Transport standards organisations

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Transportation systems are inherently distributed systems with complex information requirements. Robust modern standards for transportation data are important for the safe and efficient operation of transportation systems. A wide variety of Standards organisations, consortia and groups are involved in producing and maintaining standards that are relevant to the global transport technology, transport journey planning and transport ticket/retailing industry. These include:

Formal standards development organisations;
Other international bodies developing definitive core specifications;
Other important international bodies;
Other National bodies developing definitive core specifications;
Other important National bodies

1 Formal standards development organisations
- 1.1 CEN Working Groups and leaders for Transport Standards
- 1.2 ISO Working Groups and leaders for Transport Standards
2 Other international bodies developing definitive core specifications
- 2.1 Other important international bodies
3 National bodies developing definitive core specifications

[edit] Formal standards development organisations

The formal development of international standards is organised in three tiers of Standards Development Organisations, recognised by international agreements :

World: International Organisation for Standardisation, ISO.
Regional Regional Standards bodies coordinate standardisation between geographically or politically connected regions with a need to harmonise products and practices. For example in Europe, the European Committee for Standardisation or CEN
National, e.g. Most Nations have a coordinating body responsible for organizing partipitation in CEN & ISO activities, for publishing ISO & CEN standards within the country, and for coordinating national standardisation activities. The National SDO in turn will delegate responsibility as appropriate to the relevant trade associations, government departments and other stakeholders for a specific are of technical expertise. For example, in the UK the British Standards Institution or BSI is the National SDO.

The SDOs conduct their work through a system of working groups, responsible for different areas of expertise. These evolve over time to accommodate changes in technology. key current working groups for transport standards are outlined below.

[edit] CEN Working Groups and leaders for Transport Standards

CEN Allocates responsibility for different areas of transport standardisation to working groups

WG1 - Automatic Fee Collection and Access Control -CEN
WG2 - Freight and Fleet Management System - ISO
WG3 - Public Transport - ISO
WG4 - TTI – Traffic and Traveller Information - ISO
WG5 - TC - Traffic Control - ISO
WG6 - Parking Management - n/a
WG7/8 - Geographic Road Data Base: Road Traffic Data - ISO
WG9 - Dedicated Short Range Communications - CEN
WG10 - Man-machine Interface - n/a
WG11 - Subsystem- Intersystem Interfaces - ISO
WG12 - Automatic Vehicle and Equipment Identification - CEN
WG13 - System Architecture and Terminology - ISO

[edit] ISO Working Groups and leaders for Transport Standards

ISO Technical Committee 204 is responsible for Transport Information and Control Systems. It has a number of standing Working Groups, which set up Subgroups from time to time.

Current ISO TC204 Working Groups, Work program & Countries that provide Secretariat are as follows