A global research agenda for future highway
- Carreteras Magazine No. 194 - March / April 2014
José Francisco Papi FERRANDO
Senior Partner & CEO, S3 Transportation LLP
President
International Road Research Board (IR2B)
ABSTRACT
Last April 2013 walked the "International Road Research Board" IR2B a global collaborative platform that brings together top level players involved in research and innovation in the road sector.
IR2B's mission is to promote the so-called "Smart Roads", the roads of the future, which should play a central role in an integrated, sustainable, efficient and intelligent transport infrastructure system, responding to the main challenges facing the road sector: effective traffic management, safety, sustainability and long-term financing of its construction, operation and maintenance.
KEYWORDS
Transport, Research and Development, R & D, Innovation, Technological Challenge, Mobility, Road Safety, Environment, Sustainability, Intermodal.
