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Are E-Scooters Good or Bad for the Environment?

20 May 2020
Anne de Bortoli of France has won the 2020 Young Researcher of the Year Award of the International Transport Forum for a pioneering study on the environmental impact of shared e-...

Transport in the Face of the Pandemic

6 April 2020
By Young Tae Kim, ITF Secretary-GeneralA global health crisis of the magnitude we are experiencing has not struck the international community for over a century. In this...

ITF Summit 2020 Postponed

30 March 2020
The International Transport Forum (ITF) has announced the postponement of the ITF 2020 Summit, scheduled for 27-29 May.The world’s premier transport policy event was slated to...

ITF launches web overview of Covid-19-related measures for passenger and road transport in Europe

26 March 2020
A new webpage presenting an overview of Covid-19-related measures for passenger and road transport in Europe has been launched by the International Transport Forum. The page can...

ITF and World Business Council on Sustainable Transport to collaborate on emerging mobility trends and Mobility as a Service

19 March 2020
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) this week signed a letter of voluntary contribution with the International Transport Forum (ITF), to facilitate the...

ITF Summit and Covid-19

18 March 2020
The International Transport Forum is closely monitoring the Covid-19 outbreak, including in consultation with OECD, and is currently considering implications for the ITF’s Annual...

Teleworking for better transport

17 March 2020
Since Monday, 16 February, ITF staff are working remotely under restrictions put in place by the French government to contain the spread of Covid-19. Despite this, the ITF...

ITF welcomes Airbus to its Corporate Partnership Board

9 March 2020
The International Transport Forum (ITF) has welcomed Airbus as the newest member to join the Corporate Partnership Board. The ITF will work with Airbus and the other partner...

Global consensus achieved for road safety

26 February 2020
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Infrastructure Innovation to Achieve the UN Targets by 2030

18 February 2020
EVENT SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTUREOver 1.3 million people are killed on the world’s roads annually. More than 35 million predominantly young people suffer life-...

Fighting Road Fatalities and Injuries with Better Crash Data

18 February 2020
Stockholm, 18 February 2020—The establishment of the first regional Road Safety Observatory in the Asia-Pacific region was announced in Stockholm today on the eve of the 3rd...

10 Recommendations for Safe Micromobility

17 February 2020
A new study by the International Transport Forum examines safety aspects associated with e-scooters and other micro-vehicles.Existing urban traffic patterns are being challenged...

Road Safety: Infrastructure Innovation Needed to Achieve UN Targets by 2030

16 February 2020
Stockholm, 16 February 2020 | More than 1.35 million people die in road crashes every year. Up to 50 million suffer serious, often life-changing injuries. Crashes are now the...

Meet the International Transport Forum at the 3rd UN Global Ministerial Road Safety Conference in Stockholm

10 February 2020
More than 1.3 million people are killed in road crashes around the world every year. An estimated 50 million suffer injuries, often life-changing.Crashes are the leading cause of...

Diverse voices build the ITF Summit

29 January 2020
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Raise ambitions, take action!

17 December 2019
The public had hoped for progress, experts had demanded it, and the conference motto "Time for Action" had made it the benchmark – yet as the COP25 climate talks in Madrid, Spain...

Moroccan chapter of decarbonisation project kicks-off

12 December 2019
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Azerbaijan launch of decarbonisation project

12 December 2019
One of the biggest challenges for climate change mitigation is to enable emerging economies to continue lifting people out of poverty while at the same time reducing greenhouse...

Linking transport CO2 reduction actions with national decarbonisation pathways

6 December 2019
Which mitigation actions in the transport sector can most effectively support national decarbonisation pathways? Transport is the second-highest emitting sector and contributes 24...

ITF at Russian Transport Week

20 November 2019
ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim and Russian Federation's Deputy Minister of Transport Alexey Semenov held bilateral talks during Russian Transport Week 2019 in Moscow on...

Integrated transport for regional development

18 November 2019
Economic growth, environmental sustainability and social inclusion...the goals of a truly integrated transport system which serves regional development were at the heart of ITF...

Driving ITF's engagement beyond transport

14 November 2019
Engaging beyond the transport sector is central to Secretary-General Young Tae Kim's strategic vision for the ITF. Developing relationships in areas including energy, urban...

Argentinian chapter of decarbonisation project kicks-off

14 November 2019
One of the biggest challenges for climate change mitigation is to enable emerging economies to continue lifting people out of poverty while at the same time reducing greenhouse...

Innovation focus of Ireland's ITF Presidency

6 November 2019
Ireland's Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar and Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, welcomed ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim and...

Iberdrola joins ITF Corporate Partnership Board

6 November 2019
Global energy group Iberdrola has joined the International Transport Forum’s (ITF) Corporate Partnership Board to work on topics related to sustainability, the decarbonisation of...

Transport Innovations from the Global South

6 November 2019
Poorer countries’ need to organise mobility with limited means has spawned many creative solutions to help citizens to get from A to B or transport goods.Many of these practices...

Briefing for OECD ambassadors

30 October 2019
ITF Secretary-General and ITF staff briefed OECD ambassadors and OECD directors on the work of the International Transport Forum at OECD headquarters in Paris on 30 October. Head...

Two new Corporate Partners for the ITF

24 October 2019
Two new partner companies have joined the ITF’s Corporate Partnership Board during the ITS World Conference in Singapore. ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim and Seokwoo Lee, CEO...

IRTAD Group meets in Germany

24 October 2019
The ITF's permanent working group on road safety met in Germany from 22 to 24 October, hosted by member Dekra at their research centre in Klettwitz near Dresden. The agenda kicked...

Kyyti joins ITF Corporate Partnership Board

23 October 2019
The International Transport Forum (ITF) is pleased to announce that Kyyti Group of Finland has joined its Corporate Partnership Board. Kyyti is a leader in integrating transport...

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