Framework for Canada" March 2001. The latest report is entitled "An ITS Standards Development Framework for Canada – Proposal for Implementation" August 2001. These documents are available from ITS Canada on request.
The plan involves action in a policy domain
where support for harmonized ITS standards for Canada will
be fostered and sustained among public and private sector
agencies and an operational domain where ITS standards development
and deployment activities will be pursued by technical and
policy experts in cooperation with U.S. and international
partners. The plan builds on existing commitments related
to the ISO Technical Committee 204, the U.S. National Transportation
Communications ITS Protocol (NTCIP) initiative and the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU). A brief overview of the principal
elements of the implementation plan is given in the next section.
The Chairman of ITS Canada, Joseph Lam,
welcomed the ITS standards implementation plan as an important
step to build a national consensus for ITS standards and a
national capability to develop and deploy standards for intelligent
transportation systems. He pledged the support of ITS Canada
to achieve the goals of the framework and urged all members
of ITS Canada to participate in and support this national
effort. He commented that discussions have already begun with
the Standards Council of Canada, the Transportation Association
of Canada, federal and provincial governments and private
sector firms to assemble the required commitments of funding
and expertise.
For further information
or to obtain copies of standards development reports, contact
ITS Canada at askus@itscanada.ca.
2. ITS Standards Development Implementation
Plan in Brief
The organizational
structure proposed for the ITS standards development framework
is based on the ITS Standards Development Plan for Canada
(March 2000). The organization chart can be obtained by downloading
from Proposed
Org Structure and the elements
are explained as follows.
Policy Board will represent the Partners who direct ITS standards
policy and provide funding support
Managing Organization (ITS Canada) will champion the ITS standards
framework and development and deployment processes
Standards Committee of technical and policy experts will plan and coordinate the standards development and deployment activities
Working Groups of experts will undertake ITS standards development
and deployment activites
Central Secretariat will provide administrative, professional and technical assistance to the Standards Committee and Working Groups
The action plan will create the organizational structure ready for full operation in 2002-03, confirm the support of key partners for the policy board, solicit expanded participation by technical and policy experts and prepare standards deployment plans.
Identify partners to fund and support the framework
Identify ITS standards development priorities in consultation
with the ITS community through the convening of a workshop
in late 2001
Organize an expanded Canadian presence in ITS standards development
working groups and committees and provide it with central
secretariat support
Develop plans and priorities for outreach, training, testing
and standards related R&D programs
Develop performance measurement criteria and methodology
Further
information can be obtained by downloading the Standards Committee Presentation (Sept 13, 2001).
3. Proposed Priorities and 3-Year Action Plan
Outcome
of the Standards Workshop - held August 2002 (PDF)
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