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How Can Artificial Intelligence Help Solve Transport’s Greatest Challenges?

Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 18:15-19:15 at ETC 2023, Milan, Italy

Join us at the European Transport Conference for this discussion to reflect on some of the unanswered questions from the 2022-23 AET Transport and Mobility Forum webinar series. The session will start with a short video with selected clips from the online webinars then present answers suggested by the artificial intelligence engine ChatGPT.

Some of the key questions will include:

• How can we better resolve conflicts when managing transport policy implementation? (Managing Transport Conflicts)

• What is the scope for new approaches to financial risk management to grow public transport use using new ticket types? (New Ticketing Schemes in Public Transport)

• Why does the equity gap in transport provision continue to grow? (Moving Towards Mobility Justice)

• What is a transport system, and how do we contextualise cause and effect from transport investment? (System Dynamics)

• How good are our transport communication systems? (Accessibility for Diverse Populations)

The session will explore potential solutions to these problems drawing from the expert knowledge of the participants in the session, including the inputs from ChatGPT. It will explore where ChatGPT adds value and ask when and how transport practitioners and researchers should use AI to ensure more effective, ethical and accountable approaches to transport challenges.

Conall MacAongusa will Chair the session and Derek Halden from the Transport and Mobility Forum will then moderate a discussion including inputs from Jan Kiel from Panteia in the Netherlands to explain the suggestions which ChatGPT offers to each challenge.

For full programme information, please download the Conference App

 

Planning the Just City

Panel Discussion: Will National Plans Achieve Transport Emissions Targets across Europe?

Thursday, 7 September, 9:00 – 9:45 at ETC 2023

Transport is one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise. Based on analysis of current policies and plans, the International Transport Forum estimated in May 2023 that there will have been almost no reduction in transport emissions with over 10 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions from transport every year until 2050 under current plans, compared with the cut to less than 2.5 billion that would be needed to meet UN Paris Agreement targets.

Current approaches are sufficient only to mitigate for the rising demand for transport - falling far short of what is needed - but across Europe, many countries have set ambitious targets for emissions reduction consistent with the commitments each country has made under the Paris Agreement.

This plenary session will look at how to close the gap between policy rhetoric and reality. The panel discussing this topic includes policy makers and analysts. 

• Filip Boelaert, Secretary General, Department of Mobility and Public Works, Flanders (BE)

• Amanda Rowlatt, Chief Analyst, Analysis and Science Directorate, Department for Transport (UK)

• Dr. John Martin - Head of Climate Engagement and Governance, Department of Transport (IE)

• Dr. Francesco Petracchini, Director Consiglio Nazionale della Richerche (CNR), Istituto Sull’Inquinamento Atmosferico (IT)

• Professor Thierry Vanelslander, Dept of Transport & Regional Economics (TPR), University of Antwerp (BE)

The session will be Chaired by Conall Mac Aongusa, Member of AET Board (IE), and the discussion session will be moderated by Vladimir Momcilovic, Associate Professor in University of Belgrade and Chair of the AET Programme Committee for Global Trends in Transport (SB).

For booking details and full programme information, please go to: www.aetransport.org

 

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Global trends impacting transport

Global trends impacting transport (GTiT)

This 51st European Transport Conference will allow the Global Trends Impacting Transport programme committee to perceive and discuss state-of-the-art policy, engineering and research project results, while initiating dialogue on actual global challenges and trends, as well as proliferating worldwide progress on transport system resilience in extraordinary circumstances, as well as sharing experiences and lessons learnt from recent disruptions.

Day 1 topics deal with new mobility business models, practical and legal aspects within sustainable mobility options (including Cycling) and Mobility-as-a-Service, continuing to children, girl and women safety in transport, risk and security issues and finishing with participatory methods covering perception of mobility costs, impact and future options.

Day 2 topics focus on gender inclusivity, equity and issues in transport, seniors and vulnerable transport users and participants. Afterwards continuing with two sessions on low carbon transport options and transport related pollution and decarbonisation challenges.

Day 3 topics start with a joint session with Rail Policy and Planning programme committee devoted to policy transferability and future of transport, followed by COVID-19 impacts and finishing with policy assessment of transport equity, social value, sustainability and system performance.

The GTiT programme committee invites you to join us at the second ETC to be held in Milan and benefit from networking, socialising and exchanging ideas with peers in presentation sessions and always stimulating discussions. We invite you to bring your fresh views and new ideas for old and ongoing issues and challenges which are essential for contemporary transport professionals and decision-makers!

For booking details and full programme information, please go to: www.aetransport.org

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Local Public Transport sessions

Local Public Transport sessions announced

The Local Public Transport (LPT) programme committee seeks to encourage excellence in both urban and rural public transport, enhancing the understanding of the key issues that affect the provision of good public transport services. This year’s full programme at the European Transport Conference features a range of sessions and papers examining:

• Pricing strategies in public transport, including climate ticket experiences

• Lessons learnt in European public transport projects

• Equity and public transport

• Opportunities and challenges of new on-demand modes and micro-mobility solutions

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For booking details and full programme information, please go to: www.aetransport.org

Discover the insights of System Dynamics

System Dynamics: Special Sessions announced for ETC 2023

Transport systems, whether they be infrastructural, economic, technical, political, or sociological, are complex and constantly changing. As such, System Dynamics (SD) modelling, as a method for capturing behaviours and understanding changes in complex systems over time, including feedbacks and lagged response, is being increasingly adopted in transport research and planning. SD combines both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, offering many advantages compared to traditional transport modelling.

Grounded in systems theory, Causal Loop Diagrams are mental models that demonstrate links and logical behaviours between variables within a system, that can be self-reinforcing or balancing. Stock Flow Models are the quantitative dynamic simulation tools, allowing many scenarios to be easily and quickly compared. SD is particularly well suited to policy analysis, and as a support tool for decision making, as models can be co-created with stakeholders.

Join us at #etc2023 for special sessions where this type of modelling has been applied within transport, to provide insight on the opportunities it may offer to all types of transport projects and research - whether you have experience in SD or require an introduction to it. Supported by the System Dynamics Society Special Interest Group in Transportation.

For booking details and full programme information, please go to: www.aetransport.org

 

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Young Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Forum

Join the Young Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Forum at ETC 2023

The Young Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Forum (YRPF) is a special format within the European Transport Conference that is specifically aimed at young professionals. Early career researchers and practitioners will present their work to the participants of the European Transport Conference.

YRPF is organised by young professionals with the presentation of early-stage experimental projects and research ideas being explicitly welcome. The forum provides a format which enables constructive and comprehensive feedback, as well as additional time for discussion.

This year, the YRPF sessions will focus on key topics including:

• Re-shaping cities

• Cities and Modelling

• Rail services and stations

• Data Driven Approaches

• Sustainable travel

• Public Transport

• Transport planning

• Transport equity

• Human wellbeing

For booking details and full programme information, please go to www.aetransport.org

 

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Join us for Data (and National Travel Survey) sessions

Join us for Data (and National Travel Survey) sessions!

Over the last few years, the importance of good data and good data collection on travel behaviour has been widely recognised. The innovation of data collection methods has moved forward, and more countries and metropolitan areas are working towards regular collection of revealed travel behaviour. In addition, the scope of interest regarding the collection of travel data has broadened towards issues in the social domain like transport poverty, broad prosperity and inclusion of mobility parameters in the sustainable development goals. 

The Data committee is therefore very happy to present a special topic session at the ETC 2023 on (National) Travel Surveys to hear about the many insights and challenges regarding data collection for travel surveys. This will be alongside the usual wide spectrum of data topics such as:

• Micro-mobility

• Accessibility

• Gender, safety

• Social media

For booking details and full programme information, please go to www.aetransport.org

 

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Network with international colleagues

The conference provides a brilliant opportunity for all participants to engage with transport experts from around the world and become part of a specialist community.

• Tuesday 05 September Pre-Conference Drinks 

• Wednesday 06 September Welcome Reception Drinks

• Thursday 07 September Conference Dinner

• Bicycle Tours organised by Bici e Vancanze

• Driving Simulator (DRSMI) daily experiences offered at the Politecnico

• E-scooter Tours in conjunction with Tier App

• ETCercise! Morning jogs around beautiful Milano 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference, social activities and all the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

 

Rail Policy & Planning sessions announced

Rail sessions announced for ETC 2023

At ETC 2023, the Rail Policy and Planning Committee offers several sessions with international topics and papers by researchers and practitioners from various European countries and beyond, covering issues such as:

• Rail Future Strategies at National and Regional Level

• Customer Orientation in the Long-Run

• (Re-)Matching Supply and Customer Behaviour beyond Covid

• Impact of Station Design and Rail Infrastructure on Travellers

• Innovative Methods to Overcome Barriers in Rail Planning and Forecasting

For booking details and full programme information, please go to www.aetransport.org

 

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Network with international colleagues

The conference provides a brilliant opportunity for all participants to engage with transport experts from around the world and become part of a specialist community.

• Tuesday 05 September Pre-Conference Drinks 

• Wednesday 06 September Welcome Reception Drinks

• Thursday 07 September Conference Dinner

• Bicycle Tours organised by Bici e Vancanze

• Driving Simulator (DRSMI) daily experiences offered at the Politecnico

• E-scooter Tours in conjunction with Tier App

• ETCercise! Morning jogs around beautiful Milano 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference, social activities and all the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

 

TRIBUTE project sessions announced

The TRIBUTE project’s final event takes place at #etcMilan2023

TRIBUTE aims to develop innovative and environment-friendly solutions through the creation of 8 living labs, where policy-makers and local stakeholders can share ideas and best practices, to enhance knowledge and skills for planning and implementing sustainable urban mobility actions.

The cities involved in the TRIBUTE project have developed 8 action plans with the goal of defining a transnational strategy that could be adopted in the Adriatic-Ionian Region beyond the project’s lifetime, towards new mobility agendas for sustainable, integrated, and inclusive transport systems. 

Join us in learning more about TRIBUTE within our special sessions at ETC 2023:

• Session 1 TRIBUTE project - Innovative and Sustainable Urban Mobility Solutions in the Cities of the Adriatic-Ionian Region: objectives, approaches, outputs

• Session 2 TRIBUTE Transnational strategy for sustainable mobility in the Adriatic-Ionian Region

For booking details and full programme information, please go to www.aetransport.org

 

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Network with international colleagues

The conference provides a brilliant opportunity for all participants to engage with transport experts from around the world and become part of a specialist community.

• Tuesday 05 September Pre-Conference Drinks 

• Wednesday 06 September Welcome Reception Drinks

• Thursday 07 September Conference Dinner

• Bicycle Tours organised by Bici e Vancanze

• Driving Simulator (DRSMI) daily experiences offered at the Politecnico

• E-scooter Tours in conjunction with Tier App

• ETCercise! Morning jogs around beautiful Milano 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference, social activities and all the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

 

Transport Economics, Finance & Appraisal sessions

Transport Economics, Finance & Appraisal sessions announced

This year has seen a record number of papers submitted and accepted by the Transport Economics, Finance & Appraisal (TEFA) programme committee.

We go back to basics with papers challenging the fundamentals of economic appraisals including values of time, treatment of uncertainty and taxation. There remains continued interest in road user charging and the implications of paid parking. The impact of high inflation, something we haven’t really had to worry about for a considerable length of time, is considered.

Assessing the social and environmental impacts of transport remains an important area of focus with papers addressing issues such as population dynamics, human health, and social welfare, urban income inequality, the impact of low-emission zones on vulnerable households and the costs associated with road crashes. While the vexed question of the impact of working from home on agglomeration effects is explored.

For booking details and full programme information, please go to www.aetransport.org

 

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Network with international colleagues

The conference provides a brilliant opportunity for all participants to engage with transport experts from around the world and become part of a specialist community.

