Speaker Plenary 1
Mr O P Agarwal, Senior Transport Specialist, World Bank, USA [LTA Academy Board (LAAB) member]
Dr Hwang Kee Yeon, President, The Korea Transport Institute, Korea (MOC partner)
Mr Lim Bok Ngam, Acting Chief Executive, LTA, Singapore
Speaker Plenary 2
Prof Guo Ji Fu, Director, Beijing Transportation Research Center, China
Prof Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Director, International Research Center for Sustainable Transport and Cities, Nagoya University, Japan
Mr Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum, France
Speaker Plenary 3
Mr Goh Chye Boon, Tianjin Eco-City JV Company, China/ Singapore
Prof Anthony May, Research Professor of Transport Engineering, University of Leeds, UK (LAAB member)
Prof Lu Huapu, Director, Institute of Transport Engineering, Tsinghua University, China (LAAB member)
Speaker Plenary 4
Dr Moshe E. Ben-Akiva, Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil & Env Engineering, Director, ITS Programme, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Dr Karsten Schulz, Programme Director & Vice President of SAP, and Founder of SAP Research Centre Brisbane, Australia (SAP)
Mr Vinodh Swaminathan, Director, Business Development of Strategic Initiatives for ITS, USA (IBM)
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Keynote Speaker @WUTLS2010 - Mr. Vinodh Swaminathan
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Mr. Swaminathan is Director, Business Development for IBM’s Intelligent Transportation Systems initiative. He is a member of IBM’s Global Government industry team within the Sales & Distribution organization. In this role, Mr. Swaminathan works extensively with senior leaders within transportation agencies in central, regional, state and local governments. His focus is in helping these clients leverage innovative solutions and business models to drive transformation within the business of providing sustainable public transportation services to citizens.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Swaminathan was a member of IBM’s Corporate Strategy team for almost 5 years focusing on building sustainable big plays for IBM in new and emerging opportunities in Growth Markets like BRIC, ASEAN, etc. Mr. Swaminathan is responsible for the strategy and business development activities that led to the creation of IBM’s Smarter Planet agenda and more importantly several new business initiatives in the area of Smarter Grid, Smarter Water, Smarter Transportation and Smarter Cities.
Prior to his current role in IBM’s Corporate Strategy team, Mr. Swaminathan was the strategy leader for IBM’s Systems & Technology Group, a $20B+ business unit.
Prior to IBM, he has been involved in various leadership capacities in Marketing & Strategy Consulting, start-up ventures and engineering & manufacturing operations.
Mr. Swaminathan has a Masters degree in Materials Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia and a Bachelors degree in Engineering from the National Institute of Technology in India.
Keynote Speaker @WUTLS2010 - Dr Chin Kian-Keong
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An engineer by training, Dr Chin Kian-Keong has been involved in the planning, designing, implementing and constructing of various road and traffic management projects in Singapore, including the implementation of the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system. He is now the Chief Engineer, Transportation and concurrently the Group Director of the Transportation and Ticketing Technology Group as well as the Road Operations and Community Partnership Group. A key responsibility of his portfolio is the development and management of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). He has presented and published many papers at conferences and technical journals and had shared his experiences in the National University of Singapore’s post-graduate academic programme over the past years.
Keynote Speaker @WUTLS2010 - Moshe E. Ben-Akiva
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Professor Ben-Akiva holds a Ph.D. degree in transportation systems from MIT. He has co-authored two books, including the textbook Discrete Choice Analysis, published by MIT Press, and over 200 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He also co-edited the book Recent Developments in Transport Modeling: Lessons for the Freight Sector published by Emerald. He directs the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Lab where two traffic simulators have been developed under his supervision: MITSIMLab, an open-source microscopic simulator; and DynaMIT, a mesoscopic simulator Рwhich includes algorithms for dynamic traffic assignment, traffic predictions and route guidance. Professor Ben-Akiva has received honorary degrees from the University of the Aegean, the University of Antwerp, the Universit̩ Lumi̬re Lyon and the Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). His awards include the Transportation Science Dissertation prize from the Operations Research Society of America (now INFORMS), the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Effective Teaching Award, the MIT Samuel M. Seegal Prize awarded to professors who inspire students to pursue and achieve excellence, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Association for Travel Behavior Research, and the Jules Dupuit prize from the World Conference on Transport Research Society. He has worked as a consultant in industries such as transportation, energy, telecommunications, financial services and marketing for a number of private and public organizations, including Hague Consulting Group, RAND Europe, ChoiceStream and Cambridge Systematics, where he is a Senior Principal and a member of the Board of Directors.
Keynote Address:
SMART – Future Urban Mobility
Urban mobility is a field of enormous opportunity due to the confluence of several fundamental developments. These developments include: advances in computing, communications, and sensing technologies; the growing awareness of environmental sustainability issues; the aging of physical infrastructure in developed countries and the need for massive new infrastructure in less developed ones; and the recognition of the vast economic stimulus that can be generated by the modernization and renewal of urban mobility systems worldwide and by the alleviation of the social inequities that severely restrict the mobility of the urban poor.
The goal of the SMART (Singapore – MIT Alliance for Research and Technology) Future Urban Mobility Interdisciplinary Research Group (FM-IRG) is to develop, in and beyond Singapore, a new paradigm for the planning, design and operation of future urban mobility systems. This new research center is based on the premise that the advances in computing, communications and sensing technologies give us powerful capabilities to model, evaluate and optimize urban mobility systems. Organizationally, the project is structured around three pillars:
• Pillar 1: “Networked computing and control” (NCC) will develop enhancements to urban mobility systems using technologies such as mobile mesh networking, real time data fusion and visualization, on-board automation and smart infrastructure.
• Pillar 2: “Integrated modeling of mobility, land-use, environmental, and energy-use impacts” will develop a suite of powerful demand estimation, performance prediction and operation optimization tools, drawing on the availability of NCC-enabled information.
• Pillar 3: “Performance assessment and implementation” will enable more meaningful evaluation of alternative sustainability mobility systems and the development of institutional, regulatory, and pricing mechanisms to support them.
