The NCHRP’s TransXML

1. The NCHRP’s TransXML Better Communication Between Government Agencies and the Motor Carrier Industry

2. Better Communication • C.H. Robinson Worldwide and T-Chek Systems • The Problem with online OS/OW systems • NCHRP Report 576 • B2B Communication Today • TransXML • Sharing Restriction Data – the key to interstate movements • FMCSA CVISN Grants • Why this is good for everybody

3. C.H. Robinson • $6.6 billion in 2006 gross revenues • 5.2 million shipments delivered for 25,000+ customers globally • 45,000+ carriers worldwide • Approximately 6,800 employees • 214 offices worldwide • Publicly owned and traded on NASDAQ (symbol: CHRW)

4. T-Chek Systems "Named one of the 200 Best of the Web Companies by Forbes Magazine, and Web Smart 50 by Business Week Magazine." Fuel Cards Master Cards • Temporary Permits • Express Cash • Driver Settlement • Driver Lodging Log Audit Services Licensing FleetNet America Breakdown Fuel Management

5. OS/OW Permits Managing the movement of freight for T-Chek’s Customers

6. Interacting with State OS/OW Agencies • Telephone • FAX • Online Systems . . .

7. Online Permitting Systems • Varying levels of automation • Wide variety of business rules • Online Re-keying of data that has been entered previously • Lack of interstate routing capability

8. Online Systems . . . Internet Motor Carrier’s Computer State Agency Computer System Information is printed out and re-entered

9. Re-Keying Data • Errors • Inefficiency • Time consuming • Opportunities for mistakes whenever something is re-keyed • Costs the state time and money • Costs the Motor Carriers time and money

10. Routing is a Shot in the Dark • Restrictions change every day • Interstate routing is difficult • Multi-state envelope routes are sometimes not valid

11. There’s a Better Way

12. Transportation Research Board (TRB) The TRB is a division of the National Research Council, which serves as an independent adviser to the federal government and others on scientific and technical questions of national importance National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Administered by the TRB and sponsored by individual state departments of transportation and AASHTO, in cooperation with the FHWA, the NCHRP was created as a means to conduct research in highway planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance nationwide.

13. TransXML Transportation Agency Communication

14. XML • Extensible Markup Language Text, and Information about the text Allows users to define their own Tags, facilitating communication across platforms

15. XML • Descended from Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) developed by IBM in the 1960’s • Machine readable documents, that people can read too • Industry standard B2B mechanism for communicating between computers

16. NCHRP Report 5762007 • TransXML: XML Schemas for Exchange of Transportation Data • A subset of XML designed for State Governments and the organizations that do business with them • Rules and standards to make data exchange easier • A framework for future developments • Developed by Cambridge Systematics with Bentley Systems, Info Tech, Inc., Michael Baker, Inc., and Charles E. CampBell

17. TransXML - Designed for Transportation Agencies • Construction data • Bid letting • Roadway alignment data • Bridge analysis data • Commercial Vehicle Data • Regulatory compliance • Enforcement • Communicating with the motor carrier industry

18. Why TransXML to Communicate? • System Security • Transportation Agencies share information easily • Vendor neutral format • Different applications software • Continuous development

19. Two Way Communication Between Motor Carriers and State Agencies

20. Submitting permit applications efficiently Motor Carrier Permit Application TransXML State OS/OW Permitting Agency

21. Temporary Restriction Data • The data used everyday in State OS/OW permitting agencies to approve routes • Data made available in a common vendor neutral TransXML format • Carriers request routes that will work • Interstate routing at state borders • Third party mapping systems • (Lineally referenced data can be converted to x,y, T-Chek is working with GIS consultants to facilitate this process)

22. Submitting Applications with Routes that will work Motor Carrier State Government OS/OW Permitting Agency 3rd Party RoutingSoftware TransXML Temporary Restriction Data

23. Applications right the first time Motor Carrier Permit Application Application Routed using State Temporary Restriction Data TransXML 3rd Party RoutingSoftware State OS/OW Permitting Agency

24. Computer to Computer Communication TransXML State Agency Permitting System Motor Carrier Computer System • Public Domain Schema • No redundant data entry • Complete, compliant applications • Eliminates opportunities for errors • Fewer applications require attention • Permits are issued faster • State maintains control

25. Implementing TransXML • CVISN Grants Currently Available • Understanding your requirements • Business Rules • Scope – Permit Types, Routes • Understanding Objectives • Fewer Applications needing attention • Fewer Mistakes • Faster Turn around • More control over the process

26. Implementing . . . • Web Services • Interoperable Machine to Machine Interaction over a network. • Wide scale deployment in Industry • Secure • Proven

27. Motor Carrier Industry All Communication is Public Domain State Permitting Agencies Public Domain TransXML Schema Computer System Routing System State Permitting System Public Domain TransXML Schema Restriction Data

28. CVISN • FY 08 Grants available for State - Motor Carrier Communication • 80%-20% Federal – State participation

29. Good for Everybody • Fewer errors • Easier compliance • Less manual intervention • Interstate routing capabilities • 80% Federal CVISN money to pay for it • Public Domain – the entire industry benefits!

30. WASHTO • Surveying states • Restriction Data Available • Data Format • WASHTO Multi-State Permit • Entire State

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