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___________________________________________________________________________ 2008/TPTWG30/IEG/006 Agenda Item: 7.0 Action Plan for the Intermodal & ITS Experts Group Purpose: Consideration Submitted by: United States. Title Presenter’s Name Economy. Action Plan for the Intermodal & ITS - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
___________________________________________________________________________2008/TPTWG30/IEG/006
Agenda Item: 7.0
Action Plan for the Intermodal & ITSExperts Group
Purpose: ConsiderationSubmitted by: United States
30TH Transportation Working Group MeetingMakati City, The Philippines
14-18 April 2008
Goals
Goals of the APEC Intermodal & ITS Experts Group include the following :
Reduce barriers to the movement of people and goods and facilitate trade.
Save lives, time, money, energy and protect the environment through the realization of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).
Facilitate the implementation of an efficient, integrated, safe, secure, and sustainable (energy and environment) intermodal transportation system.
Promote and facilitate the uptake of Electronic Commerce among businesses in transportation and related trading activities.
Evaluate new transportation technologies and methodologies used in supply chain management such as the tracking and tracing of containers.
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Objectives Objectives
– Standards• Identify Intermodal and Transportation Technology
standards requirements which are APEC priorities.• Promote and facilitate the establishment of international
ITS standards which are APEC priorities.– Information Sharing
• Build public/private partnerships that lead to a seamless, safe, secure, sustainable, and environmentally friendly transportation system.
• Share information among APEC Economies regarding Intermodal practices, projects and ITS developments.
• Develop Human resources– Research/Demonstration/Evaluation
• Promote research into Intermodal and ITS developments.• Promote research on Short Sea Shipping.• Collaborate on Intermodal projects and ITS
implementations.
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Action Plan OverviewWork Program Reference
Action Statement Objectives Reference
1. Identify APEC-critical interoperable applications
Standards
2. Establish common APEC needs on ITS standards development
Standards
3. Develop joint representations to ISO to establish common APEC priorities
Standards
4. Collaborate on Intermodal and ITS implementations
Information Sharing
5. Promote trade in new transportation technology applications and services
Information Sharing
6. Promote technology transfer, outreach/training and adoption of best practice models
Information Sharing
7. Promote research into Intermodal and ITS developments
Research/ Demo/Dev
8. Promote and facilitate the uptake of electronic commerce tools
Research/ Demo/Dev
9. Evaluate new technologies and methodologies used in supply chain management
Research/ Demo/Dev
Identify APEC-critical interoperable ITS applications
Activities:– Create/update list of candidate user service/sub service areas (based
upon ISO list of services)• Re-review of ISO TR14813-1 (specific action)
Schedule– Conduct dialog over the APEC website – Intersessionally after TPT
30– Set up form enabling online input by each economy – Intersessionally
after TPT 30– Discussion of collected input – TPT 31– Reach consensus as to how ISO list of fundamental services could be
modified – TPT 31 Target Outcome: Any new/required candidate changes to list of
TICS Fundamental Services for submission to ISO TC204 Lead Economy: USA
Establish common APEC needs on Intermodal and ITS standards development Activities
– World Report on ITS Standards (WRITSS) Project (Completed)– Formulate and deliver new Liaison Statement to ISO/TC204– Participate in ISO/TC204 Plenary sessions– Review/Update list of priorities for ITS/TICS Services Summary– Conduct interactive meetings and workshops with ISO/TC204
Schedule– Discuss Liaison Statement – TPT 30– Agree on Liaison Statement – Intersessionally 1 month after TPT 30 – Submit to (participate in) ISO TC204 Plenary – Response from Economies - Intersessionally– Discussion of Prioritized list – TPT 31– Interactive meetings and workshops - ongoing
Target Outcome: Update Category A liaison statement with ISO TC204 containing updated prioritized list of TICS services.
Lead Economy: USA
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Develop joint representations to ISO to establish priorities common to APEC
Activities
– Review any New Work Item Proposal (NP) received from ISO TC204 Secretariat.
