Contributions and Opinions of Stakeholders on Transport and Innovation

The International Transport Forum has invited international and stakeholder organisations within the transport community to share their views on the role of innovation in current and future transport systems. Top Down? - Bottom up! by Klaus EBELING, Secretary General, European Intermodal Association The Copenhagen Summit on Climate Changed showed that, while everybody was agreed on the dangers for the future, political change was impossible...  More   FIA Viewpoint on Transport and Innovation by Jean TODT, FIA President The FIA is the world' leading mobility organisation. It represents over 100 million motorists via its 228 national clubs in 132 countries...  More   IRF - Gearing up for a Decade of Innovation by Sibylle RUPPRECHT, Director General, International Road Federation (IRF) Whilst unprecedented technological advances opened up new frontiers of opportunity, the first ten years of the 21st century also heralded an unprecedented series of economic, social and environmental upheavals...  More     Road Transport and Innovation by Janusz LACNY, President, International Road Transport Union (IRU) In the current globalised world economy, road transport is no longer merely a mode of carriage, but has become a vital production tool in every supply chain...  More Technical Specifications for Railway Interoperability by Stefan SCHIMMING, Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) For many decades of the last century the International Union of Railways (UIC) Leaflets formed the technical requirements for railway vehicles...  More     UITP Statement by Hans Rat, Secretary General, International Association of Public Transport (UITP) UITP launched in June 2009 an ambitious strategy for the public transport sector with the objective to double the market share of public transport worldwide by 2025. The implementation of these measures will require both technology and policy innovation...  More