FinalCURACAO User Group Meeting

and Seminar

18 and 19 March 2009

Milan

Sala Conference, Palazzo Reale, Piazza Duomo, Milan

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Indicated speakers to be confirmed

18 March 2009

Day 1: Final Curacao User Group Meeting (Open to CURACAO User Group Members and Consortium)

Chaired by Mr Ed Minihane, Team Manager, Dept. of Planning, Transport & Sustainable Development of the Bristol City Council

12.00Welcome desk open

12.30Welcome lunch

13.15Welcome and introduction of participants

13.30State of play Curacao, Chris Humphrey, TTR Ltd

13.45Final assessment Curacao Products and Outcomes

14.30 CURACAO policy recommendations, David Blackledge, TTR Ltd

14.45Curacao State of the Art Review findings on Implementation, Jenny Kallström, WSP

15.15Curacao State of the Art Review findings on evaluation and traffic effects, Tony May, ITS Leeds and David Blackledge, TTR Ltd

15.45Coffee break

16.15CIVITAS Plus and urban Road user Charge - What do CIVITAS Plus cities plan regarding Urban Road User Charge?

-Interventions from Ljubljana (Andrej Piltaver), Zagreb (MarkoŠevrović) and BANES (Colin Rees).

-Expert reactions from the Curacao consortium: Jens Schade - TUD, Tony May – ITS Leeds and Karin Brundell-Freij – WSP

17.30Follow up of Curacao (demonstration and research project)

18.00End of meeting

20.00Dinner
19 March 2009

Day 2: Future perspectives for urban road user charging in Europe (public event)

9.30Opening Address, Mr. Croci, Assessore for Mobility, Transport and the Environment, City of Milano

10.00Framework of the day

  • Summary of the User Group findings, David Blackledge, TTR Ltd
  • What is happening at the EU level? (the Action Plan on Urban Mobility – news on the Eurovignette revision), Sylvain Haon, Polis

10.20Session 1: Road Pricing in Milano, exponent of Italian restriction access practice?

Presentations from Milano (Ing. Stefano Riazzola), Rome (Fabio Nussio, ATAC) andBologna (Fabio Cartolano, city of Bologna), discussion about differences and lessons learned

11.30Session 2: The future of road pricing

  • What next for cities where road pricing has been rejected? Kenneth McLeod, TIE Edinburgh
  • Towards a Scandinavian Road Pricing model? Copenhagen, Anders Rody Hansen, City of Copenhagen
  • Towards Regional road pricing:
  • Helsinki, Suvi Anttila
  • Flanders regionalscheme for Heavy Goods Vehicles, Dirk Holemans, Advisor, Ministry of the Flanders Region - Department for mobility and public works.

12.45Lunch

14.30Session 3: Urban Pricing in Europe: perspectives 2015

Short introductions and panel debate, chaired by Tony May, ITS Leeds:

  • Leonardo Ancheschi, Autostrade Italia
  • Andrea Ricci, ISIS
  • Siamak Baradaran, Daniel Frith, City of Stockholm

16.00 Conclusions and farewell

16.00Visit to Milan Traffic Management Centre

17.30End of meeting

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Map to the venue

Sala Conference, Palazzo Reale, Piazza Duomo, Milan

Hotels:

The following hotels have confirmed the following rates and availability of rooms (rates on the 17th of February).

Central Station area (4 metro stops from the meeting venue)

  • Hotel Florida, , rates from €75 (***)
  • Hotel Berna, , rates from €112 (****)
  • Hotel Michelangelo, , rates from €160 (****)

Duomo area (in walking distance from the meeting venue)

  • Hotel Galileo, , rates from €190 (****)

Contact: In case of emergencies during the days of the meeting, please contact Ivo Cré, +32 476 32 77 26.

REGISTRATION FORM

CURACAO FinalUser Group Meeting

Italy, 18 and 19 March

Milan

Sala Conference, Palazzo Reale, Piazza Duomo, Milan

Registration is free of charge

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CURACAO is financed under the 6th EU Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development