The FEHRL Infrastructure Research Meeting 2017 (FIRM17) took place with great success on 5-7th April 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. The theme was “The future transport system: a public-private enterprise embracing infrastructure and vehicles across all modes“, Key highlights included the presentation of FEHRL’s new Strategic European Road Research Programme (SERRP), key addresses from the main stakeholders (EC, CEDR, PIARC, ERTRAC, ECTP), outline of the vision for the future cross-modal transport infrastructure and its implementation plan, a round table of the deployment of automated connected vehicles and a workshop about training and knowledge transfer for transport stakeholders.