APECTPT ITS Group Action Plan proposed

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APEC-TPT ITS GroupAction Plan(proposed)
DRAFT

• March 2000

DRAFT
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Goal and Objectives

• Goal of the APEC ITS Group
• Save lives, time, money and the environment
  through the realization of Intelligent Transport
  Systems (ITS)
• Objective
• development of a framework of standards to
  achieve APEC-wide interoperability within and
  between broad ITS applications (where this is
  considered to be most beneficial to Member
  Economies)

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Action Plan Overview

• Identify APEC-critical interoperable applications
  (1)
• Establish common APEC positions on ITS standards
  development (including priorities) (2 3)
• Collaborate on ITS implementations (4)
• Promote trade in ITS application and services
  (5)
• Promote technology transfer and adoption of best
  practices models (6)
• Promote research into ITS developments (7)

Note Number () refers to Work Program
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Identify APEC-critical interoperable applications

• Activities
• Create/update list of candidate application areas
• Select top three (?) areas (e.g.. Transit)
• Identify particular key interfaces
• Describe information exchange at key interfaces
• Identify relevant standards for key interfaces
• Schedule
• Ad hoc meeting (Wed 1030-1230?) during 17th
  APEC-TPT Meeting
• Coordinator identified
• Areas discussed, selected
• Economy inputs (info _at_ interfaces, standards) -
  May 2000
• Inputs consolidated/Summary circulated - June
  2000
• Economy consensus - August 2000

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Establish common APEC positions on ITS standards
development

• Activities
• Select application area(s) of high priority
  (previous step)
• Prioritize the applications
• Formulate a Liaison Statement to ISO/TC204
• Participate in ISO/TC204 Plenary and deliver
  Liaison Statement
• Schedule
• Agree on applications and priorities - April 2000
• Agree on Liaison Statement - May 2000
• Submit to (participate in) ISO TC204 Plenary,
  Kyoto, Japan , 9 June 2000

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Collaborate on ITS implementations

• Activities
• Share benefits of using ITS, submit summary
  experiences via Internet (use US tool)
• Discuss system design vs system objectives
  (Japan lead?)
• US update questionnaire, re-survey Economies and
  consolidate results
• Schedule
• Briefing on ITS Benefits - 17th APEC-TPT
• Discussion of objectives vs design - (via
  Internet?)
• Re-survey - May 2000
• Consolidate results and circulate draft - August
  2000
• Discuss survey and establish next steps - 18th
  APEC-TPT

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Promote trade in ITS application and services

• Activities
• Share bi-lateral agreements
• Share plans for ITS Infrastructure
• Share funding opportunities
• Involve Economies ITS organizations (e.g.
  ITS-America, ITS-Canada . . .)
• Schedule
• Discussion of bi-lateral agreements - 17th
  APEC-TPT
• Post funding opportunities on Web site - May 2000
• Post plans for ITS Infrastructure - August 2000
• ITS Org participation - 18th APEC-TPT

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Promote technology transfer and adoption of best
practices models

• Activities
• Organize and conduct special session on Smart
  Card deployment
• Organize and conduct special session on traveler
  information
• Organize and conduct special session on emergency
  management/public safety collaboration
• Schedule
• Smart Card deployment planning session- 17th
  APEC-TPT
• 2nd Smart Card planning session (conf call?) -
  June 2000
• Smart Card workshop - 18th APEC-TPT
• Other workshops - Post 18th APEC-TPT

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Promote research into ITS developments

• Activities
• Survey Modeling and Simulation Tools
• Investigate Multi-model information exchange
• Investigate ITS security needs/issues
• Schedule
• Tools
• Development of survey - 18th APEC-TPT
• Survey completed - 19th APEC-TPT
• Develop framework for investigation of multimodal
  information exchange - 20th APEC-TPT
• Security needs/requirements analysis - 19th
  APEC-TPT

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Summary

• The ITS Group Action Plan
• brings focus to the ITS Group
• promotes more timely results