2015 STA Annual Innovation Awards: Submit your entry now!

28 April 2015

The STA Annual Innovation Awards Call for Entries is now open and will close next 5 June 2015.

The “STA Annual Innovation Awards” honour global innovators that have decisively contributed to deploying Smart Transportation Infrastructures (“Person of the Year” Category) and to improving the methods, technologies and standards associated to transportation infrastructures (“Best Innovation Solution/Project” Category).

“A future gone silent", a stimulating discussion on innovative low-noise road surfaces

24 April 2015

Road traffic noise is a widespread problem, especially in densely populated cities. One of the most interesting and cost effective measures that can be taken is precisely the use of low-noise road surfaces.

The article, featured in STA’s regular section in the Thinking Highways magazine and written by Prof. Dr. Eng. Cedric Vuye of the University of Antwerp, reviews today’s innovation efforts towards quieter road surfaces.

24 November 2015: book your agenda for the 1st STA Annual Conference

16 April 2015

The 2015 STA Annual Conference will offer an innovative and informative review of the current state of deployment of Smart Transportation Infrastructures connecting people and businesses.

The event will take place in Brussels (Belgium) on Tuesday 24 November 2015 and will be coupled with the award ceremony of the 1st edition of the “STA Annual Innovation Awards”. Delegates can participate either in-person at the conference’s venue or remotely via state-of-the-art online tools. A draft programme will be announced soon.

“Smart” as a shortcut towards transportation funding, a column by STA Chairman José F. Papí

14 April 2015

Today´s global infrastructure demand is estimated at about €3.4 trillion in annual expenditure with a gap -or missed opportunity- of almost €1 trillion every year.

STA Chairman José F. Papí discusses in this column -featured in the first 2015 issue of Thinking Highways (Europe And Rest Of The World Edition)- the "power of one per cent" approach and other innovative measures to make the most of new and existing transportation infrastructure assets.

STA welcomes a new member: The Technical University of Madrid

9 April 2015

The Technical University of Madrid is a Spanish University located in Madrid. It was founded in 1971 as the result of merging different Technical Schools of Engineering and Architecture, originating mainly in the 18th century. Over 41,000 students attend classes during the year.

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