• Tuesday 05 September Pre-Conference Drinks 

• Wednesday 06 September Welcome Reception Drinks

• Thursday 07 September Conference Dinner

• Bicycle Tours organised by Bici e Vancanze

• Driving Simulator (DRSMI) daily experiences offered at the Politecnico

• E-scooter Tours in conjunction with Tier App

• ETCercise! Morning jogs around beautiful Milano 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference, social activities and all the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

 

Intelligent Mobility, Management and Operations programme

Join us for Intelligent Mobility, Management and Operations sessions!

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are playing a vital and increasing role in dealing with everyday mobility and the consequences they have on accessibility, safety, environment and human well-being. The Intelligent Mobility, Management and Operations (IMMO) stream provides a home for research and practitioners dealing with issues at the leading edge of Intelligent Mobility and ITS. The IMMO stream's purpose is to exchange knowledge between the new, exciting and emerging areas such as connected and autonomous vehicles, ride sharing and electric driving. But it also focuses on good, practical experience of road design, traffic safety, traffic management policy and implementation, incident management, traffic signal control, priority systems and network management.

 

Join us for this year's programme at ETC 2023 which includes:

• Ride sharing and demand management
• Autonomous driving and electric vehicles
• Traffic management and connecting modes

For booking details and full programme information, please go to www.aetransport.org

Network with international colleagues

The conference provides a brilliant opportunity for all participants to engage with transport experts from around the world and become part of a specialist community.

• Tuesday 05 September Pre-Conference Drinks 
• Wednesday 06 September Welcome Reception Drinks
• Thursday 07 September Conference Dinner
• Bicycle Tours organised by Bici e Vancanze
• Driving Simulator (DRSMI) daily experiences offered at the Politecnico
• E-scooter Tours in conjunction with Tier App
• ETCercise! Morning jogs around beautiful Milano 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference, social activities and all the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

 

Transport Modelling programme

Transport Modelling Sessions at ETC!

Transport modelling is at the heart of an evidence based approach to solving some of the major challenges facing transport as we work to build a more sustainable future. We have a packed agenda for ETC 2023 this year, with a particular focus on agent and activity based models. Hear about and discuss the latest innovation and modelling developments at ETC 2023, led by a diverse range of speakers from across the industry.

• Day 1 has two streams including sessions on micro-mobility, achieving net-zero, reducing traffic demand and industry leading city modelling.
• Day 2 has two streams, with a whole day of sessions focused on improvements to activity and agent based modelling, and a set of parallel sessions on modelling the vehicle transition to electric vehicles, traffic assignment and learning lessons from modelling conflict and unique events.
• Day 3 has sessions on modelling equity and changing behaviour.

The Transport Modelling programme committee invites you to participate in this 51st conference, which allows us to network, socialise, exchange ideas and reflect on innovation in transport modelling over the past few years. We look forward to seeing you in Milan!

For booking details and full programme information, please go to www.aetransport.org

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The TM sessions are kindly sponsored by PTV. This year at their exhibition stand, the PTV team will present how Model2Go can help speed up transport model development in Visum and will be joined by TomTom who will present the TomTom Demand Origin Destination data powering Model2Go.

 

Network with international colleagues

The conference provides a brilliant opportunity for all participants to engage with transport experts from around the world and become part of a specialist community.

• Tuesday 05 September Pre-Conference Drinks 
• Wednesday 06 September Welcome Reception Drinks
• Thursday 07 September Conference Dinner
• Bicycle Tours organised by Bici e Vancanze
• Driving Simulator (DRSMI) daily experiences offered at the Politecnico
• E-scooter Tours in conjunction with Tier App
• ETCercise! Morning jogs around beautiful Milano 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference, social activities and all the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

 

Freight & Logistics programme

Freight & Logistics Programme

The Freight and Logistics committee of the European Transport Conference concerns actual issues such as freight and the environment, impact of strategic logistics on freight systems, freight policy development, city logistics, trans-national networks, corridors and terminals. Join us for this year's exciting programme at ETC 2023, which includes:

• Urban freight sustainability

• Urban logistics policy and planning

• Urban freight simulation

• Ports and supply chains

• Macro freight flows

• Freight labour issues

• Freight decarbonisation

• Autonomous freight operational and legal issue

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Network with international colleagues

The conference provides a brilliant opportunity for all participants to engage with transport experts from around the world and become part of a specialist community.

• Tuesday 05 September Pre-Conference Drinks 

• Wednesday 06 September Welcome Reception Drinks

• Thursday 07 September Conference Dinner

• Bicycle Tours organised by Bici e Vancanze

• Driving Simulator (DRSMI) daily experiences offered at the Politecnico

• E-scooter Tours in conjunction with Tier App

• ETCercise! Morning jogs around beautiful Milano 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference, social activities and all the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

Promote your organisation at ETC 2023!

We welcome sponsorships for ETC’s 2023 Conference and have numerous opportunities to promote your organisation including conference bags, badges, plenary or themed sessions, Conference Dinner, and Welcome Reception.

Check out our website for more details or email: sabrina.winter@aetransport.org

 

1, 2 and 3-day places available now

Book now for ETC 2023!

The AET European Transport Conference (ETC) returns to Milan this year, taking place on 06 – 08 September at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy

 

Bookings are now being taken for 1, 2, and 3-day places at this year’s European Transport Conference. Although 3-day early booking discounts have now closed, don’t forget that special discounts are available relating to Students, Young Professionals and delegates based in certain countries (defined according to 2021 GDP per Capita data as published by the World Bank).

For more information and to book your place, please visit www.aetransport.org. 

 

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World-Renowned Speakers

Join us this year at ETC for plenary sessions and papers that address themes of relevance to the transport policy agenda internationally – from a research, policy and practice perspective. 

Opening Plenary: Wednesday 06 September
New Mobility Patterns after Covid 

• Rosário Macário Partner at TIS PT, Professor at University of Antwerp Faculty of Business & Economics, Co-Founder at Rethink Move, Coordinator of EIT Urban Mobility at Lisbon University 

• Arrigo Giana ATM (invited)

• Mona Björklund EU Commission

Plenary 2 Panel Discussion: Thursday 07 September
Will National Plans Achieve Transport Emissions Targets across Europe?

Moderated by Conall Mac Aongusa (AET Board) 

• Filip Boelaert Head of Flanders Department of Mobility and Public Works BE

• Amanda Rowlatt Chief Analyst, Analysis and Science Directorate, Department for Transport UK

• John Martin Principal Climate Change Lead in Dept of Transport Dublin IE

• Francesco Petracchini Director CNR - Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research IT

• Thierry Vanelslander Professor, University of Antwerp BE

Our full prelim programme is available for download (while subject to change).

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

Promote your organisation at ETC 2023!

We welcome sponsorships for ETC’s 2023 Conference and have numerous opportunities to promote your organisation including conference bags, badges, plenary or themed sessions, Conference Dinner, and Welcome Reception.

Check out our website for more details or email: sabrina.winter@aetransport.org

 

ETC Discounts Close Next Week

AET Transport & Mobility Forum - FREE Webinar

AET Transport and Mobility Forum invite you to the webinar:

What is System Dynamics and why use it in transport research and policy-making?

FREE Webinar: Thursday, 06 July 2023
11.00 – 12.30 CET /10.00 – 11.30 BST

In this webinar, we will introduce the theory and methodology of System Dynamics, which consists of both qualitative Causal Loop Diagrams and quantitative Stock Flow Models. Moreover, we will discuss the application of the system dynamics to transport research, including some examples of our own studies.

The webinar will be co-hosted by the Systems Dynamics Programme Committee and feature the following speakers:

• Dr Paul Pfaffenbichler, Institute of Transport Studies, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
• Dr Gillian Harrison, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds (UK)

The webinar will cover:

• Introduction to system dynamics and systems thinking
• Causal Loop Diagrams:
  • Elements
  • Exercise
  • Transport Examples
• Stock Flow Models
  • Theory
  • Verification and Validation
  • Transport Examples

Please note that there will also be a webinar and annual meeting for the System Dynamics Society, Special Interest Group in Transportation in the afternoon of 6th July, with a focus on the use of system dynamics in transport consultancy.

The webinar is organised by the AET Transport and Mobility Forum and will be hosted on the Zoom platform. For further registration details, please go to AET Transport and Mobility Forum and follow the link to register for the webinar.

 

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Speakers' Bios

Paul Pfaffenbichler is a post-doc university assistant at the Institute of Transport Studies, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria. His methodological research focus is system thinking and system dynamics. He is the author of the system dynamics based transport models MARS, SERAPIS and LUNA which have been used in several national and international research projects.

Dr Gillian Harrison is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds (UK), involved in a wide range of projects related to new mobility services, technologies and policies, primarily using system dynamics methodologies. She also co-chairs the System Dynamics Society Special Interest Group in Transportation, and have led the ETC System Dynamics Programme Committee since 2019.

 

 

European Transport Conference 2023: Prelim Programme Announced

Early Booking Discounts closing on 30th June!

Book now to take advantage of our early booking discounts, which represent excellent value for money. Special rates will only be available until 30th June so don't delay! 

The AET European Transport Conference (ETC) returns to Milan this year, taking place on 06 – 08 September at the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Campus.

Preliminary Conference Programme
Now Available

After receiving a record breaking number of abstracts for the 2023 conference, our Programme Committees have drafted the conference programme for ETC 2023. The prelim programme is available for download (while subject to change).

This year, key themes will explore:

• Human wellbeing – delivering transport schemes for the health of future generations
• Transport equity – enabling inclusiveness in travel in diverse societies
• Sustainable travel – shaping tourism and daily travel in the face of climate change and energy transition
• Supply chain challenges – impacts of labour and resource constraints in freight and passenger transport  
• Regulatory issues – impacts of national and international legislation on infrastructure and services
• Funding and financial sustainability – challenges from Covid recovery and energy prices
• Cities and transport – integrated planning, liveable cities, active transport 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

 

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Transport and Mobility Forum

AET Transport and Mobility Forum, and Journal of Urban Mobility (JUM) invite you to a joint webinar

Moving Towards Mobility Justice:
How can we achieve fairness and inclusion in mobility?

FREE Webinar: Thursday, 01 June 2023
11.00 – 12.30 CEST /10.00 – 11.30 BST

This joint webinar from the AET Transport and Mobility Forum and the Journal of Urban Mobility will explore the practical challenges of implementing mobility justice by bringing together perspectives from policy makers, practitioners and academic researchers across Europe. It will consider the opportunities and challenges posed and investigate the choices which need to be made in balancing technological progress with broader public value and social equity.
 
The webinar will be introduced by Benjamin Büttner and David Duran of Technical University of Munich, who will set the scene for how the debate on Mobility Justice has been evolving in recent years. This will be followed by three speakers and presentations as follows:

• Karen Lucas – Professor in Human Geography, University of Manchester (UK);
• Todd Litman - Founder and executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute (CA);
• Marianne Weinreich – Market Manager: Smart Mobility, Ramboll Consultants (DK);
• Jeroen Bastiaansen – Transport Researcher, PBL Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency (NL).

In mobility planning, we have been prioritising the advantaged population, or sometimes called "the majority," while excluding people with different mobility needs, abilities, and access to opportunities. How can we break the traditional planning process and achieve a fairer and more inclusive mobility? Some cities want to adopt a mobility justice approach, but they face challenges such as a lack of experience and difficulty in gaining public support and resources.

The webinar aims to gather advice from our speakers and our audience on achieving a fairer and more inclusive mobility. Four guest speakers (an academic, a government-sector representative, and two practitioners) will discuss the concept of mobility justice, why it is needed, its societal and economic benefits, and the consequences of exclusion and injustices. After their presentations, we will discuss the roles of academia, government, and practitioners in overcoming injustices. Finally we will provide an online platform for the audience to share their concepts, needs, and advice in order to include citizens' interventions. As an audience we invite you to share your thoughts on our MiroBoard and contribute to actively shaping more just societies in the field of urban and transport planning. You will receive the link to our MiroBoard after registering for the webinar. We hope that this webinar will raise awareness of mobility injustices and support efforts towards a fairer and more inclusive mobility.

The topic of the webinar will also be the subject of a forthcoming special issue of the Journal and will be an important theme at the European Transport Conference (ETC) being held in Milan in September this year.