At the heart of the proposed approach will be SimMobility, a simulation platform with an integrated model of human and commercial activities, land use, transportation, environmental impacts, and energy use. This modeling engine will be linked with a range of networked computing and control (NCC) technology-enabled mobility innovations, and with operations research-based decision models, to analyze the impacts of various novel concepts, including real-time information and management systems, and innovative mobility services such as “mobility-on-demand,” and “green logistics”. We will link the behavioral models with state-of-the-art simulators to predict the impacts of mobility demands on transportation networks and services and on vehicular emissions. Similarly, land use models predict the evolution of urban real estate markets. These models also provide inputs to energy/material consumption models. Several challenges are evident: the integration of heterogeneous populations of agents based on highly diverse data sources on households and firms, their activities, trips, real-estate and equipment purchases and energy consumption; and the design and application of methodologies to validate model performance. Integration will allow us to simulate the effects of a portfolio of technology, policy and investment options under alternative future scenarios.
The main axiom for this integrated modeling approach is the premise that urban demands, such as energy and transportation demands are derived from human needs and demand for activities. Hence, a behavioral model of human activities is pivotal to this approach. To test the impact of different policies or investments accurately, we frame a model that microsimulates individual behavior (within the constructs of households and firms) in connection with the associated mobility and energy consumption patterns. The model converts these patterns into their appropriate resource consumption and aggregates these impacts over the entire population to generate the overall effect of the tested policy and/or investment. Once a model run is completed, several indicators can be post-processed from the model output to evaluate the tested policy and/or investment. This methodology allows us to capture the true relationship between transportation and energy in a way that would be abstracted by traditional macro-level models. Furthermore, it permits the identification of the role of each specific variable on the aggregate results, thereby allowing the model to serve as a decision support tool for urban planners and policy makers.
To test transportation system performance, an enhanced multi-modal DynaMIT, a mesoscopic transportation network simulation tool developed by the MIT ITS Lab, will be employed. A state-of-the-art model, designed to support real-time operations of a dynamic traffic management system (including dynamic congestion pricing and incident management), DynaMIT can also be used for offline planning applications, with the capability to account for individual travel choices. At another layer of detail, we expect to use an enhancement of MITSIMLab, also developed by the MIT ITS Lab. A microscopic traffic simulator, MITSIMLab can be used to analyze a range of traffic management system designs, including bus operations and traffic management systems and their interactions. An important challenge we will address in this integrated model will be the explicit consideration of freight movements. This will ultimately permit the analysis and design of integrated multi-modal passenger and freight urban systems.
These modeling capabilities will be employed to derive and apply new evaluation frameworks for sustainable mobility; to evaluate and expand innovative portfolios of future urban mobility options; to develop and apply advanced scenario planning techniques to account for future uncertainties; to design and experiment with alternative institutional configurations and alternative physical urban designs enabled by NCC innovations; and to identify paths for “exporting”/“adapting” the Singapore FM model.
Professor Ben-Akiva holds a Ph.D. degree in transportation systems from MIT. He has co-authored two books, including the textbook Discrete Choice Analysis, published by MIT Press, and over 200 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He also co-edited the book Recent Developments in Transport Modeling: Lessons for the Freight Sector published by Emerald. He directs the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Lab where two traffic simulators have been developed under his supervision: MITSIMLab, an open-source microscopic simulator; and DynaMIT, a mesoscopic simulator Рwhich includes algorithms for dynamic traffic assignment, traffic predictions and route guidance. Professor Ben-Akiva has received honorary degrees from the University of the Aegean, the University of Antwerp, the Universit̩ Lumi̬re Lyon and the Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). His awards include the Transportation Science Dissertation prize from the Operations Research Society of America (now INFORMS), the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Effective Teaching Award, the MIT Samuel M. Seegal Prize awarded to professors who inspire students to pursue and achieve excellence, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Association for Travel Behavior Research, and the Jules Dupuit prize from the World Conference on Transport Research Society. He has worked as a consultant in industries such as transportation, energy, telecommunications, financial services and marketing for a number of private and public organizations, including Hague Consulting Group, RAND Europe, ChoiceStream and Cambridge Systematics, where he is a Senior Principal and a member of the Board of Directors.
Keynote Address:
SMART – Future Urban Mobility
Urban mobility is a field of enormous opportunity due to the confluence of several fundamental developments. These developments include: advances in computing, communications, and sensing technologies; the growing awareness of environmental sustainability issues; the aging of physical infrastructure in developed countries and the need for massive new infrastructure in less developed ones; and the recognition of the vast economic stimulus that can be generated by the modernization and renewal of urban mobility systems worldwide and by the alleviation of the social inequities that severely restrict the mobility of the urban poor.
The goal of the SMART (Singapore – MIT Alliance for Research and Technology) Future Urban Mobility Interdisciplinary Research Group (FM-IRG) is to develop, in and beyond Singapore, a new paradigm for the planning, design and operation of future urban mobility systems. This new research center is based on the premise that the advances in computing, communications and sensing technologies give us powerful capabilities to model, evaluate and optimize urban mobility systems. Organizationally, the project is structured around three pillars:
• Pillar 1: “Networked computing and control” (NCC) will develop enhancements to urban mobility systems using technologies such as mobile mesh networking, real time data fusion and visualization, on-board automation and smart infrastructure.
• Pillar 2: “Integrated modeling of mobility, land-use, environmental, and energy-use impacts” will develop a suite of powerful demand estimation, performance prediction and operation optimization tools, drawing on the availability of NCC-enabled information.
• Pillar 3: “Performance assessment and implementation” will enable more meaningful evaluation of alternative sustainability mobility systems and the development of institutional, regulatory, and pricing mechanisms to support them.
At the heart of the proposed approach will be SimMobility, a simulation platform with an integrated model of human and commercial activities, land use, transportation, environmental impacts, and energy use. This modeling engine will be linked with a range of networked computing and control (NCC) technology-enabled mobility innovations, and with operations research-based decision models, to analyze the impacts of various novel concepts, including real-time information and management systems, and innovative mobility services such as “mobility-on-demand,” and “green logistics”. We will link the behavioral models with state-of-the-art simulators to predict the impacts of mobility demands on transportation networks and services and on vehicular emissions. Similarly, land use models predict the evolution of urban real estate markets. These models also provide inputs to energy/material consumption models. Several challenges are evident: the integration of heterogeneous populations of agents based on highly diverse data sources on households and firms, their activities, trips, real-estate and equipment purchases and energy consumption; and the design and application of methodologies to validate model performance. Integration will allow us to simulate the effects of a portfolio of technology, policy and investment options under alternative future scenarios.
