The FIA Foundation played a key role at the 2025 International Transport Forum Summit (ITF) showcasing research, activities, and policy implementation on safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility, connected to the Summit's theme, 'Transport Resilience to Global Shocks.’

The TRUE side event, ‘Showcasing the TRUE initiative - real world emissions underpinning clean air policy globally', brought together technical expertise and real-world use of emissions data to shape clean air narratives and action in Poland such as low-emission zone policies. During the event, GAP launched its School Run Scandal resource, which brought together young people in the UK and Poland to inform them about air quality issues and empower them to advocate for cleaner, healthier air. The panel was moderated by FIA Foundation Deputy Director Sheila Watson, with speakers: Tim Dallman, International Council on Clean Transportation Programme Director, Tim Dallman; Bartosz Piłat from Krakow City Hall; and Blanka Kolago-Szymczak, Global Action Plan Poland. TRUE also conducted live vehicle emissions testing at the conference with TRUE partner OPUS, to show attendees real-time data collection and analysis. This pairing showcased the full cycle of TRUE's work: from individual vehicle emissions data capture through analysis to effective, data-driven policy change. 

The Partnership for Active Travel and Health (PATH) also hosted a side event, 'Walking and cycling: An ACTIVE PATH towards more resilient transport,' and launched its updated Active Transport Policy Template. The event was co-hosted with the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Alliance for Cycling and Walking Towards International Vitality and Empowerment (ACTIVE) and the World Bank. It explored how walking and cycling remain undervalued in transport policy and investment despite their immense benefits for climate action, public health,  urban liveability, and resilience. It set out the ways governments can develop and implement walking and cycling policies and integrate these modes into climate and transport resilience strategies. It also presented practical tools and guidance to help policy and decision-makers as they proceed.

Speakers included: Sheila Watson, Deputy Director, FIA Foundation (Moderator); Nicolas Peltier-Thiberge, Global Director for Transport, World Bank; Bronwen Thorton, CEO, Walk21; Lucas Harms, Deputy Director of Active Mobility at the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management; and Dr. Christoph Waack, Leipzig City Cycling Officer.

Finally, a new project, 'Driving Gender Equality for Resilient Transport', was launched as a co-project between the FIA Foundation and ITF. A special interactive launch session was a forum to discuss how gender-inclusive transport systems and leadership can shape the sector's ability to prepare for and manage disruption while unlocking economic opportunities. The event brought together ITF stakeholders from government, international organisations, business, and academia. The outcomes of the event will be used to inform the study, the findings of which will be presented at next year's Summit. Speakers included: Sheila Watson, Deputy Director, FIA Foundation; Nicolas Peltier-Thiberge, Global Director for Transport, The World Bank; Paola Tapia Salas, Director of the Metropolitan Public Transport Directorate, Santiago, former Minister of Transport, Mujeres en Movimiento, Chile, ITF Presidency; and Dr Nihan Akyelken, Associate Professor in Sustainable Urban Development Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, UK. 

Sheila Watson, FIA Foundation Deputy Director, said: "This ITF Summit has been a great opportunity to showcase a wide variety of our work and that of our partners, all of which are contributing to a more resilient, clean, and equitable transport future. We are proud to support such impactful and compelling partnerships which are re-shaping transport policies in cities and countries worldwide."