The webinar is organised by the AET Transport and Mobility Forum and will be hosted on the Zoom platform. For further registration details, please go to AET Transport and Mobility Forum and follow the link to register for the webinar.

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Speakers' Bios

	Karen Lucas is Professor of Human Geography and Research Director at the School of Environment, Education and Development at The University of Manchester and leads the Manchester Urban Institute’s theme on Transport and Mobilities.  Karen is a world-leading expert on transport and social justice in the Global North and South. She leads the International Network for Transport and Accessibility in Low Income Communities (INTALInC), which is a global network of academics, policymakers, NGOs and frontline agencies to promote transport justice in Global South cities. She also researches issues of energy poverty and environmental and climate justice in the UK context, currently leading the High-End Energy Consumers project for the Centre for Research of Energy Demand Systems (CREDS), which is funded by UK Research and Innovation.
	Todd Litman is founder and executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, an independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative solutions to transport problems. His work helps expand the range of impacts and options considered in transportation decision-making, improve evaluation methods, and make specialised technical concepts accessible to a larger audience. His research is used worldwide in transport planning and policy analysis.
	Marianne Weinreich holds a Master in Scandinavian literature and language and World History, but for more than 20 years she has advised cities about sustainable mobility policy, promotion and mobility management. She’s an expert in cycling policy and promotion.  The last 5 years she been Market Manager in Ramboll’s Smart Mobility division where she besides working with clients is leading the thought leadership program. As part of that she was lead author of the report “Gender and (smart) mobility” published March 2021 and “Walking and cycling data – practice, challenges, needs and gaps” from Dec 2022. She is also co-founder and Chair of the Cycling Embassy of Denmark and an experienced speaker at and moderator of cycling and mobility webinars and conferences around the World.
	Jeroen Bastiaanssen is a transport researcher at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). His research focuses on accessibility and its link to spatial planning and transport policy, with a primary focus on employment and social inclusion. He has received various awards for his work, including the SER Master thesis prize for his thesis on transport poverty and the NECTAR PhD award for his thesis on the impact of public transport access on employment outcomes. At PBL he has recently developed and published the Dutch National Accessibility Metrics, which has received significant attention in Dutch Parliament, among policy makers and in the national media.

 

ETC 2023 Early Bookings

Early Booking Discounts closing in 1 month!

Book now to take advantage of our early booking discounts, which represent excellent value for money. Special rates will only be available until 30th June so don't delay! 

The AET European Transport Conference (ETC) returns to Milan this year, taking place on 06 – 08 September at the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Campus.

Conference Themes for 2023

This year, key themes will explore:

• Human wellbeing – delivering transport schemes for the health of future generations
• Transport equity – enabling inclusiveness in travel in diverse societies
• Sustainable travel – shaping tourism and daily travel in the face of climate change and energy transition
• Supply chain challenges – impacts of labour and resource constraints in freight and passenger transport  
• Regulatory issues – impacts of national and international legislation on infrastructure and services
• Funding and financial sustainability – challenges from Covid recovery and energy prices
• Cities and transport – integrated planning, liveable cities, active transport 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

 

Network with international colleagues

The conference provides a brilliant opportunity for all participants to engage with transport experts from around the world and become part of a specialist community.

• Tuesday 05 September Pre-Conference Drinks 
• Wednesday 06 September Welcome Reception Drinks
• Thursday 07 September Conference Dinner
• Bicycle Tours organised by Bici e Vancanze
• Driving Simulator (DRSMI) daily experiences offered at the Politecnico
• E-scooter Tours in conjunction with Tier App
• ETCercise! Morning jogs around beautiful Milano 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference, social activities and all the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

 

BOOK YOUR DISCOUNTED PLACE NOW

 

European Transport Conference 2023: Early Booking is now open!

Early Booking is now open!

The AET European Transport Conference (ETC) returns to Milan this year, taking place on 06 – 08 September at the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Campus.

Book now to take advantage of our early booking discount which represents excellent value for money. Special rates will only be available until 30th June so don't delay! 

Conference Themes for 2023

This year, key themes will explore:

• Human wellbeing – delivering transport schemes for the health of future generations
• Transport equity – enabling inclusiveness in travel in diverse societies
• Sustainable travel – shaping tourism and daily travel in the face of climate change and energy transition
• Supply chain challenges – impacts of labour and resource constraints in freight and passenger transport  
• Regulatory issues – impacts of national and international legislation on infrastructure and services
• Funding and financial sustainability – challenges from Covid recovery and energy prices
• Cities and transport – integrated planning, liveable cities, active transport 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

 

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Promote your organisation at ETC 2023!

We welcome sponsorships for ETC’s 2023 Conference and have numerous opportunities to promote your organisation including conference bags, badges, plenary or themed sessions, Conference Dinner, and Welcome Reception.

Check out our website for more details or email: sabrina.winter@aetransport.org

Confirmed Sponsors & Exhibitors for ETC 2023:

Network with international colleagues

The conference provides a brilliant opportunity for all participants to engage with transport experts from around the world and become part of a specialist community.

• Tuesday 05 September Pre-Conference Drinks 
• Wednesday 06 September Welcome Reception Drinks
• Thursday 07 September Conference Dinner
• Bicycle Tours organised by Bici e Vancanze
• Driving Simulator (DRSMI) daily experiences offered at the Politecnico
• E-scooter Tours in conjunction with Tier App
• ETCercise! Morning jogs around beautiful Milano 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference, social activities and all the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

 

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AET Transport and Mobility Forum - FREE Webinar 4th May 2023

 

AET Transport and Mobility Forum presents:

A New Hope: Using Data to Improve Transport Planning Scenarios

FREE Webinar: 04 May 2023
11.00 – 12.00 CEST /10.00 – 11.00 BST

This FREE webinar from the AET Transport and Mobility Forum hears from two presenters on their use of Data to improve transport planning scenarios:

Winner of the Jacobs Award for the paper demonstrating the most innovative use of data at the European Transport Conference 2022 -
"A novel approach to developing LGV trip matrices for the second generation of regional traffic models" 
Reza Tolouei of AECOM UK, 
Arwa Sayegh of AECOM UK, Mia-Jade Thornton of National Highways

“Enriching datasets with Machine Learning”

 

AET Transport and Mobility Forum - FREE Webinar 6th April 2023

AET Transport and Mobility Forum presents:

Airports – Post Pandemic Challenges and Opportunities

FREE Webinar: 06 April 2023
11.00 – 12.00 CEST /10.00 – 11.00 BST

This webinar will host Louise Congdon, a well known UK and international airport planning expert, who will take us through the challenges airports face post-Covid and will highlight the opportunities that also prevail for airports. This covers areas related to what are the issues? What has changed? Sustainability and profitability challenges and opportunities, in addition to assessing how you balance environmental benefits and associated costs. The webinar speaker will cover:

Airports – Post Pandemic Challenges and Opportunities:

• Who are the winners and losers?
• Changes in the airline landscape
• The profitability challenge
• The sustainability challenge
• Balancing benefits and environmental costs
• What is a well balanced strategy?

Louise Congdon is an experienced airport planner and strategist with over 40 years’ experience in the aviation industry for the UK Civil Aviation Authority, Birmingham and Manchester Airports. She set up York Aviation as Managing Partner in September 2002. At Manchester Airport, Louise played a key role in influencing UK and European aviation policy debates and was responsible for corporate strategy, business planning, forecasting, and overall aviation policy development, including the forecasts, strategy and concepts behind the Airport's Development Strategy, the second passenger terminal, and the second runway.   Louise acted as specialist adviser to the House of Commons Transport Select Committee from 2011 to 2014.

The webinar is co-hosted with the AET Aviation & Sustainability Programme Committee and will be moderated by Johnny Ojeil, Chair of the AET Aviation & Sustainability Programme Committee and Director of UK Head of Transport Planning and Smart Mobility at Ramboll.

The webinar is organised by the AET Transport and Mobility Forum and will be hosted on the Zoom platform. For further registration details, please go to AET Transport and Mobility Forum and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Register to Attend Online

 

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: FREE Webinar 29th March 2023

AET Transport and Mobility Forum presents:

New ticketing schemes in public transport

FREE Webinar: 29 March 14:00–16:30 CET (in-person, in Vienna)
14:30–16:00 CET (online)

To tackle climate related mobility challenges, novel public transport ticketing solutions have emerged throughout Europe. There is growing experience and evidence about both pilot periods and some schemes established for years so far. At this event, we are going to discuss three key examples after a brief presentation by a leading expert, namely:

1. Klimaticket (Austria), by Hanna Merkinger, One Mobility
2. 9-Euro-Ticket (Germany), by Gerhard Probst, Probst & Consorten
3. Free public transport (Luxembourg),by Christophe Reuter, Ministry of Mobility and Public Works of Luxembourg

Hanna Merkinger is product manager for the KlimaTicket at One Mobility, the company funded in Austria for the distribution of the annual pass and the development of a digital sales platform for all public transport tickets.

Gerhard Probst is the CEO of Probst & Consorten consultancy, a leading company in Germany for all aspects of marketing in public transport. Since its establishment in 1997, P&C has advised on several tariff and financing reforms for sustainable transport solutions.

First government advisor Cristophe Reuter leads the strategic mobility planning directorate at the Ministry for Mobility and Public Works of Luxembourg. His team publishes the national mobility strategies.

This is the very first hybrid event of AET’s Transport and Mobility Forum. Let us meet online or in person in Vienna!

• Limited places are available to attend this programme in-person in Vienna, so please contact the AET secretariat no later than 17 March
• If you would like to attend online, please register on our website

Register to Attend Online

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: FREE Webinar 2nd March 2023

AET Transport and Mobility Forum presents:

Evidencing the value of the Elizabeth line in London. Results of the baseline and pre-opening evaluation.

FREE Webinar: Thursday 2nd March 2023 
1100 - 1200 CET (1000 - 1100 GMT)

 

The Elizabeth line is the most significant addition to London's transport network in a generation, transforming life and travel in London and the Southeast. Delivered by Crossrail Ltd, it runs for more than 100km through central London, serving 41 stations and supporting new journeys out to Essex, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire.

In 2016, DfT and TfL commissioned Arup and Volterra to deliver the Crossrail Baseline Evaluation study, collecting data to evaluate both the future post-opening and pre-opening impacts of the line. This webinar is an opportunity to discover what we learned from the construction of Crossrail, what the wider economic context looks like, and what pre-opening impacts affected the London property market.

Csaba Pogonyi  is a senior economist in Arup’s City Economics and Planning team. He has a PhD in Urban and Transport Economist and more than nine years of professional experience in the field of economic research, econometrics and evaluation. Csaba has been involved with the Elizabeth line project since 2019, and took over managing it in 2020. He currently leads the first-post opening evaluation which is interested in the short-term transport impacts of the line.

Jennifer Bottomley has ten years’ experience in social research and evaluation, having worked in both research agencies and government social research roles. She joined the Department for Transport in 2020 to lead the rail evaluation programme, which includes evaluation of the Crossrail programme and Elizabeth line.

 

The webinar is supported by the ETC programme committee Transport Economics, Finance and Appraisal and will be moderated by the committee chair John Siraut, Director of Economics & Global Principal Transport Economics, Jacobs.

The webinar is organised by the AET Transport and Mobility Forum and will be hosted on the Zoom platform. For further registration details, please go to AET Transport and Mobility Forum and follow the link to register for the webinar.

 

Register here

 

European Transport Conference 2023: Call for Papers Reminder

ETC 2023 Call for Contributions

Deadline for Abstracts: 10 February 2023

Don't miss your opportunity to present at the European Transport Conference 2023. The Association for European Transport (AET) has announced the start of the preparations for ETC 2023. This will be the 51st ETC and the conference will be held at the Bovisa Campus of the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, from 6th to 8th September 2023.

