STA Newsletter
Issue # May - June 2023
A bi-monthly online journal providing news and background about activities undertaken by STA with a view to improving the methods, technologies and standards associated to transportation infrastructures.
2023 STA Annual Conference & Innovation Awards 2023: Book your Agenda for 26 October 2023
The conference takes place at the CSI HQs in Milan (Italy) and at Aleatica’s A35 Arena of the Future in Chiari (Italy).
The main theme of the 8th STA Annual Conference is “Introducing Taxonomy in Transportation Infrastructures”. The conference is rounded off by two distinct roundtables and two real-world demonstrators on-site.
STA is inviting all participants to get to get introduced to the new European taxonomy for the next generation of transport infrastructures and to exchange ideas and best practices about the topic.
To secure your spot, please register early; seats are allocated on a first come, first served basis. Register for free by clicking the registration button until 9 October 2023.
STA Kicks Off New EU-Funded Project “KEYSTONE”
The project will span over 3 years and will develop a smart digital platform for fast-track compliance in road logistics.
On 21 & 22 June 2023, STA attended the kick-off meeting in Brussels (Belgium) of a new EU-funded Research & Innovation Action called KEYSTONE. The project will introduce a new digital application to facilitate cross-border logistics compliance. Several STA members are also among the project partners, including Etelätär Innovation, the Technical University of Madrid and the Spanish Road Association (AEC).
The overall goal of KEYSTONE, which will end in May 2026, is the development and conceptualisation of a sustainable, efficient and safe transport system, which allows enforcement authorities and logistic operators to access legal and secured data for compliance checks at borders and checkpoints.
““To be really “smart”, a city must take into account the main recipients of this transformation: the citizen”.”
NEWS OF INTEREST
World Road Association (PIARC) is boosting road safety focus in LMICs: Focus on vulnerable road users (VRUs)
PIARC Technical Committee presents Vulnerable Road Users safety issues.
Hop on PIARC’S Exchange project aiming at sharing knowledge about road safety, especially with low and middle-income countries (LMICs) with limited resources but also with more developed economies with different needs and priorities.
Thematically, the Road Safety Knowledge project focuses on the Safe System approach, addressing safe roads and roadsides, safe road users, safe vehicles and safe speeds. It is managed for PIARC by the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT).
Forbes: Are we there yet? On the road to a clean transportation future
Transportation today contributes one-fifth of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions globally.
Getting the world on track to reduce these emissions at the speed and scale consistent with climate goals will be no small feat.
In late 2015, Climate Works Foundation a number of partners came together to test an idea: philanthropy as a catalyst for conditions to tip the market toward cleaner vehicles.This global collaboration to accelerate the market, now known as the Drive Electric Campaign, supports research, engages policy-makers and businesses, and partners with communities like workers, health experts, and those who have been overburdened by tailpipe pollution for far too long.
The National Network of Spanish Railways (RENFE) extends contract with CAF
As part of a fleet renewal plan, Renfe have extended its contract for the supply of another 32 middle-distance electric trains for €190 million.
By this addition, Renfe will acquire a total of 60 new latest-generation middle-distance trains, more sustainable and efficient. This purchase complements the acquisition of the 29 commuter services (“Cercanías” units) in order to guarantee maximum efficiency in the operation of the new fleet and the lowest cost over a long period of time. The new contract was signed between the Spanish CAF (Construction and Other Railway Services) and Renfe as the country’s largest train operator.