The main axiom for this integrated modeling approach is the premise that urban demands, such as energy and transportation demands are derived from human needs and demand for activities. Hence, a behavioral model of human activities is pivotal to this approach. To test the impact of different policies or investments accurately, we frame a model that microsimulates individual behavior (within the constructs of households and firms) in connection with the associated mobility and energy consumption patterns. The model converts these patterns into their appropriate resource consumption and aggregates these impacts over the entire population to generate the overall effect of the tested policy and/or investment. Once a model run is completed, several indicators can be post-processed from the model output to evaluate the tested policy and/or investment. This methodology allows us to capture the true relationship between transportation and energy in a way that would be abstracted by traditional macro-level models. Furthermore, it permits the identification of the role of each specific variable on the aggregate results, thereby allowing the model to serve as a decision support tool for urban planners and policy makers.
To test transportation system performance, an enhanced multi-modal DynaMIT, a mesoscopic transportation network simulation tool developed by the MIT ITS Lab, will be employed. A state-of-the-art model, designed to support real-time operations of a dynamic traffic management system (including dynamic congestion pricing and incident management), DynaMIT can also be used for offline planning applications, with the capability to account for individual travel choices. At another layer of detail, we expect to use an enhancement of MITSIMLab, also developed by the MIT ITS Lab. A microscopic traffic simulator, MITSIMLab can be used to analyze a range of traffic management system designs, including bus operations and traffic management systems and their interactions. An important challenge we will address in this integrated model will be the explicit consideration of freight movements. This will ultimately permit the analysis and design of integrated multi-modal passenger and freight urban systems.
These modeling capabilities will be employed to derive and apply new evaluation frameworks for sustainable mobility; to evaluate and expand innovative portfolios of future urban mobility options; to develop and apply advanced scenario planning techniques to account for future uncertainties; to design and experiment with alternative institutional configurations and alternative physical urban designs enabled by NCC innovations; and to identify paths for “exporting”/“adapting” the Singapore FM model.
Keynote speaker at WUTLS2010 - Dr. Huapu LU
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Dr. Huapu LU, professor, doctoral tutor, director of the Institute of transportation engineering of Tsinghua University
He has studied in Japan from 1987 and received his doctor’s degree in transportation engineering from Nagoya University in 1993. In 2001 he received the academic rookie award from Tsinghua University. He has presided over many research projects funded by the National Natural Science Fund, the national 9th and 10th five-year plans, the State Planning Commission, the Ministry of Public Security and other relevant ministries as well as more than 100 practical items involving transport planning, intelligent transportation etc carried out in many Chinese cities such as Dalian, Hangzhou, Shenyang, Wenzhou, Lanzhou etc. Now he is undertaking several national key research projects including National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China, National Key Technology R&D Program and Beijing road traffic flow dynamical forecasting system development and so on.
He has also published over 150 articles in journal of Tsinghua University, Proceedings of the Japanese Civil Engineering Society, Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development, China Journal of Highway and Transport, and other publications. He is also the author of a number of academic works such as "theory and method in transport planning", "modern urban traffic management," "integrated transport hub planning", "urban rail transit research and practice", "analysis of urban traffic", "intelligent transportation system", “Sustainable Urban Mobility in Rapid Urbanization: Theory and Practice in China” and "urban traffic management evaluation system".
His main research areas include: transport planning theory, intelligent transportation systems, and sustainable development of the transport system, road safety, and transport economics.
He now also serves in academic positions including the deputy head of the “smooth traffic project” panel of Ministry of Public Security, member of the urban transportation panel of the Ministry of Construction, member of the Intelligent Transportation Systems panel of the Ministry of Science and Technology, executive director of the STL, CCTA etc. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of "China Civil Engineering Journal", "Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology” and other publications. Dr. LU has also won an Outstanding Paper Award from the Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International (JSRSAI) in 1994.
Dr. Huapu LU, professor, doctoral tutor, director of the Institute of transportation engineering of Tsinghua University
He has studied in Japan from 1987 and received his doctor’s degree in transportation engineering from Nagoya University in 1993. In 2001 he received the academic rookie award from Tsinghua University. He has presided over many research projects funded by the National Natural Science Fund, the national 9th and 10th five-year plans, the State Planning Commission, the Ministry of Public Security and other relevant ministries as well as more than 100 practical items involving transport planning, intelligent transportation etc carried out in many Chinese cities such as Dalian, Hangzhou, Shenyang, Wenzhou, Lanzhou etc. Now he is undertaking several national key research projects including National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China, National Key Technology R&D Program and Beijing road traffic flow dynamical forecasting system development and so on.
He has also published over 150 articles in journal of Tsinghua University, Proceedings of the Japanese Civil Engineering Society, Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development, China Journal of Highway and Transport, and other publications. He is also the author of a number of academic works such as "theory and method in transport planning", "modern urban traffic management," "integrated transport hub planning", "urban rail transit research and practice", "analysis of urban traffic", "intelligent transportation system", “Sustainable Urban Mobility in Rapid Urbanization: Theory and Practice in China” and "urban traffic management evaluation system".
His main research areas include: transport planning theory, intelligent transportation systems, and sustainable development of the transport system, road safety, and transport economics.
He now also serves in academic positions including the deputy head of the “smooth traffic project” panel of Ministry of Public Security, member of the urban transportation panel of the Ministry of Construction, member of the Intelligent Transportation Systems panel of the Ministry of Science and Technology, executive director of the STL, CCTA etc. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of "China Civil Engineering Journal", "Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology” and other publications. Dr. LU has also won an Outstanding Paper Award from the Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International (JSRSAI) in 1994.
