
- Training
- United Arab Emirates
About:
As cities become the engines of economic growth, they are becoming major contributors to GHG emissions. They are also faced with severe congestion, deteriorating air quality and an increasing incidence of road accidents. This is adversely impacting the health of the people and constraining economic growth. Building flyovers and road widening has often led to long run increases in road traffic and congestion. Others have built rail mass transit systems, but high costs have limited their extent and coverage. So what is the way out – what is the right direction to take?
It seems that a piecemeal approach to deal with urban mobility is not the way to go. The approach has to be more comprehensive, and multimodal, encompassing both supply side and demand side measures. It has to go beyond a mere building of facilities to understanding linkages with land use planning, human behavior, affordability, environment, etc. It needs to incorporate institutional arrangements and also ensure financial sustainability. Thus, a comprehensive or integrated approach is called for.
Objectives
It is with this background that a 5-day learning event is being held in Dubai f. Organized jointly by the World Bank and the UITP MENA Center for Transport Exellence, with support from Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, PPIAF, Korea Green Growth Trust Fund, and ESMAP, this event aims at developing leadership capabilities in urban mobility planning. It seeks to create awareness of what integrated mobility planning involves, what are its different components and how it needs to be undertaken. It will use a “hands on” learning approach, making extensive use of case studies, group exercises and site visits – all aimed at highlighting linkages between the different components of the urban transport system. The workshop will be preceded by a 5-week self-learning phase, from participants’ work locations, during which they will need to go through a self-learning course, based on materials provided to them. The self study phase will involve about 24 hours of self paced learning (approximately one hour a day), and will cover topics ranging from land use and transport planning to environmental and social issues in urban transport planning. The workshop will seek to bring all the pieces together through case studies and group work, and will cover aspects such as:
- Diagnosing the key problems being faced by a city
- Systematic approach to Integrated Mobility Planning
- Corridor Management
- Public Transport Planning and Evaluating Alternatives
- Role of Government
- Financing and PPP
Participants profile
Ideal participants would be policy-makers and planners from national, state and city level governments who are responsible for “putting the pieces together”. Participants from civil society, consultants and professional staff of consulting companies would also find the program very useful. Potential faculty from local training institutions would also gain from this program.
Programme:
Day 1 DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEMS IN URBAN TRANSPORT |
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09:00 |
Welcome addresses by UITP and the World Bank, Briefing on schedule and logistics (WB+UITP) |
09:30 |
Participants Introductions and key issues in Urban Transport Quiz |
10:15 |
Evolution of Urban Transport in Dubai |
11:00 |
Coffee break |
11:30 |
Ice Breaker Activities |
12:00 |
Urban Transport Diagnostic Tool/Group Exercises |
13:00 |
Lunch |
14:00 |
Case study: Jakarta’s Transportation Problems |
15.30 |
Coffee break |
16:00 |
Group exercise (participants) |
17:30 |
End of Day |
Day 2 |
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9:00 |
Case Study: Delhi Metro Airport Express |
10:30 |
Coffee break |
11:00 |
Funding and Financing options for urban transport |
12:00 |
Status of public transport operations in Amman: Issues and Challenges |
12:45 |
Lunch |
13:45 |
Public transport governance and institutions in Amman |
14:15 |
Group exercise - Presentation of City Diagnosis (participants) |
14:45 |
Coffee break |
15.00 |
Site Visit |
17:00 |
End of Day |
Day 3 |
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9:00 |
Transmilenio case study |
10:30 |
Coffee break |
11:00 |
Alternative Analysis |
12:00 |
Presentation on Demand management |
12:45 |
Lunch break |
13:45 |
Dubai water canal - urban regeneration and Public- Private Partnership |
17:00 |
Site Visit and Dinner |
DAY 4 INTEGRATED TRANSPORT PLANNING |
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09:00 |
Debriefing on site visit |
9:15 |
Case Study: LAMATA, Lagos |
10:45 |
Coffee break |
11:15 |
Integration of public Transport Systems |
12:15 |
Lunch break |
13:15 |
Tendering and Contracting of Public Transport Services |
14.15 |
Coffee break |
14.45 |
Group work (participants) |
Day 5 PUBLIC TRANSPORT FUNDING and FINANCING |
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9:00 |
Case study: Yogyakarta bus terminal |
10:30 |
Coffee break |
11:00 |
Group Exercises |
12:00 |
Lunch break |
13:00 |
Group work and group presentations (participants) |
15:00 |
Coffee break |
15:30 |
Feedback on Quiz |
16:30 |
Valedictory session |
Registration:
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Euro 2365 Euro 3000