RENAISSANCE and New Transport Systems Perugia,10 th of September 2010
RENAISSANCE and New Transport Systems To w h a t e x t e n t c a n n e w m o d e s o f t r a n s p o r t a c h i e v e t h e c h a n g e i n t h e m o b i l i t y c u l t u r e i n E u r o p e t h a t t h e E u r o p e a n U n i o n d e s i r e s? O r c a n w e s u c c e e d i n c h a n g i n g t h e m o b i l i t y c u l t u r e t h r o u g h i m p r o v i n g c u r r e n t m o d e s, s u c h a s b y u t i l i s i n g I n t e l l i g e n t Tr a n s p o r t S y s t e m s, n e w e n e r g y s o u r c e s o r o p e r a t i n g r e g i m e s? T h i s b a s i c q u e s t i o n l i e s a t t h e h e a r t o f t h e 3 r d R E N A I S S A N C E c o n f e r e n c e. I f w e a l r e a d y p o s s e s s t h e t o o l s f o r a c h a n g e i n m o b i l i t y culture, why is it not happening? T h e c o n f e r e n c e b r i n g s t o g e t h e r l e a d i n g e x p e r t s i n t r a n s p o r t t e c h n o l o g y, I T S a n d t r a v e l b e h a v i o u r ; i n a d d i t i o n t o r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f t h e E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o n DG MOVE and the POLIS city network. T h e c o n f e r e n c e c o m p a r e s l e a d i n g e d g e p r i m a r y t r a n s p o r t s y s t e m s b e i n g a s s e s s e d w i t h i n t h e R E N A I S S A N C E project; such as the potential of personal rapid transit, d r i v e r l e s s g u i d e d p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t s y s t e m s a n d v i r t u a l t r a v e l o p t i o n s u s i n g i n t e r n e t t e c h n o l o g y. T h e s e s y s t e m s a r e t h e n a s s e s s e d a l o n g s i d e t h e l a t e s t d e v e l o p m e n t s t o i m p r o v e t h e e f f i c i e n c y o f c u r r e n t m o d e s u s i n g I T S t e c h n o l o g i e s s u c h a s t h e f o r t h c o m i n g G a l i l e o a p p l i c a t i o n s a n d o t h e r m o b i l i t y m a n a g e m e n t s t r a t e g i e s e l e c t r i c c y c l i n g, s h a r e d c a r a n d c y c l e u s e, w a t e r transport options and so on. T h e c o n f e r e n c e p r o v i d e s t h e f o r u m f o r c i t y t r a n s p o r t p r o f e s s i o n a l s t o a s s e s s a n d d i s c u s s t h e s e o p t i o n s. I n a c l i m a t e o f i n c r e a s i n g e c o n o m i c s t r i n g e n c y, w h a t i s t h e m o s t e f f e c t i v e p a t h t o a c h i e v e s u s t a i n a b l e u r b a n transport that is acceptable to the daily travel patterns of a majority of European citizens?
Venue Palazzo dei Priori Introductory Session 9.30-9.35 Introduction Chair: Dr Laurie Pickup 9.35-9.50 Welcome Wladimiro Boccali Mayor of Perugia 9.50-10.00 The EC strategy for sustainable mobility EC Representative (TBC) 10.00-10.20 Position Paper on Mobility issues in historic cities Dr Steve Cassidy MRC, UK Session 1 New modes of transport 10.20-10.40 ULTra a personal rapid transit system Nick Ford ULTra PRT, UK 10.40-11.00 Minimetro - new modes of transport and integration with urban transport system Nello Spinelli Minimetro, Italy 11.00-11.30 Questions and Answers session Chair: Dr Laurie Pickup Coffee break Session 2 Advanced Mobility Management based on ITS 12.00-12.20 Galileo solution is it feasible? Anthony Burgess/Michael Hart ACIS, UK 12.20 12.40 Mobility Management and urban development in Perugia Leonardo Naldini/Piero Sunzini City of Perugia/APM Italy 12.40 13.00 ITS in Eastern Europe the Skopje example Katerina Dimushevska JSP, Skopje, Macedonia 13.00 13.30 Questions and Answers session Chair: Dr Laurie Pickup Lunch
Session 3 Alternative modes of transport 14.30 14.50 Car sharing a new solution for historic cities? 14.50 15.10 Cycling what is new? Massimo Marciani FIT Italy Nick Child POWA, UK 15.10 15.30 Unconventional transport systems can increase the attractiveness of a city Szczecinek exemple Maciej Makselon City of Szczecinek, Poland 15.30 16.00 Questions and Answers session Chair: Dr Laurie Pickup Coffee break Session 4 Conclusions and implications 16.30 16.40 Summarising the key results Dr Steve Cassidy MRC, UK 16.40 16.50 Implications for transport policy in European cities Sylvain Haon POLIS 16.50 17.00 Conclusions of the day Dr Laurie Pickup
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