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| Luca di Montezemolo gives keynote at 2012 Summit |
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Luca di Montezemolo
has been Chairman of the legendary sports car manufacturer Ferrari since 1991.
After joining the company in 1973, he led Ferrari's
Formula One Department to two World Drivers' Championship titles, with Nikki
Lauda in the cockpit. In 2006 Montezemolo co-founded Italy's first private rail
company, Nuovo Transporto Viaggiatori, which is launching Italy's first
private high-speed rail link on the Naples-Rome-Florence-Bologna-Milan route on
28 April. Other prominent speakers include
Bill Meahl, Chief Commercial Officer of global
logistics giant DHL,
Peter Hendy, Commissioner of Transport for London,
the city that will host the Olympic Summer Games in July and OECD
Secretary-General
Angel Gurría, who will present the 2012 Transport
Outlook.
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Latest report confirms improvements in road safety |
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The new 2011 Road Safety Annual Report shows continued
reductions in road deaths during 2010 in member countries of the
International Road Traffic and Accident Data and Analysis Group
(IRTAD). This follows significant reductions in 2008 and 2009. Latest
available data contained in the
report also indicates a continued downward trend for 2011.
In
several countries (Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, USA) a more pronounced
reduction in fatalities was observed during the last 3-4 years than during
the preceding 15 years.
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New transport research database proves a success |
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More than one million searches have been performed on the new Transport Research International Database (TRID) since its launch in January 2011. This success story was
reported at a meeting of the Operational Committee of the International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD), in Paris on 28-29 February. The committee reports on progress in the integration of the ITRD database into
the Transport Research Information Services (TRIS) database, both of which that are now together forming TRID. The committee noted that the increased number of searches in countries such as China, India and Korea is a reflection of the greater international pertinence of TRID.
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Seamless Public Transport for All |
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Promoting seamless public transport in its planning, design and operation
were at the centre of the
third joint International Transport Forum/Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) seminar
held on 6 March. Seminar sessions examined strategies from national perspectives, better connectivity through network design, and
information and communications technology's contribution to seamless operation of public transport.
The results will provide research input to the International Transport
Forum's 2012 Summit on the topic of seamlessness in May.
More information and seminar presentations
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| Taking transport to the media |
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At
a pre-Summit media lunch in Berlin, Germany on 23 March, the Forum's Acting Secretary-General, Michael Kloth (pictured),
and German State Secretary Andreas Scheuer answered questions on
transport issues ranging from ship safety to public transport. 30
members of the Berlin press corps attended. |
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The Transport Management Board met on 7-9 March and agreed the final
programme of the 2012 Summit. The election of a new Secretary-General and
a new strategic funding framework were discussed and the ITF Revised General Rules
reviewed.
On 26-27 March the Joint OECD/ITF Transport Research Committee (JTRC) met
to discuss, inter alia, inputs to the 2012 Summit and the 2013
Summit on Funding Transport.
To strengthen statistical work and to improve data coverage,
a Statistical Unit has been created within the Research Centre. The Forum collects statistics and data
relevant to a range of transport policy issues, maintains historical
databases and publishes analysis and indicators. The unit aims to become
a reference point for policy-relevant international transport statistics and
data analysis. Contact: Jari
Kauppila. |
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2012 rail freight in Forum countries is still 3.7% below pre-crisis levels.
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| 2010 data is now available from
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