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Pre-Congress Workshop
Sunday 8th October, 09:30 – 16:00
International Benefits, Evaluation and Costs (IBEC) Working Group Events
13th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
London, October 8th-12th , 2006
Novotel ExCel HotelAn International “Tour” of ITS Benefits, Evaluations, and Costs
Meeting Agenda
This year the international costs and benefits “tour” of ITS will focus on a set of transportation issues that are pivotally important to mobility and safety, and prominent in the world’s transportation news. This year’s speakers will describe their current experience and future plans for:
- Urban Mobility in Large Cities: Senior city transportation officials from London, New York City, Beijing, and Los Angeles will discuss the costs and benefits of applying ITS to improve mobility and access;
- Automated Enforcement Systems: Law enforcement officials and state transportation executives will present recent successes and lessons learned in Ireland, England, Australia, and the US;
- Intelligent Parking Systems: System operators and independent evaluators will describe how ITS parking systems enable operators to manage demand and improve utilization;
- Understanding ITS Benefits and Costs: ITS evaluation experts from around the world will discuss ITS evaluation issues and methods, and describe outreach activities that make evaluation insights conveniently available to decision-makers; and
- “Hot Off the Press”: Brief presentations describing recent ITS studies from around the world.
Sessions are designed to encourage interaction among panelists and audience to maximize the exchange of ideas.
The program is being produced in cooperation with Transport for London, European Commission Directorate General for Traffic and Energy, AASHTO, the US Department of Transportation, ERTICO, ITS America, and with endorsement from the ITS and Automated Highway Committees of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies.
9:30 Continental breakfast 10:00 Welcome - Jane Lappin, IBEC Chair 10:15 Welcome to London - London's Traffic Systems Vision 10:30 Parallel panel sessions:
- Automated Enforcement
- Urban Mobility
12:30 Lunch – “Hot Off the Press!” 13:45 Parallel panel sessions
- Parking Management Systems
- Understanding ITS Benefits and Costs
15:30 Closing remarks To read more information about the IBEC Pre-Congress Workshop and the other IBEC Working Group Events, please read or download the flyer.
Hotel Novotel ExCel is located on Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, and is near to the Royal Victoria Underground Station on the DLR line.