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08-Mar-2010
Experts in information and communications technologies around the world are gathering in Genoa, Italy,8-9 March to discuss how to better coordinate global freight transport systems. “Efficient transportation of goods is critical to global trade, and is often hampered by lack of coordination between the different actors involved,” said Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum.
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22-Dec-2009
Two leading international voices in the transport sector, the International Transport Forum (ITF) and the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), today issued a call to public transport-related organisations to be acknowledged for their successful innovative approaches that improve public transport systems by making a claim for the 2010 ITF-UITP “Outstanding Innovation in Public Transport Award”.
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08-Dec-2009
At the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15), the International Transport Forum (ITF), the global voice for transport, will be putting the focus on cost-effectiveness policies for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transport. Preliminary findings from a new ITF research report, “Reducing Transport GHG Emissions – Opportunities and Costs”, will be presented at the conference.
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23-Oct-2009
Ireland has proposed to reduce blood alcohol limits to 0.5 g/l for general drivers, as is already the case in nearly all EU countries.
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20-Oct-2009
Geneva: The International Road Transport Union (IRU) and the International Transport Forum (ITF) are pleased to announce the launch of TRANSPark, a webbased platform providing a full range of services to all actors involved in goods transport by road.
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22-Sep-2009
“Crashes result in an unacceptable burden of deaths and serious injuries on the roads in all countries”, said Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum, explaining the purpose of the 4th IRTAD Conference in Seoul on safety data collection and analysis. “In Asia over 2000 people die on the road every day, accounting for 60% of casualties at global level. It is essential that all governments in the region treat the issue as a major policy priority”.
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22-Sep-2009
“Electric vehicles are not a short-term solution for the challenges of climate change,” said the Secretary General of the International Transport Forum Jack Short at the opening day of the International Motor Show (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung – IAA) in Frankfurt. They are certainly on the way but even optimists think that they will account for less than 10% of sales by 2020. “So, 90% of new cars that year and a much larger share of the fleet will still use internal combustion engines.”
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15-Sep-2009
For the transport sector to emerge stronger from the crisis, the Secretary General of the International Transport Forum said three conditions had to be met: First, “investment is needed but priorities need to be revised.” Stimulus packages are working, delivering quick improvements and protecting jobs. But according to Mr. Short, “they are still needed.” Read the full press release
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27-Jul-2009
After a slowdown in the pace of improvement in road safety in 2007, road fatalities in most countries for which data are available show a large reduction in 2008 compared to the previous year (see Table 1 and Figure 1). A number of countries recorded further sharp decreases in road fatalities in
the first quarter of 2009 (see Table 2). See full press release and statistics
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02-Jun-2009
800 delegates from around the world, including 52 Transport Ministers and industry leaders discussed the future of global transport at the 2009 International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany. In the face of the global economic downturn, transport will play a key role in supporting economic growth and in the creation of new confidence in the world’s economic future, the delegates of the 2009 International Transport Forum (ITF) agreed.
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