Transport standards organisations

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

Formal standards development organisations

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

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.

CEN Working Groups and leaders for Transport Standards

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

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

For an up-to-date schedule of the remit of TC204, its current Working Groups and their points of contact please refer to:

The U.S. standards developing organization which is tasked with the domestic implementation of ISO TC204 Transport Standards, is the Telecommunications Industry Association.

Other international bodies developing definitive core specifications

As well as the formal SDOs, a number of other international bodies undertake work that is important for Transport and Transport Information standards

Other important international bodies

National bodies developing definitive core specifications

German organisations active in Transport Standards development

UK organisations active in Transport Standards development

UK bodies developing definitive core specifications

Other important UK bodies and initiatives

US bodies developing definitive core Transit Standard specifications

See also

References

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