Transport Research and Innovation Portal

The 60th World Congress and Mobility & City Transport Exhibition of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) will be held from 26 to 30 May 2013 in Geneva. It will be hosted by Transports Publics Genevois (TPG).

The event will constitute a major step forward in efforts to bring about the radical overhaul of the sector that is necessary in order to double the public transport market share worldwide by 2025.

The Congress programme will feature six main topics:

• Service design and portfolio
• Strategic management and integrated business processes
• Funding model
• Governance and industry structures
• Smart city and mobility management
• The tools of Mobility 2.0

Contact:

Eric Forestier
forestier.e@tpg.ch
Tel: +41 22 308 34 10

The 41st Annual ASECAP Study and Information Days will explore the role of the toll roads in promoting sustainable growth. It will be the occasion for high-level panellists representing toll road infrastructure operators and EU decision-makers to discuss sustainability issues related to infrastructure financing, operation, maintenance, safety and the environment, while considering how Intelligent Transport Systems contribute in a most efficient way to the achievement of the goals set.

Moreover, the conference will follow a new format, reflecting the interconnection, under the umbrella of sustainability, between questions regarding tolling and concessions, road safety and security, and Intelligent Transport Systems. It will finally exploit the added value of combining the unmatched technical expertise and field experience of ASECAP Members with top-notch political considerations.

Contact:

ASECAP
Rue Guimard, 15
1040 Brussels
Tel: +32 (0)2 289 26 20
Fax: +32 (0)2 514 66 28

The 3rd Y4PT World Youth Meeting on Sustainable Mobility, organised by Y4PT (Youth for Public Transport) is an integral part of the UITP World Congress and Mobility & City and Transport Exhibition.
The theme for this third edition is "The uprising of Y4PT as the global youth movement for a sustainable mobility through PT promotion".

The main objectives of the conference is the exchange and dissemination of knowledge, initiatives and ideas for the development of public transport to meet the needs of people (PT users) from a youth approach.

Contact:

contact@y4pt.org

The European DECOMOBIL project ( Design for Eco-multimodal MOBILity in Italy) funded by EC DG CONNECT, is organising a workshop on Roadmap of ICT design for clean and efficient multimodal mobility.

The workshop will aim at setting up priorities of future research activities in the domain of eco-multimodal mobility, contributing to road mapping future European research in the domain of human centred design in ICT for transport.

Contact:

lucile.mendoza@humanist-vce.eu

This International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment organized by the Wessex Institute of Technology has successfully been reconvened annually for nearly 20 years.

The importance of these meetings is reflected in the papers published in the corresponding volumes of the series of Transactions of Wessex Institute, which are archived in the Wessex Institute eLibrary at library.witpress.com.

Contact:

Genna West
Wessex Institute of Technology
Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst
Southampton, SO40 7AA
Tel: 44 (0) 238 029 3223
Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853
gwest@wessex.ac.uk

The next Benelux Interuniversity Association of Transport Researchers (BIVEC/GIBET) Transport Research Day will take place on Thursday, 30th May and Friday, 31st May 2013 in Luxembourg, organised by the University of Luxembourg.

The Transport Research Day offers young and established scholars from the three Benelux-Countries an opportunity to present their findings against an informed audience of transport researchers, economists, geographers and alike.

The conference will take place on the University’s Campus Walferdange, combined with a Thursday night event that takes place in the central city.

Contact:

bivec@uni.lu

The Congress will be hosted by Convention Centre Dublin and will allow to discover and experience Europe’s latest advances in intelligent transport Systems and innovative transport solutions.
Dublin 2013 Congress will primarily focus on ITS solutions that are driven by policy as opposed to being technology-led. The emphasis will be on proven deployed solutions and innovative R&D that is focused on solving real problems and delivering value for money in today’s challenging economic environment.

Contact:

Please visit the Conference website for detailed and updated information.

This key event will gather more than 250 transport infrastructure innovation and research experts, including European and national policy makers, leading industry, standardisation agencies, SME's and the media.
With the theme of "Advanced and Innovative Construction and Maintenance", FIRM13 will feature sessions on infrastructure innovation, implementation and maintenance, including adaptation to climate change, knowledge transfer and asset management.

The programme will also include sessions with innovation funding agencies and others, as well as a workshop on barriers to market uptake.

Contact:

Isabelle Lucchini

isabelle.lucchini@fehrl.org

Road Infrastructure Innovation Expo will be organized within the scope of the Infravation programme (a trans-nationally funded research programme).
The objective of this Expo is to raise awareness of Infravation and infrastructure innovation in general; to promote brokerage activities between innovative enterprises and potential Infravation project partners; to contribute to the development of the final call for Infravation proposals.

The Expo will be organised in parallel with the FEHRL Infrastructure Research Meeting (FIRM13) conference, which also features the theme of “Advanced and Innovative Construction and Maintenance”.

Contact:

Isabelle Lucchini (isabelle.lucchini@fehrl.org), FEHRL Events Officer

The event will bring together the region’s railways and public transport operators and authorities to discuss and debate how to make the region’s networks cost effective, efficient, and attractive to the travellers as well as to investors.

Contact:

Sarah Gooding: sgooding@russellpublishing.com

Tel: +44 (0)1959 563311