The Finnish Transport Agency started operating on January 1st 2010.
The new agency combines the Rail Administration and parts of the Maritime Administration and Road Administration. The Road Regions are now parts of the new Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment.
Finnish Road Administration has key responsibility for research and development in the road transport sector. We use approximately 2 % of basic road funding for development of the administration's processes and for road research and development. The main emphasis of road management research is on the Road Administration’s areas of core competence.
The goal of road research and development is to develop new knowledge and skills to improve the performance, safety and competitiveness of road transport, as a part of the entire Finnish transport system, on a sustainable basis. This involves applied research that serves transport system development and road management as well as development and implementation of road management guidelines, performance specifications and methodology.
Finnish Road Administration participates actively in the research programmes of different ministries and cooperates with educational institutions, municipalities, businesses, interest groups and foreign expert bodies, particularly those in the Nordic countries. We commission our R&D projects from research institutes and consultants.
Research themes
- Client requirements - Traffic management - A safe and eco-efficient transport system - Asset management - Co-operative programs Cooperative programs - Road management sector tasks
Finnish Road Administration is also responsible for the whole public road sector's products and services and R & D is also directed at these activities.
