JULY
2006
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ITS
CANADA MISSION TO UNITED KINGDOM
ITS
Canada is planning a mission to the United Kingdom
this fall, the highlight of which will be participation
in the 13th World Congress, being held October 8 to
12 in London. A side trip to Wales is also anticipated.
Members are encouraged to contact ITS Canada if interested
in participating in the mission and/or ITS Canada’s
exhibit booth at the World Congress.
Colin
Rayman, General Manager of ITS Canada, is organizing
and moderating a session on October 11 at the World
Congress. The session, “Policy and Institutional Challenges – Privacy, Data Ownership, and Liability”,
will explore the need for the public to feel confident
that their personal information remains private and
they retain reasonable control over that information,
including data about their vehicles and their activities.
“ITS
can succeed only if the vehicle manufacturers and
infrastructure operators who introduce safety-enhancing
systems can do so without assuming unreasonable liability
risks,” says Mr. Rayman. “As always, the
challenge is determining what ‘reasonable’
means across the spectrum of situations and requirements,
including the requirements of public safety agencies
as well as those of vehicle and infrastructure interests.”
Confirmed
speakers for the session include:
Susan Spencer, Director of the ITS Office at Transport
Canada
Joseph Lam, Chairman of ITS Canada
Scott Stewart, Treasurer of ITS Canada / IBI Group
Richard Mudge, Vice-President, Delcan, USA
For
further details about the mission or the above session,
please contact Colin Rayman at colin.rayman@itscanada.ca.
BORDER INFORMATION FLOW ARCHITECTURE
Since
1995, trade between Canada and the United States has
doubled in inflation-adjusted dollars, growing more
quickly than the overall economy. Truck traffic has
grown dramatically, with 6.9 million trucks crossing
from Canada into the United States in 2004, up from
5.1 million in 1995. Nearly two-thirds of the value
of goods traded across the border is transported by
truck.
Numerous
government agencies operate at or near U.S.-Canada
border crossings. In the post September 11 border
environment, both the United States and Canada are
implementing new processes, procedures, and technologies
to enhance security and improve the efficiency of
goods movement. Lack of coordination among these various
agencies, however, could result in the deployment
of technology that is not interoperable, is redundant,
and could impede efficient operations.
The
Transportation Border Working Group, a bi-national
group that works to enhance coordination and planning
between the United States and Canada, identified collaboration
on the implementation of border technology as one
of its key priorities. To advance this priority, the
U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA) and Transport Canada,
in partnership with state and provincial transportation
organizations, regional planning organizations, and
other federal agencies, initiated the development
of a Border Information Flow Architecture (BIFA).
The Border Information
Flow Architecture is available at www.iteris.com/itsarch/bifa.
What is BIFA?
BIFA supports the planning, development, and implementation
of ITS and other technology-based solutions at the U.S.-Canada
border by identifying agencies at or near the border
and mapping information flows between them. A key feature
of BIFA is that its definition of ITS projects also
includes technologies used by non transportation stakeholders,
such as U.S. and Canadian customs agencies. Completed
in December 2005, BIFA is comparable to a regional ITS
Architecture template. BIFA is grounded in two general
versions of ITS architecture developed at national levels:
The ITS Architecture for Canada Version 1.1. A description
of this architecture is located at www.its-sti.gc.ca/Architecture/english/static/content.htm.
The U.S. National ITS Architecture Version 5.1. A
description of this architecture is located at www.iteris.com/itsarch.
The
scope of the BIFA architecture includes:
Systems (also called elements in regional ITS architecture)
that operate at the border and their interfaces. Examples
of these types of elements are a bridge or tunnel
transportation operations center (TOC) and U.S. border
inspection systems.
U.S. or Canadian systems or elements that interface
with cross-border systems and/or share direct interfaces
across the border. Examples of these types of elements
are a State Department of Transportation Traffic Management
Center (TMC) interface with a bridge or tunnel TOC
or an interface with a Canadian Provincial Ministry
of Transportation TMC.
The elements at the "edge" of the architecture
that interface with those that have no cross-border
interfaces. An example of this is an interface between
a Provincial Ministry of Transportation TMC and another
Provincial TMC.
Additional
information about the BIFA architecture is located
at www.iteris.com/itsarch/bifa
or contact Jonathan Sabean, Telephone 613-949-1251,
email sabeanj@tc.gc.ca.
NEWS bITS
SHOW
ME THE MONEY
This summer thousands of city and county officials
in the United States will receive a new publication
designed to promote awareness of various funding options
that are used to support transportation operations
at the local, regional and state levels of government.
