Road Steel Engineering (Gonvarri Industries), Heintzmann Group, CSI and Transpolis represented the Smart Transportation Alliance at the 4-day landmark event held in Amsterdam from 27 March to 01 April 2022.

STA presented the objectives, research methodology, pilots and first ongoing activities of the 4-year SCALE-UP Project on urban mobility at last weeks’ GoMobility Expo in Irún, Spain. Apart from a range of different research & innovation actions and projects, the majority of exhibitors were commercial companies and also some public authorities and research institutes.

This years’ edition of the event was significantly larger than in previous years and the focus of the Expo has clearly shifted from a regional event to an international event of larger scope. Entry was free of charge to encourage a diverse mix of visitors to attend.

Smart City Expo World Congress gathers leaders from the most innovative companies, governments and organizations to move cities towards a better future.

The annual event represents a major platform to exchange ideas between private companies, public authorities and research bodies. STA members are eligible to entry tickets for free and exhibition booths to reduced fees.

Cities act as experimentation and innovation ecosystems to help all others in their transition to become climate-neutral by 2050.The Cities Mission will receive €360 million of Horizon Europe funding covering the period 2022-23, to start the innovation paths towards climate neutrality by 2030. The research and innovation actions will address clean mobility, energy efficiency and green urban planning, and offer the possibility to build joint initiatives and ramp up collaborations in synergies with other EU programmes.

The geographical scale has expanded to more than 140 countries, including in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Latin America. At the same time, the BRI has also expanded its ambitions with the introduction of a Digital Silk Road, a Polar Silk Road, a Health Silk Road and a 5G-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) project.All transport infrastructure generates carbon emissions in its construction, maintenance and operation. This hidden carbon cost, known as embodied emissions, can be significant. This study quantifies the embodied emissions involved in building and maintaining typical transport infrastructure.

The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program published a report on Subsurface Drainage Practices in Pavement Design, Construction, and Maintenance documents the current state of practice by departments of transportation (DOTs) for subsurface drainage, which is not always considered as a critical component when it comes to design, construction, and maintenance of pavement.