ITS Standards Program

MARCH 2008

Updated Standards Statuses

The following standards statuses changed in March 2008:

NOVEMBER 2007

Turbo Architecture Version 4.0 is now available for free download from the Turbo area of the National ITS Architecture web site. Visit the National ITS Architecture web site (www.its.dot.gov/arch) and follow the links to the Turbo Architecture Web Site to download your free copy of the Turbo Architecture software.

Version 4.0 of Turbo Architecture is compatible with Version 6.0 of the National ITS Architecture. This version improves support for regional ITS architecture use and maintenance and includes many new features and enhancements that are described in detail in a What's New document for Turbo 4.0. Version 4.0 also includes a Turbo Conversion facility that supports quick and easy conversion of existing Turbo databases, providing a convenient migration path for existing Turbo users.

OCTOBER 2007

Updated Standards Statuses

The following standards statuses changed in October 2007:

AUGUST 2007

Updated Standards Statuses

The following standards statuses changed in August 2007:

Center-to-Field ITS Standards Advisory This Advisory provides information and guidance on the consideration and use of Center-to-Field ITS standards.

MAY 2007

Two New ITS Standards Application Areas (May 2007)Lighting Management This center-to-field application area covers the interface between a traffic management center and electrical and lighting devices located in the field. Read More. Probe Surveillance This field-to-vehicle application area covers the interface between roadside equipment and vehicles that are equipped with a short range communications device. Read More.

Updated Standards Statuses

The following standards statuses changed in May 2007:

APRIL 2007

Updated Standards Statuses

The following standards statuses changed in April 2007:

MARCH 2007

Updated Standards Statuses

The following standards statuses changed in March 2007:

JANUARY 2007

Updated Standards Statuses

The following standards statuses changed in January 2007:

JANUARY 2007

Updated Standards Statuses and Availability

The following standards updates are available:

Additional information about the NTCIP standards is available in an NTCIP press release at http://www.ntcip.org/new/.

NOVEMBER 2006

Updated Standards Statuses

The following standards statuses changed in November 2006:

IEEE 1512-2006 — Version 2: Published — Standard for Common Incident Management Message Sets for use by Emergency Management Centers

IEEE 1512.1-2006 — Version 2: Published — Standard for Traffic Incident Management Message Sets for Use by Emergency Management Centers

IEEE P1609.1-2006: Published — Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) — Resource Manager

ITE 9603-3: Published — Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC)

APTA TCIP-S-001 3.0.0: Published — Standard for Transit Communications Interface Profiles

ITE TMDD Guide — Version 2.1: Published — TMDD & MS/ETMCC Guide Standard for Functional Level Traffic Management Data Dictionary (TMDD) and Message Sets for External Traffic Management Center

OCTOBER 2006

Updated Standards Statuses

The following standards statuses changed in October 2006:

IEEE 1512.3 — 2002 Version 2: Published — Standard for Hazardous Material Incident Management Message Sets for Use by Emergency Management Centers

IEEE P1512.4: In Ballot — Standard for Common Traffic Incident Management Message Sets for Use in Entities External to Centers

IEEE P1609.1: Approved — Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) — Resource Manager

SEPTEMBER 2006

Updated Standards Statuses

The following standards statuses changed in September 2006:

IEEE 1488-2000: Withdrawn — Standard for Data Dictionaries for Intelligent Transportation Systems — Part 1 Functional Area Data Dictionaries

IEEE 1512 — 2000 Version 2: Approved — Standard for Common Incident Management Message Sets for use by Emergency Management Centers

IEEE 1512.3 — 2002 Version 2: Approved — Standard for Hazardous Material Incident Management Message Sets for Use by Emergency Management Centers

IEEE P1609.2 — Version 1: Published — Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) - Security Services for Applications & Management Messages

NTCIP 8004 Version 2: Under Development — Structure and Identification of Management Information

SAE J2529: Withdrawn — Rules for Standardizing Street Names and Route IDs

SAE J2735 Version 1: Title Revision & In Ballot — Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Message Set Dictionary

APTA TCIP-S-001 3.0.0 Version 1: Approved — Standard for Transit Communications Interface Profiles

SAE J2353: Withdrawn — (Contents superceded by SAE J2354) — Data Dictionary for Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS)

SAE J2374: Withdrawn — (Contents superceded by SAE J2266) — Location Referencing Message Specification

SEPTEMBER 2006

Six new Standards Fact Sheets Available

Standards fact sheets are concise, "plain English" descriptions of ITS standards. Fact Sheets are now available for:

APTA TCIP-S-001 — Standard for Transit Communications Interface Profiles (TCIP)

ITE 9603 & ATC Type 2070 — ITE Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) Family of Standards

NTCIP 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2201, 2202 — NTCIP Transport and Subnetwork Level Profiles

NTCIP 1210 — Field Management Stations (FMS) — Part 1: Object Definitions for Signal System Masters

SAE J2366 — Family of ITS Data Bus (IDB) Protocol Standards

SAE J2735 — Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Message Set

JULY 2006

Center-to-Center ITS Standards Advisory
This Advisory provides information and guidance on the consideration and use of Center-to-Center ITS standards.

