Winner of the Neil Mansfield Award at ETC 2024

Winner at ETC 2024!

The Association for European Transport is delighted to announce that the winner of the Neil Mansfield Award, presented at ETC 2024, is Marco Sala, Transport Engineer at NET Engineering, Italy, for his paper:

“Smart Road assessment: analysis of impacts on levels of service, emissions and road safety”.

Judges noted that: “This very well-structured paper presents an excellent study, with a robust analysis and bringing a positive contribution to the industry and research on the topic.”

Marco Sala is a technical specialist in transport planning. His professional activity is mainly focused on traffic analysis, based on construction of micro and macro simulation models. He also deals with urban spatial planning, specific studies on vehicle parking and feasibility studies.

Other professionals contributed to the winning paper as co-authors: Giovanni Acciaro, Margherita Sartori, Espedito Saponaro, Andrea Lai and Eugenio Morello.

About the Neil Mansfield Award

The award is given in the name of Neil Mansfield, a brilliant young researcher in the UK Department of Transport, who died at a young age, for the best paper delivered at the European Transport Conference by a sole author under the age of 35.

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17 - 19 SEPTEMBER 2025

In 2025, the Association for European Transport will hold its 53rd European Transport Conference at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Please email us at: aetransport.events@aetransport.org if you would like to receive more information, or would like to learn more about:

ETC 2025 in general

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Thank you for a successful ETC 2024!

The Association for European Transport would like to thank all the speakers and delegates who attended the 2024 European Transport Conference. Just some of the conference highlights have been captured on the 2024 ETC video.

Prior to next year’s conference in Antwerp on 17-19 September 2025, please look out for notifications about AET’s other events, particularly the free online webinars organised by the AET Transport and Mobility Forum.

Special thanks also to the sponsors, exhibitors and supporters listed below for making the 2024 European Transport Conference a great success. If your organisation is interested in raising its brand awareness at ETC 2025, please contact Sabrina Winter.