RTVISC was formed in 1996 to provide a permanent and on-going process for developing rail transit standards, using the consensus standards process.  Our funding chair was Tom McGean, whose insight and industry established the committee.  Standards are developed using the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) consensus procedures as administered by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). 

Formal scope: The Rail Transit Vehicle Interface Standards Committee shall develop standards associated with rail passenger vehicles, trains and systems, including (but not limited to) automatic train control, communications and electrical power distribution systems, which interface with these vehicles or trains. Org Chart
 

IEEE Requires that Sponsor Committees have approved policies and procedures.  The official P&Ps are only available from the IEEE Standards Association web site.  The link above is for a local copy of these policies (but they cannot be considered to be the "official" ones).
 

IEEE also requires that working groups have policies and procedures.  All of the committee's groups will use the same P&Ps.  These were approved by AudCom on 29-March-2012.