Conference venue
Cité Centre de Congrès Lyon SA
50, quai Charles de Gaulle, 69463 Lyon Cedex 06 - France
www.ccc-lyon.com

 TECHNICAL VISIT OF LYON PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM

1.     Theme bus and trolleybus : ride on line C3 / visit of the transport unit for bus and trolleybus: maintenance and operations (PC Bus, AVMS). Guided visit by Keolis jointly with Irisbus

6.     Visit of the Iveco Irisbus manufacturing plant based in Annonay*. Guided visit by Irisbus.

* departure of visit n°6 starts earlier at 13:00.

Welcome reception in Nuits de Fourvières festival.

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 Introduction and Welcome 

· Alain Flausch, UITP President and CEO, STIB, Brussels, Belgium

· Patrick Jeantet,  Chairman UITP Bus Division and Executive Senior Vice President, Keolis Group, Paris, France

· Gérard Collomb, Mayor of Lyon, Président du Grand Lyon, Senator, Lyon, France (tbc)

 Session 1- Framework / Requirements from Lyon for a green city

Chairman: Hans Rat, Secretary General, UITP, Brussels, Belgium
The car is old-fashioned. Long live public transport! In most French metropolises, a revolution is ongoing, that of mobility. The modes used for trips are manifold and the urban citizen is circulating in the same manner as he is channel hopping; changing and switching continuously. Lyon is at the forefront and well known as genuine transport laboratory.

· Sytral, the French leading business case for a global integrated concept with a system approach for bus, trolleybus and rail, what can other cities learn from that?

Bernard Rivalta, President Sytral, Lyon, France

Chairman: Burkhard Eberwein, Vice Chairman UITP Bus Committee, Sachgebietsleiter Fahrzeugmanagement, BVG, Berlin, Germany

Increasingly stringent environmental regulations and public demands for better quality of life push operators, authorities and manufacturers to develop new “green” drivelines – or to modernise older solutions.

· Propulsion Scenarios for strategically and environmentally optimised bus fleet development (diesel, EEV, CNG, BTL, hybrid, electric)

Michael Faltenbacher, Project Manager, PE International, Germany

· The Clean Fuel Observatory and hybrid buses – Panorama of industrial offer, selected characteristics for use on bus lines

Henri Bordenave, Responsable Ingénierie Autobus, Convener of the UITP Clean Fuel Observatory and Member of the UITP Bus Committee, RATP, Paris, France

· Potential for trolleybuses in BHLS systems and the example of line 31 in Zürich

Pascal Lippmann, Project Manager for the implementation of the double articulated trolleybus in Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

· Trolleybuses in the evolution strategy

Valéry Cervantes, Iveco Irisbus, Lyon, France

Discussions 

Chairman: Umberto Guida, Director Large Scale R&D Project EBSF, UITP, Brussels, Belgium

The R&D project “European Bus System of the Future” which has been running for almost 2 years presents its first results.

· Vision for an ergonomically optimized pan-European driver’s workplace

Roland Scharl, Head of Engineering Interior for LowFloor-Buses, EvoBus, Stuttgart, Germany

· On the way to an overall integrative approach on information technology and telematics

Jean-Laurent Franchineau, Research Director for the Public Transport Programme, Veolia, Rueil Malmaison, France

·  New Bus Station design – with requirements of attractiveness and sustainability

Yo Kaminagai, Head of Unit Environment design and identity, RATP, Paris, France

Discussion

· EBSF: Setting the highest priorities for future bus research and development (brief outline)

Elios Pascual, Strategic Advisor to UITP for EBSF, Saint Germain en Laye, France

A deep analysis of user needs from all stakeholders was driving the derivation and the formulation of requirements on the system Level. A number of potential contradictions came to the surface. In the search for solutions, these conflicts have to be overcome, a trade off has to be made. Insight into the possible choices.

Discussion

Chairman: Henk Waling, Consultant Public Transport, Honorary chairman UITP Bus Committee, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Do green buses (new buses) bring more customers? Why yes, why no? Is it profitable? The economical benefits of non car use are for the community as a whole. But how to build a business case around it, where attractiveness and quality as a pull effect will have to be designed. The economic benefits and the environmental issues cannot be limited to a clean engine or a solely technological fad. A clear message must be addressed to decision makers who have tools to improve the bus performance in the system.

