TRB’s Committee for a Study of Options for Streamlining Standards for Intelligent Transportation Systems has delivered a letter report to Ms. Shelley Row, director of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT’s) ITS Joint Program Office. The letter report examines the federal role in developing and deploying ITS standards. It recommends that USDOT continue to play a prominent role in support of ITS standards but one that is guided by a well-articulated strategic vision and program plan. USDOT is advised to engage users of standards in all phases of standards development and to become more active in international ITS standards activities.