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ITF on mission in Canada
23 April 2019
ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim met with Canada's Minister of Transport, Marc Garneau, in Vancouver on 24 April (photo). Mr Kim provided an update of ITF...
"Towards a truly interactive platform", Secretary-General Kim presents to OECD Ambassadors
5 April 2019
Secretary-General Young Tae Kim (photo) shared his vision for the ITF with OECD Ambassadors and Directors at a packed information session held at the OECD in Paris, France,...
ITF progress report for member countries
27 March 2019
Secretary-General Young Tae Kim provided his report on ITF activities to members of the Transport Management Board (TMB) during their 29th session, held in Paris, France...
Advancing Asian road safety
20 March 2019
Measuring road safety performance is essential to be able to follow progress regarding the road safety-related UN Sustainable Development Goals. Today, for many Asian countries...
Deep emissions reduction for transport
18 March 2019
Currently, foreseeable policies to mitigate transport CO2 are not sufficient to achieve global climate ambitions. Transport will emit around 7.5 giga-tonnes of CO2 in 2050 -...
Group on Road Transport meets in The Hague
14 March 2019
ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim held bilateral talks with Netherlands State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management, Stientje van Veldhoven, in The Hague on 14 March...
Bird joins ITF Corporate Partnership Board
12 March 2019
Bird, the leader and creator of e-scooter sharing, is joining the Corporate Partnership Board of the International Transport Forum (ITF), the world’s only global and all-modes...
Two ITF staff honoured as "Remarkable Women in Transport"
7 March 2019
Two ITF staff are among 40 "Remarkable Women in Transport". Mary Crass and Sharon Masterson have been honoured by the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI), an...
"Gender in Transport" workstream launched by ITF Corporate Partnership Board
7 March 2019
Women make up only 22% of the transport workforce in Europe. In the Asia-Pacific region, their share is less than 20%. Women are even more strongly underrepresented among decision...
Ireland's ITF Presidency
6 March 2019
Secretary-General Young Tae Kim led a mission to Dublin on 5-6 March in preparation for Ireland's upcoming Presidency of the ITF. Ireland will assume the ITF Presidency for...
Reaping the benefits of transport automation
19 February 2019
Self-driving cars, buses and trucks have never seemed as close as to today and yet their large-scale deployment is still not ready for prime time. The attraction of automated...
The connected mobility future
18 February 2019
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Reviewing competition exemptions for liner shipping
14 February 2019
Liner shipping companies benefit from an exemption from EU competition law that makes it easier for them to collaborate. This exemption, called the Consortia Block Exemption...
Shaping the future of connectivity
8 February 2019
How can better transport connectivity help integrate regions - from local communities and cities to global regions - to achieve our economic, social, and environmental goals? How...
Reaching lasting results for global road safety
7 February 2019
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Smart technology at "Valeo Vision"
29 January 2019
CO2 emissions reduction and the development of intuitive driving are at the core of Valeo Group's "Valeo Vision" project. The ITF Corporate Board Member uses innovative...
Algorithmic Governance in Transport workshop
22 January 2019
Should transport authorities issue (some) regulations in machine-readable code? If so, where and how? Should governments regulate some things by algorithm? How can we better...
High-level US DOT meeting wraps up TRB week
18 January 2019
ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim met with Derek Kan, US Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, in Washington, D.C., on 17 January, marking the end of the ...
ITF and TRB agree to enhance partnership
14 January 2019
The ITF and the Transportation Research Board (TRB) will further develop the longstanding co-operation between the two organisations. At a meeting in Washington, D.C. on 14...
Resilience at TRB 2019
11 January 2019
ITF will share recent work on resilience with the global transport community at the world’s largest transport conference from 13 to 18 January 2019. ITF will also...
ITF at TRB 2019
10 January 2019
From new mobility disruptors and algorithms that govern transport services, to a radical transformation of our urban spaces...ITF's cutting-edge research explores innovations...
People-centric research and innovation welcomed by ITF
18 December 2018
The European Commission's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme has provided funding of around 80 billion euros to bring innovative technologies to market, driving...
Young Tae Kim bilateral with Polish minister
11 December 2018
ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim visited Warsaw, Poland, to strengthen ties with key transport leaders on 11 December. Mr Kim met with Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej...
Rail's sustainable chain of mobility
10 December 2018
Railways are an essential part of our transport systems. Rail can competitively transport large numbers of people – both quickly between cities and reliably in cities – and large...
Learning from data for better road safety policies
28 November 2018
Good data is essential for developing good road safety policies. Learning from data was at the core of the ITF's 4th Safer City Streets network meeting, on 20-21...
How Artificial Intelligence can contribute to well-being in transport
27 November 2018
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to enhance well-being in transport. ITF Secretary-General Young Tae Kim highlighted AI's likely positive impacts on safety,...
Decarbonising Maritime Transport workshop
26 November 2018
The first-ever CO2 emissions targets for international shipping were adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in April 2018. As part of the ITF's Decarbonising...
Supporting sustainable mobility in Asia's cities
22 November 2018
The Southeast Asia region is projected to experience significant and rapid growth, with economic growth predicted to average 5.1 percent anually from 2017 to 2021. Considerable...
First global benchmark for road safety in cities published
20 November 2018
Safer City Streets, the worldwide traffic safety network for liveable cities, today published its first global benchmark of urban road safety. The data, collected from 31 cities...