Keynote speaker @WUTLS2010 - Prof. Anthony D May
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Professor Tony May, Emeritus Professor of Transport Engineering at the University of Leeds, has over 40 years' experience in transport planning and traffic engineering. He has been a professor at Leeds since 1977, where his principal research interests have focused on urban transport and sustainability. He has served as Director of the Institute for Transport Studies, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Pro Vice Chancellor for Research. He was elected to Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1995, and awarded the OBE for services to transport engineering in 2004. Between 1985 and 2001 he maintained a link between research and teaching at Leeds and practical experience in consultancy with MVA Ltd, of which he was a director. Prior to 1977 he spent ten years with the Greater London Council, where he was responsible for policy on highways, traffic management, demand management and transport-related land use planning for the capital. He retired from the University of Leeds in 2009, but is still active in research, consultancy and professional development. He has been a consultant to a consultant to the OECD, the International Transport Forum, the World Bank, the US Transportation Research Board, the Singapore Land Transport Authority, the New Zealand Ministry of Transport and the Thailand Commission for the Management of Land Transport. He is currently President of the World Conference on Transport Research Society.
Green Transport for Eco-Friendly Cities: A European Perspective
In 2009 the European Commission published its Urban Mobility Action Plan, demonstrating clearly the need for national and international governments to address the growing problems of urban transport. The first action in the Plan is the encouragement of national governments and, through them, cities to develop Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans. Even this step will not be easy. While countries like France and the UK have up to 30 years’ experience of the development of such plans, many European countries have no such context, with governments typically leaving the initiative on urban transport to city governments. A detailed review of UK Local Transport Plans has demonstrated that cities’ performance in their Plans has been very variable. Differences emerge in the development of strategies, in their willingness to employ demand management measures and, in particular, in their ability to gain consensus over their proposals and to secure their effective implementation. In this, the UK experience confirms the conclusions of earlier reviews by the European Conference of Minister of Transport (now the International Transport Forum).
This presentation will consider the requirements of an effective Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, highlight the barriers to progress, and suggest ways in which these can be overcome. In doing so, it will draw on a recent five year research programme which has worked with cities to develop decision-support tools to facilitate effective and sustainable urban transport plans.
Professor Tony May, Emeritus Professor of Transport Engineering at the University of Leeds, has over 40 years' experience in transport planning and traffic engineering. He has been a professor at Leeds since 1977, where his principal research interests have focused on urban transport and sustainability. He has served as Director of the Institute for Transport Studies, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Pro Vice Chancellor for Research. He was elected to Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1995, and awarded the OBE for services to transport engineering in 2004. Between 1985 and 2001 he maintained a link between research and teaching at Leeds and practical experience in consultancy with MVA Ltd, of which he was a director. Prior to 1977 he spent ten years with the Greater London Council, where he was responsible for policy on highways, traffic management, demand management and transport-related land use planning for the capital. He retired from the University of Leeds in 2009, but is still active in research, consultancy and professional development. He has been a consultant to a consultant to the OECD, the International Transport Forum, the World Bank, the US Transportation Research Board, the Singapore Land Transport Authority, the New Zealand Ministry of Transport and the Thailand Commission for the Management of Land Transport. He is currently President of the World Conference on Transport Research Society.
Green Transport for Eco-Friendly Cities: A European Perspective
In 2009 the European Commission published its Urban Mobility Action Plan, demonstrating clearly the need for national and international governments to address the growing problems of urban transport. The first action in the Plan is the encouragement of national governments and, through them, cities to develop Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans. Even this step will not be easy. While countries like France and the UK have up to 30 years’ experience of the development of such plans, many European countries have no such context, with governments typically leaving the initiative on urban transport to city governments. A detailed review of UK Local Transport Plans has demonstrated that cities’ performance in their Plans has been very variable. Differences emerge in the development of strategies, in their willingness to employ demand management measures and, in particular, in their ability to gain consensus over their proposals and to secure their effective implementation. In this, the UK experience confirms the conclusions of earlier reviews by the European Conference of Minister of Transport (now the International Transport Forum).
This presentation will consider the requirements of an effective Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, highlight the barriers to progress, and suggest ways in which these can be overcome. In doing so, it will draw on a recent five year research programme which has worked with cities to develop decision-support tools to facilitate effective and sustainable urban transport plans.
Keynote speaker @WUTLS2010 - Goh Chye Boon
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Mr Goh is the Chief Executive Officer of Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment & Development Co Ltd. As a flagship project between the People Republic of China and Singapore Governments, the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city is envisioned to create a harmonious and sustainable community that meets the needs of an urbanizing China. Strategically located within the fast-growing Tianjin Binhai New Area and only 45 km away from the centre of Tianjin city, the 30 sq km Tianjin Eco-City will be a modern township where 350,000 residents can live, work and play. Mr Goh is also the Deputy Secretary (Special Projects) of Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and the board member of Economic Development Board. He was previously Deputy Secretary (Industry) of the MTI and Executive Director of External Department in the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He also has working experiences in Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Community Development, the People’s Association, National Youth Council and Ministry of Finance.
Keynote Address:
Green Transport for Tianjin Eco-City of China
China is experiencing tremendous changes which never happen in his historical development process over the 5000 years. The urbanizing process is accelerating continuously. China also starts to step into the era of family car from the kingdom of bicycle. In worldwide, global warming, environmental pollution, energy crisis, water shortage etc are threatening the social development and human life. It is right under such circumstance, Singapore and China governments signed the cooperation agreement in 2008 to build an Eco-City in Tianjin of China, to explore a new city development model with high efficiency, low energy consumption, low emission, less pollution and environment friendly. This development model shall be sustainable, replicatable and extendable.
Transportation networks are one of the key components of a city. Conventional or existing transportation models are not suitable for city development in China. The speaker will share the strategies and approaches of transportation planning adopted in Tianjin Eco-City from the following aspects:
(1) Development of green transport; (2) Planning of road networks;
(3) Urban railway transport; (4) Priority of public transport;
(5) Intelligent transport system; (6) Green vehicles.
Keynote Address:
Green Transport for Tianjin Eco-City of China
China is experiencing tremendous changes which never happen in his historical development process over the 5000 years. The urbanizing process is accelerating continuously. China also starts to step into the era of family car from the kingdom of bicycle. In worldwide, global warming, environmental pollution, energy crisis, water shortage etc are threatening the social development and human life. It is right under such circumstance, Singapore and China governments signed the cooperation agreement in 2008 to build an Eco-City in Tianjin of China, to explore a new city development model with high efficiency, low energy consumption, low emission, less pollution and environment friendly. This development model shall be sustainable, replicatable and extendable.