· Quality Time: the time in the bus and the time at the bus stop

Roberto Gerin,  Convener of the UITP Working Group on Quality Time and General Manager, Trieste Trasporti, Trieste, Italy

· BHLS: Buslines with a High Level of Service – Europe’s best practices for upgrading bus network architecture

Carlos Cristobal Pinto, Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid and Vice-Chairman COST Action, Madrid, Spain

· PTx2=2025: Lille Metropolis

Éric Quiquet, vice-président aux transports à LMCU and président Syndicat Mixte des Transports de la métropole lilloise

Discussion

Chairman: John Inglish, Chairman of the UITP Sustainable Development Commission and CEO Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, USA

Today the battle for eliminating pollutants can be considered as won, the next challenge: cutting CO2 emissions. As each litre of diesel burnt produces 2,7 kg of CO2, the reduction of CO2 and fuel economy go hand in hand. What selection and promotion tools can be proposed? How to measure? Tailpipe or from well-to-wheel? Test bench, on the road or simulations? What is practical and easy to work with in the operators’ experience, both operationally and economically?

· Fuels, emissions, tests

Pierre Henri Bigeard, Director, IFP (Institut Français de Pétrole – French Institute for Petroleum), Lyon, France

· The follow-up of STARBUS – an innovative product to estimate CO2 and pollutants emissions in real time, first results

Gabriel Plassat, Engineer, ADEME – French Agency for Environment & Energy Management, Valbonne, France

· The Carbon Credit

Jesus Padilla Zenteno, Director General CISA, Mexico City, Mexico

· zBus requirements in California

Ben Sharp, Research Heavy Duty Programme, International Council on Clean Transportation, San Francisco, USA

· Light weight bus project in China

Andreas Pape, Sales Manager Truck & Bus OEM Europe, Alcoa Wheels, Italy

Discussion

· Tender Structure, UITP’s recommended platform – new release (brief outline)

Peter Danielsson, Manager Bus Rapid Transit, Volvo Bus Corporation, Goteborg, Sweden

A buyer’s perspective: what specific government procurement requirements should look like – A seller’s perspective: What manufacturers/distributors can do to expedite change, development?         

Discussion

Chairman: François Chamberland, Director of Engineering, Société de Transport de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

The workshop puts the focus on real observed operational fuel efficiency results from pilots and tests, against a given benchmark.

· First results hybrid program De Lijn

Roger Meys, Head of Rolling Stock, VVM De Lijn, Mechelen, Belgium

· Electric bus line in Shanghai with innovative ultra capacitor buses and fast-charging stations

Mr Hua Li, Managing Director, Shanghai Aowei Technology Development Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China

· The hybrid-electric bus trial in Victoria operated by Ventura and Grenda

Scott Grenda, Chairman of the Bus Industry Confederation of Australia, Australia

Discussion 

 Chairman: Arno Kerkhof, Bus Division Manager, UITP, Brussels, Belgium 

Diesel has proven remarkably able to comply with ever tougher emission regulations. It is cheap, clean, reliable and easy. The same engines can be fuelled with blends such as eco-diesel or blended with synthetic diesels like BtL or GtL. On the other hand, gas powered buses have become mainstream in numerous cities. Their introduction is always accompanied by a large media campaign to advocate for their benefits. What is the operators’ experience, both operationally and economically?

· Examination of the upgrading of existing EURO 3 buses with EGR or SCRT compared to EEV OEM buses in Düsseldorf and other cities in North Rhine-Westphalia

Martin KLEINEBRAHM, Test Engineer, Rheinbahn/TÜV NORD Mobilitat, Düsseldorf, Germany

· CNG buses New Delhi

Naresh Kumar, Managing Director, Delhi Transport Corporation – DTC, New Delhi, India

· Biodiesel: The challenge to implement B5 now and the experience of B20

Lelis Teixeira, President of Fetransport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

· RATP: Heading for 2nd generation biofuels

Françoise Combelles, RATP -  Direction de l'Innovation et du Développement Durable, Paris, France

· Standardised On-Road Tests (SORT) new extended method (brief outline)

Jean Paul Etienne, Ingénieur principal, SRWT, Namur, Belgium

Discussion

Chairman: Jiri Subrt, Manager Safety and New Systems and Vice Chairman of the Bus Committee, DPP Prague, Czech Republic

Passive and active safety have been improved dramatically on modern vehicles. Buses are the safest way to travel. However, social insecurity has grown, fostering drivers’ stress and deterring customers’ perception. Companies have to reverse the trend.

· Fraud and Aggression in bus operations: trends and recommendation

Daniela Carbone, Responsible for Innovation Technology, ASSTRA, Roma, Italy

 · Making a step change in bus safety

Evan Auyang, Deputy Managing Director, Kowloon Motor Bus, Hong Kong, China

· IETT buses during the 2009 flooding in Istanbul: lessons learned

Hayri Baracli, General Manager IETT, Istanbul, Turkey

· Bus operations in Israel: Bus systems safety planning

(speaker to be confirmed)

· UITP Bus Systems Safety Planning Manual (brief outline) and selected examples of applied BSSM rules from UITP member companies

Jiri SUBRT, Manager Safety and New Systems and Vice Chairman of the Bus Committee, DPP Prague, Czech Republic

Discussion

Fuelling Public Transport: do greener buses bring more customers?