ATA Forms Committee on Info. Tech.
ATA’s board of directors voted June 18 to create a new Technology & Engineering Committee that incorporates the current Technology Advisory Committee and the engineering component of the Safety & Engineering Committee. The new panel will be chaired by Don Orr, president of Roberson Transportation in Champaign, Ill.
The Technology Advisory Committee was formed in 1998 to provide guidance to ATA’s board on issues relating to information technology, telecommunications and intelligent transportation systems. The Safety Policy Committee focuses primarily on driver issues.
The mission of the Technology & Engineering Committee is to explore how technology can be used to improve highway safety, productivity, fleet operations and driver environment, said Kevin Holland, manager of technology policy at the trucking association.
First on the agenda is an examination of who owns the operational data that carriers collect and record for internal use. A subcommittee will study who owns the data and who should have access to it and present a report to the full committee at its October meeting.
Other topics the committee plans to look at include on-board recorders for trucks; data confidentiality and integrity; reliability of roadside enforcement technologies; intelligent transportation system deployment; and electrification of truck stops and rest areas.