Transportation networks are one of the key components of a city. Conventional or existing transportation models are not suitable for city development in China. The speaker will share the strategies and approaches of transportation planning adopted in Tianjin Eco-City from the following aspects:
(1) Development of green transport; (2) Planning of road networks;
(3) Urban railway transport; (4) Priority of public transport;
(5) Intelligent transport system; (6) Green vehicles.
Keynote Speaker @ WUTLS2010 - Jack Short - Secretary General of the International Transport Forum
Jack Short is the Secretary General of the International Transport Forum. The International Transport Forum was set up by Transport Ministers of 51 countries in 2006 to foster global strategic discussions on Transport for Ministers, key industry and societal actors. The International Transport Forum is the ‘successor’ to the ECMT which acted for many years as a "Think Tank" for Transport Ministries. It has a Secretariat of 25 people and is administratively part of the OECD in Paris.
He is also the Director of the Joint OECD/ITF Transport Research Center, which was set up in 2004.
He joined the ECMT in 1984 and was Deputy Secretary General from 1993 to 2001. Previously he worked for the Ministries of Transport and Finance in Ireland and in Transport Research.
Ministers appointed him in 2006 to lead the major reform to transform the ECMT into the International Transport Forum which will have broader scope and new mandates. The Forum, which was formally launched by Ministers in 2007, will be held in Leipzig, Germany from 2008.
Mr. Short was educated at University College, Cork, and Trinity College, Dublin where he obtained Masters degrees in Mathematics and Statistics.
He has given papers and presentations — many of which are available on both the International Transport Forum and ECMT web sites — on a wide range of transport topics at international conferences and meetings.
He is also the Director of the Joint OECD/ITF Transport Research Center, which was set up in 2004.
He joined the ECMT in 1984 and was Deputy Secretary General from 1993 to 2001. Previously he worked for the Ministries of Transport and Finance in Ireland and in Transport Research.
Ministers appointed him in 2006 to lead the major reform to transform the ECMT into the International Transport Forum which will have broader scope and new mandates. The Forum, which was formally launched by Ministers in 2007, will be held in Leipzig, Germany from 2008.
Mr. Short was educated at University College, Cork, and Trinity College, Dublin where he obtained Masters degrees in Mathematics and Statistics.
He has given papers and presentations — many of which are available on both the International Transport Forum and ECMT web sites — on a wide range of transport topics at international conferences and meetings.
Keynote speaker @ WUTLS2010 - Prof. GUO Jifu - Deputy Director, Professor - Beijing University of Technology
Mr Guo gained his PhD in 2007 from Beijing University of Technology. He has been director of Beijing Transportation Research Centre since 2008, which is decision supporting agency in Transport planning and management. His main research areas involve transport planning and policy, travel demand forecasting, etc. He has participated and played important roles in many transport studies including Beijing Urban Transport comprehensive Decision Supporting System, Beijing Urban Transport Planning Study (for ODA UK), Beijing Transport Study (Asia Development Bank), Beijing Environment Planning Study (World Bank). From 1993 to 1994, he studied in the Southampton University (UK) for Traffic Engineering. He also worked in MVA Asia Consultant Company in Hong Kong. He directed a group working for Beijing 2008 Olympic Transport Planning and Traffic Management projects. He was rewarded with Best Young Scientist by Municipal Government of Beijing, and Special Award for Achievement by State Council of China.
Mr Lim Bok Ngam - Deputy Chief Executive of the Land Transport Authority - Singapore
Mr Lim Bok Ngam is the Deputy Chief Executive of the Land Transport Authority in Singapore. He graduated from the University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Construction Management.
Mr Lim has been involved with land transport infrastructure development since his early years in the Public Works Department and then the Land Transport Authority upon its formation in 1995. His work covered the various disciplines of engineering works including planning, design, construction, project management and maintenance in the areas of both roads and rail.
He has held several other portfolios in LTA before his present appointment. These included Project Director for the Kallang Paya Lebar Expressway, Group Director (Planning and Transportation), Group Director (Engineering), Group Director (Vehicle and Transit Licensing). and Group Director (Rail).
Synopsis of DCE’s Presentation under the theme of “New Vision for Sustainable Urban Transport”
1. Challenges faced today
a. Increasing travel demand
i. By 2020, we expect that travel demand would increase from the current 11 million journeys per day to about 14.3 million journeys per day base on population planning parameters, projected tourist arrivals and general increase in economic activities.
b. Limited land
i. With 12% of our land space already allocated to roads, the scope to expand the road network would become more limited.
ii. However, it has to be highlighted that simply building more roads will not solve our transport problems in a sustainable way.
iii. The more roads we build, the more traffic will be generated.
iv. Hence, the projected increase in travel demand must be met largely by public transport.
c. Environmental concerns
i. Land transport has a significant role in contributing to a high quality and sustainable living environment, given its wide-ranging impact on air quality, energy consumption, noise pollution and our urban landscape.
ii. Emission from the combustion of fuels in motor vehicles is a significant source of air pollutions.
iii. In the reporting year of 2005, the transport sector contributed 19% of Singapore’s carbon dioxide emission.
d. Changing demographics
i. Our population, like that in man other developed cities around the world, is ageing.
ii. In addition, with rising affluence, the needs and expectations of our people have increased.
iii. The changing demographics will compel us to re-examine our current policies to better cater to the needs of the greying generation, the higher expectations of the people and those who care for their living environment.
2. Sustainable transport system
a. A sustainable transport system is human-oriented and environmentally friendly, economically viable and efficient, and socially sound.
i. Increase in travel demand must be met largely by public transport
ii. Cater to diverse needs of our people
3. Land Transport Masterplan
a. Make public transport a choice mode
i. Key target
1. Our target is to increase the public transport modes hare during the morning peak hours from the current 59% to 70% by 2020.
