Standards Fact Sheets and Reports
Standards Tracking Spreadsheet:
The ITS Standards Tracking Spreadsheet lists published standards with any updates or reviews, as well as tracking the progress of new and developing standards. Contact details for the various working groups are also given.
Fact Sheets:
- September 2009 - CVHS Fact Sheet
Cooperative Vehicle Highway Systems (CVHS) involve vehicles exchanging information with each other and with the roadside infrastructure so that drivers and road operators have access to live, up to date information about the road environment. This Fact Sheet summarises the benefits and technological challenges involved in CVHS, European activities and standards. Projects related to CVHS in Europe, Japan and the USA are summarised and developments in the UK in general and the Highways Agency in particular are discussed. - June 2009 - INSPIRE Fact Sheet
EU INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information on Transport Networks) seeks to understand more about place, and the impacts upon the people and assets at that location, to better plan, manage risk and utilise resources.
Similarly the Location Strategy for the UK seeks to enhance knowledge of place by creating a framework in which data can be harmonised and shared in a meaningful way. - March 2009 - eCall Fact Sheet
eCall is an in-vehicle emergency call service that is designed to speed up emergency response, with benefits for both casualties and other road users. This Fact Sheet outlines the service and its potential benefits, summarises the European policy and activities, including research and standards and outlines the UK position. The first version of the Fact Sheet was published in March 2006. It was updated in January 2007 and has been udated again to take account of events during 2007 and 2008. - February 2007 - ITS Registry Factsheet
The Highways Agency ITS Registry is a repository of data definitions and data models with an associated process for improving quality and for harmonisation across different systems. The Fact Sheet describes this pilot project, the data models included and plans for the future. - January 2007 - DATEX II Fact Sheet
DATEX II is developing to provide an accurate and reliable method for traffic data exchange between traffic centres and service providers. This Fact Sheet is a guide to DATEX II, summarising how it has evolved, benefits, European policy and activities and the status of DATEX in the UK. - May 2006 - Standards factsheet
A brief guide to Standards and standardisation. A Standard is a specification approved by a body recognised at the regional, national or international level and made available to the public.
Reports:
- IMS for the Transport Industry Conference Report 27 February 2007
Report by Peter Vermaat on a February 2007 meeting on IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) for the Transport Industry, addressing the potential benefits and future implementation of this communication media. - RFID and Electronic Vehicle Identificaton in Road Transport 29 November 2006
Report by William Gillan covering RFID technologies, applications and standards, vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure communications , and recommendations for the Highways Agency
