The Institution of Highway & Transportation

Annual Conference 2011

A New Decade, A New Challenge - The Future for Transport, Traffic and Planning in a Changing Ireland


Held at The Gibson Hotel, Dublin

The Annual Conference was a one-day event held on 17 February 2011 for all practitioners involved in planning, design, procurement and construction of transport infrastructure.

The Conference reviewed the current state of transport infrastructure development in Ireland in the context of a changed economic and planning environment and presented a number of papers on the future direction of transportation infrastructure and policy. The event was aimed at providing a forum for dissemination of technical advances as well as exchanges of experiences and ideas among engineers, planners, academics, researchers, developers, regulatory agents and project managers.

Presentations from the event are available to download:

  1. Alan Young - Manual for Streets 2
  2. David Dunne - A new decade a new challenge
  3. Dr Aoife Ahern - Future Direction of Transport Research
  4. Dr Jacqui Wilkinson - Making Smarter Travel Choices
  5. Ed Humphreys - T21 Midterm Review
  6. Fred Barry - NRA Outlook
  7. Michael Reidy - The Future for Iarnród Éireann
  8. Pat O'Donaghue - Challenges Facing RPA