2. There is also a challenge to reverse the trend of declining public transport mode share and ensure that our public transport system can cater to the significant increase in daily travel demand.
ii. Enhance integration of PT system
1. An important initiative in making public transport a choice mode is to enhance the integration of the public transport system.
2. System unity is critical and from the commuters’ point of view, the entire public transport should be treated as a whole.
3. Where transfers are needed, commuters must experience convenient and seamless transfer, with minimal or no penalty on time and fares paid.
iii. Extend priority for buses
1. As buses share the same road space as cars, they are often delayed by other vehicles.
2. To help shorten bus journey time and make them a more viable competitor to cars, buses will be given greater priority on our roads.
iv. Expand rail network
1. Given its high capacity, reliability and speed, the RTS network will remain the backbone of our public transport system.
2. The current rail network of 148km will be almost doubled to 278km by 2020
b. Manage road use
i. Manage demand for road use
1. In managing demand for road use, we use a combination of ownership and usage measure
ii. Expand road network
1. Whilst managing the demand for road use, we will continue to build new road infrastructure to cater to the travel demands of new employment and residential centres.
iii. Leverage on technology
1. We will continue to exploit technology to enhance the efficiency of road operations and optimize the capacity of our road network.
c. Meet diverse needs
i. Implement barrier-free accessibility
1. As our population ages, we must ensure that our transport system caters to the needs of elderly as well as less mobile Singaporeans.
2. Removing physical barriers will also enhance the user-friendliness of our transport system to other users, including families with young children.
ii. Facilitate cycling
1. In addition to barrier-free accessibility, we also recognized that cycling, with its increasing popularity, can be a non-motorised transport option to bring commuters to major transport nodes.
iii. Promote environmental sustainability
1. A greater push towards improving energy efficiency and reducing emissions in land transport would contribute significantly towards cleaner air and better quality of life for Singaporeans.
4. Sustainability development framework
a. Improve transport mobility and accessibility
i. To encourage greater use of public transport system and the use of non-motorised mode of travelling such as cycling and walking
b. Improve resource conservation
i. To conduct research or technology trials that would promote better use of limited resources in improving energy efficiency and promoting recycling, water conservation and land preservation
c. Improve living environment
i. To make Singapore a more liveable city by improving air quality and minimizing environmental impacts during the infrastructure development.
5. Singapore urban TrAnspoRt Solution (STARS)
a. Transport optimization
i. Innovative traffic management solutions are essential to keep our road network smooth-flowing effectively.
ii. A holistic approach will include road expansion, controlling vehicle growth and managing road usage
b. Transport telematics
i. Through the development of transport telematics, a real-time travel information can be provided to road users to offer alternative modes of transportation so that their journeys can be better planned and commuting time is optimized.
c. Integrated user experience
i. With rising affluence, the needs and expectations of our people have increased.
ii. Changing demographics also compel us to examine the development of future urban transport system to better cater to diverse needs.
d. Environment and energy
i. LTA is committed to adopt environmentally sustainable practices in the planning and development of our transport infrastructure and services.
Mr Lim has been involved with land transport infrastructure development since his early years in the Public Works Department and then the Land Transport Authority upon its formation in 1995. His work covered the various disciplines of engineering works including planning, design, construction, project management and maintenance in the areas of both roads and rail.
He has held several other portfolios in LTA before his present appointment. These included Project Director for the Kallang Paya Lebar Expressway, Group Director (Planning and Transportation), Group Director (Engineering), Group Director (Vehicle and Transit Licensing). and Group Director (Rail).
Synopsis of DCE’s Presentation under the theme of “New Vision for Sustainable Urban Transport”
1. Challenges faced today
a. Increasing travel demand
i. By 2020, we expect that travel demand would increase from the current 11 million journeys per day to about 14.3 million journeys per day base on population planning parameters, projected tourist arrivals and general increase in economic activities.
b. Limited land
i. With 12% of our land space already allocated to roads, the scope to expand the road network would become more limited.
ii. However, it has to be highlighted that simply building more roads will not solve our transport problems in a sustainable way.
iii. The more roads we build, the more traffic will be generated.
iv. Hence, the projected increase in travel demand must be met largely by public transport.
c. Environmental concerns
i. Land transport has a significant role in contributing to a high quality and sustainable living environment, given its wide-ranging impact on air quality, energy consumption, noise pollution and our urban landscape.
ii. Emission from the combustion of fuels in motor vehicles is a significant source of air pollutions.
iii. In the reporting year of 2005, the transport sector contributed 19% of Singapore’s carbon dioxide emission.
d. Changing demographics
i. Our population, like that in man other developed cities around the world, is ageing.
ii. In addition, with rising affluence, the needs and expectations of our people have increased.
iii. The changing demographics will compel us to re-examine our current policies to better cater to the needs of the greying generation, the higher expectations of the people and those who care for their living environment.
2. Sustainable transport system
a. A sustainable transport system is human-oriented and environmentally friendly, economically viable and efficient, and socially sound.
i. Increase in travel demand must be met largely by public transport
ii. Cater to diverse needs of our people
3. Land Transport Masterplan
a. Make public transport a choice mode
i. Key target
1. Our target is to increase the public transport modes hare during the morning peak hours from the current 59% to 70% by 2020.
2. There is also a challenge to reverse the trend of declining public transport mode share and ensure that our public transport system can cater to the significant increase in daily travel demand.
ii. Enhance integration of PT system
1. An important initiative in making public transport a choice mode is to enhance the integration of the public transport system.
2. System unity is critical and from the commuters’ point of view, the entire public transport should be treated as a whole.
3. Where transfers are needed, commuters must experience convenient and seamless transfer, with minimal or no penalty on time and fares paid.
iii. Extend priority for buses
1. As buses share the same road space as cars, they are often delayed by other vehicles.
2. To help shorten bus journey time and make them a more viable competitor to cars, buses will be given greater priority on our roads.
iv. Expand rail network
1. Given its high capacity, reliability and speed, the RTS network will remain the backbone of our public transport system.