Conference Themes for 2023

We now invite Abstract Submissions for the 2023 European Transport Conference. The major theme of the conference will be:

Human Wellbeing & Inclusivity in Transport - in relation to global crises and climate change

The seminars of each Programme Committee will reference the theme. Emphasis will also be placed on:

• Human wellbeing – delivering transport schemes for the health of future generations
• Transport equity – enabling inclusiveness in travel in diverse societies
• Sustainable travel – shaping tourism and daily travel in the face of climate change and energy transition
• Supply chain challenges – impacts of labour and resource constraints in freight and passenger transport  
• Regulatory issues – impacts of national and international legislation on infrastructure and services
• Funding and financial sustainability – challenges from Covid recovery and energy prices
• Cities and transport – integrated planning, liveable cities, active transport 

Programme Committees' Call for Abstracts

In addition to the themes above, papers that fit within Programme Committees’ areas of interest are also very welcome. Their Calls for Abstracts are available to download from the AET website.

In addition, AET aims to program (national) Travel Surveys as a special topic. Travel surveys play a key role in obtaining insight in (changing) travel behaviour, while also facing challenges itself regarding data collection. Abstracts related to the special topic can be submitted to the Data committee during the abstract submission process.

We would also like to hear from anyone who is interested in utilising ETC 2023 as a platform to hold their final project dissemination event in a parallel co-located stream.

Your opportunity to present at the most established transport conference in Europe!

You are invited to submit an abstract based on one of the above themes or on one of those suggested by the Programme Committees. The deadline for abstract submission is 10 February 2023.

Submissions may be made via the Association's website. You will need to register once as an author and then you can submit as many abstracts as you wish. Authors can request a peer review of their papers and a selection of reviewed papers is published online or in special issues of journals. More details are available as a download within the Call for Papers brochure and on the AET website.

REGISTER & SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

 

European Transport Conference 2023: Call for Papers

ETC 2023 Call for Contributions

Deadline for Abstracts: 10 February 2023

Don't miss your opportunity to present at the European Transport Conference 2023. The Association for European Transport (AET) has announced the start of the preparations for ETC 2023. This will be the 51st ETC and the conference will be held at the Bovisa Campus of the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, from 6th to 8th September 2023.

The European Transport Conference (ETC) attracts papers that address themes of relevance to the transport agenda in Europe and worldwide. The Conference provides a great opportunity for all delegates to network and form career-spanning professional relationships.

AET reserves the right to change the format or cancel the conference if required, in response to the emerging pandemic situation.

Conference Themes for 2023

We now invite Abstract Submissions for the 2023 European Transport Conference. The major theme of the conference will be:

Human Wellbeing & Inclusivity in Transport - in relation to global crises and climate change

The seminars of each Programme Committee will reference the theme. Emphasis will also be placed on:

• Human wellbeing – delivering transport schemes for the health of future generations
• Transport equity – enabling inclusiveness in travel in diverse societies
• Sustainable travel – shaping tourism and daily travel in the face of climate change and energy transition
• Supply chain challenges – impacts of labour and resource constraints in freight and passenger transport  
• Regulatory issues – impacts of national and international legislation on infrastructure and services
• Funding and financial sustainability – challenges from Covid recovery and energy prices
• Cities and transport – integrated planning, liveable cities, active transport 

These are just a few of the highlighted areas in which we are interested. In addition to these themes, papers that fit within Programme Committees’ areas of interest are also very welcome. Their Calls for Papers are available from the AET website.

In addition, AET aims to program (national) Travel Surveys as a special topic. Travel surveys play a key role in obtaining insight in (changing) travel behaviour, while also facing challenges itself regarding data collection. Abstracts related to the special topic can be submitted to the Data committee during the abstract submission process.

We would also like to hear from anyone who is interested in utilising ETC 2023 as a platform to hold their final project dissemination event in a parallel co-located stream.

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

Your opportunity to present at the most established transport conference in Europe!

You are invited to submit an abstract based on one of the above themes or on one of those suggested by the Programme Committees. The deadline for abstract submission is 10 February 2023.

Submissions may be made via the Association's website. You will need to register once as an author and then you can submit as many abstracts as you wish. Authors can request a peer review of their papers and a selection of reviewed papers is published online or in special issues of journals. More details are available as a download within the Call for Papers brochure and on the AET website.

REGISTER & SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

 

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: FREE Webinar 2nd February 2023

AET Transport and Mobility Forum presents:

A Method for Economic Benefits for Re-Allocating Road Space for Cyclists

FREE Webinar: Thursday 2nd February 2023 
1100 - 1200 CET (1000 - 1100 GMT)

Pandemic initiated shift in travel patterns created a significant strain on public transport, further exacerbated by a new “work from home” culture. In response, a “Plan led approach” in Birmingham is adopted to initiate measures to support active travel.

The plan centred around creating designs through road space reallocation by limiting access for private cars; prioritising active travel in local neighbourhoods; and re-purposing road space. 

A top-down approach, compliant with policy reflected in design development but ensuring it is economically viability! So, the questions to consider are compliance of designs with strategic case and does this provide economic benefits through users but also minimising impacts on other non-users. An interactive process is presented here to show how both are achieved through a top-down policy approach for a coherent, safe and attractive design which also provides a good economic return.

We shall offer a surgery of the development of a corridor!

This FREE webinar is supported by the ETC Programme Committee Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport (PSLT). It will feature a presentation by the winner of the Goudappel Award at the European Transport Conference 2022. The presentation will be followed by a reflection by Dr Marc Stemerding, senior researcher at Goudappel. The webinar will be chaired by Dr Marie-José Olde Kalter from Goudappel and will include time for attendees to ask questions and contribute comments.

• Dr Goktug Tenekeci is a Director of projects at Jacobs and manages a number of frameworks. He is an experienced Transport Professional with a proven track record in Transport Policy, Transport Planning and Modelling. Most recently, he has supported the strategy development for Midlands Connect by developing interventions and their appraisal, including HS2 Readiness, Freight Strategy, Classic Compatible services and early delivery of East Midlands hub station. He has led on successful business cases for transportation projects, securing funding for delivery.

The webinar will be hosted on the Zoom platform. Please register using the button below to let us know you will attend and follow the link to register for the webinar. Registered participants will receive an automated email containing instructions for joining. Last minute registrants can access the webinar via the registration link.

The webinar is organised by the AET Transport and Mobility Forum. For further details, please go to AET Transport and Mobility Forum and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Register here

 

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: FREE Webinar 2nd February 2023

AET Transport and Mobility Forum presents:

A Method for Economic Benefits for Re-Allocating Road Space for Cyclists

FREE Webinar: Thursday 2nd February 2023 
1100 - 1200 CET (1000 - 1100 GMT)

AET Transport and Mobility Forum invites you to attend a presentation by Dr Goktug Tenekeci, winner of the Goudappel Award at the European Transport Conference 2022.

Pandemic initiated shift in travel patterns created a significant strain on public transport, further exacerbated by a new “work from home” culture. In response, a “Plan led approach” in Birmingham is adopted to initiate measures to support active travel.

The plan centered around creating designs through road space reallocation by limiting access for private cars; prioritising active travel in local neighbourhoods; and re-purposing road space. 

A top-down approach, compliant with policy reflected in design development but ensuring it is economically viability! So, the questions to consider are compliance of designs with strategic case and does this provide economic benefits through users but also minimising impacts on other non-users. An interactive process is presented here to show how both are achieved through a top-down policy approach for a coherent, safe and attractive design which also provides a good economic return.

We shall offer a surgery of the development of a corridor!

• Dr Goktug Tenekeciis a Director of projects at Jacobs and manages a number of frameworks. He is an experienced Transport Professional with a proven track record in Transport Policy, Transport Planning and Modelling. Most recently, he has supported the strategy development for Midlands Connect by developing interventions and their appraisal, including HS2 Readiness, Freight Strategy, Classic Compatible services and early delivery of East Midlands hub station. He has led on successful business cases for transportation projects, securing funding for delivery.

The presentation will be followed by a reflection by Dr Marc Stemerding, senior researcher at Goudappel. The webinar will be chaired by Dr Marie-José Olde Kalter from Goudappel and will include time for attendees to ask questions and contribute comments.

The webinar will be hosted on the Zoom platform. Please register using the button below to let us know you will attend and follow the link to register for the webinar. Pre-registered participants will receive additional information the day before the webinar containing instructions for joining. Last minute registrants can access the webinar via the registration link.

The webinar is organised by the AET Transport and Mobility Forum. For further details, please go to AET Transport and Mobility Forum and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Register here

 

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: FREE Webinar 5th January 2023

AET Transport and Mobility Forum presents:

Environmental, Social and Governance issues in Transport

FREE Webinar: Thursday 5th January 2023 
1100 - 1200 CET (1000 - 1100 GMT)

Despite a shift in policy towards sustainable transport, investment remains poorly aligned with environmental and social policies and is often hindered by poor governance. Transport emissions are increasing their share of global greenhouse gas emissions and equity gaps are growing between those who consume the most and those who face the consequences of a changing climate. Part of the challenge for investment is to revise the assessment and verification frameworks to ensure that transport spending is better aligned with policy goals. In this webinar, professor Mateu Turró will explain how to construct ESG compliant investment packages.

• Dr. Mateu Turró spent more than 20 years at the European Investment Bank where he was responsible for transport and urban projects appraisal and contributed with the EC to the establishment of cohesion policy, the definition of trans-European transport networks, and developing spatial and urban policy through the EU territorial agenda. In 2009 professor Turró returned to his Chair in the Civil Engineering School at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, teaching on decision-making, financing and European infrastructure policy, until 2019. He has been active as a consultant and is currently advising, through ESGPAR Inc., on ESG risks and impacts of major investments.

The webinar will be chaired by Derek Halden from the AET Transport and Mobility Forum and will include a short response to Mateu’s presentation, plus at least 30 minutes for attendees to ask questions and contribute comments.

The webinar will be hosted on the Zoom platform. Please register using the button below to let us know you will attend and follow the link to register for the webinar. Pre-registered participants will receive additional information the day before the webinar containing instructions for joining. Last minute registrants can access the webinar via the registration link.

The webinar is organised by the AET Transport and Mobility Forum. For further details, please go to AET Transport and Mobility Forum and follow the link to register for the webinar.

 

Register here

 

European Transport Conference 2023: Call for Papers

ETC 2023 Call for Contributions

Deadline for Abstracts: 10 February 2023

The Association for European Transport (AET) announces the start of the preparations for ETC 2023. This will be the 51st ETC and the conference will be held at the Bovisa Campus of the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, from 6th to 8th September 2023.

The European Transport Conference (ETC) attracts papers that address themes of relevance to the transport agenda in Europe and worldwide. The Conference provides a great opportunity for all delegates to network and form career-spanning professional relationships.
AET reserves the right to change the format or cancel the conference if required, in response to the emerging pandemic situation.

Conference Themes for 2023

We now invite Abstract Submissions for the 2023 European Transport Conference. The major theme of the conference will be:

Human Wellbeing & Inclusivity in Transport - in relation to global crises and climate change

The seminars of each Programme Committee will reference the theme. Emphasis will also be placed on:

• Human wellbeing – delivering transport schemes for the health of future generations
• Transport equity – enabling inclusiveness in travel in diverse societies
• Sustainable travel – shaping tourism and daily travel in the face of climate change and energy transition
• Supply chain challenges – impacts of labour and resource constraints in freight and passenger transport  
• Regulatory issues – impacts of national and international legislation on infrastructure and services
• Funding and financial sustainability – challenges from Covid recovery and energy prices
• Cities and transport – integrated planning, liveable cities, active transport 

These are just a few of the highlighted areas in which we are interested. In addition to these themes, papers that fit within Programme Committees’ areas of interest are also very welcome. Their Calls for Papers are available from the AET website.

In addition, we would like to hear from anyone who is interested in utilising ETC 2023 as a platform to hold their final project dissemination event in a parallel co-located stream.

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2023 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2023

Your opportunity to present at the most established transport conference in Europe!

You are invited to submit an abstract based on one of the above themes or on one of those suggested by the Programme Committees. The deadline for abstract submission is 10 February 2023.

