Wednesday, 29 September, 15:00-16:30 CEST

Language: English

Despite its importance for our regional economy and quality of life, urban freight planning is often neglected in terms of transportation planning. Hence, there’s minimal guidance for municipalities to incorporate good freight practices. Freight transport operations in urban areas are normally performed by private companies using public infrastructure and governed by regulations implemented by public authorities. The public sector cannot address freight issues without understanding the impacts on transport operations from the private sector. Often, policy decisions relating to zoning, urban design concepts, parking regulations, and restrictions on truck routes can result in unintended problems. Bringing private, public, and community stakeholders together to form partnerships is one way to connect the right stakeholders in the transportation planning processes.

But how to engage stakeholders? As freight involves multiple stakeholders from formal and informal sectors, finding a suitable way to engage and communicate with these stakeholders is often the key to success. How can cities develop freight sustainably while not compromising economic development and the livelihood of many informal sectors? How can cities address equity and social justice in stakeholder engagement and the freight planning process? For cities new to freight planning, how can they build momentum and get city residents interested in sustainable urban freight and participate in the planning process? What are the key strategies cities can take to start this dialogue?

This exchange will include expert guidance as well as sharing of global best practices and case studies.

*** This event is exclusively for government staff working in cities, towns, counties and other local agencies.

Please register if you’d like to get involved.

The second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference will provide an opportunity to focus attention on the opportunities, challenges and solutions towards achieving sustainable transport worldwide. It will follow up on the first Global Sustainable Transport Conference, held in 2016 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, and is expected to indicate a way forward for sustainable transport to help achieve the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change in the Decade of Action.

Transport enables the mobility of people and goods, enhancing economic growth and livelihoods while improving access to quality services, such as health, education and finance. It strengthens connectivity at all levels, helping integrate economies, improving social equity, enhancing rural-urban linkages and building resilience. At the same time, there is also recognition of negative environmental, social and health impacts. Close to a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions come from transport and these emissions are projected to grow substantially in the years to come, further exacerbating climate change. Other pollutants, most evidently in many urban centres, directly impact health; casualties and deaths from accidents are also on the rise. Increasing connectivity can be accompanied with increasing illicit flows of contraband. Without proactive measures, existing inequalities such as those due to disabilities, gender or remoteness can become even more entrenched, According to the report of the former Secretary-General’s High-level Advisory Group, sustainable transport seeks to alleviate these negative impacts while “advancing economic and social development to benefit today’s and future generations—in a manner that is safe, affordable, accessible, efficient, and resilient”. Click here for more information on sustainable transport.

The second Global Sustainable Transport Conference will draw upon discussions and action on sustainable transport in intergovernmental and other fora. Advances in sustainable transport will contribute to the attainment of many, if not all, of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), outlined in the 2030 Agenda. Some SDGs are directly connected to sustainable transport through targets and indicators, such as SDG 3 on health, which includes a target addressing deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents (3.6), and SDG 11 on sustainable cities which includes a target on providing access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all and on expanding public transport (11.2). Many others are also connected through the enabling role of sustainable transport across the 2030 Agenda.

The second Global Sustainable Transport Conference will bring together key stakeholders from Governments, UN system and other international organizations, the private sector, and civil society to discuss the integrated and cross-cutting nature of sustainable transport and its multiple roles in supporting the achievement of the 2030 Agenda. All modes of transport—road, rail, aviation and waterborne—will be addressed, and recent scientific and technological advances deliberated. The concerns of vulnerable groups, such as women, the youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and the poor, and of many developing countries, including least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, will receive particular focus. Key transport objectives, such as access for all while leaving no one behind, green mobility, efficiency and safety will be discussed.

The programme of the Conference will reflect the diversity and complexity of the transport sector and will provide an opportunity for policy dialogue as well as forging partnerships and initiatives to advance sustainable transport.

The ITS World Congress is the world’s largest and most prominent event focused on smart mobility and the digitalisation of transportation.

Every year, ERTICO organises a European or World Congress in a major European City, with the ITS World Congress in Europe every third year.

The Congresses are the yearly celebration of smart mobility: they underline the importance of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), particularly in cities and regions where they are hosted, and provide an excellent platform that supports the education, thought-leadership, business development, and the overall steady growth of the smart mobility industrial growth. They include live, interactive and thought-provoking sessions where industry experts present the latest developments in ITS, showcasing and demonstrating cutting-edge technology within the event’s spacious exhibition, technical tours and live demonstration opportunities. The Congresses offers stakeholders and patrons the ultimate platform to meet with industry influencers, discuss the latest and most seminal topics facing the market, meet with decision makers, get insights on future industrial technological advances and the future policies required to support the rapid growth of the sector.

The annual Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference and Expo is a flagship event held under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India. The event is inaugurated by Hon’ble Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs. The genesis of UMI is from the National Urban Transport Policy of the Government of India, 2006 (NUTP), which lays a very strong emphasis on building capabilities at the State and city level to address the problems associated with urban transport and undertake the task of developing sustainable urban transport systems.

MOVE brings together the people and companies redefining the transport industry around the world: MOVE in London, MOVE America in Austin and MOVE Asia in Singapore.
Now in its third year, MOVE has grown to over 10,000 attendees. It has become the event for founders and CEOs of the world’s most influential companies in urban mobility to come together and let us know: what is next.

MOVE has become a critical meeting place for buyers and sellers across the mobility value chain. OEMs, transport operators, tech companies, energy companies, fast growing startups and policymakers gather every year to discover next generation technologies being brought into the market place.

The world around us is changing like never before; in the face of a crisis, our cities – and how we move about them – cry out for rapid rethinking. We need a recovery that means not just a return to the old status quo, but to a world of mobility that better serves our cities and their citizens. We need A New Deal for Mobility, and that’s why CoMotion is convening key global urban and mobility leaders to answer the call. Join them this November 16 to 18, 2021.

Global mayors and policymakers, leading technologists, public transport operators and venture capitalists, start-ups and established players – all will gather at an event of critical importance: CoMotion LA LIVE.

Celebrating the 10th edition of the Smart City Expo World Congress

The lessons learned from this year will contribute to creating an enhanced hybrid, cross-platform experience. A combined physical event of Smart City Expo World Congress, Smart Mobility Congress and Retail & Brand Experience World Congress, with a digital platform affording endless opportunities.