Role of ITS Core Committee:

Identify goals for India, promote technologies and systems for:

1. Safety
• Passive accident prevention/risk reduction
• Active accident risk reduction technologies
• Post-accident response & management
2. Sustainability
• Evolving a National Transport Policy along lines of the European Transport Policy
• Increasing focus on vehicle, road and traffic management systems not manufacture
• Alternate fuel use, R&D, production and distribution
• Reducing emissions through transport and traffic technologies and management systems
3. Security
• Vehicle, driver and traffic monitoring and tracking systems
• Seamless intermodal movement (especially of freight)
• Hazardous material management
4. Research & Development
• Procure a budget and finance for ITS development & deployment in India
• Undertake/commission studies for planning ITS development & deployment in India
• Set-up Technical Committees (TC) to take up following areas:
1. National ITS Framework for India
2. ITS Standard Regulatory Authority (ISRA)
3. ITS Infrastructure (Mapping, Galileo, ICT & Power)
4. Funding & Evaluation
5. ITS education & training promotion
• Joint research and technology sharing projects with international counterparts
• Promote close partnerships – inter-sectoral and multi-sectoral
• Make business plans and marketing technology
• Provide continuous assessment of outcomes

Core Group Committee