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International Road Federation, Geneva, Switzerland
Activities Report 2009 IRF Policy Committee on
ITS
IRF GPC Executive Committee and
Board of Directors Meeting
11 Octobre 2009, Cairo
International Road Federation, Geneva, Switzerland
Why Policy Committee on ITS?
• Working group with specific policy focus
• Role of ITS in reaching policy objectives: proven but not (necessarily) acknowledged
• Open to IRF Members, governments, ITS associations, ITS industry
Mission:• To foster the deployment of ITS to
mitigate congestion, accidents, and environmental impacts in road traffic
• To raise awareness about ITS with politicians and high level policy makers
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Organisation… Chairman: Josef Czako, Kapsch
TrafficCom Management Team 6 Sub-Committees with chairs and
vice-chairs IRF Secretariat
STATUS: Terms of Reference and structure of
committee work finalized
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Organisation…Theme Chair/vice chairA. ITS applications and relevant policy objectives
Chair: Nico AntenVice: Jack Opiola
B. The role of ITS in financing infrastructure
Chair: Leonid KozlovVice: Peter Bentley
C. Research, education and social issues
Chair: Susan Grant MullerVice: Paul Vorster
D. Legal frameworks for ITS Chair: Werner RomVice: vacant, a.i. Jörg Worschech
E. ITS Strategy Development Chair: Phil RowleyVice: vacant
F. ITS Benchmarking Chair: Caroline Visser/Gilbert KonzettVice: Gilbert Konzett/Olim Latipov
International Road Federation, Geneva, Switzerland
2009 Past Meetings2 April 2009, Geneva• Discussing working
programme• Mini-seminar: Global
perspective on ITS strategies23 September 2009,
Stockholm• Meeting during ITS World
Congress• Work plan of subcommittees
presented and discussed• US and European perspective
on ITS Policy
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Moscow Meeting21 November 2009
• Russian ITS development and Global ITS policy updates
• ITS and Road Safety• Progress report of
sub-committees
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Outreach activitiesMedia coverage:• ITS International -
January/February 2009• Transport Business International
- September 2009• Thinking Highways website
Cooperation:• Joint session during ITS World
Congress in Stockholm with Network of national ITS associations
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Thank you for your attention
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josef.czako@kapsch.net
olatipov@irfnet.org