José Viegas

Secretary-General

OECD

José Viegas has been Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum at the OECD since August 2012. A full Professor of Transport at the Technical University of Lisbon, he served as Director of MIT-Portugal’s Transport Systems focus area and founded TRANSPORTNET, a group of eight European University Research Groups in Transport Systems. As chairman of TIS.pt consultants he successfully advised governments and international institutions including the World Bank and the European Commission on a number of high-profile policy initiatives and transport projects.

Recent contributions

Economic Development
Economic Development

Three ingredients to make seamless travel happen

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Infrastructure & Cities
Infrastructure & Cities

Moving out of the forbidden zone

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