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4 March 2015

CODATU XVI – 2015 – Istanbul (Turkey): Climate change, air quality and energy challenges

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Sixteenth International Conference of Urban Transport (CODATU XVI) has been co-organized with the Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ) from the 2nd to the 5th of February 2015, in ITÜ Maçka Campus of Istanbul (Turkey). The partnership with ITÜ, one of the most prestigious universities in Turkey, and the work of the International Scientific Committee of CODATU XVI were guarantees for CODATU of the high technical and scientific level of papers that were presented during the conference.

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Linking Europe and Asia and the North and South, Istanbul with its historical cultural heritage and with its current diverse transport challenges and successes was a unique location for the 16th CODATU conference to bring together politicians, planners, engineers, operators, and researchers.

Enhancing the relationship between urban transport, climate change and air pollution is a challenge both for researchers, experts and decision-makers in emerging and developing countries. This challenge is today at the heart of the debate among climate change experts at the international level. The perspective of the COP21, that will be held in Paris in December 2015, is a real issue for CODATU, its members and the whole international community. CODATU XVI aimed at hosting high level exchanges in order to pave the way towards concrete commitments to be made in Paris.

The International Scientific Committee, composed by members from key institutions of the urban mobility sector, chose the following theme for the conference: “Climate change, air quality and energy challenges: the role of urban transport policies and countermeasures in developing countries and emerging economies”.

Applicable practices and suitable transferrable lessons are addressed in this conference under the following three Sub Themes:

  • Problems and Externalities of Transport
  • Policies and Countermeasures for motorised and non-motorised transport
  • Policies and Countermeasures for urban freight movement

Transport is an integral component of sustaining livelihoods: without efficient urban transport mankind would not survive and develop and nor would economies. Yet, despite the immense benefits that transport enables, such as access to jobs, markets, education, and consumer goods and services via global supply chains, the transport sector generates substantial disbenefits. These include dependence on non-renewable energy, greenhouse gas emissions, local pollutions, road accidents and inequalities of access.

Such disbenefits clearly demonstrate that the transport sector is currently unsustainable economically, environmentally and socially. The way we transport people and goods must be radically changed. Many cities in the world have already started implementing effective policies and countermeasures that seek to avoid and reduce the usage of energy intensive motorised modes. These also bring improvements in accessibility, and hence increased options and opportunities of mobility. The challenge is for us all !

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Day 1 – Monday, 2 February 2015 – Symposium “On the way to COP21 in Paris”

9:30-10:30 – OPENING CEREMONY (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Christian Philip, Secretary General, CODATU

  • Bernard Rivalta, Vice-President of CODATU, President of SYTRAL, Lyon, France
  • Mehmet Karaca, Rector of ?TÜ (?stanbul Teknik Üniversitesi), Istanbul, Turkey
  • Laurent Bili, Ambassador of France in Turkey
  • Mehmet Emin Birpinar, Deputy Undersecretary at Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation, Turkey
  • Kadir Topba?, Mayor of Istanbul, President of UCLG, Turkey

 

11:00-12:30 – PANEL SESSION “CITIES’ ACTIONS FOR MITIGATION” (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Ayla Jean Yackley, Journalist at Reuters, Istanbul

  • Pam O’Connor, Mayor of Santa Monica, Californie, US
  • Louis Nègre,President of GART and Vice President of Nice Metropolitan Municipality, France
  • Michel Tindano, General Director of SOTRAL, Societé des Transports de Lomé (SOTRAL), Togo
  • Mümin Kahveci, General Manager of IETT, Istanbul, Turkey

14:00-15:30 – PLENARY SESSION “URBAN TRANSPORT AND CLIMATE CHANGE” (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Mary Crass, Head of Policy and Summit Preparation, International Transport Forum (ITF)

 

15:30-16:30 – PANEL SESSION “FINANCING AND OPTIMIZING BENEFITS FROM LOW CARBON URBAN TRANSPORT” (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Mary Crass, Head of Policy and Summit Preparation, International Transport Forum (ITF)

17:00-18:30 – CLOSING PANEL SESSION “ON THE WAY TO COP21 PARIS AND BEYOND: EXPECTATIONS, INITIATIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES” (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Heather Allen, Coordinator, Bridging the Gap Initiative & Programme Director Sustainable Transport TRL.

