ITS CVO Guiding Principles
The guiding principles below are the first of three sets of principles
developed by the ITS America CVO Committee for the commercial vehicle
industry. These principles are an integral part of the national Commercial
Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) program. Since the
creation of the principles below, there have been two additional sets of guiding
principles to help guide ITS deployment in the CVO industry. These two
sets are the Fair
Information Principles for ITS/CVO and the ITS/CVO
Interoperability Guiding Principles.
E-Squared Engineering staff have been instrumental in the development of
these principles on many levels. The President of E-Squared Engineering
(Richard Easley) served as a committee member and the ITS America CVO
Coordinator responsible for support and coordination of the CVO Programs
Subcommittee throughout the development of the original set of guiding
principles. In addition, Mr. Easley actively participated in the
development of the ITS/CVO Interoperability Guiding Principles in his role as
Chairman of the ITS CVO Architecture and Standards Subcommittee.
The following ITS CVO Principles are provided in their entirety.
E-Squared Engineering
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ITS CVO Guiding Principles
The ITS America CVO
Committee presents this set of guiding principles which will guide the states
and federal government on matters concerning technology and commercial vehicle
operations. This list of 39 guiding principles was established by the CVO
Programs Subcommittee with representation from National Private Truck Council,
ATA, carriers, owner operators, motorcoach representation, UPS, several state
administrative and regulatory agencies, AAMVA, AASHTO, and Canada. These
principles took two years to create and 100% consensus was reached.
Summary
A balanced
approach involving ITS/CVO technology as well as institutional changes
will be used to achieve measurable improvements in efficiency and
effectiveness for carriers, drivers, governments, and other CVO stakeholders.
Specific technology and process choices will be largely market-driven.
The CVISN
architecture will enable electronic information exchange among
authorized stakeholders via open standards.
The architecture deployment
will evolve incrementally, starting with legacy systems where practical
and proceeding in manageable steps with heavy end-user involvement.
Safety assurance
activities will focus resources on high risks, and be structured so as
to reduce the compliance costs of low-risk carriers and drivers.
Information
technology will support modified practices and procedures to improve CVO
credential and tax administration efficiency for carriers and government.
Roadside
operations will focus on eliminating unsafe and illegal operations by
carriers, drivers, and vehicles without undue hindrance to productivity
and efficiency of safe and legal carriers and drivers.
General CVO
To the extent
possible, ITS/CVO technology development and deployment will be market-driven.
The federal role in ITS deployment will be limited to instances in which a
government role is indispensable and in which the technology is proven and
reliable.
Investment and
participation in
ITS/CVO technology
will be voluntary.
The relative
benefits of various ITS/CVO technology applications and investments will be
assessed quantitatively using measures of effectiveness and established
methods of quality control.
Potential ITS/CVO
technology applications will be evaluated against regulatory choices involving
low-technology and non-technological options to ensure applications are cost-effective
for both government and industry.
Government CVO
policies and regulatory practices will permit safe and legal carriers and
drivers to operate without unnecessary regulatory and administrative
burdens.
Stakeholders will
use technology and institutional reform to implement continuous process
improvement and cost-effective process re-engineering.
The confidentiality
of proprietary and other sensitive stakeholder information will be preserved.
The United States
CVO community will work to implement compatible policies and
architecture and interoperable systems in all states.
The United States
CVO community will work with those in Canada, Mexico, and other nations to
encourage compatible policies and architecture and to implement interoperable
systems throughout North America and, when possible, worldwide.
CVISN Architecture
The CVISN
architecture will be open, modular, and adaptable.
The architecture
will enable data exchange among systems, a key to reaching CVO
objectives. Methods used to exchange data will ensure data integrity and
prevent unauthorized access.
Data exchange will
be achieved primarily via common data definitions, message formats, and
communication protocols. These enable development of interoperable systems by
independent parties.
A jurisdiction
shall have and maintain ownership of any data collected by any agent on
its behalf.
The architecture
will accommodate existing and near-term communications
technologies.
The architecture
will accommodate proven technologies and legacy systems whenever
possible.
The CVISN
architecture will allow government and industry a broad range of options,
open to competitive markets, in CVO technologies.
CVISN Deployment
The feasibility of
the architecture will be demonstrated incrementally and quickly in
simulations, prototypes, operational tests, and pilots. There will be heavy
end-user involvement in each step of the process.
After feasibility
has been demonstrated, key architectural elements will be incorporated into
appropriate national and international standards.
The architecture deployment
will evolve incrementally, starting with legacy systems where practical
and proceeding in manageable steps.
Strong federal
leadership
will foster voluntary cooperative efforts within government jurisdictions and
among groups of other stakeholders to develop systems which are in accord with
the architecture.
Safety Assurance
Carriers
and drivers will be responsible for
the safe and legal operation of commercial vehicles.
Jurisdictions will
develop and implement uniform standards, practices, procedures, and
education programs to improve safety. These activities will leverage
market forces that encourage safety.
Jurisdictions
will focus safety enforcement resources on high risk carriers
and drivers. They will remove chronic poor performers from operation and help
cooperative marginal performers to improve.
Jurisdictions will
conduct inspections and audits to provide incentives for
carriers to improve poor performance and to collect information for assessing
carrier and driver performance.
Jurisdictions will
use a safety risk rating for all carriers based on best available
information and common criteria.
Jurisdictions will
identify high risk drivers based on best available information and
common criteria.
Safety programs
will provide benefits which exceed costs for carriers and drivers as
well as governments.
Credential & Tax
Electronic
information will
be used in place of paper documents for the administration of CVO credential
and tax requirements.
Authorized users
will be able to electronically exchange credential and tax-related information
and funds via open standards and transmission options.
The information
needed to administer tax and credential programs involving carriers, drivers,
and vehicles will be available to authorized officials, on a
need-to-know basis.
Individual
jurisdictions, or their designated agent, will be the authoritative source of
information on credentials they issue.
Roadside Operations
Roadside
operations will focus on eliminating unsafe and illegal operations by
carriers, drivers, and vehicles and will be designed and administered to
accomplish this in a manner that does not unduly hinder the productivity and
efficiency of safe and legal motor carriers and drivers.
Jurisdictions will
support CVO roadside operations programs with timely, current, accurate,
and verifiable electronic information, making it unnecessary for properly
equipped vehicles to carry paper credentials.
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