TOKYO, Dec. 21 - Since the Stockholm World Congress in September 2009, ITS Japan, the secretariat of ITS Asia-Pacific, has been dynamically strengthening the partnerships with the Asia-Pacific countries/areas through Seminar on Expressway Development in Vietnam (October), Japan-Malaysia ITS Seminar (November), Indian ITS Conference & Exhibition (December) and the 5th China Annual Conference (December).

With the unprecedentedly-rapid economic growth in the Asia-Pacific countries/areas, the AP urban areas are experiencing the concentration of the population as well as the dramatic increase of traffic volume, and there is an urgent need for the solution of a number of traffic problems they are facing.

To tackle the situation with the cooperation of the Asia-Pacific, the ITS promoting organizations in the area established the "ITS Asia-Pacific", and the 11 countries/areas signed the 1st Memorandum of Understanding in 1999. Now, the BOD members of the ITS Asia-Pacific have started the discussion for enhancing the current framework and structure in order to solve the traffic problems together and share the common vision for the better society.

For more information, go to http://www.its-jp.org/english.

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