Submissions may be made via the Association's website. You will need to register once as an author and then you can submit as many abstracts as you wish. Authors can request a peer review of their papers and a selection of reviewed papers is published online or in special issues of journals. More details are available as a download within the Call for Papers brochure and on the AET website.

 

REGISTER & SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

 

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: FREE Webinar 5th January 2023

AET Transport and Mobility Forum presents:

Environmental, Social and Governance issues in Transport

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: FREE Webinar 1st December 2022

AET Transport and Mobility Forum presents:

Managing Transport conflicts and cooperation.
What role for transport planners?

FREE Webinar: Thursday 1st December 2022 
1100 - 1200 CET (1000 - 1100 GMT)

Can transport planners become mobility moderators or even transport diplomats? Despite all of the developments in the sectors of logistics and ITS, regardless of all the progress achieved in the field of transport safety, security, well-being and environment and in spite of all of the efforts of transport scholars and practitioners from around the world to deliver sustainable solutions to improve the mobility of freight and people, transport systems management and projects often remain an arena of tensions between various stakeholders having divergent agendas. Each initiative (or absence of an initiative) about transport infrastructure and service risks becoming the starting point for fresh hostilities between actors opposing or supporting these initiatives. All conflicts involving stakeholders from all governance levels are not without economic, political and social costs. Thus, in a time of turbulence (as the ongoing climate crisis, Russia's war on Ukraine, energy insecurity, pandemics, and political instability) and greater sensitivity for transport justice, there is much work to be done. 

In this webinar co-hosted with the Global Trends impacting Transport Programme Committee of the European Transport Conference, the  speaker will take you to a virtual spatio-temporal journey based on his paper presented at the ETC 2022 held in Milan last September and the key findings from his recent book "Transport Geopolitics" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). After advocating for a fresh view of the idea of transport geopolitics (defined as ‘the study of transport systems envisaged as a spatial and political issue, i.e. as a source of conflicts and political arrangements’) the webinar introduces a typology of six kinds of transport conflict and five different diplomatic approaches to cope with these conflicts. Thus, the transport planners, professionals and decision-makers taking part in this webinar will be invited to transparently integrate transport conflicts and cooperation diagnoses within the planning process by introducing the notion of transport diplomacy (defined as ‘the negotiation of a geopolitical ‘distance’ between social actors about transport systems’).

The webinar will be hosted by Vladimir Momcilovic, Associate Professor at the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering (Serbia) and Chair of the Global Trends impacting Transport Programme Committee of the ETC (since 2019). The principal speaker will be:

• Luc Ampleman, Assistant Research Professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow (Poland)

The webinar will be hosted on the Zoom platform. Please click on the button below and follow the link to register for the webinar. Please note that there is no deadline for signing up and last-minute registrants can access the webinar via the registration link.
The webinar is organised by the AET Transport and Mobility Forum. For further details, please go to AET Transport and Mobility Forum and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Register here

 

European Transport Conference 2022: Neil Mansfield Award Winner

ETC 2022:
NEIL MANSFIELD AWARD

The Young Researchers' and Practitioners' Forum (YRPF) is thrilled to announce the winner of the Neil Mansfield Award.
 
The award is given in the name of Neil Mansfield, a brilliant young researcher in the UK Department of Transport, who died at a young age. The prize is awarded for the best paper written by an author under the age of 35.

To learn more about the awards at ETC please go to www.aetransport.org

We hope to see you in Milan next year!

Congratulations go to...

This year we say huge congratulations to Francesco De Fabiis, Politecnico di Milano for the paper:

"SPATIAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS TO ASSESS ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE"

Written by Francesco De Fabiis Politecnico di Milano and Alessandro Carmelo Mancuso, Samsung SDS Milano.

Short Abstract: Spatial econometric models are proposed to assess the economic impacts (i.e. Gross Domestic Product per Capita percentage variation) of transport infrastructure investments, with an application to the Adriatic-Ionian region.

About the authors

Francesco De Fabiis is a Ph.D. Candidate and assistant lecturer in Transportation Planning at Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering (DMEC). His research is related to innovative transportation planning approaches, focusing on transportation appraisal tools and methods. He has been involved in the Association for European Transport (AET) since 2020, and he is also a Member of the Doctoral Training Network (DTN) of the EIT – Urban Mobility.

Alessandro Mancuso is a Mobility Engineer graduated at Politecnico di Milano. He gained experience in the transportation planning field in Switzerland, working on sustainable mobility projects at the urban scale. He’s currently inbound coordinator at Samsung SDS, Milano.

 

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: FREE Webinar 6 October 2022

AET Transport and Mobility Forum presents:

Accessibility for Diverse Populations: LGBTQ+ travel behaviour and placemaking from a gender and diversity lens

FREE Webinar: Thursday 6th October 2022 
11.00 – 12.00 CEST (10.00 – 11.00 BST/WEST)

This FREE webinar from the AET Transport and Mobility Forum explores two key discussions in improving accessibility for diverse populations. Insights will be provided on the public transport travel behaviour of LGBTQ+ people, exploring barriers and opportunities for accessibility. Gender and diversity will feature more widely in a discussion on the relationship with the urban environment and placemaking.

This TMF webinar will be chaired by Dr Jeffrey Howard (UK), Policy Manager at Rail Partners and AET Council member and features the following speakers:

• Gender, Diversity and Place-Making
  Lucrecia Bertelli (UK), Social Development Specialist, Atkins
• Inclusive Mobility: comparison of objective and subjective drivers of LGBT+ travel behaviour and implications for planning inclusive transport systems
  Lindsey Stack (UK), Principal Research Consultant, Atkins

For further details, please go to the AET Transport and Mobility Forum page and follow the link to register for the webinar.

 

Register here

 

 

European Transport Conference 2022: Last chance to book

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Final call for bookings

Places for this week's European Transport Conference have been selling fast, and with the booking deadline being close of play today, there's just enough time to book your place!

The 3-day conference begins in force tomorrow with its in-person, multi-session, multi-streamed format and a timetable packed full of papers and discussions affecting today's transport experts. Check out the AET website for the full three-day programme.

The conference also provides a brilliant opportunity for all participants to engage with transport experts from around the world and become part of a specialist community. Make new connections at ETC's Social Events and Technical Visits! And build on your professional network with the conference app, which allows delegates to make contact with each other to arrange informal gatherings.

Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places. To book your place, please visit our website or click the booking button below!

Discounted places are available for AET members, young professionals, full-time students and organisations from new member states of the EU (joined in 2004, 2007 and 2013).

 

BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!

 

Thank you to all the supporters of ETC 2022!

We’d like to say a huge thank you to our sponsors and supporters who have contributed to this year's event. During the conference, please join them in the exhibition area or find out more about their organisations in our Sponsors Booklet!

 

European Transport Conference 2022: Transport & Mobility Forum

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

AET's Transport and Mobility Forum welcomes you to join our events at ETC2022

 

'Perspectives on the Changing Transport Sector'

A debate chaired by Derek Halden, Wednesday 7th September 1815 – 1900 hours, La Collina, Bovisa Campus, Politecnico di Milano.

Since the spring of 2020, online conversations have allowed AET members to share their experiences and research on a changing world. At ETC 2022, this live session will help to develop these conversations in more depth and detail through face-to-face debate. The session will start with an introduction to some of the key topics discussed online:

• Who should pay for personal rights to mobility?
• How can transport and land use be better managed as a system?
• What are the true costs of greenwashing?
• How to build trust in net-zero freight and logistics supply chains?
• How can government’s role in future transport technology be better defined?
• How can we allocate space and share transport resources better?
• When will people feel safe using autonomous vehicles?

To set the scene, a short video of some highlights from the webinar series will feature contributions from Matteo Antoniala, Carey Curtis, Maria Chiara Leva, Gerard de Jong, Cecilia Silva, and Mateu Turro. The session will be Introduced by Herman Maier Chair of the AET Board, and Conall Mac Aongusa Chair of AET’s TMF, and Professor Ennio Cascetta will make the first expert response to set the scene for the debate. The Chair of the debate, Derek Halden, will then invite expert comment from ETC conference speakers and facilitate an open forum delegate discussion. Attendees can expect to leave the session with a better understanding of how to tackle some of transport’s thorniest problems.

The AET Drinks Reception will follow immediately afterwards in the same venue.

 

'AET Transport and Mobility Forum
– A Retrospective and Look Forward.'

Your opportunity to input to the Forum's future activities, with TMF Chair Conall Mac Aongusa. Thursday 8th September 1130-1200, Room BL27.0.5 next to the coffee and exhibition area. 

The AET Transport and Mobility Forum (TMF), originally established as the AET COVID-19 Conversations Group, has a strong record of organising online webinars during and after the pandemic on key trends, challenges and debating points shaping the European and global transport sector. This face-to-face session will present what the Forum has achieved since its creation in April 2020 and seek feedback from ETC participants on what has worked well, what could be improved and how activities should be organised, and on what topics, moving forward.

The session will be introduced by TMF Chair Conall Mac Aongusa and moderated by TMF Member Jonathan Spear and Andras Munkacsy. Attendance and active contribution of viewpoints and ideas for future TMF directions is strongly encouraged by the AET Board and Council so please join us during the first coffee break and have your say.

These events are open to all ETC 2022 delegates, with no booking necessary. We look forward to seeing you in Milan at the European Transport Conference

 

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With booking only available for just a few more days before the Conference begins, don't miss out on attending this year's ETC 2022 in Milan, Italy. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.
Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

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TRANSPORT & MOBILITY FORUM

AET's year-round programme of events

 

What we do: The Transport and Mobility Forum hosts a series of monthly webinars on the first Thursday of each month between October and June. The webinars provide an opportunity for the audience to join the debate, the Q&A and online discussion. Our full programme of planned events is published on the AET website. Topics we cover: The Forum spans research, policy and practice in transport and the interactions with wider economic, social and environmental goals. Since our first webinars, which started during the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020, we have covered a wide range of subjects including the impacts of technology and digitisation on transport, the outcomes of decreased demand on the future of public transport, and the barriers that women face when accessing transport.

Attending our events: If you wish to receive notifications of upcoming events to your inbox, we can add you to our mailing list. To attend a webinar, simply register AET member benefits: AET Members can also access the archive recordings of previous webinars and other materials. Find out more about AET membership. Event speakers: We value fresh insights so if you have a topic that you would like to present at one of our events, please email us. Get more involved: We welcome AET members of all ages, backgrounds, experience and skills to join us in organising and contributing towards these events. Please email us if you would like to find out about joining the Forum working group.

 

European Transport Conference 2022: Aviation sessions

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Aviation Sessions at this year's ETC

The Aviation sessions for this year's conference cover a wide range of relevant topics that includes climate change, sustainability and decarbonisation including the CO2 emissions ceiling, and the role that rail can play.

Hear about case studies that cover infrastructure and advanced air mobility as well as network improvements. Plus presentations related to economics and capacity constraints. We will also cover expansion economics and the effects of Covid on the aviation sector.

For booking details and full programme information, please go to www.aetransport.org

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Only one week to book!

With booking only available for just one more week before the Conference begins, don't miss out on attending this year's ETC 2022 in Milan, Italy. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

 

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European Transport Conference 2022: Transport Modelling

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Transport Modelling Sessions at this year's ETC!

Transport modelling is at the heart of an evidence based approach to solving some of the major challenges facing transport as we work to build a more sustainable future. We have a packed agenda for ETC 2022. Hear about and discuss the latest innovation and modelling developments at ETC 2022, led by a diverse range of speakers from across the industry.

• Day 1 has two streams including sessions on urban air mobility, using models for freight solutions, modelling frameworks, matrices, traffic assignment and national models 
• Day 2 has sessions on activity based models, car ownership and parking, and agent based models
• Day 3 has sessions on mode choice, cycling and micromobility, and the impact of Covid on travel demand

The Transport Modelling programme committee invites you to participate in this 50th anniversary conference, which allows us to network, socialise, exchange ideas and reflect on innovation in transport modelling over the past few years. We look forward to seeing you in Milan!

