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Award for New Modelling Tool goes to ITF Researchers |
The Best Paper Award in Freight Modelling has been awarded to a paper
written by three ITF experts by the U.S. Transportation Research Board
(TRB). The award-winning paper, by ITF's Luis Martinez, Jari Kauppila and
Marie Castaing, sets out a new modelling tool which for the first time takes into account location, changes in value/weight ratio for products over time and reduction in "fixed costs" with distance for projections for freight flows. The model also allows estimation of the domestic link for cargo from ports to economic centres including freight
carried by road or rail between ports and consumption/production centres. According to the scenarios based on the ITF freight model, international freight volumes and CO2 emissions could grow by a factor of four by 2050.
Photo (l-r): Bruce Wang (Texas A&M
University), Jari Kauppila (ITF), Luis Martinez (ITF), Katie Turnbull (Texas
A&M Transportation Institute) at the presentation of the Award during TRB on
12 January.
Go to the paper: "International Freight and Related CO2 Emissions by 2050: A New Modelling Tool" (pdf)
Go to
ITF urban transport projections (pdf)
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| NZ Minister Simon Bridges visits ITF |
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New Zealand's Minister of
Transport Simon Bridges was welcomed at ITF on 16 January in preparation for
the 2015 Annual Summit on "Transport, Trade and Tourism" which will take
place on 27-29 May 2015 in Leipzig, Germany. New Zealand is ITF's 2014-15
Presidency country.
Amongst the confirmed speakers for the
2015 Summit are:
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Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for Transport
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Sarah Hunter, Head of Policy,
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David Plouffe, Senior Vice President of Policy and Strategy, Uber
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Cindy Miller, President Europe, UPS
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David Scowsill, President and CEO, World Travel & Tourism Council
The
Summit programme is available online.
Applications remain open
until 30 January for the ITF Transport Awards.
Apply here.
Photo (l-r): Mary Crass, ITF Head of Policy
and Summit Preparation, Simon Bridges, New Zealand Transport Minister, Jari
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| Impacts of Expanding Airport Capacity on Competition and Connectivity |
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The UK's Airports Commission published its assessment for proposals of additional runways at Heathrow and Gatwick airports
in November to considerable media interest. ITF provided one of the technical reports for the strategic fit analysis that underpins the Commission's analysis.
The ITF report entitled "Impacts of Expanding Airport Capacity on Competition and Connectivity"
summarises a quantitative analysis of the likely responses from airlines in all segments of the market building on an
earlier companion report published in November 2014 and considers the possible influence of changes to existing
airline business models and the introduction of new types of aircraft. The Airport Commission's consultation will run until 3 February 2015
Go to
the publication
See all ITF work on aviation
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| New Articles on Ports, Local Government and
Emissions by ITF Expert |
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Two recent articles by
ITF's ports and shipping expert Olaf Merk in Port Technology International,
a journal for port professionals, highlight issues for the maritime sector.
In "Local government and ports: a
perfect match?", Merk examines whether more local government involvement in ports
can provide positive impacts.
Read the article.
"Shipping emissions in ports: overview, impact
and prognosis" gives an overview of shipping emissions in ports in 2011 and
projections to 2050 per continent and ship type.
Read the article.
A concluding overview of the
effectiveness of port-city governance mechanisms is the focus of Merk's
contribution to a chapter in a new book on Port-City Governance.
Read the chapter (pdf)
Read the book
Merk's publication "The Competitiveness of Global Port Cities" was published by OECD in December 2014.
Go to the publication
Photo:
bellevue21 | Flickr cc |
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ITF Secretary-General José Viegas
(pictured) participated in the panel on "Smart Cities for a Global Sustainable Development"
alongside the Mayor of Mexico City, Miguel Ángel Mancera, during the Transforming Transportation
2015 event on 15 January in Washington, D.C., USA.
During TRB week Secretary-General Viegas, Mary Crass, Head of Policy and Summit Preparation, and Stephen Perkins, Head of Research, held meetings
in Washington D.C. with representatives from the USA Department of Transport (DoT),
with the Director of Embarq Holger Dalkmann, and with the World Bank's
Director of Transport and ICT Global Practise José Luis Irigoyen.
"Evolving Challenges in Transport Systems" was the theme of a speech
delivered by José Viegas at a seminar organised by Thales Portugal in Sintra
on 16 January.
The new European Commissioner for Transport Violeta
Bulc met with Secretary-General Viegas on 22 January in Brussels, Belgium
(pictured).
ITF is very pleased to welcome new staff members:
Bénédicte Busquet has joined the ITF as a
researcher for six months prior to graduating from Sciences Po's Urban Affairs Master Degree. She will be working on
two ports and shipping studies: The Impact of Megaships, and Cruise Shipping
and Urban Development. Prior to this, Bénédicte has focused on
port city governance, public transit systems, and urban environmental
policies.
Magdalena Olczak-Rancitelli joins the Summit Team as Project Manager/Analyst
from the OECD where she worked on the preparations of the OECD Annual Forum and diverse policy portfolios, including consumer and competition policies, environmental policy, education and gender.
Katie Reid has joined the ITF on secondment from the
New Zealand Ministry of Transport, ITF's 2014-15 Presidency country. Katie
will assist the Summit and Policy team in preparing the 2015
Summit and support the New Zealand Presidency work.
At the end of December 2015, the ITF was subject to an illicit internet
hacking incident which was quickly resolved. The Secretariat wishes to
apologise to any users of our website who may have been affected.
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