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The IRF Geneva signs memorandum of Understanding with the Transportation Research Board (TRB)

Last November, at the IRF World Road Meeting in Delhi, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Tranportation Research Board Executive Director Neil Pedersen, Kiran K Kapila, chairman of the International Road Federation (IRF) in Geneva, and Susanna Zammataro, IRF Geneva Executive Director. TRB and IRF Geneva share mutual organisational objectives, and this MoU provides a conceptual framework for partnership to share knowledge, improve implementation of innovative solutions, disseminate good pract
May 10, 2018 Read time: 2 mins
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Road Federation (IRF) in Geneva
Last November, at the IRF World Road Meeting in Delhi, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Tranportation Research Board Executive Director Neil Pedersen, Kiran K Kapila, chairman of the International Road Federation (IRF) in Geneva, and Susanna Zammataro, IRF Geneva Executive Director.


TRB and 1201 IRF Geneva share mutual organisational objectives, and this MoU provides a conceptual framework for partnership to share knowledge, improve implementation of innovative solutions, disseminate good practices, and promote and conduct studies to foster progress in the development and maintenance of better, safer, and more sustainable roads.

The action plan attached to the MoU has been finalised and signed by Neil Pedersen and Susanna Zammataro at the TRB Executive Committee held in January in Washington during the TRB Annual Meeting.

The 2774 Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting was held from 7th-11th January 2018, at the Walter E Washington Convention Center, in Washington, DC Under the spotlight theme of Transportation: Moving the Economy of the Future. This year the program has attracted more than 13,000 transportation professionals from around the world.

Covering all transportation modes, the meeting hosted more than 5,000 presentations in nearly 800 sessions and workshops, addressing topics of interest to policymakers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions.

Please contact Susanna Zammataro at the IRF Secretariat in Geneva to learn more about this collaboration and to get involved.

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