For booking details and full programme information, please go to www.aetransport.org

Many thanks to Bentley Systems, this year's sponsors of the Transport Modelling sessions.   Model, forecast, and analyse movement through regions, cities, and places with Bentley’s mobility digital twins’ solutions   Thousands of professionals around the world rely on Bentley’s mobility modelling and analytics software to understand the urban, metropolitan, regional, and national movement of people.

Bentley’s mobility software measures the impact of transportation policy, demographics, and urban geography on travel demand and transportation infrastructure. From regions and cities to buildings and stations, from roads and public transit to new mobility, from travel demand to traffic and pedestrian simulation, Bentley mobility applications help to inform real-world decisions across planning, engineering, construction, and operations.    Discover more about CUBE, DYNAMEQ, LEGION, and EMME in Bentley’s mobility booth at the ETC 2022.

 

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Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

 

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European Transport Conference 2022: EIT Urban Mobility

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

EIT Urban Mobility: European opportunities for the future of our cities

EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. Since January 2019, EIT has been working to encourage positive changes in the way people move around cities in order to make them more livable places. EIT aims to become the largest European initiative transforming urban mobility. Join EIT at this year’s ETC to learn more about their mission, activities, and the opportunities offered:

• Overview about EIT Urban Mobility – Judith O’Meara, Managing Director of Innovation Hub Central - EIT Urban Mobility
• Complementarities between EIT Urban Mobility and other Italian funds – Laura Mazzola, Regional Dissemination Hub Italy - EIT Urban Mobility
• Panel with representatives from the City of Milan and partners participating in EIT Urban Mobility projects

Over 250+ urban mobility challenges have been identified by cities across Europe. Each year a work programme is developed with a focus on several innovation challenge areas to be addressed by EIT Urban Mobility activities. Among the topics covered, urban air mobility has attracted the interest of different society sectors, as it is expected to become a reality in Europe in the coming years with the delivery of goods by drones and the transport of passengers. 

The research and studies on urban air mobility help to increase the knowledge about the topic and confront the pros and cons of this upcoming reality. 

This year at ETC, EIT Urban Mobility would like to acknowledge the research efforts by awarding a prize to one of the papers on urban air mobility to be presented during the conference. The winning research paper will be given the opportunity to publish an article in the EIT Urban Mobility Journal.   For booking details and full programme information, please go to www.aetransport.org

 

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Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

 

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European Transport Conference 2022: Data and Digital use of Data

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Data

Data and Digital use of data, and a combination of various data streams, has become a focal point of managing transportation assets. Transport data as a source of input plays a large part in our Digital revolution. In addition, the recent worldwide pandemic reiterated the importance of data, including its processing in a flexible manner, and how transport can react positively and possibly help to predict various strategies, scenarios and outcomes.

This year, we are delighted to have a wide spectrum of papers covering topics such as data-driven toolkits, travel patterns, freight, electric mobility and open data.
 
Managing large datasets, processing them and trying to understand how and when to use and apply them is a challenge, and our speakers will provide valuable insights for industry and academic practitioners into methods applied, and difficulties envisaged, setting out lessons learned and challenges that certainly lie ahead for us all to consider.

For booking details and full programme information covering these valuable Data sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

 

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Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

 

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European Transport Conference 2022: Intelligent Mobility, Management and Operations

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Intelligent Mobility, Management and Operations

ITS is playing a vital and increasing role in dealing with everyday mobility and the consequences it has on accessibility, safety and liveability. The Intelligent Mobility, Management and Operations (IMMO) stream provides a home for research and practitioners dealing with issues at the leading edge of Intelligent Mobility and ITS. The IMMO stream's purpose is to exchange knowledge between the new, exciting and emerging areas such as connected and autonomous vehicles, MaaS and electric driving. But it also wants to focus on good, practical experience of road design, traffic management policy and implementation, incident management, traffic signal control, priority systems and network management
 
Join us for this year's IMMO programme at ETC 2022 which includes:
•          ITS and Traffic Management
•          Autonomous and electric vehicles
•          Multi-mobility

For booking details and full programme information covering these exciting IMMO sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

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Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

 

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European Transport Conference 2022: Global trends impacting transport

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Global trends impacting transport

The Global Trends Impacting Transport (GTiT) programme committee seeks to deepen and disseminate information, while opening fruitful discussions on global policy and research on present challenges and endeavours, as well as lessons we have learned from recent disruptions on how resilient our transport system is in such extraordinary circumstances.

• Day 1 - Presentations deal with COVID-19 impacts, beginning with two joint sessions with the Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport programme committee, followed by another with the Rail Policy and Planning programme committee.
• Day 2 - Presentations focus on electric mobility, sustainable neighbourhoods and active mobility, alongside public engagement in local and global policy-making.
• Day 3 - GTiT programme will begin initially with a discussion session devoted to long term relations between transport and geopolitics, transport planning in challenging and ever-changing circumstances, followed by a transport sustainability session.

The GTiT programme committee invites you to participate in this 50th anniversary conference, which allows us to network, socialise, exchange ideas and evoke old (though not outdated) concepts - challenging local and global trends and policies, stimulating out-of-the-box thinking, and attracting fresh views vital for transport professionals and decision-makers!

For booking details and full programme information covering these thought-provoking GTiT sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

 

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Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

 

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European Transport Conference 2022: Young Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Forum

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Young Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Forum

The Young Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Forum (YRPF) is a special format within the European Transport Conference that is specifically aimed at young professionals. Early career researchers and practitioners will present their work to the participants of the European Transport Conference.
 
YRPF is organised by young professionals with the presentation of early-stage experimental projects and research ideas being explicitly welcome. The forum provides a format which enables constructive and comprehensive feedback, as well as additional time for discussion.
 
This year, the YRPF sessions will focus on key topics including:

• Spatial Economic Analysis
• Shared Mobility Systems
• Behaviour Change – Travel Patterns
• Behaviour Change – Environmental
• Cities Moved by Sustainable Transport
• Data Driven Approaches

For booking details and full programme information covering these thought-provoking sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

 

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Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

 

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European Transport Conference 2022: Rail Policy and Planning Programme announced

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Rail Policy and Planning Programme Committee

The Rail Policy and Planning Programme Committee seeks to encourage debate on the planning, operation and economics of heavy rail passenger transport overall but also with respect to emerging challenges such as COVID 19, climate change or incidents affecting security and safety.
 
Some people attending the 2022 conference in Milan may experience rail to get there. Many more travellers rely on rail (once again) as an indispensable means of transport for many purposes, despite Covid and other challenges. At ETC 2022, the Rail Planning and Policy sessions include:

• Looking ahead at strategies for all stakeholders in the rail market taking into account the demand side, the financial situation and the political framework.
• Rail demand will be considered viewed from both from an international and a behavioural perspective. Wellbeing and safety are keywords as well as changes in the composition and profile of passenger demand.
• Rail infrastructure and its cross-regional connectivity is another issue as we look at the recent plans for intra-UK connectivity, including between the mainland of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• Competitiveness within the rail system, but also with other modes such as air, will also be addressed at this year’s ETC in Milan…a key rail node in Italy, not only with important regional and freight networks but also the starting point for different long-distance trains operating in direct competition.

For booking details and full programme information covering these thought-provoking sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

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Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

 

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European Transport Conference 2022: Special Session - The 15 Minute City

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Journal of Urban Mobility: The 15 Minute City

The Journal of Urban Mobility is a fully Open Access journal, initiated and supported by the EIT Urban Mobility, offering prompt publication and wide dissemination of new urban mobility research to a global audience. The journal publishes peer-reviewed contributions in all areas of urban mobility that will accelerate solutions that improve our collective use of liveable urban spaces, while ensuring accessible, convenient, safe, efficient, sustainable and affordable multimodal mobility. 

JUM will be hosting a special session on the theme of The 15 Minute City – Putting Accessibility by Proximity into Practice at the forthcoming European Transport Conference in Milan.   Join us at #etc2022 for this special session led by the Founding Co Editor in Chief of JUM - Dr Benjamin Buttner of Technische Universitat Munchen. For booking details and full programme information covering these thought-provoking sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org   Discounts & Booking Info Book your place today Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org. Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.   BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!

 

European Transport Conference 2022: System Dynamics Stream

 

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

System Dynamics programme

Transport systems, whether they be infrastructural, economic, technical, political, or sociological, are complex and constantly changing. As such, System Dynamics (SD) modelling, as a method for capturing behaviours and understanding of changes in complex systems over time, including feedbacks and lagged response, is being increasingly adopted in transport research and planning. SD combines both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, offering many advantages compared to traditional transport modelling.
 
Grounded in systems theory, Causal Loop Diagrams are mental models that demonstrate links and logical behaviours between variables within a system, that can be self-reinforcing or balancing. Stock Flow Models are the quantitative dynamic simulation tools, allowing many scenarios to be easily and quickly compared. SD is particularly well suited to policy analysis, and as a support tool for decision making, as models can be co-created with stakeholders.
 
Join us at #etc2022 for special sessions where this type of modelling has been applied within transport, to provide insight on the opportunities it may offer to all types of transport projects and research - whether you have experience in SD or require an introduction to it. Supported by the System Dynamics Society Special Interest Group in Transportation.

For booking details and full programme information covering these thought-provoking sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

 

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Bookings are available for 1, 2 and 3-day places at ETC 2022. To book your place, please visit our website: www.aetransport.org.

Discounted places are available for attendees from new EU Member States (joined since 2004) and for young professionals under the age of 26 or with less than 5 years’ professional experience. Full time students also receive a generous discount.

 

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European Transport Conference 2022: Freight & Logistics Stream

ETC 2022: 7-9 September

Freight & Logistics programme

The Freight and Logistics committee of the European Transport Conference concerns actual issues such as freight and the environment, impact of strategic logistics on freight systems, freight policy development, city logistics, trans-national networks, corridors and terminals. Join us for this year's exciting programme at ETC 2022, which includes:

• Mode shift potential
• Models and data for freight solutions
• Supply chain management
• Energy solutions for freight
• Ports and maritime issues
• Urban freight solutions
• Sustainable freight solutions

For booking details and full programme information covering these thought-provoking sessions, please go to www.aetransport.org

 

European Transport Conference 2022: Last Chance for Early Booking Discounts

Discounted places closing TODAY

Our early booking offers for the European Transport Conference represent excellent value for money but they won't be available after today so head over to the AET website now to book your place! 

The Association for European Transport will hold ETC 2022 in-person at the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Campus, Milan, Italy on 7-9 September 2022. 

This year, key themes will explore:

• The Future of Cities: Emerging new travel and land use patterns
• Behaviour Change: The impacts of the climate emergency and COVID-19 on long term travel patterns
• Travel Data: When will new travel pattens be stable enough to inform modelling and forecasting?
• COVID Recovery: Funding and financial sustainability of public transport

Discounts & Booking Info

Delegates are now invited to book their 3-day place at the conference to benefit from a 10% Early Booking Discount. Full price places for one, two, three days and rover tickets will be made available in July.

The Early Booking Discount applies to delegates booking 3-day attendance only, with payment received by 30 June 2022.

All fees shown are subject to 20% VAT.

In addition, a 50% discount will be available to:

• Delegates from member states of the European Union that joined in 2004, 2007 and 2013
• Young professionals (under the age of 26 or those with less than 5 years’ professional experience)

BOOK YOUR DISCOUNTED PLACE TODAY!

 

The Future of Aviation: Compatibility of recovery and sustainability

European Transport Conference 2022: Local Public Transport

Local Public Transport

The Local Public Transport programme committee seeks to encourage excellence in both urban and rural public transport, enhancing the understanding of the key issues that affect the provision of good public transport services. This year’s full programme at the European Transport Conference features a range of sessions and papers examining:

• Technology trends and innovations in public transport
• Financial challenges in public transport planning and operations
• Social inclusive mobility and public transport
• Opportunities and challenges of new on-demand modes and micro-mobility
• How to rethink and recover public transport after the COVID pandemic

We would like to thank this year's Local Public Transport sessions sponsor IOKI, who will also be exhibiting at this year's European Transport Conference.

 

Discounted places closing soon!

