PUBLIC MEETS PRIVATE"TOWARDS A COMMON AGENDA FOR MOBILITY IN CITIES AND REGIONS"
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Annual Polis Conference 25th & 26th November 2008 - Barcelona
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
8.30 Registration
9.30 Welcome and key note speeches
- Jordi Hereu, Mayor of Barcelona
- Inés Ayala Sender, Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism
10.15 Round Table:
Moderator:
Laurent Meillaud, journalist
Research and innovation to foster sustainable mobility
Gioacchino Gabbuti, CEO of ATAC Roma & President of TTS Italia; Robert Cone, Head of Roads Network Management Division, Welsh Assembly Government; Jean-Luc Di Paola-Galloni, Vice-Chairman of Ertrac, Valeo Chairman's Delegate; Hermann Meyer, CEO of Ertico
11.15: Break
11.45 Parallel Session
- Roundtable -The importance of partnership for the take up of new mobility solutions
Chair: Gerben Bootsma, Rijkswaterstraat
Introduction by Gerben Bootsma
The opportunities offered by new technology
- Cooperative systems based on CVIS and Safespot, Jaap Vreeswijk, Peek Traffic bv
- Automated passeneger transport systems based on CityMobil, Phil Bly, ATS Ltd
From research to deployment
- InCar - the Dutch authorities approach to cooperative systems depolyment, Toine Molenschot of The Hague.
- Cooperative system deployment - John Miles Ankerbold International Ltd.
The way forward
- A business model, TNO - Safespot: realising the potential of cooperative safety systems - Martin de Kievit
- Planning transport through partnership and consultation
Chair: Wim van Tilburg, Director
- Accessibility planning in North West England, Oliver Starkey,Lancashire County Council and John Smith, MerseyTravel (UK)
- Widespread consultation in developing the Barcelona Metropolitan Region Mobility Master Plan, Lluis Alegre / Valls, Metropolitan Transport Authority (E)
- Sustainable mobility planning and managment: the case of Rimini, Massimo Totti, city of Rimini and Antonio Musso, La Sapienza (I)
- Cooperation between public and private sector to enhance urban accessibility - the case of four European cities, G. Mingardo and L. ven den Berg, Erasmus University (NL)
14.00 Lunch
15.30 Parallel Sessions
- Towards improved road safety
Chair: Chair: Isabelle Kardacz, Head of the Road Safety Unit, DG Transport and Energy, European Commission
- Enhancing the safety of motorcyclists in urban areas, eSum, Felix Arnal, city of Barcelona
- International cooperation to improve the safety of European pedestrian crossings, Francesco Mazzone, ACI and Albet Ballbé i Orti, RACC Foundation
- The updating of safety attributes in digital maps, Gary Bridgeman, Ertico
- Cross-border enforcement, Bill Blakemore, Sparks (UK)
- New approaches for handling freight
Chair: Lisa Sundell, City of Göteborg
- Satellite Navigation Services for city logistics: the experience in Bologna A. Aulicino, Interpreto Bologna S.p.A. Di Fazio Telespazio S.p.A
- Towards improved interaction of traffic management and freight management - the Smartfreight project,
- Freight measures within Norwich's SMILE project, Chris Mitchell, Norfolk County Council (UK)
- Citizens and stakeholders involvement for a new policy of access restriction and distribution of goods in Burgos' historical city centre, Cllr Diego Fernández-Malvido, City of Burgos
17.30: Close of day 1
17.30: 19.00: Special session for politicians from European local authorities: presentation of the CIVITAS CATALIST initiative, including the call for proposal for funding cities, and discussion on transport and air quality, at the initiative of Tymon de Weger, vice-Mayor from Utrecht.
20.00 Conference dinner
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
09.30: Parallel sessions
- Innovation in transport for cleaner mobility
Chair: Cllr Pedro Calvo for Safety and Mobility, City of Madrid, (S) - User involvment in the location cycling facilities: the case of Dreden, Peter Tatzel, city of Dresden (D)
- Connect2: enhancing sustainable local mobility, Dr Andy Cope, Sustrans (UK)
- A liveable environment as a central pillar of Tallinn's mobility strategy, Aarne Rentik and Andres Harjo, city of Tallin (Est)
- Reducing transport-based emissions in Istanbul, Sibel Bulay, Embarq Istanbul (T)
- Public procurement as a tool to promote the take up of clean vehicles: Compro, Maurizio Tomassini, Isis (I)
- Traffic management and travel information for efficient roads
Chair: William McDowell, City of Glasgow (UK) - A regional approach to traffic management in the Cologne/Bonn area, Volker Hassenpflug, City of Cologne (D)
- Integrated traffic management in Stuttgart, Ulrich Streimer, city of Stuttgart (D)
- Smart travel in reading, Rob McDonald, Peter Brett Associates (UK)
- Delivering integrated travel information and mobility services in Toulouse, Alexandre Blaquière, Tisseo (F)
- I-Travel: The connected traveller, Gary Bridgeman, Project Manager, Ertico (B)
11.30: Break
12.00: Round table: Towards a common agenda for local mobility Moderator: Siegfried Rupprecht, Consultant
Panellists: elected representatives of selected European local and regional authorities, including Cllr Francesc Narváez, City of Barcelona; Assessore Maurizio Zamboni, City of Bologna; Minister Pascal Smet, Brussels Capital Region, Mr Barbadillo López, European Economic and Social Committee, Subdirector General of the Spanish Federation of Road Transport Enterprises
13.15: Closing speech, Polis President, Cllr Francesc Narvaez, city of Barcelona
13.30: Lunch
15.00: Technical visits (maximum of 35 participants per visit)
15.00-16.30: Polis Political Group meeting/ CURACAO project - User Group debate on Urban Road Pricing (by invitation only)
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