His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, inaugurated the Dubai Intelligent Traffic Systems Centre constructed by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). The facility is considered one of the biggest and most sophisticated traffic control centres worldwide in terms of smart technology use and the management of traffic systems.

With the aim of contributing to advance road safety, the United Nations Institute for Training And Research (UNITAR) developed the "Management Practices for Safer Roads Toolkit Learning App" which presents a practical management methodology that can be applied in the field of road safety.

Dr. Bill Sowell, Senior Vice Chairman of the IRF and President of Argonaut International Consulting, Inc. will lead a list of distinguished international industry experts in an Intertraffic hosted webinar “Smart Technologies to Improve Road Safety”.

IRF Member FORTA partners with Arizona State University to jointly advance stronger pavement materials that make roadways safer and more durable.

RoadBotics recently launched a Web Event Series, Remote with RoadBotics. The series is comprised of web-based presentations and discussions that cover a wide range of topics for civil engineers and public works professionals. 

Op-Ed: With the rapid development of new technologies, officials around the world are quickly adopting more sophisticated and data-driven approaches to asset management that were previously not possible.

The International Road Federation has presented its annual “Find a Way” Global Road Safety Award to the Mexican public toll operator, CAPUFE, for its efforts to build road safety management capacity.

The IRF is convening a one-day best practice workshop on February 18, 2020 addressing excessive speeding & distracted driving as part of an official side event to the 3rd Global Ministerial Road Safety Conference in Stockholm Sweden.