  • Mohamed Sajid, Mayor of Casablanca, Morocco
  • Ayman Smadi, General Director of Transport, Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), Jordan
  • Ronan Dantec, President of the Environmental Commission, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
  • Alain Flausch, Secretary General, International Union of Public Transport (UITP)
  • Pierre Mongin, President of RATP, Paris, France
  • Jean-Pierre Farandou, President, KEOLIS

 

18:30-18:45 – CLOSING SPEECH (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Day 2 – Tuesday, 3 February 2015

9:00-10:30 – OPENING SCIENTIFIC SESSION – ENERGY, CLIMATE AND AIR QUALITY CHALLANGES. THE ROLE OF URBAN TRANSPORT POLICIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND EMERGING ECONOMIES (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Ela Babalik-Sutcliffe & Dave Maunder, Co-chairs of the CODATU XVI International Scientific Committee

11:00-12:30 – PLENARY SESSION: PLANNING URBAN MOBILITY IN TURKEY (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Arzu Tekir, Director, Embarq Turkiye, Turkey

  • Salih Kumbar, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality
  • Ilker Bektas, ?stanbulElektrik Tramvay ve Tünel (IETT), Istanbul
  • Sonmez Alev,Izban, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality
  • Goktug Kara, EU Delegation of Turkey, Ankara
  • Abdullah Keskin, Sanliurfa Metropolitan Municipality
  • Roland Ries,Mayor of Strasbourg and President of CUF, France

14:00-15:30 – FRENCH-TURKISH CITIES SESSION (SIDE EVENT) (« BUCAREST » MEETING ROOM)

14:00-15:30 – TRANSPORT POLICY (ASSESSMENT & CHALLENGES) (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Dario Hidalgo, Director of Research and Practice, EMBARQ-WRI

 

14:00-15:30 – ACCESSIBILITY AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS (TECHNIQUES & APPLICATION) (« BUENOS-AIRES » ROOM)

Chair: Charles Rivasplata, Senior Transportation Planner, SFMTA, San Francisco, USA

  • Yves D. Bussière,Benemerita Universidad Autonoma De Puebla (Mexico) – Will peak travel observed in northern metropolitan areas occur in the South?
  • Sabahat Topuz Kiremitçi, Istanbul Technical University (Turkey) – Urban accessibility and affordability: a case study for Istanbul
  • Marianne Vanderschuren, University of Cape Town (South Africa) – Development of a rural accessibility index for South Africa
  • Diego Escobar Garcia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia) –Urban lane redirection methodology based on an overall average accessibility analysis
  • Harold Hurel, Systra (France), State of the art and feedback from practices of mobility demand management

 

14:00-15:30 – BUS RAPID TRANSIT (ISSUES & APPLICATIONS) (« LYON » ROOM)

Chair: Rosario Macario, Associate Professor with Habilitation, Instituto Superior Técnico – Lisbon Technical University

 

14:00-15:30 – PANEL SESSION BY CODATU, WCTRS & EASTS : [PRESENTATION] AIMING AT FURTHER COLLABORATION BETWEEN SOCIETIES WITH FOCUS ON CAPACITY BUILDING OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (« HO-CHI-MINH CITY » ROOM)

Chair: Kazuaki Miyamoto, Member of CODATU, WCTRS and EASTS & Professor at Tokyo City University, Japan

  • Cheng-Min Feng, President of EASTS & Professor at National Chiao Tung University, China
  • Yoshitsugu Hayashi, President of WCTRS & Professor at Nagoya University, Japan
  • Ali Huzayyin,Vice-President of CODATU & Professor at Cairo University, Egypt

To read the detailed report of the panel session, click here.

16:00-17:30 – ENERGY, CLIMATE AND AIR QUALITY (POLICY & TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES) (« BUENOS-AIRES » ROOM)

Chair: Oliver Lah, Project Coordinator, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany

  • Zia Wadud , University of Leeds (UK)– CNG conversion of Vehicles in Dhaka: An analysis of air quality, GHG and congestion impacts
  • Thaned Satiennam,Khon Kaen University (Thailand) – Development of On road Emission and Fuel Consumption Models for Estimating Emissions and Fuel Consumption of Motorcycles in Asian Developing Countries
  • Dominique Breuil, École d’Ingénieurs en Génie des Systèmes Industriels (France) – Strategy to reduce carbon footprint integrating mobility, energy, territory and behaviours
  • Peter Mock,International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT,Germany) – An international comparison of regulatory measures to reduce fuel consumption and emissions of passenger cars

 

16:00-17:30 – ROUNDTABLE ON SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY PLANS (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

(TRANSLATED: FR-EN-TR)

Chair: Thierry Gouin, Projects manager, CEREMA, France

 

16:00-17:30 – ROUND TABLE: FINANCING LOW CARBON TRANSPORT (« LYON » ROOM)

Chair: Cornie Huizenga, Secretary General, SLoCaT

Open round table dialogue on the development of recommendation for a funding and financing framework for sustainable low carbon transport to effectively achieve the targets on improved urban access from the SLoCaT Results Framework on Sustainable Transport, while improving road safety, air quality and reducing GHG emissions from transport.

