ADB Transport

The Asia and the Pacific Transport Forum 2026 starts today in Manila. Four days of practical dialogue on how transport priorities turn into real investment, real projects, and real results on the ground. Follow along at transportforum2026.adb.org #APTF2026 #FromPrioritiestoAction

🚀 The AI for Safer Roads Challenge is now LIVE. The AI for Safer Roads Innovation Challenge is a global call for data scientists and AI specialists to develop tools that identify where speed limits are putting lives at risk. The initiative led by @ADB_HQ in collaboration with the World Bank Development Impact Group, @AIforGood and @ITU, with the support of the Japan Fund for Prosperous and Resilient Asia and the Pacific and the High-Level Technology Fund. We are calling on innovators to develop AI-driven solutions that can help identify safer speed limits using real-world data. 🔎 Work with GPS probe data, road networks, and street imagery 🏆 Compete for recognition and impact 🌏 Help save lives across Asia and the Pacific Apply by June 25, 2026 and learn more: bit.ly/3RPo9ga #AI4SaferRoads #ADBChallenges #RoadSafety #APTF2026 @aprsoweb

Every year, hundreds of thousands of lives are lost on roads across the region. Speed is a leading factor. What if #AI could help redesign safer roads and smarter speed systems? 👀 Something new is on the way. Stay tuned. #AI4SaferRoads #RoadSafety #Asia #AIforGood #ADBChallenges

Setting transport priorities is one thing. Translating them into projects that get financed, built, and sustained is another. That gap is what #APTF2026 is built around, under the theme, #FromPrioritiestoAction. Four days of conversations about the financing, institutional capacity, project preparation, and partnerships that turn ambition into delivery. Last day to register today (11 May) at transportforum2026.adb.org.

📢 Last call! Today (11 May) is your final chance to register for the Asia and the Pacific Transport Forum 2026. Four days at ADB HQ in Manila to swap ideas, build partnerships, and turn transport priorities into action. Register now at transportforum2026.adb.org. #APTF2026 #FromPrioritiestoAction

Happening at 2pm GMT+8 today! Find out more about what the Asia and the Pacific region can learn about Japan's carbon pricing and operator awareness efforts, and their Autoflow Road system. Can both help to decarbonize #freight? 7 May, Thu | 2-3 pm GMT+8 Register: bit.ly/4ejZSbC

Japan is pairing carbon pricing and operator awareness with the Autoflow Road, where unmanned shuttles move cargo. Can both help to decarbonize #freight? And what can the region learn? Join our next #GreenRoads Webinar to find out. 📅 7 May, Thu | 🕑2-3 pm GMT+8 | 🖥️ Zoom 🔗Register: bit.ly/4ejZSbC

New research found that non-exhaust emissions—particles from brakes, tires, and pavement—now make up 38% of PM2.5 from road transport. Cars aren't the only source of air pollution. The road itself is a growing threat to clean air across Asia and the Pacific. Here’s why moving beyond vehicle emissions means transforming the entire transport system: ow.ly/II6I50YICQs

Every country in Asia and the Pacific has transport ambitions. A tougher question cuts across borders: how do you get projects financed, built, and sustained at scale? #APTF2026 is where practitioners and officials meet to take that question on, together. Four days of sessions built around what it takes to deliver. 📅 19–22 May | 📍 ADB HQ, Manila, Philippines Register by 11 May at transportforum2026.adb.org.

The new boat harbor in Nui Island, Tuvalu has made sea passages safer and faster, while creating economic opportunities. This partnership between ADB, Australia, and Tuvalu showcases a commitment to quality infrastructure that reflects value for money and local participation.

Watch the highlights from the @ADB_HQ @aprsoweb @iRAPSavingLives Star Ratings & Practical Roadside Hazards Workshop in Thimphu, where Bhutan's transport officials learned to measure #roadsafety risks and manage hazards on mountainous corridors. 🎥 Watch: youtube.com/live/4J6orChJk…

Safe System principles are not new. Getting them into real road projects, consistently and at scale, is where progress stalls. The final @aprsoweb x Vision Zero Academy masterclass tackles exactly that: how jurisdictions close the gap between principle and practice. 📅 28 Apr | 📷 3 PM GMT+8 Register: bit.ly/rswebinar4

How do we close the gap between transport plans and real outcomes on the ground? In 29 days, Asia's biggest transport forum brings leaders and practitioners to Manila to move from planning to action. 📅 19–22 May | Register by 11 May transportforum2026.adb.org #APTF2026

Cleaner air. Safer roads. Stronger economies. That's what public transport delivers — every single day. Today marks the first-ever #WorldPublicTransportDay. @ADB_HQ joins @UITPasiapacific and 60+ partners championing the systems our cities depend on. 🔗 uitp.org/world-public-t…

Papua New Guinea's roads face flooding, landslides, and earthquakes. Do its road design standards meet that challenge? Join ADB's #GreenRoads Webinar to see how newly funded manuals, built for PNG's specific conditions, offer a practical answer. 📅 23 Apr, Thu 🕔 2-3 pm GMT+8 🔗 Zoom Register: bit.ly/4t2IH2N

The #EMobility transition won't reach its potential if women are left out. The next session of our E-Mobility Webinar Series explores women's participation, leadership, and economic empowerment in e-mobility. 📅 22 Apr, Wed 🕓 2:00 p.m. GMT+8 🔗 Zoom Register: bit.ly/3Q3heiG #JustTransition #EV #WomenInTransport

Safe roads require shared responsibility, but what does that mean for governments, road agencies, and designers? Today's @aprsoweb #RoadSafety Safe System Masterclass explores this, with speakers from WHO, Trafikverket, and ADB. 🕓 3:00 PM GMT+8 Register: bit.ly/4cmhe4Z