Technical Liaison Committee

If you have any questions while completing this form, please contact Mike Skene: mskene@blvdgroup.ca

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TLC Project Proposal Form - Part 1

1. Individual proposing the project full contact information:

Name

Title

Employer

Address

Telephone

Fax

E-mail

2. Proposed project title:

3. What is the scope or purpose of the proposed project?

4. What is the product of the proposed project? Informational Report, Recommended Practice or other? If other" please describe. If the proposed project is a Recommended Practice, please also complete Part 2 of this form.

(Informational Reports produced by the Institute contain information and data on actions or options for use relevant to particular procedures or equipment applications. Content of the Informational Report is based on the experiences of practicing transportation professionals and on research. Such reports are prepared for information purposes only and SHALL NOT included Institute recommendations on the course of action or the preferred application of the data contained therein. Recommended Practices may include Institute recommendations on the course of action or the preferred application of the data contained therein. Before you decided whether your project will be an IR or RP, you are encouraged to review the procedures for development of both types of projects that are on ITE's web page

The development process for an RP is significantly longer and than the IR, and also places long term review responsibilities on the Council.) http://www.ite.org/councils/index.html

5. Who do you recommend chair/lead the proposed project?

Same as question 1? Yes (Do not fill in the following) No (Fill in the following)

Name

Title

Employer

Address

Telephone

Fax

E-mail

6. Who do you recommend as members of the Committee on the proposed project??

(Consider people who represent all users, the international component/interest, and/or non-profit organizations/professional associations that would expand the relevance of the effort. Please make sure that the proposed Committee is reflective of these considerations.)

Names and titles

7. What is your estimated time frame for completion of this proposed project? Please be as specific as possible, including proposed meetings of the committee and milestones on development of the project.

8. What do you estimate the audience for this proposed product to be?

9. Why do you believe this proposed project is important for ITE to undertake at this time?

10. Do you anticipate this project will be undertaken as a totally voluntary effort? If this is a Web based project, please describe the level of effort you would expect from ITE to support the proposed Web project.

TLC Project Proposal - Part 2

Please complete Part 2 of this form only if preparing an ITE Standard or Recommended Practice.

Note that all fields are required when filling out this section.

Please briefly indicate how your proposed project will satisfy the following criteria:

1. Is CITE the most appropriate organization to develop and maintain the Recommended Practice?

2. Is this proposed Recommended Practice of direct concern to the practice of transportation engineers and members of the Institute?

3. Is the proposed Recommended Practice necessary for the protection of life, safety or transportation performance?

4. Will a proposed Recommended Practice unnecessarily interfere with or contribute to the marketing of a product?

5. What is the technical justification for developing this proposed Recommended Practice?

6. Is a combination of volunteer, staff, and financial resources available and committed to support the development and maintenance of the Recommended Practice?

Please provide the following information in an attachment to this form:

1. A scope of work, spelling out what the committee will do to accomplish the proposed Recommended Practice task and the resources that will be needed.

File type allowed: PDFs and MS Word Documents. Maximum size: 1024 KB.

2. A preliminary list of potential committee members, describing their backgrounds and reason for service on the committee.

File type allowed: PDFs and MS Word Documents. Maximum size: 1024 KB.