Delegates are invited to book their 3-day place at the conference to benefit from a 10% Early Booking Discount. Full price places for one, two, three days and rover tickets will be made available in July.

The Early Booking Discount applies to delegates booking 3-day attendance only, with payment received by 30 June 2022.

All fees shown are subject to 20% VAT.

In addition, a 50% discount will be available to:

• Delegates from member states of the European Union that joined in 2004, 2007 and 2013
• Young professionals (under the age of 26 or those with less than 5 years’ professional experience)

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European Transport Conference 2022: Early Booking Discounts

Discounted places closing soon!

Book early to celebrate the European Transport Conference's 50th Jubilee at a discounted price this year. Our early booking offers represent excellent value for money but will only be available until 30th June so don't delay! 

The Association for European Transport will hold ETC 2022 in-person at the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Campus, Milan, Italy on 7-9 September 2022. 

This year, key themes will explore:

• The Future of Cities: Emerging new travel and land use patterns
• Behaviour Change: The impacts of the climate emergency and COVID-19 on long term travel patterns
• Travel Data: When will new travel pattens be stable enough to inform modelling and forecasting?
• COVID Recovery: Funding and financial sustainability of public transport
• The Future of Aviation: Compatibility of recovery and sustainability

Network with international colleagues

The conference provides a brilliant opportunity for all participants to engage with transport experts from around the world and become part of a specialist community.

• Tuesday 6 September Pre-Conference Drinks
• Wednesday 7 September Civic Reception at La Collina
• Thursday 8 September Conference Dinner at Officina12 
• Bicycle Tours in conjunction with Bici e Vancanze
• E-scooter Tours in conjunction with Tier App
• Friday 9 September Social Dinner at ATMosfera (exclusive Tram)
• ETCercise! Thursday morning jog around beautiful Milano 

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference, social activities and all the 2022 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2022
NB: AET reserves the right to change the format or cancel the conference if required, in response to the emerging pandemic situation.

Discounts & Booking Info

Delegates are now invited to book their 3-day place at the conference to benefit from a 10% Early Booking Discount. Full price places for one, two, three days and rover tickets will be made available in July.

The Early Booking Discount applies to delegates booking 3-day attendance only, with payment received by 30 June 2022.

All fees shown are subject to 20% VAT.

In addition, a 50% discount will be available to:

• Delegates from member states of the European Union that joined in 2004, 2007 and 2013
• Young professionals (under the age of 26 or those with less than 5 years’ professional experience)

 

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AET Transport and Mobility Forum: FREE Webinar 23 June 2022

AET Transport and Mobility Forum and Journal of Urban Mobility (JUM) present a joint webinar:

The 15 Minute City – Putting Accessibility by Proximity into Practice

FREE Webinar: Thursday 23rd June 2022

11.00 – 12.30 CEST (10.00 – 11.30 BST)

We invite you to a webinar on 23rd June hosted by AET Transport and Mobility Forum and the Journal of Urban Mobility. In this webinar, the Journal’s Co-Editor-in-Chief, Dr Benjamin Büttner will moderate a discussion about concept of the 15 Minute City with Cecilia Silva, Chris Kwantes and Margherita Villani.

The ongoing COVID pandemic, the negative effects of private motorized transport, and the advancing climate crisis have led to a steady increase in interest in active mobility and accessibility through spatial proximity in recent years. Especially, the concepts of the “15-Minute City” and the “20-Minute Neighbourhoods” have been promoted as blueprints for future urban planning. They promise to deliver more sustainable, liveable, resilient, and equitable cities by creating dense and diverse neighbourhoods with destinations in proximity to peoples’ homes. These concepts thus tie in with themes that have long been discussed in the literature on accessibility and urban planning. However, questions remain on how the X-Minute City concept can be operationalised and assessed, how the concept relates to physical, perceived and virtual accessibilities, how the concept affects different groups of residents, including vulnerable population groups, how the concept translates to different types of areas, and how the concept articulates with urban agglomeration scale policies. Furthermore, there are questions on how X-Minute City planning goals can be achieved in practice, and the inclusion of virtual accessibility to jobs and services (teleworking, online shopping etc.). The webinar will try to find answers to these questions and seeks to bridge the gap between planning practice and the accessibility literature.

One of the most prominent ideas that rose to prominence during the pandemic is the 15-Minute City. The 15-Minute City has been famously championed by the City of Paris and the Parisian mayor Anne Hidalgo, who made it the foundation of her transport- and land-use planning policies. For example, Hidalgo plans to get rid of half of Paris’ surface parking spaces to make space for active transport modes and public space (Marchant, 2020). The main idea behind the 15-Minute City is the reduction of car traffic by simply eliminating the need for it. If people can reach the most important everyday destinations in a short time on foot or by bicycle, the logic goes, they will ditch the car of their own accord. This shall lead to more sustainable, resilient, and livable cities.

This webinar from the AET Transport and Mobility Forum and the Journal of Urban Mobility will explore the practical challenges of implementing these ideas by bringing together perspectives from experienced practitioners in Italy and the Netherlands and from the latest academic research in Europe. It will consider the opportunities and challenges posed and investigate the choices which need to be made in balancing technological progress with broader public value and social equity.

The webinar will be introduced by Dr Benjamin Büttner of Technische Universität München who will set the scene for how the debate on urban planning has been evolving in recent years. This will be followed by three speakers and presentations as follows:

• Dr Cecilia Silva - University of Porto (PT)
• Chris Kwantes - Mobility Planner, Goudappel Coffeng Consultants (NL)
• Margherita Villani - Transport and Mobility Engineer, NET Engineering SpA (IT)

The webinar will be hosted on the WebEx platform. Please click on the button below and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Pre-registered participants will receive additional information the day before the webinar containing instructions on how to use WebEx and a calendar item with the link. Please note that there is no deadline for signing up. Last minute registrants can access the webinar via the registration link.

The topic will also be the subject of a forthcoming special issue of the Journal and will be an important theme at the European Transport Conference (ETC) being held in Milan in September this year.

The webinar is organised by the AET Transport and Mobility Forum. For further details, please go to AET Transport and Mobility Forum (aetransport.org) and follow the link to register for the webinar.

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AET Transport and Mobility Forum: FREE Webinar 12 May 2022

Future Transport Technologies:

Trends, Challenges and Choices

FREE Webinar: Thursday 12th May 2022

11.00 – 12.30 CEST (10.00 – 11.30 BST/WEST)

This webinar from the AET Transport and Mobility Forum will explore some of the key innovation trends around autonomous, electric and shared mobility. It will consider the opportunities and challenges posed and investigate the choices which need to be made in balancing technological progress with broader public value and social equity.

The FREE webinar will be introduced by Jonathan Spear, Transport Policy and Planning Advisor at Atkins who will set the scene for how transport professionals should support the current transition to the so-called ’future mobility ecosystem’. This will be followed by four speakers and presentations as follows:

• Greg Marsden, Professor of Transport Governance, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds – Governance Strategies, Smart Mobility and the Public Good
• Dominic Taylor, Low Emission Mobility Leader, Arup – The Latest Developments on EV Infrastructure Planning and Delivery in the UK
• Carter Stern, Senior Government Affairs Manager, Cruise – Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of Cities
• Matteo Antoniola, Business Strategy Manager, 5T and MaaS Alliance - From Shared Mobility to MaaS: Connecting the Dots

For further details, please go to the AET Transport and Mobility Forum page and follow the link to register for the webinar.

 

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European Transport Conference 2022: Early Booking Discounts

Early Booking Opens TODAY

Book early to secure your discounted place

We are delighted to announce that for the Conference's 50th Jubilee, the Association for European Transport will hold ETC 2022 in-person at the Politecnico di Milano, Bovisa Campus, Milan, Italy on 7-9 September 2022.

This year, key themes will explore:

• The Future of Cities: Emerging new travel and land use patterns
• Behaviour Change: The impacts of the climate emergency and COVID-19 on long term travel patterns
• Travel Data: When will new travel pattens be stable enough to inform modelling and forecasting?
• COVID Recovery: Funding and financial sustainability of public transport
• The Future of Aviation: Compatibility of recovery and sustainability

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2022 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2022

NB: AET reserves the right to change the format or cancel the conference if required, in response to the emerging pandemic situation.

Discounts & Booking Info

Delegates are now invited to book their 3-day place at the conference to benefit from a 10% Early Booking Discount. Full price places for one, two, three days and rover tickets will be made available in July.

The Early Booking Discount applies to delegates booking 3-day attendance only, with payment received by 30 June 2022.

Membership status	3 Day attendance GBP	3 Day attendance EURO
AET or ECTRI Individual Member	£670 +VAT	€800 +VAT
AET or ECTRI Organisation Member	£640 +VAT	€765 +VAT
Non-Members	£790 +VAT	€945 +VAT
Full Time Students	£100 +VAT	€115 +VAT

All fees shown are subject to 20% VAT.

In addition, a 50% discount will be available to:

• Delegates from member states of the European Union that joined in 2004, 2007 and 2013

Young professionals (under the age of 26 or those with less than 5 years’ professional experience)

BOOK YOUR DISCOUNTED PLACE

Promote your organisation at ETC 2022!

We welcome sponsorships for ETC’s Jubilee Conference and have numerous opportunities to promote your organisation including conference bags, badges, plenary or themed sessions, Conference Dinner, and Welcome Reception.

Check out our website for more details or email: sabrina.winter@aetransport.org

Confirmed Sponsors & Exhibitors for ETC 2022:

 

And don't forget to:
#etcMilan2022

 

AET Transport and Mobility Forum reminder: Webinar 07 April 2022

Don't forget our forthcoming Webinar:

THURSDAY 7 APRIL 2022
11.00 - 12.00 CEST (10.00 - 11.00 BST/WEST)

In preparation for the 50th ETC Conference in Milan in September 2022, AET Transport and Mobility Forum highlights one of the best qualities of ETC over the last five decades – hosting informed debates on topical transport themes.

Transport & Economy:

A glance in the rear-view mirror for shaping the future

The FREE webinar is organised as the sixth event of the AET Transport and Mobility Forum (previously AET Covid-19 Conversations) and will be chaired by Dr András Munkácsy (KTI, HU), member of the AET Council, featuring the following speakers:

• Prof. Gerard de Jong (NL) is a research professor at the Institute for Transport Studies at University of Leeds and a director of the independent Dutch research institute Significance. Gerard will speak on Simulating car cost changes using an indirect utility model of car ownership and annual mileage
• John Siraut (UK) is an Economist and director of Economics at the international engineering and consulting group Jacobs. John will address Regulation of the railways post-privatisation

The discussion will be moderated by Dr Elisabete Arsenio, from LNEC (PT).

This is an event in celebration of the 50th European Transport Conference (ETC, previously the PTRC Summer Annual Meeting and the European Transport Forum). Both speakers won the Neil Mansfield Award at a previous conference (Gerard de Jong in 1989, John Siraut in 1997), for the best paper by an author under the age of 35.

For further details, please go to the AET Transport and Mobility Forum page and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Register here

 

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: Webinar 07 April 2022

Webinar: Thursday 7 April 2022

11.00 - 12.00 CEST (10.00 - 11.00 BST/WEST)

Transport & Economy:

A glance in the rear-view mirror for shaping the future

At this event, two senior experts of transport economics present their research from the 1980s and 1990s in the context of the time passed and with an outlook to the future. Participants will be invited to join the discussion about how changing trends and new methods have affected the estimation of the impact of changes in car costs on car ownership and use, as well as what expected and unexpected phenomena have influenced the regulation of the railways sector after privatisation.

• Gerard de Jong: Simulating car cost changes using an indirect utility model of car ownership and annual mileage
• John Siraut: Regulation of the railways post-privatisation

The FREE webinar is organised as the sixth event of the AET Transport and Mobility Forum (previously AET Covid-19 Conversations) and will be chaired by Dr András Munkácsy (KTI, HU), member of the AET Council, featuring the following speakers:

• Prof. Gerard de Jong (NL) is a research professor at the Institute for Transport Studies at University of Leeds and a director of the independent Dutch research institute Significance.
• John Siraut (UK) is an Economist and director of Economics at the international engineering and consulting group Jacobs.