“Show
Me the Money: A Decision-Maker's Funding Compendium
for Transportation Systems Management and Operations”
provides an overview of existing transportation and
non-transportation federal funding sources available
to government organizations. The publication includes
more than 20 case studies of innovative funding strategies
that state and local governments have used to fund
transportation operations projects as well as project
outcomes.
ITS
WEB JOURNAL
A new web journal launched early in 2006 is gradually
building up content. ITSinpractice is a peer-reviewed
online journal published by Traffic Engineering and
Control (TEC) in association with ITS United Kingdom.
ITSinpractice provides practitioners in the ITS community
with the opportunity to publish serious, in-depth
papers on recent research and projects, and the practical
issues relating to the procurement and deployment
of intelligent transport systems. For details, visit:
www.itsinpractice.com
TRANSPORTATION
INFORMATION RESOURCES
The Victoria Transport Policy Institute (Victoria,
BC), an independent research organization dedicated
to developing innovative solutions to transportation
problems, has many resources addressing a wide range
of transport planning and policy issues. The "Online
TDM Encyclopedia" is a free, comprehensive information
resource that helps identify and evaluate innovative
management solutions to transport problems. See "Transport
Model Improvements: Improving Methods for Evaluating
the Effects and Value of Transportation System Changes”
and "Evaluating Public Transit Benefits and Costs".
For details, visit www.vtpi.org/tdm
ITS
RADAR
The English Highways Agency is running a project called
ITS Radar, which, along with its 'sister' project
HA EU Watch, is gathering information and disseminating
intelligence on what is happening in ITS worldwide.
For details, visit: www.itsradar.co.uk/index.html
CANADA
BOLSTERS SECURITY
As reported in the Globe and Mail on June 16, 2006,
Ottawa will spend $254-million over the two years
on anti-terrorism measures aimed at bolstering the
security of Canada's air, rail and marine transport
systems. Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement
in Toronto. The money for the programs was earmarked
in last winter's budget as part of $1.4-billion set
aside to enhance national security overall.
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Applanix
has announced the availability of a new waterproof
exterior casing for its marine-based onboard position
and orientation (POS) technologies, POS MV. The new
case allows Applanix POS MV inertial measurement units
to be set up in exposed areas that may become vulnerable
to water submersion or severe exposure to the elements.
The cover is compliant with IP68 specifications and
is waterproof in depths up to 10 meters. Rugged and
durable, it comes with a waterproof connector and
cable that plug directly into the standard MV computer
system.
POS
MV for marine vessels is a user-friendly, turnkey
system that provides accurate attitude, heading, heave,
position, and velocity data, and represents the latest
in state-of-the-art inertial/GPS technology. The system
maintains position and orientation accuracy under
the most demanding sea conditions, regardless of vessel
dynamics. With its high data update rate, POS MV delivers
a full six degrees-of-freedom position and orientation
solution.
For
further information: www.applanix.com
ITS CANADA WELCOMES NEW MEMBER
RuggedCom – Sustaining Corporate
UPCOMING ITS WORLD CONGRESSES
October 9 to 13, 2007 – Beijing, China
November 18 to 20, 2008 – New York, NY (combined with ITS America’s
Annual Meeting)
UPCOMING EVENTS
- 9th International Level
Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention Syposium
September 10 to 14, 2006 – Montreal, Quebec
www.levelcrossing2006.com
- 9th Annual International IEEE
Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference
September 17 to 20, 2006 – Toronto, Ontario
www.itsc2006.org
TAC Annual
Conference & Exhibition
Charlottetown, PEI – September 17 to 20,
2006
www.tac-atc.ca |
- XIV Pan-American Conference
of Traffic and Transportation Engineering
September 20-23, 2006 – Canary Islands, Spain
www.panam06.com
(in Spanish)
- World Roads Conference
September 27 to 29, 2006 – Singapore
www.worldroads2006.com
- 13th World Congress and Exhibition
on Intelligent Tranport Systems and Services
October 8 to 12, 2006
www.itsworldcongress.com
- IMSA Traffic Expo
October 25, 2006 – Brampton, Ontario
www.imsa.ca
- 6th International
Conference on Transport Systems Telematics
October 25 to 27, 2006 – Katowice, Poland
www.tst-conference.org
CUTA
2006 Fall Conference and Trans-Expo
November 4 to 8, 2006 – Toronto, Ontario
Trans-Expo – November 7
www.cutaactu.on.ca |
- 5th Chilean Congresss / 2nd
Pan-American ITS Congress and Exhibition
November 15 to 17, 2006 – Santiago, Chile
www.itschile.cl
- 1st ITS Middle East
Conference
December 4 and 5, 2006 – Dubai, UAE
www.its-arab.org
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