Seminar of the UBC Commission on Transportation
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Seminar of the UBC Commission on Transportation |
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on Transportation Conference The Commission on Transportation has had a successful re-start and is now an active part of the UBC network. Last summer there where a start up meeting in Göteborg and now the time had come to Riga where a Public Transport Seminar and an Annual Meeting took place 18th -19th of April. More than 40 participants representing 9 different countries and 23 different cities in the Baltic Sea Region came to the Congress Hall in Riga to listen to speakers from Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. The title of the seminar was “Worst practice in managing public transport - mistakes we have made for others to avoid”. Questions where raised about strategic planning to facilitate efficient public transport, how to organise public transport and ways to finance investments and to operate the public transport systems. There was also a session at the seminar together with the Commission on Urban Planning, dealing with the influence of transport planning on the creation of people orientated public spaces.
The second day the Commission on Transportation had their annual meeting. The participants discussed how the commission will work and how to use the network as efficient as possible. The meeting also included a planning session. Future activities on the agenda are a Bicycle Seminar in Cesis in 6-7th of September and a Mobility Management Seminar next year. The Commission on Transportation would like to thank the City of Riga for hosting the conference and make this arrangement possible. Lisa Sundell__________________________ Responsible
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In the evening The City of Riga had
a reception where both the Commission on Transportation and the Commission
on Urban Planning were invited.