Join us in Barcelona with TMB for a three-day, intensive programme designed to equip public transport professionals with the financial insight and strategic tools needed to fund, finance and future-proof urban mobility systems.

This course provides a comprehensive understanding of why investing in high-quality public transport is critical for cities and regions — illustrated through international best practices.

Participants will explore core funding principles, revenue strategies (fare and non-fare), earmarked taxes and levies, land value capture mechanisms, and innovative financing tools such as green bonds and joint development models.

Strengthen your financial strategy. Expand your international outlook. Deliver sustainable transport systems with confidence.

What You Will Learn

  • Understand why it is important to invest in a good public transport system for the benefit of the city and region, using multiple best practices
  • Introducing key concepts and principles of funding a good public transport system and their potential contradictions
  • Discover different ways of building a funding strategy at the city level
  • Learn about the different funding levers and financial mechanisms available to authorities and operators
  • Get a hold on what Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) are and what the key ingredients are for their success
  • Learn from international best practice on the application of such tools
  • Apply the concepts and tools through didactic and dynamic workshops

Who is it for?

  • Economists, financial experts, policy makers and project managers from public transport operators and authorities seeking to learn more about infrastructure investment and cost-effective approaches to operations
  • Companies and cities looking to introduce and apply new concepts such as Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
  • Third parties involved in the investment of capital projects and development of public transport systems (national and international banks, development agencies, private stakeholders, etc.)
  • Professionals interested in obtaining a wider and international perspective on funding options and financial mechanisms and eager to learn more from international best practice
  • The course welcomes junior and senior participants worldwide

Programme

Welcome & Introduction to the course

09:00
Session 1

 

Session 2
  • Coverage rates
  • Fare regulation and adjustment, fare fraud
    o Fares Structures
    o Role of regulation and Fare adjustment mechanisms
    o Fare fraud
  • Can we use revenue management in public transport?
    o Why using pricing
    o Optimising revenues
    o Reducing congestion
    o Over-crowding

Coffee break

11:00
Session 3
  • Non fare revenue – Secondary Income Sources to fund public transport
    o Role of advertisement and strategy
    o Different tools in place
Session 4
  • What is Earmarking?
  • Private car users
    o Tax fuels
  • Employers and businesses
    o Including businesses in the mix
    o Different tools
  • Property owners, land developers
    o Policies in place
    o Different tools

Lunch

13:00
Session 5

Public transport investments have a variety of impacts on land value in the area around the transport system. Land Value Capture (LVC) is a financial mechanism that aims to return windfall profits of increased property prices (arising from the investment of public funds) back to the public. The basic assumption is to recover the capital cost of the transport investment by capturing some or all, of the increments in land value resultant from the investment.

This session will look at the main principles and functioning of land value capture and land value taxes whole illustrating it with some applications from around the world:

  • The Betterment tax
  • Tax Increment Finance
  • Joint Development

Coffee break

15:30

Case Study

16:00

End of Day 1

17:30

*UITP reserves the right to make amendments to the programme or any related activity at its discretion

A Top Level Methodology

  • Get inspired by our trainers, understand the main concepts and learn from successful best
    practice
  • Participate in interactive plenary sessions with introductions by course leaders, presentations
    by trainers and open discussions with participants
  • Challenge your thinking and practical knowledge on the use of different funding and
    financing tools
  • Address the topic from an international perspective, enriched by different cultural approaches
    and points of views
  • Participate to practical exercises and case studies
  • Benefit from a unique exchange of knowledge and experience between professionals

UITP Training Programmes and all related processes are certified for ISO 21001: 2018 – the standard for Educational organisations – Management systems for educational organisations.

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Pricing

Until 15 September
From 16 September
Groups
4 or more persons

UITP Member

€1,375

€1,850

€1,290

Non Members

€1,775

€2,450

€1,690

€975

€1,375

€950

€1,225

€1,700

€1,150

Contact Us

Have a question? Contact our team if you need any additional information on this event.

Sunita KELECOM

Officer – Events Management Unit
Events & Academy Services
UITP Team

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