Be challenged and inspired!

Barcelona, Vienna, Montréal, Freiburg, Paris, Santiago, Odense, Singapore, Geneva and other exceptional cities will show you how they achieved sustainable mobility during 6 inspiring and interactive sessions.

The city of Gothenburg is already part of the challenging “The Swedish Doubling Project”. Check out the video to learn more about it.

Speakers

Mary Crass

Mary Crass, Head of Policy, International Transport Forum (ITF), Paris, France

Xiubao Wang

Xiubao Wang, President & Senior Economist, China Civil Engineering Society, Public Transport Society of China, Shanghai, (CN)

Johan Trouvé

Johan Trouvé, Managing Director, Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Gothenburg, (SE)

Coen Volp

"Only together we will accomplish"

Coen Volp, Director, Province Gelderland, Arnhem, (NL)

Neil Scales

Neil Scales, President, European Platform on Mobility Management (EPOMM) and Chief Executive and General Director, Merseytravel, (UK)

Marc Le Tourneur

Marc Le Tourneur

Marc Le Tourneur, Senior Advisor, VEOLIATRANSDEV SA, Montpellier, (FR)

photo Jeremy Yap

Jeremy Yap

Jeremy Yap, Director of Policy & Planning, Land Transport Authority (LTA), (SG)

photo Roger Vahnberg

Roger Vahnberg

"Our goal is to double our ridership by 2020.That means that we have to be open to new challenges and new ideas; we have to turn pervceived threats into possibilities." 

Roger Vahnberg, Senior Vice President, Västtrafik, Gothenburg, (SE)

photo Frank Uekermann

Frank Uekermann

Frank Uekermann, Director, Department of transport and urban planning, City of Freiburg, (DE)

photo Isabelle Rivière

Isabelle Rivière

Isabelle Rivière, Director, Entreprises et Mobilité Services (EMS), RATP, Paris (FR)

Hans Fiby

Hans Fiby, Project Leader ITS, Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region GmbH (VOR), Vienna, (AT)

photo Karl-Heinz Posch

Karl-Heinz Posch

"We need to change minds and attitudes of all the city staff involved in mobility - well beyond the transport department. And all of them have for decades done things different  than what they need to do now. If we meet that challenge, change is a piece of cake"

Karl-Heinz Posch, Coordinator, European Platform on Mobility Management (EPOMM)

Holger Robrecht

Holger Robrecht, Director Sustainability Management, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability

photo Robert Olivier

Robert Olivier

Robert Olivier, Director of National and International Affairs, Agence Métropolitaine de Transport (AMT), Montréal, (CA)

photo Sophie Mougard

Sophie Mougard

"An integrated organising  authority is the guarantee of the development of public transport  as well as the driving force of a sustainable urban mobility"

Sophie Mougard, Vice President, European Metropolitan Transport Authorities (EMTA) and CEO, Syndicat des Transports d’Ile de France (STIF), Paris, (FR)

Joao Marrana

"Integrating Transport System, Statisfying clients"

Joao Marrana, Member of Executive Committee, Autoridade Metropolitana de Transportes (AMTP) Porto, (PT)

Vincent Leiner

Vincent Leiner, DG MOVE, European Commission

photo Anneli Hulthén

Anneli Hulthén

Anneli Hulthén,  Mayor of Gothenburg, (SE)

photo Gunnar Heipp

Gunnar Heipp

"Munich has the great luck to have in place, a long term integrated land use and public transport strategy."

Gunnar Heipp, Head of Strategic Planning Projects, Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG), Munich, (DE)

photo Geoff Inskip

Geoff Inskip

"Transport is fundamental to our economies and to enable growth and combat congestion - good models of urban governance are essentials to make this happen"

Geoff Inskip, Chair, Passenger Transport Executive Group (PTEG) and Chief Executive, Centro, Birmingham, (UK)

photo Arthur Gosée

Arthur Gosée

Arthur Gosée, General Director, Transport en Commun (TEC) Hainaut, Mons, (BE)

Marc Garcia

"Law 9/2003 of the Catalan Parliament entrusted ATM as regional mobility authority in the Barcelona metropolitan area. ATM developed the current Regional Master Mobility Plan in 2007 on the basis of an extensive citizen consultation process and has maintained an interactive open participation forum since."

Marc Garcia, Technical Director, Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) Barcelona, (ES)

photo Hans Werner Franz

Hans Werner Franz

Hans Werner Franz, President,  European Metropolitan Transport Authorities (EMTA) and CEO, Verkehrsverbund Berlin Brandenburg (VBB)

photo Eric Forestier

Eric Forestier

Eric Forestier, Marketing and Sales Director, Transport Public Genevois (TPG), Geneva (CH)

photo Dirk Engels

Dirk Engels

Dirk Engels, Expert, TRITEL, (BE)

Connie Clausen

"As the first city in Denmark, Odense views all forms of transport in one joint perspective and has worked out a very visionary traffic and mobility plan that focuses on walking, biking and public transport. The goal is to reduce car traffic by 16% and a rise in bike rides by 35%. The overall objective is a livable city"

Connie Clausen, Traffic Planner, City of Odense, (DK)

photo Jan Borghuis

Jan Borghuis

"Successful cities rely on effective public transport and the synergy effect of combined mobility that will improve the efficiency"
Jan Borghuis, CEO, Greenwheels, (NL)

photo Lars Backström

Lars Backström

"The new regulations will provide new opportunities as well as new challenges for public transportation in Sweden, on its way to achieve the doubled market share by 2025."
Lars Backström, General Director, Västtrafik, Gothenburg, (SE)

 

All speakers

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More than 200 delegates from 28 countries came to Gothenburg for this first UITP event on urban governance and demand management. UITP was very pleased to gather delegates from across Europe but also coming from distant places, as far as China, India, Taiwan, Singapore, Iran, Kenya, the United States, Canada and Turkey. Gothenburg, the birthplace of PTx2, with its determined K2020 strategy was an ideal host city and together with Västtrafik, they warmly welcomed the conference audience. Inspiring speakers and enthusiastic chairpersons made the conference interactive and ensured high-quality discussions. Find more information here

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In 2009, UITP launched the public transport sector strategy ‘PTx2’, aiming to double the worldwide public transport market share by 2025. To achieve this, both a radical change in citizens’ mobility patterns and strong political support are needed, leading UITP to identify the two key areas of demand management and integrated urban policies. Read more about UITP PTx2 strategy.

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