The discussion will be moderated by Dr Elisabete Arsenio, from LNEC (PT).

This is an event in celebration of the 50th European Transport Conference (ETC, previously the PTRC Summer Annual Meeting and the European Transport Forum). Both speakers won the Neil Mansfield Award at a previous conference (Gerard de Jong in 1989, John Siraut in 1997), for the best paper by an author under the age of 35.

For further details, please go to the AET Transport and Mobility Forum page and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Register here

 

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: Webinar 03 March 2022

Webinar: Thursday 3 March 2022

11.00 - 12.00 CET (10.00 - 11.00 GMT/WET)

Let's Talk Women & Transport:

Needs, Barriers and Success Stories

In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, this webinar discusses the current challenges women face at work, their use of public transport, and promotional channels of knowledge and experience. Presentations and discussions from key experts will inform and stimulate the debate on the cause of gender-based struggles in public transport and employment, promoting gender diversity and knowledge of future implementation in transport planning and policy practices. Speakers will discuss topics that can assist women’s societal progression - engaging and stimulating equality:

• Gender Smart Mobility and Diversity in Transport. Concepts, Methods, Practices.
• Mentoring program towards Gen Y and role models in the automotive field.
• Addressing women’s needs as users and employees in mobility service – DIAMOND’s white paper.

This FREE webinar is organised as the fifth event of the AET Transport and Mobility Forum (previously AET Covid-19 Conversations) and will be chaired by Gisela Gräfin von Schlieffen, member of the AET Board, featuring speakers:

• Dr. Chiara Maria Leva is a Lecturer at the Technological University Dublin and an Associate Principal Investigator in the Science and Technology in Advanced Manufacturing Research Group at Trinity College Dublin. She is also the Co-Chair of the European Safety and Reliability Association’s Human Factors and Human Reliability technical committee.
• Dr. Hilda Rømer Christensen - is Associate Professor and head of the Coordination for Gender Research at the University of Copenhagen. She is the scientific coordinator for the Horizon 2020 project: TINNGO (Transport Innovation Gender Observatory) addressing gender, transport and smart mobilities in the EU. By 2022 she will be head of the project Green transport – technology and diversity in Danish municipalities.
• Elisabeth Young is Vice President Global Accounts at DEKRA Group and Founder and President of WAVE (WoMen and Vehicles in Europe). She is a graduate of the Lyon School of Management (EM Lyon) where she specialised in Finance and holds a diploma as a chartered accountant.

For further details, please go to the AET Transport and Mobility Forum page and follow the link to register for the webinar, or register direct using the button below.

 

Register here

 

European Transport Conference 2022: Call for Papers Deadline - MONDAY

ETC 2022 Call for Contributions

Deadline for Abstracts: 07 February 2022

With less than a week to go before the deadline for Abstract Submissions, don't miss your opportunity to present at the European Transport Conference in 2022. This will be the 50th ETC and the conference will be held at the Bovisa Campus of the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, from 7 to 9 September.

The European Transport Conference (ETC) attracts papers that address themes of relevance to the transport agenda in Europe and worldwide. The Conference provides a great opportunity for all delegates to network and form career-spanning professional relationships.

AET reserves the right to change the format or cancel the conference if required, in response to the emerging pandemic situation.

 

Conference Themes for 2022

We now invite Abstract Submissions for the 2022 European Transport Conference.

The major theme of the conference will be:

Behaviour Change – the impacts of the climate emergency and COVID-19 on long term travel patterns

The seminars of each Programme Committee will reference the theme. Emphasis will also be placed on:

• Covid recovery: funding and the financial stability of public transport
• The future of cities: emerging new travel and land-use patterns
• The future of aviation: compatibility of recovery and sustainability
• Travel data: when will new travel patterns be stable enough to inform modelling and forecasting?

These are just a few of the highlighted areas in which we are interested. In addition to these themes, papers that fit within Programme Committees’ areas of interest are also very welcome. Their Calls for Papers are available from the AET website.

In addition, we would like to hear from anyone who is interested in utilising ETC 2022 as a platform to hold their final project dissemination event in a parallel co-located stream.

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2022 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2022

Your opportunity to present at the most established transport conference in Europe!

You are invited to submit an abstract based on one of the above themes or on one of those suggested by the Programme Committees. The deadline for abstract submission is 7 February 2022.

Submissions may be made via the Association's website. You will need to register once as an author and then you can submit as many abstracts as you wish. Authors can request a peer review of their papers and a selection of reviewed papers is published online or in special issues of journals. More details are available as a download within the Call for Papers brochure and on the AET website

REGISTER & SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

Don't forget to: #etcMilan2022

 

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: Webinar 03 February 2022

Webinar: Thursday 3 February 2022

11.00 - 12.00 CET (10.00 - 11.00 GMT/WET)

Increasing the sustainability of freight transport

This FREE webinar is organised as the fourth event of the AET Transport and Mobility Forum (previously AET Covid-19 Conversations) and will be chaired by Thierry Vanelslander, Professor in the Department of Transport and Regional Economics at the University of Antwerp and Chair of the European Transport Conference Freight and Logistics Programme Committee. It will focus on two aspects of increasing the sustainability of freight transport:

Shared e-fleets for communal services - a way to reducing urban transport emissions. Dr. Verena Ehrler - researcher at the University Gustave Eiffel, FR and a lecturer at the Wildau Institute of Technology, DE:

• Cities are under growing pressure to reduce transport related emissions, in order to reach air pollution as well as climate targets. Shifting municipal fleets to electric vehicles is one approach that can contribute to such an emission reduction. In a project carried out in Berlin, municipal services - water supply management, waste management and public transport services - pilot shared electric vehicles for their service units. The presentation maps out how such shared fleets can contribute to greening urban transport.

Freight modal shift: economically feasible and environmentally beneficial?

Axel Merkel and Inge Vierth - Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), SE:

• Modal shift of freight from road to more energy-efficient modes of transport is seen as a tool to help reduce emissions from the freight transport sector. Despite high ambitions, policies for a modal shift in Europe have largely been unsuccessful. This presentation offers a comparison of mode choice elasticities examined in the context of Swedish maritime freight flows, demonstrating the inelasticity of Swedish maritime freight flows.

For further details, please go to the AET Transport and Mobility Forum page and follow the link to register for the webinar, or register direct using the button below.

Register here

 

European Transport Conference 2022: Call for Papers

ETC 2022 Call for Contributions

Deadline for Abstracts: 07 February 2022

With 1 month to go before the deadline for Abstract Submissions, don't miss your opportunity to present at the European Transport Conference in 2022. This will be the 50th ETC and the conference will be held at the Bovisa Campus of the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, from 7 to 9 September.

The European Transport Conference (ETC) attracts papers that address themes of relevance to the transport agenda in Europe and worldwide. The Conference provides a great opportunity for all delegates to network and form career-spanning professional relationships.

AET reserves the right to change the format or cancel the conference if required, in response to the emerging pandemic situation.

Conference Themes for 2022

We now invite Abstract Submissions for the 2022 European Transport Conference. The major theme of the conference will be:

Behaviour Change – the impacts of the climate emergency and COVID-19 on long term travel patterns

The seminars of each Programme Committee will reference the theme. Emphasis will also be placed on:

• Covid recovery: funding and the financial stability of public transport
• The future of cities: emerging new travel and land-use patterns
• The future of aviation: compatibility of recovery and sustainability
• Travel data: when will new travel patterns be stable enough to inform modelling and forecasting?

These are just a few of the highlighted areas in which we are interested. In addition to these themes, papers that fit within Programme Committees’ areas of interest are also very welcome. Their Calls for Papers are available from the AET website.

In addition, we would like to hear from anyone who is interested in utilising ETC 2022 as a platform to hold their final project dissemination event in a parallel co-located stream.

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2022 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2022

Your opportunity to present at the most established transport conference in Europe!

You are invited to submit an abstract based on one of the above themes or on one of those suggested by the Programme Committees. The deadline for abstract submission is 7 February 2022.

Submissions may be made via the Association's website. You will need to register once as an author and then you can submit as many abstracts as you wish. Authors can request a peer review of their papers and a selection of reviewed papers is published online or in special issues of journals. More details are available as a download within the Call for Papers brochure and on the AET website.

REGISTER & SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

And don't forget to:
#etcMilan2022

 

European Transport Conference 2022: Call for Papers

ETC 2022 Call for Contributions

Deadline for Abstracts: 07 February 2022

The Association for European Transport (AET) announces the start of the preparations for ETC 2022. This will be the 50th ETC and the conference will be held at the Bovisa Campus of the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, from 7 to 9 September.

The European Transport Conference (ETC) attracts papers that address themes of relevance to the transport agenda in Europe and worldwide. The Conference provides a great opportunity for all delegates to network and form career-spanning professional relationships.

AET reserves the right to change the format or cancel the conference if required, in response to the emerging pandemic situation.

Conference Themes for 2022

We now invite Abstract Submissions for the 2022 European Transport Conference.

The major theme of the conference will be:

Behaviour Change – the impacts of the climate emergency and COVID-19 on long term travel patterns

The seminars of each Programme Committee will reference the theme. Emphasis will also be placed on:

• Covid recovery: funding and the financial stability of public transport
• The future of cities: emerging new travel and land-use patterns
• The future of aviation: compatibility of recovery and sustainability
• Travel data: when will new travel patterns be stable enough to inform modelling and forecasting?

These are just a few of the highlighted areas in which we are interested. In addition to these themes, papers that fit within Programme Committees’ areas of interest are also very welcome. Their Calls for Papers are available from the AET website.

In addition, we would like to hear from anyone who is interested in utilising ETC 2022 as a platform to hold their final project dissemination event in a parallel co-located stream.

Keep up to date with more news on the Conference and the 2022 themes by following us on Twitter: @EuTransportConf using #etcMilan2022

Your opportunity to present at the most established transport conference in Europe!

You are invited to submit an abstract based on one of the above themes or on one of those suggested by the Programme Committees. The deadline for abstract submission is 7 February 2022.

Submissions may be made via the Association's website. You will need to register once as an author and then you can submit as many abstracts as you wish. Authors can request a peer review of their papers and a selection of reviewed papers is published online or in special issues of journals. More details are available as a download within the Call for Papers brochure and on the AET website.

REGISTER & SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT

 

AET Transport and Mobility Forum: Webinar 06 January 2022

Webinar: Thursday 6 January 2022

11.00 - 12.00 CET (10.00 - 11.00 GMT/WET)

Did COP26 Mainstream the Implementation of Sustainable Transport?

The 26th United Nations Conference of Parties for Sustainable development was held in Glasgow in November 2021. It was hailed as a last chance summit for progress on sustainability. Emissions associated with transport continue to be one of the greatest areas of concern so what can we now expect as a result of COP26?

The headline agreements from COP26 talk about collaboration and cooperation agreements, enhanced transparency on reporting, and making zero-emission vehicles the new normal. What will these mean in practice?

To start the AET webinar series in 2022, we will be considering this topic broadly by looking at what is technically achievable, politically achievable and likely to be achieved. To offer this range of perspectives, we have arranged for experts to talk informally about their hopes and expectations for 2022. We have a professional at the front line of managing the changes in a large city authority, an academic setting out options and possibilities, and a politician seeking to optimise the art of the achievable (invited, name to be confirmed).

• Deborah Paton – Glasgow City Council – Deborah is Group Manager for Connectivity at the Council developing the sustainable approaches for the city in which COP26 was held.
• Carey Curtis – Professor of Sustainable Transport Melbourne and Curtin Universities Australia – In 2020 Carey Curtis edited the International Handbook of Sustainable Transport.

The webinar is organised as the third event of the AET Transport and Mobility Forum (previously the AET Covid-19 conversations) and will be chaired by Derek Halden, from the AET Transport and Mobility Forum.

For further details, please go to the AET Transport and Mobility Forum page and follow the link to register for the webinar.

Register here