16:00-17:30 – SPECIAL SESSION: WCTRS SIG H5 “URBAN TRANSPORT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES” (« HO-CHI-MINH CITY » ROOM)

Chair: Kazuaki Miyamoto, Professor, Tokyo City University (Japan) & Varameth Vichiensan, Research Fellow, Kasetsart University (Thailand)

  • Yoshi Hayashi, Nagoya University (Japan) – QOL-based Energy and Environmental Sufficiency Seeking Transport and Urban Development. Case Study of Nanjing Under Rapid Urbanization
  • Rosario Macario, Instituto Superior Técnico Lisbon (Portugal) –Energy Challenge in Transport Policy: Combined measures and decision-making
  • Ashish Verma, Indian Institute of science of Bangalore (India) –Mode choice behavior of non-workers and its impact on environment and energy
  • Nuwong Chollacoop, National metal and materials technology center (Thailand) – Impact of biofuel promotion policy on Thai road transport
  • Ashish Verma,Indian Institute of science of Bangalore (India) – Analysis of pedestrian travel behaviour in Bangalore city and its environmental impact

Day 3 – Wednesday, 4 February 2015

9:00-10:30 – PLENARY ON MEGACITIES (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Haluk Gerçek, Professor, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi (ITU) Turkey

 

11:00-12:30 – POSTERS SESSION (MAIN HALL)

  • Geanina Elena Suditu, Metroul SA (Romania)– The importance of marketing processes on the perception and image of public transport. Implementation stage for an integrated marketing policy in the Bucharest agglomerations
  • Rozalia Melania Boitor, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (Romania)– Urban mobility and air quality in Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
  • Mirko Goletz, Institute of Transport Research (DLR, Germany)– Informal transport services in Bogotá and N’Djamena: Actors, interactions and characteristics
  • David Nelson, National Centre for Arts and Crafts (CNAM, France)– Imagining Complete Streets for Developing Africa
  • Baatarzorig Mandkhai, Kyushu University (Mongolia)– An Analysis on Rapid Urbanization Issues in Mongolia and its Externalities. A Case Study on Apartment and Ger Residential Areas in Ulaanbaatar City.
  • Romano del Mistro, University of Cape Town, Centre for Transport Studies Cape Town (South Africa)– Sufficient accessibility as a policy to inform urban patterns appropriate to mitigate climate change, air quality and energy challenges in developing countries

 

11:00-12:30 – LRT & MRT (FEASIBILITY AND IMPACT) (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Ali Huzayyin, Professor, University of Cairo and Co-chair of CODATU Permanent Scientific and Technical Committee (PSTC)

 

11:00-12:30 – SPECIAL SESSION: ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT PROJECTS AND QUALITY OF SERVICE (« BUENOS-AIRES » ROOM)

Chair: Etienne Lhomet, Director, Des villes et des hommes, France

  • Abdullah Önder Turkoglu, Transportation Planning Department, ?ETT (Turkey)– Istanbul BRT (Metrobus) punctuality model
  • Pelin Alpkokin, Istanbul Technical University (Turkey) – An assessment of current operation and policies of Istanbul
  • Hurel Harold, Systra (France)– Feedback and impacts of LRT projects in North Africa
  • Ved Mani Tiwari,Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL, India) – Kotchi metro project

 

11:00-12:30 – SPECIAL SESSION: WCTRS SIG G6 “DISASTER RESILIENCE IN TRANSPORT – CHALLENGES IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE” (« LYON » ROOM)

Chairs: Huapu Lu, Professor, Tsinghua University, China & Ashish Verma, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India

  • Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Nagoya University (Japan) –Sustainable Urban Mobility and Disaster Resilience
  • Huapu Lu, Tsinghua University (China) – Disaster Resilience in Transport: Research challenges and Prospects
  • Ashish Verma, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (India) – Disaster Resilience in Transport in India
  • Ruimin Li,Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS), Tsinghua university (China) – Empirical study of inclement weather impact on urban traffic conditions
  • Takayuki Akiyama, Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan) – ITS application in Disaster Resilience

14:00-15:30 – PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN ASIA (PLANNING & IMPACTS) (« BUENOS-AIRES » ROOM)

Chair: Rao Krishna, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India

  • Abdul Azeez Kadar Hamsa,International Islamic University of Malaysia (Malaysia) – Planning of Transit-oriented Development Cities for Greater Mobility
  • Atsushi Fukuda, Nihon University (Japan) – Determinants of Land Use Change MRT Purple Line in Bangkok Metropolitan Region
  • Ravi Gadepalli,Shakti sustainable energy foundation (India) – Parking policy as a countermeasure to promote public transport usage: Case study of Nehru Place district centre in New Delhi, India

