Key Program Activities

The ITS Standards Program undertakes a range of activities:

• Developing standards (through cooperative agreements with SDOs)
• Testing standards in actual transportation settings (through field testing by state and local transportation agencies)
• Providing technical assistance to state and local ITS deployers (through ITS Specialists at FHWA Resource Centers and through the ITS Field Support Team)
• Delivering ITS standards training and workshops (through training programs offered by the Institute of Transportation Engineers)
• Developing experience-based deployment guidance and tools such as lessons learned
• Providing up-to-date information about ITS standards development, testing, deployment, and training activities (through the ITS Standards Program website)

The ITS Standards Program also supports international ITS standards development taking place in ISO (International Standards Organization) standards development Technical Committee Working Group 8 (ISO TC WG8). International development efforts help eliminate technical barriers, leading to a broader and larger for ITS products and services developed and sold by U.S. companies.