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New independent consultancy for sustainable transport and mobility

Founded by Josef Szaco, the new Moving Forward Consulting company aims to address the innovations, challenges and future developments in transport and mobility, and work with public and private clients to create innovative policies, services, systems and solutions, based on intelligent transportation systems (ITS). Previously vice president of international business development at Kapsch TrafficCom , Szaco is a well known figure in the industry and his new organisation plans to use its global experience
October 1, 2015 Read time: 1 min
Founded by Josef Szaco, the new Moving Forward Consulting company aims to address the innovations, challenges and future developments in transport and mobility, and work with public and private clients to create innovative policies, services, systems and solutions, based on intelligent transportation systems (ITS).

Previously vice president of international business development at 4984 Kapsch TrafficCom , Szaco is a well known figure in the industry and his new organisation plans to use its global experience and competence to support the transport sector in areas including  road finance with tolling and charging for highways or cities; policy development; road safety; ITS applications for cities, freight, logistics and harbours; transport studies; market and business development; and project management, amongst others.

Szaco will be attending the forthcoming 6456 ITS World Congress in Bordeaux to explain his plans and expertise in more detail.

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