 

14:00-15:30 – FREIGHT TRANSPORT (CHARACTERISTICS, MANAGEMENT & EVALUATION) (« HO-CHI-MINH CITY » ROOM)

Chair: Laetitia Dablanc, Director of Research, French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR), France

  • Sanjay Gupta, School of planning and architecture (India) – Characteristics of agro retail logistics in Metropolitan city of Delhi (India)
  • Binh Nguyen Thi, Vietnamese german University (Vietnam) – Freight transport management measures in the rice industry in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam: an overview and policy consideration
  • Dominique Breuil,Ecole d’Ingénieurs en Génie des Systèmes Industriels (France) – Evaluation and transferability of freight transport organisation in cities

 

14:00-15:30 – SPECIAL SESSION: ROAD SAFETY AND SECURITY IN CITIES (I) (« LYON » ROOM)

Chair: Ramzi Salame, Rector, University Saint Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon

  • Rami Semaan, University Saint Joseph (Lebanon)– Case studies on city centers and soft modes plan, Beirut and Zahlé
  • Rafael Capdevila, Catalan Society of Geography, Barcelona (Spain)– Barcelona case study: How to develop organize and exploit a bike network? How to develop comprehensive approach for road safety including pedestrians, bikes, motorcycles.
  • Tolga Imamo?lu, EMBARQ (Turkey) – EMBARQ Turkey RSLab Project

 

14:00-15:30 – CODATU SESSION: LRT AND MRT SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Nicolas Prego, ARTELIA, France

16:00-17:30 – TAXIS (OPERATION IN AFRICAN CITIES) (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Tatenda Mbara, Lecturer, University of Johannesburg, South-Africa

16:00-17:30 – MOTORCYCLES (CHALLENGES, STRATEGIES & EVALUATION) (« BUENOS-AIRES » ROOM)

Chair: Rao Krishna, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India

  • Rebecca Heywood, I.T. (USA) – Challenges and Opportunities for Motorized Two-Wheelers in Asian Cities

16:00-17:30 – SPECIAL SESSION: ROAD SAFETY & SECURITY IN CITIES (II) (« LYON » ROOM)

Chair: Ramzi Salame, Rector, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

16:00-17:30 – CODATU PSTC SESSION: GETTING RESEARCHERS & PRACTITIONERS CLOSER (« HO-CHI-MINH CITY » ROOM)

Chair: Ali Huzayyin & Anthony May, Co-chairs of the Permanent Scientific and Technical Committee of CODATU

  • Ali Huzayyin, CODATU – Presentation of the Committee.
  • Lorenza Tomasoni, CODATU– How to better link research and practice? Results from the internal PSTC survey.
  • Charles Rivasplata, SFMTA, San Francisco (USA) – Researchers and practictioners: presentation of some success stories of cooperation.
  • Tony May, CODATU& Rao Krishna, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (India) – Proposals for future initiatives
  • Discussion

 

Day 4 – Thursday, 5 February 2015

8:30-18:00 – SOLUTION PROJECT FINAL MEDITERRANEAN WORKSHOP & TRAINING (SIDE EVENT) (« HO-CHI-MINH CITY » ROOM)

9:00-10:30 – NON-MOTORISED TRANSPORT & SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT POLICIES (ACCESS AND USER ATTITUDES) (« BUENOS-AIRES » ROOM)

Chair: Valerie Ongolo Zogo, Professor, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon

 

9:00-10:30 – CODATU SESSION: URBAN MOBILITY IN AFRICA (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Nico McLachlan, ODA, Cape Town (South Africa)

9:00-10:30 – SPECIAL SESSION: YOUNG ACADEMICS TURKEY (« LYON » ROOM)

Chair: Ela Babalik-Sutcliffe, Associated Professor, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

  • Ezgi Kundakc?, Integrated Systems and Systems Design, Ankara (Turkey)– Safe Urban Speed Management
  • Ba?ar Özbilen, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey) – Public Transport Smart Card Systems in Turkish Cities: The Challenge of Paratransit
  • Cihan Erçetin, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey) – Planning and management of bike-sharing: lessons from the Turkish case studies
  • H?fz? Aksoy, Istanbul Technical University (Turkey) – The change of regional transport accessibility over time by using spatial analyses
  • Ahmet Ba?, ?stanbul Technical University (Turkey) – How New Urban Settlements can Effect the Urban Transport Demand in Istanbul: A Case Study of Kaya?ehir

11:00-12:30 – CLOSING PLENARY (« ADDIS-ABEBA » AMPHITHEATRE)

Chair: Ela Babalik-Sutcliffe & Dave Maunder, Co-chairs of the CODATU XVI International Scientific Committee

 

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