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As well as being a road and rail user when overseas, my work for the New Zealand Ministry of Transport used to include international land transport and logistics policy issues, particularly relating to technology. This page is devoted to global land transport.
Train at Geneva station, Switzerland (2004)©
Overseas transport departments and agencies
Overseas transport departments and agencies
Links to overseas counterparts:
Asia / Pacific
Australia - National Transport Commission - Transport Certification Australia - NHVR
China - in Chinese
Fiji UPDATED - LTA NEW - Roads Authority NEW
Indonesia [CHECK]
Myanmar - in Burmese
Thailand [CHECK]
Europe
Bulgaria [CHECK]
the Czech Republic
France - in French
Italy [CHECK] - in Italian
the Netherlands
Spain - in Spanish
the United Kingdom - Highways England - Office of Rail and Road - Office for Zero Emission Vehicles - Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles - Transport Scotland
Americas / Africa
Argentina - in Spanish
Brazil - in Portuguese
Chile - in Spanish
Colombia [CHECK] - in Spanish
Mexico - in Spanish
Peru - in Spanish
Togo - in French
the United States - Federal Highway Administration - Volpe - Connected Vehicle Reference Implementation Architecture
The above can be cross checked against the Wikipedia List of ministries of transport by country
Major foreign land transport operators and information sources
Major foreign land transport operators and information sources
Urban Passenger
MVV - Munich, Germany
RATP - Paris
Transport for London - England
Transport for Edinburgh NEW - Scotland
Arriva - UK
Transport Public Genevois - Geneva, Switzerland
MTA - New York
BART - San Francisco
Metro - Los Angeles
TransLink - Vancouver, Canada
STM - Montreal, Canada
MTR - Hong Kong
SMRT - Singapore
TransLink - Brisbane
Public Transport Victoria - Melbourne
Transperth - Perth
Transport NSW -Sydney
Road and Multi-modal Logistics
Greyhound Lines - US
Stagecoach Group - UK
DHL - Germany
FedEx - US
UPS - US
J. B. Hunt - US
XPO - US
Yellow - US
Ryder System - US
Landstar System - US
C.H. Robinson - US
DSV - Denmark
DB Schenker - Germany
Kuehne + Nagel - Germany
Rail
Rail Australia - Australia
Aurizon - Australia
BNSF Railway - Western US
Union Pacific - Western US
CSX - Eastern US
Norfolk Southern - Eastern US
Amtrak - US
CPKC - Canada, US and Mexico
Canadian National Railway - Canada
VIA Rail - Canada
Network Rail - UK
National Rail - UK
SNCF - France
DB - Germany
SBB - Switzerland
OBB - Austria
Central Japan Railway - Japan
Tram in Geneva, Switzerland (2000)©
International and industry organisations
International and industry organisations
International Transport Forum - Paris
OECD - the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development - Paris
World Trade Organization - based in Geneva, Switzerland, where services sector papers on Services Auxiliary to All Modes of Transport are available
ILO - the UN's International Labour Organization - Geneva
UNCTAD - Geneva
UNCITRAL - the UN Commission on International Trade Law
UNECE - based in Geneva - Transport Division
APEC - Singapore - Transportation Working Group
European Commission - DG Mobility & Transport with a Mobility and Transport web site - TRIMIS
Amsterdam Group [CHECK] - C-ITS and V2X
UIC - International Union of Railways
IRF - the International Road Federation
PIARC - the World Road Association
UITP - International Association of Public Transport
ICCT - International Council on Clean Transportation
IRU - the International Road Transport Union
RCAR - an international body of automotive research centres
ITF - the International Transport Workers' Federation
iMOVE CRC - based in Melbourne, Australia
Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries - Australia
CIHT - the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation
Transport industry news
Transport industry news
TransportInfo - UK daily news on all modes
ITS Observatory [CHECK] - Europe
ATN - Australia
Railway Gazette - UK
Asia Cargo News - Hong Kong SAR
SupplyChainBrain.com - US
Academic sites
Academic sites
Transportation Research Institute - University of Michigan, US
Rudin Center for Transportation - NYU Wagner, US
Institute of Transportation Studies - UC Berkeley
Institute of Transportation Studies - UC Davis
Transportation Institute - Texas A&M, US
Transit Costs Project - NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management
Van Horne Institute - University of Calgary, Canada
Transport Institute - University of Manitoba, Canada
University of Toronto Transportation Research Institute - Canada
Accident Research Centre - Monash University, Australia
Centre for Automotive Safety Research - University of Adelaide, Australia
Centre for Transport and Society - UWE, UK
Centre for Transport Research - University of Aberdeen, UK
Institute for Transport Studies - University of Leeds, UK
Other sector sites
Other sector sites
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - the UK-based professional body representing all sectors of the transport industry - New Zealand
The Independent Transport Commission - UK
Victoria Transport Policy Institute - Canada with a TDM Encyclopedia
howsafeisyourcar.com.au - Victoria, Australia
SmartDrivingCars - Princeton, USA
My Car Does What - University of Iowa, USA
ITS Deployment Evaluation - US DoT
Reports, speeches, research articles and papers
Reports, speeches, research articles and papers
Interesting reports, speeches, research articles and papers available online include (the first set is generally by academics and the second set by government practitioners):
An Evaluation Study on the Social Experiment of Modal Shift to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emission (2005) by Yoji Takahashi
Accessibility in Cities: Transport and Urban Form WBM (2014) by Philipp Rode and Graham Floater
The Eddington Transport Study (2006) from the UK Department for Transport
Preparing for Tomorrow, Delivering Today: Freight Action Plan for Scotland [CHECK](2006) from the Scottish Executive
Policy Framework for Intelligent Transport Systems in Australia (2012) from SCOTI
Smart Mobility 2030 (2014) from Singapore
Automated Vehicles: Are we ready? WBM (2015) from Main Roads Western Australia
Connected Vehicles: Are we ready? WBM (2015) from Main Roads Western Australia
The Pathway to Driverless Cars: A detailed review of regulations for automated vehicle technologies (2015) from the UK Department for Transport
Motoring of the future (2015) from the UK Parliament Commons Transport Select Committee
The Transport Data Revolution (2015) from Transport Systems Catapult
Now Arriving: A Connected Mobility Roadmap for Public Transport [CHECK](2016) by Greg Lyndsay from the New Cities Foundation
How to Abolish Traffic Jams [CHECK](2017) by Cebr
Cycling Action Plan for Scotland 2017-2020 from Transport Scotland
Intelligent Transport Systems Joint Programme Office Strategic Plan 2020-2025 (2020) from US DoT
Future Transport Technology Roadmap 2021-2024 (2021) from Transport for NSW
National Transport Plan 2022-2033 (2021) from Norway Ministry of Transport
Intelligent transport systems (ITS) organisations
Intelligent transport systems (ITS) organisations
ITS Europe - ERTICO
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