Actualités & Evénements

Actualités

Lower blood alcohol levels can save lives

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.

 

Asia Needs to Act on Road Crashes

22-sept.-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”.

Electric Vehicles are no Short-Term Solution: Improvements of Combustion Engines Needed and Feasible

22-sept.-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.”

Finding Ways Forward for Global Transport in the Face of the Economic Downturn

02-juin-2009

Bringing together 52 Ministers and top business leaders from around the world, the global transport sector will be convening today at the main political meeting of the International transport Forum (ITF) in Leipzig, Germany. Today’s three panels will be one of the highlights of the Forum, presenting the most important issues of the conference, i.e. how the current downturn is affecting transport and the appropriate policy responses, the role for transport in effective stimulus packages, the risks of a return to protectionism etc.

International Transport Forum 2009 has Opened

02-juin-2009

The Secretary General of the International Transport Forum, Jack Short, opened the International Transport Forum 2009 in Leipzig on Tuesday with a tour of the accompanying exhibition. The International Transport Forum (ITF) with more than 700 attendees from politics, industry, science and civil society is the most important high level global platform focusing on today’s key transport issues. The consequences of the present downturn on the transport sector and the contribution of the sector in overcoming the crisis are the key topics being discussed at the four-day event in Leipzig.


Evénements

International Transport Forum 2010

The International Transport Forum 2010 will be held from 26-28 May in Leipzig, Germany under the theme of Transport and Innovation: Unleashing the Potential. The Forum will focus on the essential role of innovation in building the transport sector.

 

Aviation and the Global Economy Workshop

The International Transport Forum (ITF) will host a workshop on “Gateway Airport Investment and Development of Airline Services for a Global Economy”. This workshop will examine the development of gateway infrastructure for aviation, crucial to the functioning of the global economy.

La réalisation d'objectifs ambitieux de sécurité routière : l'approche pour un système sûr

Ce séminaire à haut niveau, tenu à l'OCDE, les 25-26 Septembre 2008 a réuni 150 participants de 39 pays, a permis d’informer les décideurs sur les récents travaux du Centre de Recherche sur la sécurité routière et de tenir un débat politique sur la mise en œuvre, la faisabilité politique, et l’acceptation par le public des mesures recommandées par les chercheurs et les praticiens de la sécurité routière des pays les plus performants en la matière. Programme et présentations

Forum International des Transports: le défi du changement climatique a publié les messages-clés (Leipzig, 28-30 Mai 2008)

Le premier Forum International des Transports 2008 s’est tenu à Leipzig sur le thème « Transport et Énergie : le défi du changement climatique ». Près de 900 participants parmi les 51 pays membres du Forum International des Transports, ainsi que l’Inde pour la première fois étaient présents. Plus de 100 journalistes venant de 12 pays ont assuré la couverture médiatique de cet événement.

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