INCO Special Sessions at ITS World Congress, Busan

• Yanying Li, Project Manager, ERTICO - ITS Europe

Description of the Session
Megacities, particularly those in developing countries with rapid economic growth, face ever increasing demands on their transport systems. To be able to deliver and implement sustainable planning of infrastructure and public transport services, a great amount of data on the usage of transport network and public transport is required. The challenge is to integrate road traffic data, environmental data and usage of public transport to support sustainable long-term planning and public transport management. Moreover, a journey in a megacity might involve different transport modes. Multi-modal journey planning and seamless traveller information services require data exchange and sharing between different transport authorities. The challenge is to provide adaptable data exchange interfaces to connect a variety of entities needed for multi-modal traveller information services. In this session, transport planners, service providers and researchers are invited to present solutions and successful practices in megacities in China and Brazil.
 

Invited Moderator
• Irina Silva, Project Support Manager, ERTICO - ITS Europe

Invited Speakers
• Jifu Guo, Director, Beijing Transport Research Centre, P.R.China
• Eduardo Mário Dias, Professor, University of Sao Paulo,
Brazil  .pdf (462.1 KB)
• Martin Ruhé, Senior Scientist, German Aerospace Center - DLR, Germany  .pdf (513 KB)
• Michael Ortigiese, Senior Consultant, PTV AG, Germany .pdf (692.8 KB)
• Hao Liu, Senior Engineer, Research Institute of Highway,
P.R.China  .pdf (892.5 KB)

• Irina Silva, Project Support Manager, ERTICO - ITS Europe

Description of the Session
Large events generate additional travel demands and have significant impacts on transport systems in the host cities and regions. Large numbers of people arrive in the host cities and then travel to the same destination in the cities over a short time. Majority of travelers will rely on public transport rather than private cars while the travelers may not be familiar with the local transport systems and at most cases they may not understand the local languages. Therefore, improvement of public transport and provision of special transports and information services for visitors are common approaches to address the challenge. The host cities may take the chances to improve their public transport and information services. This session gathers speakers from around the world who are involved with transport services for large events such as World Football Cup 2010, Winter Olympic Games 2014 and Summer Olympic Games 2016.

Invited Moderator

• Irina Silva, Project Support Manager, ERTICO - ITS Europe

Invited Speakers

• Hao Zhu, Director, Shanghai City Comprehensive Transportation Planning Institute ITS Centre, P.R.China  .pdf (7.8 MB)
• Vladimir Kruchkov, Chairman, ITS Russia, Russia  .pdf (1.3 MB)
• Monica Giannini, Director of International Projects, Pluservice, Italy  .pdf (1.1 MB)
• Jim Dixon, Managing and International Director, Egis Mobility, UK and Brazil  .pdf (579.8 KB)
• Young-Jun Moon, Research Fellow, The Korea Transport Institute, Republic of Korea