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Transport Ministers from the 57 member countries of the International Transport Forum have expressed their political will to improve the governance frameworks for transport in order to help achieve objectives agreed by the international community.

A new industry-led national body that aims to drive the uptake of electric vehicles (EV) in Australia has been launched in Canberra. A total of 17 organisations, including non-profit organisation ClimateWorks Australia, Tesla, Audi, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, infrastructure firm JET charge and the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria have joined the Electric Vehicle Council.

WiLAN has completed its acquisition of International Road Dynamics (IRD) and will begin trading on 6 June 2017 as Quarterhill, as part of its plan to transition to a growth-oriented diversified investment holding company by acquiring businesses that will operate alongside the company's intellectual property licensing business.

US transportation systems supplier McCain has become the exclusive Southern California distributor for Gridsmart Technologies, developer of a single-camera solution for intersection actuation, traffic data collection and situational awareness.

The Washington Transportation Commission (WSTC) has retained D’Artagnan Consulting as the prime contractor to assist with formulation, design, management and implementation of the Washington Road Usage Charge Pilot Project. This pilot project will demonstrate and evaluate an operational road usage charge system with a minimum of 2000 volunteers for a period of 12 months, expected to begin in January 2018.

A new study released by the International Transport Forum (ITF) examines how cities can manage the challenges of geographical scale and transition to shared mobility services.

The European Commission is taking action to modernise European mobility and transport, with the aim of helping the sector to remain competitive in a socially fair transition towards clean energy and digitalisation.

Uber’s recent integration with the Transit app in nearly 50 US cities enables users to combine Uber with public transportation, says the company.

British Columbia’s Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation and the TransLink Board have joined forces today to send a 90-Day Action Plan for Metro Vancouver Transportation to all parties and all newly elected MLAs in the region.

British Columbia’s Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation and the TransLink Board have joined forces today to send a 90-Day Action Plan for Metro Vancouver Transportation to all parties and all newly elected MLAs in the region.

British Columbia’s Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation and the TransLink Board have joined forces today to send a 90-Day Action Plan for Metro Vancouver Transportation to all parties and all newly elected MLAs in the region.

Governments must consider ways to manage the transition to driverless trucks in order to avoid potential social disruption from job losses, says a new report published by the International Transport Forum (ITF) with three partner organisations.

US wireless solutions supplier Intuicom is to supply the city of Superior, Colorado, with the communications infrastructure for its new advanced traffic management system (ATMS) network.

The latest report from IDTechEx Research, Electric Vehicle Energy Harvesting/Regeneration 2017-2037, explains and forecasts the technologies involved in this key enabling technology. EH/R will be as important and sometimes more important than motors, batteries and power electronics: fabulous opportunities await vehicle, parts and material manufacturers unplugging into this future.

An inner-city renewal initiative in Buenos Aires. Argentina has been awarded the International Transport Forum's Transport Achievement Award, which will be presented during the ITF summit on 1 June in Leipzig, Germany.