MAY 2006

Five new Standards Fact Sheets Available
Standards fact sheets are concise, "plain English" descriptions of ITS standards. Fact Sheets are now available for:

AASHTO-ITE TM 2.1 — Standards for Traffic Management Center-to-Center Communications

NTCIP 1103 — Transportation Management Protocols

NTCIP 1104 — Center-to-Center Naming Convention Specification

NTCIP 1210 — Field Management Stations (FMS) - Part 1: Object Definitions for Signal System Masters

SAE J2630 — Converting ATIS Message Standards from ASN.1 to XML

APRIL 2006

Updated Standards Statuses

The following standards statuses changed in March 2006:

NTCIP 1104 Version 1 Amendment: Under Development — Center-to-Center Naming Convention Specification

NTCIP 1204 Version 3: Under Development — Object Definitions for Environmental Sensor Stations (ESS)

NTCIP 1211 Version 1: Approved — Object Definitions for Signal Control and Prioritization (SCP)

IEEE 1512 Version 2: In Ballot — Standard for Traffic Incident Management Message Sets for Use by Emergency Management Centers

IEEE 1512.1 Version 2: In Ballot — Standard for Traffic Incident Management Message Sets for Use by Emergency Management Centers

IEEE 1512.3 Version 2: In Ballot — Standard for Hazardous Material Incident Management Message Sets for Use by Emergency Management Centers

IEEE 1609.1 Version 1: In Ballot — Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) - Resource Manager

IEEE 1609.2 Version 1: In Ballot & Title change — Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) — Security Services for Applications & Management Messages

IEEE 1609.3 Version 1: In Ballot — Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) - Networking Services

IEEE 1609.4 Version 1: In Ballot — Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) - Multi-Channel Operations

NTCIP 2102 Version 1: Published — Point to Multi-Point Protocol Using FSK Modem Subnetwork Profile

NTCIP 2103 Version 1: Published & Version 2: In Ballot — Point-to-Point Protocol Over RS-232 Subnetwork Profile

NTCIP 2104 Version 1: Published — Ethernet Subnetwork Profile

NTCIP 2201 Version 1: Published — Transportation Transport Profile

NTCIP 2304 Version 1: Published — Application Profile for DATEX-ASN (AP-DATEX)

NTCIP 8004 Version 1: Approved — Structure and Identification of Management Information

NTCIP 9010 Version 1: Published — XML in ITS Center-to-Center Communications

APTA TCIP Dialogs Version 1: In Ballot — Transit Communications Interface Profile

ASTM E2468-05 Version 1: Published & Doc. Num changed — Standard Practice for Metadata to Support Archived Data Management Systems (previously WK7592)

ITE TMDD Guide Version 2.1: Under Development — TMDD & MS/ETMCC Guide Standard for Functional Level Traffic Management Data Dictionary (TMDD) and Message Sets for External Traffic Management Center Communications

ITE TMDD Version 2.1: Published — Traffic Management Data Dictionary and Message Sets for External TMC Communication (TMDD and MS/ETMCC)

MARCH 2006

Nine new Standards Fact Sheets Available

Standards fact sheets are concise, "plain English" descriptions of ITS standards. Fact Sheets are now available for:

NTCIP 1202 — Object Definitions for Actuated Traffic Signal Controller (ASC) Units

NTCIP 1205 — Object Definitions for Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Camera Control

NTCIP 1206 — Object Definitions for Data Collection and Monitoring (DCM) Devices

NTCIP 1208 — Object Definitions for Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Switching

NTCIP 1209 — Data Element Definitions for Transportation Sensor Systems (TSS)

NTCIP 1211 — Object Definitions for Signal Control and Prioritization (SCP)

NTCIP 1213 — Object Definitions for Electrical and Lighting Management Systems (ELMS)

NTCIP 2301 — Simple Transportation Management Framework (STMF) Application Profile

NTCIP 2306 — Application Profile for XML Message Encoding and Transport in ITS Center-to-Center Communications (C2C XML)

JANUARY 2006

Six new Standards Fact Sheets Available

Standards fact sheets are concise, "plain English" descriptions of ITS standards. Fact Sheets are now available for:

ASTM E2213-03 — Standard Specification for Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Roadside and Vehicle Systems - 5 GHz Band Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications

ASTM WK7592 — Standard Practice for Metadata to Support Archived Data Management Systems

ASTM WK7604 — Standard Specifications for Archiving ITS-Generated Traffic Monitoring Data

ASTM E2259-03 — Standard Guide for Archiving and Retrieving ITS-Generated Data

SAE J2540 — Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) Family of Standards for Coding of Messages and Phrase Lists

IEEE 1609 — Family of Standards for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE)

JANUARY 2006

Updated Standards Statuses

The following standards statuses changed in December 2005:

Approved: NTCIP 1103 — Transportation Management Protocols (TMP) Approved: NTCIP 1104 — Center-to-Center Naming Convention Specification

DECEMBER 2005

Seven new Standards Fact Sheets Available

Standards fact sheets are concise, "plain English" descriptions of ITS standards. Fact Sheets are now available for:

IEEE 1570-2002 — Standard for the Interface Between the Rail Subsystem and the Highway Subsystem at a Highway Rail Intersection

NTCIP 1203 — National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol (NTCIP) — Object Definitions for Dynamic Message Signs

NTCIP 1204 — National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol (NTCIP) — Object Definitions for Environmental Sensor Stations

NTCIP 1207 — National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol (NTCIP) — Object Definitions for Ramp Meter Control (RMC) Units

SAE J2266 — Location Referencing Message Specification (LRMS)

SAE J2354 — Message Set for Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS)

IEEE 1512 — Family of Standards for Incident Management Message Sets

MARCH 2005

The ITS Standards Acquire a New Mission
March 2005 article about how ITS standards fit within the new ITS initiatives being promoted by the FHWA's ITS Joint Program Office.

JANUARY 2005

ITS Standards — No-cost Copies
No-cost copies of jointly approved and published NTCIP standards are now available from the NTCIP web site. This special offer is made possible by funding from the FHWA's ITS Joint Program Office and will be available for a limited, 12-month period only.