Academic Workshop
The Academic Workshop on April 19th presented latest research results from the Future Urban Transport Centers of Excellence
Welcome and Introduction
Prof. Bengt Kasemo, Chairman of the Scientific Council of VREF
09:45—12:30
Plenary session - Current issues in Urban Transport
Moderator: Prof. Bengt Kasemo
Public Transport Use - Emerging issues
(pdf, 140 kB)
Prof. Geetam Tiwari
Sustainable urban transport in less motorised countries:
Research and training, New Delhi
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Discussion
Coffee break
Moderator: Prof. Gunilla Jönson, Member of the Scientific Council of VREF
Path dependence in transport planning (pdf, 570 kB)
Prof. Nicholas Low
Australasian centre for governance and management of urban transport
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Discussion
A Cheap and Resilient Approach to Eliminate Bus Bunching (pdf, 140 kB)
Prof. Carlos Daganzo
UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport
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Discussion
Lunch
Parallell sessions 1
Session 1A
— New institutional directions for urban transport provision:
financing, integration, regulation
Moderator: Prof. Claes Göran Alvstam, Member of the Scientific Council of VREF
Mega Transport Projects, Globalization and Private Finance: Emerging Challenges for the 21st Century (pdf, 240 kB)
Prof. Harry T. Dimitriou and Dr John Ward
OMEGA Centre, UCL
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Benchmarking efficiency of urban transport systems in China (pdf, 190 kB)
Dr. Wu Hongyang
China Urban Sustainable Transport Research Center
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An international review of paratransit regulation and integration experiences: Lessons for public transport system rationalisation and improvementin African cities (pdf, 540 kB)
Dr. David Mfinanga
The African Centre of Excellence in Public and Non-Motorised Transport
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Session 1B
— Policy and institutional challenges for urban transport
Moderator: Prof. Shivanand Swamy, Associate Director, CEPT University
Institutional arrangement of urban passenger transport in China (pdf, 130 kB)
Dr. Yulin Jiang
China Urban Sustainable Transport Research Center
´Sense-making the Narrative´ of Hypothesis-led Reports on the Planning and Appraisal of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, UK (pdf, 610 kB)
Mr. Phil Wright and Prof. Harry T. Dimitriou
OMEGA Centre, UCL
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The Effects of Neo-Liberalism: Politics and Path Dependency in the Provision of Public Transportation (pdf, 44 kB)
Prof. Fujio Mizuoka
Australasian centre for governance and management of urban transport
Session 1C
— Urban planning and transport
Moderator: Mr. Sobhanlal Bonnerjee, Honorary Secretary-General, Center for Built Environment, Kolkata
Urban Transport: Moving from the 19th century to the 21st century concerns (pdf, 59 kB)
Prof. Dinesh Mohan
Sustainable urban transport in less motorised countries: Research and training, New Delhi
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Is there an Asian model of sustainable transport? (pdf, 59 kB)
Prof. Sun Sheng Han
Australasian centre for governance and management of urban transport
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Engaging Complexity: Urban Transport and Metropolitan Planning in Nairobi, Kenya (pdf, 66 kB)
Prof. Elliott Sclar
The Center for Sustainable Urban Development, New York
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Break
16:00—17:30
Parallel Sessions 2
Session 2A
— Planning and governance for urban mobility and accessibility: intentions and outcomes
Moderator: Ms. Liya Liu, Deputy Director of Urban Transport Research Dept, Institute
of Comprehensive Transportation of NDRC, Beijing
Linking Local Universities to Cities: A Kenyan Case Study in Improved Urban Governance (pdf, 200 kB)
Prof. Jacqueline Klopp and Prof. Elliott Sclar
Center for Sustainable Urban Development, New York
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The unintended environmental consequences of some green logistics policies in urban areas
Paper I (pdf, 280 kB), Paper II (pdf, 200 kB)
Prof. Samer Madanat and Mr. Nakul Sathaye
UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport
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´Sense-making the Narrative´ of Pre-hypothesis Reports on the Planning and Appraisal of Mega Transport (pdf, 2 MB)
Projects: The Case of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, UK
Dr John Ward and Mr. Phil Wright
OMEGA Centre, UCL
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Session 2B
— Urban Public Transport
Moderator: Mr. Solomon Keffa, Advisor of Mayor, Bahir Dar City Administration
Public Transport in Nairobi (pdf, 76 kB)
Ms. Jennifer Graeff
Center for Sustainable Urban Development, New York
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Towards improved travel diary survey instruments in African cities: Findings of a comparative experimental application of trip-based, place-based and activity-based diaries in Cape Town and Dar es Salaam (pdf, 1 MB)
A/Prof Roger Behrens
The African Centre of Excellence in Public and Non-Motorised Transport
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Policies of urban public transport in China (pdf, 200 kB)
Mr. Feng Liguang
China Urban Sustainable Transport Research Center
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Session 2C
— User perspectives: Safety and integrity in the transportation landscape
Moderator: Mr. Zulsam Kifli, Researcher, Ministry of Transportation, Indonesia
Analysis of non-motorised travel conditions on the Jogoo Road corridor in Nairobi (pdf, 890 kB)
A/Prof Winnie Mitullah
The African Centre of Excellence in Public and Non-Motorised Transport
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Developments in designing safer vehicles for urban transport: an issue of sustainable development (pdf, 100 kB)
Prof. Sudipto Mukherjee
Sustainable urban transport in less motorised countries: Research and training, New Delhi
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Mobile Millennium: using smartphones as traffic probes in a privacy aware environment (pdf, 2 MB)
Prof. Alexandre Bayen
UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport
17:30—18:00 Plenary session
Open Discussion and Conclusions
Moderator: Prof. Bengt Kasemo