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Green Urban TransportThe contribution of
theWorld Conference on Transport Research Society

• Professor Anthony D May
• President, WCTRS
• Emeritus Professor of Transport Engineering
• The University of Leeds, England

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Green transport and sustainability

• Three attributes
• Environmental
• Climate change, noise, pollution, biodiversity
• Economic
• Efficiency, economic growth, congestion
• Social
• Access, safety, equity now and in the future

Environmental Sustainability
Comprehensive Sustainability
Economic Sustainability
Social Sustainability
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The challenge of urbanisation

• World urban population
• 2010 3.5bn (50)
• 2050 6.9bn (70)
• Asian cities
• 2010 1.8bn (42)
• 2050 3.5bn (66)
• Traffic levels 2025
• World 1.5 x 2000 levels
• Asia 5.7 x 2000 levels

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Could we achieve an 80 cut by 2050 in Europe?

• Business as usual
• High technology take-up
• Plus substantial behavioural change
• So both are essential
• But is a 50 cut feasible elsewhere?

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The World Conference on Transport Research Society

• The Societys objective
• To stimulate the interchange of research in all
  aspects of transport and from all parts of the
  world
• Membership
• Currently around 1600 members
• From 67 countries
• Researchers, policy makers, consultants
• Principal activities
• An international conference (WCTR) every three
  years
• Special Interest Groups
• Contributions to policy

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Conferences and SIGs

• The World Conferences on Transport Research
• Lisbon July 2010 (1400 delegates, 1300 papers)
• Rio de Janeiro 2013
• Bids for 2016 due in 2011
• The Special Interest Groups
• Currently 13 active SIGs
• Offer continuing activity between conferences
• 14 conferences/workshops since 2007
• 15 journal special issues

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Contributions to policy

• Transport and Climate Change
• ITF, Leipzig SIG-11 Nagoya, Copenhagen
• Transport and Globalisation
• ITF, Leipzig SIG-2 Antwerp SIG-8 ATRS
• Transport and Innovation
• ITF, Leipzig SIG-10 Gothenburg
• Urban Transport in China
• SIGs 1, 7, 9, 10, 11 Shanghai September 2010
• Transport and Society
• ITF, Leipzig, May 2011

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Transport and climate change

• SIG-11 workshop in Nagoya Nov 2009
• Recommendations presented to COP-15, Copenhagen
• Book being published
• Further guidance being drafted for COP-16, Cancun

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The Shanghai workshop

• Objectives
• To contribute to the development of policy on
  urban transport in China through
• SIG-11 on transport and climate change
• SIG-7 and CODATU on policy change
• SIG-1 (land use) SIG-9 (urban freight) SIG-10
  (urban transport) on specific policy options
• To increase awareness of WCTRS
• To encourage participation in our activities

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The Shanghai workshop

• Plenary session 1 papers on climate change, low
  carbon cities, adaptation strategies
• Workshop session 1 (Saturday, 1430- 1730)
• Barriers to policy change
• The role of land use policy
• Workshop session 2 (Sunday, 0900 1230)
• The role of urban transport policy
• Workshop session 3 (Sunday, 1415 1545)
• The role of urban freight policy
• Plenary session 2 conclusions from the three
  workshops
• Planners Round Table (Monday, 0900 1200)
• Policy challenges and barriers
• Promising policy interventions