The EU is facing more and more competition from non-EU producers and advanced research is vital for the European industry for the sake of competitiveness, as well as to gain a better understanding of the increasing importance of high-performance steel in the everyday road safety sector.

On 12-13 September 2018, STA and Pyramide Prévention organised the second road safety technical forum in Yaoundé, with the support of the Ministry of Public Works of Cameroon.

The second STA General Meeting of the year, first one as a Belgium-based entity, was held last 11 September.

The STA Technical Committee on Smart Sustainability, TC3, chaired by Mr César Bartolomé, is carrying a survey to assess the opinion of our readers with regards to the sustainability of transportation infrastructures and smart cities.

This one-day landmark event brings together key opinion leaders and business professionals to explore the current state and future of Smart Transportation Infrastructures across modes and the Smart City in a unique and dynamic atmosphere.

On 12-13 September 2018, STA organises its second road safety technical forum in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

The Smart Transportation Alliance (STA) and Pyramide Prévention organise a ‘best-practice and knowledge transfer’ conference on how to optimise users’ safety thanks to road safety equipment.

Following the success of the previous editions, the 2018 STA Annual Conference will be held on 29 November 2018.

In line with STA’s mission to lead and support activities improving the methods, technologies and standards associated to transportation infrastructures, the STA Technical Committee on Smart Safety and Security (TC2) has released the STA Road Restraint Systems Deployment Guidelines.

The STA Technical Committee on Smart Safety and Security (TC2), chaired by Mr Wolf P. Zeplin, has conducted a survey between 31 May and 27 June 2018 on the challenges and opportunities faced by a new generation of safer and more secure transportation infrastructures.

The milestone of 1,500 followers in Twitter has been crossed in June 2018.

The STA Technical Committee on Smart Safety and Security, TC2, chaired by Mr Wolf Peter Zeplin, has launched a survey to assess the opinion of our readers on the challenges and opportunities faced by a new generation of safer and more secure transportation infrastructures.

The frontierCities2 project has launched a ‘City Needs Mapping’ survey specifically aimed at Cities to explore the possibility of establishing fruitful links between cities and innovative start-ups deploying FIWARE– based solutions.

The STA Technical Committee on Smart Mobility, TC1, chaired by Dr Elena de la Peña, has conducted a survey between 5 and 27 April 2018 on Smart Mobility issues associated with the deployment of the Smart Infrastructures of the Future.

The market is becoming more and more affected by these arrangements: demands for sustainable and eco-friendly products are growing (ex. Green Public Procurement).

During the 2018 edition of Amsterdam Intertraffic, held on 20-23 March 2018, several STA representatives took part in several activities in collaboration with H3B Media and in the context of the frontierCities2 R&D project.

The Smart Transportation Alliance gathered 50+ experts at its annual landmark event, the 2017 STA Annual Conference & Innovation Awards, held in Brussels on 28 November 2017.

Logistics require centralised planning and thinking. There is much research focusing on learning from ant colony and beehive analysis in order to create learning systems for logistics operations.

The STA Technical Committee on Smart Mobility, TC1, chaired by Dr Elena de la Peña (Asociación Española de la Carretera, AEC, Spain), has launched a survey to understand the perception of our readers on Smart Infrastructures, and on the future of Smart Cities.

The first STA General Meeting of the year was held on 27 February.