Session 2

Function and efficiency of transport

Session moderator: Dr Helen Petrauskas, Vice President, Environmental and Safety Engineering, Ford Motor Co, Dearborn, USA

Congested urban areas lose in terms of efficiency and quality of life values. As global awareness of resource limitations and population prosperity develops, quality of life factors change. This may have many implications for urban organization and the functional demands imposed on future urban transport and traffic systems.

What will information technology offer in terms of enhanced efficiency to fulfil the needs of transport and mobility? Which means and systems of transport will offer the flexibility and capacity that is necessary for the effective use of population expertise and to support the attraction factors of urban environment?

Topics

Setting the scene.
Congestion, function and efficiency.
Equity and efficiency considerations in the economics of large city transportation systems.
The Göteborg public transportation system.
City planning for the future.
Civilising automobile transport - a challenge for Berlin.
A new transport and mobility plan for San Salvador.
The Curitiba urban transport system

Speakers

Prof. Phil Goodwin, University College London, UK

Prof. Elliot D. Sclar, University of Columbia, USA

Mr Roger Vahnberg, President, Västtrafik Göteborgsområdet AB, Sweden

Prof. William J. Mitchell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Senator Peter Strieder, City of Berlin, Germany

Dr Héctor Ricardo Silva, Mayor of San Salvador, El Salvador

Mr Fric Kerin, President, URBS, Brazil

Dinner

evening conference dinner with round-table discussions