| Newsletter December 2011 |
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the date for next year's Summit on Seamless Transport:
Making Connections, 2-4 May 2012 in Leipzig, Germany.
Programme details and more will be available from January.
Information is already available on
opportunities for
international organisations and business. Feel free to contact us if you require any further information. |
| China joins the Forum |
 The
People's Republic of China is now a full member of the International
Transport Forum. Vice-Minister Gao Hongfeng announced China’s
intention to join the Forum at the Summit in May 2011; the accession process has
now been completed. Acting Secretary General Michael Kloth welcomed
the Forum’s 53rd member country: “China has a long tradition as a
key nation in international transport. With its economic rise, it is today also at the
forefront of the debate about the policies and best practices that
will shape transport in the 21st century. China's accession to the
Forum is an important development and we look forward to having the
People's Republic of China participating as a member at the 2012
Summit in Leipzig in May."More on our member countries. |
| Interim leadership for the Forum Secretariat |
| Following the resignation of Carole Coune as Secretary General on 15 November, a new leadership structure is in place to ensure the running of the Secretariat and preparation for the 2012 Summit. The Transport Management Board has appointed Michael Kloth as Acting Secretary General until the election of a successor, expected during the 2012 Summit in May next year. Michael will be supported by the Senior Management Team: Mary Crass will continue to head Summit preparation, Head of Research Stephen Perkins, together with Chief Economist Kurt Van Dender, will lead research activity and its integration to Summit preparation. Nick Cole remains Head of the Management Support Unit. Michael will continue as Head of Communications, in addition to his new role. The Secretariat is fully functioning and the Senior Management Team is committed to ensuring the success of the International Transport Forum's 2012 Summit. |
| Creation of the Ibero-American Road Safety Observatory |
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Since 2008, the Forum has sought to expand the coverage of its International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD) on road safety and to assist low- and middle-income and transition countries in developing adequate data collection and analysis systems. Join our mailing list to receive upcoming Press Releases. |
| International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD): new web portal launched |
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ITRD is now part of the Transport Research International Documentation (TRID) database, accessible through the TRB website. ITRD oversees non-US entries to the TRID database and is now managed by the Forum. A new web portal is available. For more information: |
| Recent Publications from the International Transport Forum |
 Latest Discussion PapersThe ‘Grand Paris’ Project: Tools and Challenges André DE PALMA, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France Discussion Paper No 2011-28, October 2011 (version française) The Evolution of London’s Crossrail Scheme and he Development of the Department for Transport’s Economic Appraisal Methods Tom WORSLEY, Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), University of Leeds, United Kingdom Discussion Paper No 2011-27, October 2011 Accident Cost, Speed and Vehicle Mass Externalities, and Insurance Lars HULTKRANTZ, Orebro University, Sweden & Gunnar LINDBERG, VTI and Centre for Transport Studies, Sweden Discussion Paper No 2011-26, October 2011 Road Safety and Insurance Markets Overview Andrew FRONSKO, Transport Accident Commission, Australia Discussion Paper No 2011-25, October 2011 Road Safety - the Experience of the Transport Accident Commission in Victoria, Australia Samantha COCKFIELD, Transport Accident Commission, Australia Discussion Paper No 2011-24, October 2011 Pay-as-you-Drive Vehicle Insurance as a Tool to Reduce Crash Risk: Results so far and further potential Jan Willem BOLDERDIJK & Linda STEG, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Discussion Paper No 2011-23, October 2011 A Framework for Assessing the Marginal External Accident Cost of Road Use and its Implications for Insurance Ratemaking Lasse FRIDSTRØM, Institute of Transport Economics (TØI), Norway Discussion Paper No 2011-22, October 2011 See all Discussion Papers |
| Upcoming Events |
| 13 December, Bologna, Italy Port-Hinterland and Integration for Co-modal and Sustainable Supply Chain More events in the calendar. |
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The Forum, with the World Bank, the
Ministries of Interior of Spain and Argentina, and the Ministry of Health of
Mexico, has agreed the creation of an institutional network and a road safety
observatory for Latin American countries, supported by a high-quality road
safety database and a web-based knowledge centre.
International
Transport Research Documentation has had the ITRD database at its heart - a co-operative worldwide database of published information on transport and
transport research.