2. The current rail network of 148km will be almost doubled to 278km by 2020
b. Manage road use
i. Manage demand for road use
1. In managing demand for road use, we use a combination of ownership and usage measure
ii. Expand road network
1. Whilst managing the demand for road use, we will continue to build new road infrastructure to cater to the travel demands of new employment and residential centres.
iii. Leverage on technology
1. We will continue to exploit technology to enhance the efficiency of road operations and optimize the capacity of our road network.
c. Meet diverse needs
i. Implement barrier-free accessibility
1. As our population ages, we must ensure that our transport system caters to the needs of elderly as well as less mobile Singaporeans.
2. Removing physical barriers will also enhance the user-friendliness of our transport system to other users, including families with young children.
ii. Facilitate cycling
1. In addition to barrier-free accessibility, we also recognized that cycling, with its increasing popularity, can be a non-motorised transport option to bring commuters to major transport nodes.
iii. Promote environmental sustainability
1. A greater push towards improving energy efficiency and reducing emissions in land transport would contribute significantly towards cleaner air and better quality of life for Singaporeans.
4. Sustainability development framework
a. Improve transport mobility and accessibility
i. To encourage greater use of public transport system and the use of non-motorised mode of travelling such as cycling and walking
b. Improve resource conservation
i. To conduct research or technology trials that would promote better use of limited resources in improving energy efficiency and promoting recycling, water conservation and land preservation
c. Improve living environment
i. To make Singapore a more liveable city by improving air quality and minimizing environmental impacts during the infrastructure development.
5. Singapore urban TrAnspoRt Solution (STARS)
a. Transport optimization
i. Innovative traffic management solutions are essential to keep our road network smooth-flowing effectively.
ii. A holistic approach will include road expansion, controlling vehicle growth and managing road usage
b. Transport telematics
i. Through the development of transport telematics, a real-time travel information can be provided to road users to offer alternative modes of transportation so that their journeys can be better planned and commuting time is optimized.
c. Integrated user experience
i. With rising affluence, the needs and expectations of our people have increased.
ii. Changing demographics also compel us to examine the development of future urban transport system to better cater to diverse needs.
d. Environment and energy
i. LTA is committed to adopt environmentally sustainable practices in the planning and development of our transport infrastructure and services.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Mr. O.P.Agarwal - Urban Transport Advisor, The World Bank
About the Speaker
O.P. Agarwal is the Urban Transport Adviser at the World Bank. He assists and advises all urban transport projects of the World Bank, across all regions.
For nearly 30 years, he was a member of the civil service in India and as one his assignments he headed the urban transport division of the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. He was the key author of India’s National Urban Transport Policy and also developed a five year action plan for improving urban mobility in Indian cities over the 11th five year plan.
He was also the Managing Director of the Urban Mass Transit Company, a joint venture company in India, engaged in developing sustainable urban mobility solutions. He has a master’s degree in Transportation and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
O.P. Agarwal is the Urban Transport Adviser at the World Bank. He assists and advises all urban transport projects of the World Bank, across all regions.
For nearly 30 years, he was a member of the civil service in India and as one his assignments he headed the urban transport division of the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. He was the key author of India’s National Urban Transport Policy and also developed a five year action plan for improving urban mobility in Indian cities over the 11th five year plan.
He was also the Managing Director of the Urban Mass Transit Company, a joint venture company in India, engaged in developing sustainable urban mobility solutions. He has a master’s degree in Transportation and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
About his Presentation
Given the rapid increase in urban travel demand, and its implications on congestion, energy use, use of land resources and air quality, it is necessary to make a paradigm shift by focussing our efforts on “moving people, rather than moving vehicles”. The efforts have to be comprehensive, where issues of livelihoods, affordability, city aesthetics, land use planning, financing and safety have to be all be thought of in a holistic manner. The speaker will highlight the complexities of urban transport planning and how these need to be taken into account in “A New Vision for Sustainable Urban Transport”.
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WUTLS2010 - Keynote address - Proactive National Transport Policy for “Low Carbon & Green Growth”
Speaker - Mr. Kee Yeon Hwang - President of the Korea Transport Institute
One of the most salient characteristics of the previous century is the rapid expansion of automobile use and related infrastructure and industries. Increased automobile use can cause serious negative effects such as air pollution, noise pollution, congestion and even climate change. The sustainability of an automobile-based transport system is now being seriously questioned. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global warming is mostly attributable to greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion. The transportation sector accounts for about 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, and within the sector, road transportation dominates - accounting for more than 80 percent of emissions. Reducing transportation's impact on the environment should involve transforming the current automobile-based transport system into a more energy efficient, low carbon and eco-friendly one. Therefore, the Korean government proposed a "low carbon, green growth" as a national development strategy in August 2008. As for the institutional framework for promoting green growth, the National Green Growth Commission (NGGC) was officially launched in February 2009 and the Green Growth Law is being deliberated in the National Assembly. Major developed countries have also established ambitious national low carbon green growth strategies. Low carbon green growth is the most urgent and proactive policy direction for Korea to maintain its global competitive edge and to ensure sustainable economic growth. The KOTI (the Korea Transport Institute) and NGGC have proposed many notable projects as a proactive national transport policy for “low carbon, green growth”.
One of the most salient characteristics of the previous century is the rapid expansion of automobile use and related infrastructure and industries. Increased automobile use can cause serious negative effects such as air pollution, noise pollution, congestion and even climate change. The sustainability of an automobile-based transport system is now being seriously questioned. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global warming is mostly attributable to greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion. The transportation sector accounts for about 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, and within the sector, road transportation dominates - accounting for more than 80 percent of emissions. Reducing transportation's impact on the environment should involve transforming the current automobile-based transport system into a more energy efficient, low carbon and eco-friendly one. Therefore, the Korean government proposed a "low carbon, green growth" as a national development strategy in August 2008. As for the institutional framework for promoting green growth, the National Green Growth Commission (NGGC) was officially launched in February 2009 and the Green Growth Law is being deliberated in the National Assembly. Major developed countries have also established ambitious national low carbon green growth strategies. Low carbon green growth is the most urgent and proactive policy direction for Korea to maintain its global competitive edge and to ensure sustainable economic growth. The KOTI (the Korea Transport Institute) and NGGC have proposed many notable projects as a proactive national transport policy for “low carbon, green growth”.