– Review any New Work Item Proposal received from other appropriate ISO Technical Committee(s)
Schedule
– Review ISO TC204 Liaison Report – TPT 30
– Discussion related to determination of other appropriate ISO Technical Committees and any new proposals – Intersessionally
– Formulate ITS Experts Group comments – Intersessionally and TPT 31
Target Outcome: Comment submission to appropriate ISO Technical Committees expressing APEC regional view
Lead Economy: Korea
Collaborate on Intermodal projects and ITS implementations Activities
– Share information on ITS developments and benefits of using ITS from each economy
– Share information on Intermodal projects– Update questionnaire, re-survey Economies and consolidate results
Schedule– Discuss results of latest Ministerial Meeting – TPT 30– Develop new plans/activities as necessary to meet latest Ministerial
Meeting directives – TPT 30 and beyond– Share information on Intermodal projects and ITS developments
and benefits of using ITS – TPT 30 and continuous thereafter– Discuss and Plan Re-survey (if needed) – Intersessionally– Complete re-survey, consolidate results, circulate draft – TPT 31– Discuss survey and establish next steps – TPT 31
Target Outcome: Info Exchanges Lead Economy: All Economies
Promote trade in new transportation technologies applications and services
Activities– Share bi-lateral agreements– Share plans for ITS Infrastructure– Share funding opportunities– Involve Economies ITS organizations (e.g. ITS-America, ITS-
Canada . . .) Schedule
– Discussion of bi-lateral agreements – APEC TPT 31– Post funding opportunities on Web site – Continuous starting after
TPT 30– Post plans for ITS Infrastructure information – Continuous starting
after TPT 30– ITS Organization participation – APEC TPT WG 31 and beyond
Target Outcome: Increased trade in transportation technologies applications and services
Lead Economy: All Economies CONGESTIONAHEAD
Promote technology transfer, outreach/training and adoption of best practice models Activities
– Status of APEC Short Sea Shipping – Best Practices– Organize and conduct special session on one/or all of following topics:
• Potential GNSS project (land-based)• Intermodal Skills/ITS Accessibility• Joint workshops with ISO TC204• Sustainability issues and new technologies
– Survey of Workforce Development Needs– Promote HRD and trade facilitation projects related to intermodal, ITS,
and EC. Schedule
– Discuss necessary topics and issues - TPT 30 and beyond– Special workshop planning session on selected topic – Intersessionally 2
months after TPT 30– Workshop – TPT 31 or intersessionally
Target Outcome: Workshops Lead Economy: TBD
Promote research into Intermodal and ITS developments
Activities– APEC Secure Trade Evaluation Project– Web-based Atlas of Trade & Transportation (WATTS)– Research & Analysis on Using More Inland Rivers in Intermodal
Transport (China)– Secure & Smart Container Development for Intermodal Transport– Study of GNSS Land Based Applications
Schedule– Discussion of existing and potential research topics (above or
others) – TPT 30 and beyond – Decision on potential research topics – TPT 30– Begin preparation of proposals to APEC on research topics – TPT
30– Submission of project proposals to APEC on selected research
topics – Intersessionally after TPT 30 Target Outcome: Research Project Proposals Lead Economy: TBD
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Promote the use of electronic commerce tools in transportation
Activities
– Complement USDOT Electronic Freight Management (EFM) Initiative
Schedule
– Update on USDOT EFM Initiative – TPT-WG 31
– Consider new project proposals related to electronic commerce – TPT-WG 31
– Decision on new project proposals – TPT-WG 32
Target Outcome: New Projects Lead Economy: TBD
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Evaluate new technologies and methodologies used in supply chain management
Activities
– APEC Secure Trade Evaluation Project
– Research & Analysis on Using More Inland Rivers in Intermodal Transport (China)
– Secure & Smart Container Development for Intermodal Transport
Schedule
– Discuss evaluation project results – TPT-WG 30
– Decision on new project proposals – TPT-WG 30 and beyond
Target Outcome: New Projects Lead Economy: TBD