Actualités & Evénements

Harnessing ICT for Better Coordination in Global Supply Chains

08-mars-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.

Public Transport: New Award to Recognise Outstanding Innovation

22-déc.-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”.

ITF Brings Transport to the Climate Table in Copenhagen

14-déc.-2009

The International Transport Forum (ITF), the global voice for transport, will be putting the focus on cost-effective greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction from transport at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. It will host the official UNFCCC side-event “Major Transport Emission Reductions: What is Possible? At What Cost?” on 15 December from 10:45 to 12:15 in the Niels Bohr room of the Bella Centre.

ITF Identifies Opportunities for Cutting Transport CO2 Emissions

08-déc.-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.

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.”

La sécurité routière s’est améliorée en 2008

27-juil.-2009

Après le ralentissement des progrès en matière de sécurité routière constaté en 2007, la plupart des pays pour lesquels des données sont disponibles ont connu une forte réduction du nombre de tués en 2008 (voir Tableau 1 et Figure 1). Plusieurs pays ont en outre observé une poursuite de la baisse du
nombre de victimes au cours du premier trimestre 2009 (voir Tableau 2). Voir les tableaux

Innovation in Accessible Transport For All Workshop

du 07-janv.-2010 au 15-janv.-2010

Jointly organised by ITF and the World Bank
14 January 2010, Washington D.C., USA

This workshop will focus on the role of innovation in promoting effective solutions to the transport needs of disabled and older people in both developed and less developed economies.

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.