The Speaker will provide 7 strategies which are summarized as main issues of proactive transport policy for “low carbon, green growth” in Korea. Transforming our transportation system into a low carbon and environmentally friendly one would provide many opportunities for green growth and also indispensible infrastructure for sustainable economic growth and prosperity.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Keynote speaker at WUTLS2010 - Mr. Kee Yeon Hwang - President of the Korea Transport Institute
Mr. Kee Yeon Hwang - President of the Korea Transport Institute
About the Speaker :
Kee Yeon Hwang is currently the president of the Korea Transport Institute, which is a central government research arm in land transport, aviation, and logistics. He is on leave for three years from Hongik University located in Seoul, where he used to teach transportation planning and urban spatial policy. Before joining the university, he was a senior research fellow and the Director of the Research Center for Cheonggye stream restoration at Seoul Development Institute (SDI), the think-tank organization for Seoul Metropolitan Government. He was in charge of developing the masterplan of Cheonggye stream restoration and CBD redevelopment. During his stay at SDI for 13 years, he had been involved in introducing transportation demand management schemes and making better public transportation system in Seoul. He was at the forefront to implement the Seoul's first congestion pricing scheme at Namsan tunnel located inside the downtown Seoul in 1996, and proposed the basic design of bus rapid transit system now under implementation since 2005, and Han river renaissance project now under construction. He received his B.A. in public policy from Yonsei University in Seoul, Master of Science in Planning from University of Oregon and Ph.D. in urban and transportation planning from University of Southern California in the US. He is the author of 130 professional journal articles, and wrote 5 books concerning Transportation Demand Management.
About the Speaker :
Kee Yeon Hwang is currently the president of the Korea Transport Institute, which is a central government research arm in land transport, aviation, and logistics. He is on leave for three years from Hongik University located in Seoul, where he used to teach transportation planning and urban spatial policy. Before joining the university, he was a senior research fellow and the Director of the Research Center for Cheonggye stream restoration at Seoul Development Institute (SDI), the think-tank organization for Seoul Metropolitan Government. He was in charge of developing the masterplan of Cheonggye stream restoration and CBD redevelopment. During his stay at SDI for 13 years, he had been involved in introducing transportation demand management schemes and making better public transportation system in Seoul. He was at the forefront to implement the Seoul's first congestion pricing scheme at Namsan tunnel located inside the downtown Seoul in 1996, and proposed the basic design of bus rapid transit system now under implementation since 2005, and Han river renaissance project now under construction. He received his B.A. in public policy from Yonsei University in Seoul, Master of Science in Planning from University of Oregon and Ph.D. in urban and transportation planning from University of Southern California in the US. He is the author of 130 professional journal articles, and wrote 5 books concerning Transportation Demand Management.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
About LTA Academy
The LTA Academy is set up by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), Singapore, and supported by the Ministry of Transport. It serves as a one-stop platform for sharing Singapore’s knowledge and experience in land management and development; and promoting the research and exchange of global best practices in urban transport. The Academy has designed, conducted and hosted more than 200 programmes, including international conferences, for 6,000 senior officials and professionals from 80 countries around the world. It has inaugurated the World Urban Transport Leaders Summit in November 2008.
LTA Academy has forged strategic partnerships and collaborated with established overseas and local institutions, including the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), global Transport Knowledge Partnership (gTKP), Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), Institute of Urban Transport (India), Tsinghua University’s School of Civil Engineering, China Academy of Transportation Sciences (CATS), Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City (SSTEC), GIST-TUM Asia, ITS Singapore, SMRT Institute, Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) and UniSIM.It is part of the Singapore Public Sector Training Institutions (PSTI) Network.
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LTA Academy has forged strategic partnerships and collaborated with established overseas and local institutions, including the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), global Transport Knowledge Partnership (gTKP), Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), Institute of Urban Transport (India), Tsinghua University’s School of Civil Engineering, China Academy of Transportation Sciences (CATS), Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City (SSTEC), GIST-TUM Asia, ITS Singapore, SMRT Institute, Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) and UniSIM.It is part of the Singapore Public Sector Training Institutions (PSTI) Network.
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World Urban Transport Leaders Summit 2010
Transport is among the top challenges for cities in both developed and developing worlds due to its impact on economic vibrancy, environmental sustainability and quality of life. Leaders in transport play a pivotal role in transforming cities’ transport system to enhance their liveability and global competitiveness. Transforming urban transport is a highly complex issue involving multiple challenges in social, political, economic and technological dimensions and cities will benefit from sharing of global knowledge and experience. The World Urban Transport Leaders Summit (WUTLS) series was inaugurated in November 2008 to provide a high-level platform to discuss and exchange solutions, ideas and best practices in transforming urban transport. The unique premier conference attracted top policy makers and leading professionals from some 30 countries across the world.
The 2nd WUTLS builds on the success and momentum of the inaugural summit. The theme reflects the latest approach and thinking amidst the global economic downturn, and growing concerns of climate change, air quality and energy efficiency. It will feature eminent international speakers sharing their insights and latest initiatives, and discussing a wide range of policy and strategic issues from the practitioner’s perspective. Plenary forums will cover key issues such as new vision, governance, sustainable urban solutions, green and ecofriendly transport, future transport innovations, etc. The Summit will also feature a Policy Dialogue with top leaders and experts, and site visits to the latest transport initiatives in Singapore. There will be excellent opportunities to network and forge partnership among the movers and shakers in transport. The 2nd WUTLS will be held alongside the World Cities Summit 2010.
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The 2nd WUTLS builds on the success and momentum of the inaugural summit. The theme reflects the latest approach and thinking amidst the global economic downturn, and growing concerns of climate change, air quality and energy efficiency. It will feature eminent international speakers sharing their insights and latest initiatives, and discussing a wide range of policy and strategic issues from the practitioner’s perspective. Plenary forums will cover key issues such as new vision, governance, sustainable urban solutions, green and ecofriendly transport, future transport innovations, etc. The Summit will also feature a Policy Dialogue with top leaders and experts, and site visits to the latest transport initiatives in Singapore. There will be excellent opportunities to network and forge partnership among the movers and shakers in transport. The 2nd WUTLS will be held alongside the World Cities Summit 2010.
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