Background 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 multi-modal, 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. Workshop Objective It is with this background that a 7-day learning event is being held in Singapore from January 15th to 21st, 2012. Organized jointly by the World Bank and the LTA Academy, with support from PPIAF, AusAID, 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, 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
Program Outline (PDF) Mentoring Program As a sequel to the workshop, a mentoring program will also be available for interested participants, especially those who would be working on specific projects in their cities. The program would be for a duration of 6 months during which an expert will be assigned to a participant or a group of participants for advice and guidance as they work on their projects. Mentoring would be for a period of about one hour every two weeks. The mentor would be able to help review work done and provide the required guidance in specific projects and assignments. This would be purely optional, with an additional cost. Participant 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. Resource Persons Resource persons will include several well known experts including the following: - Prof Jose Gomez-Ibanez, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, US
- Prof Gopinath Menon, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Mohinder Singh, LTA Academy, Land Transport Authority, Singapore
- Ajay Kumar, World Bank
- O.P. Agarwal, World Bank
- Samuel Zimmerman, World Bank
- Loh Chow Kuang, LTA Academy, Land Transport Authority, Singapore
Registration You can download the application form online by clicking the URL below:
www.LTAacademy.gov.sg/LUTP_Reg.doc Your completed registration form (scanned copy) can be emailed to LTAacademy@lta.gov.sg or faxed to : +65 6396 1518 by November 15th 2011. A fee of S$ 4,000 will be charged. This would also cover the cost of boarding and lodgings in Singapore. Participants will be expected to bear their own travel costs to reach the otel/venue.
For those who opt for the mentoring support, a fee of S$5,500 per participant or group will apply. |
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