TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
OECD International Conference, Vancouver Canada, 24-27 March 1996

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Session 2C

Urban and Suburban Transportation

Cities are the locus of most transportation activity, and must be important focuses of efforts to achieve sustainable transportation. As in other developed countries, over three quarters of Canadians live in urban areas, where most economic activity and environmental impacts occur. This session will provide the conference's focus on the critical challenges posed by the movement of people and goods in urban areas and by related landuse planning issues.

Chair:

• Douglas S. Stewart, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Canada

• Michael Bach, Department of Environment, U.K.
  
• Neal Irwin, IBI Group, Canada
  
• Jean-Pierre Orfeuil, National Institute for Research on Transport and its Safety, France

• Clive Rock, Planning Department, Greater Vancouver Regional District
  
• Michel Labrecque, Vélo Quebec, Canada
  
• Charles VIek, University of Groningen, Netherlands
  
• Paul Zykofsky, Local Government Commission, Centre for Liveable Communities,U.S.A.

• Peter Spurr, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Canada
  
• Mikel Murga, Leber/EcoPlan, Spain

Discussion from the floor

Presentation Abstracts:

• Michael Bach, OECD/ECMT Project: Urban Travel and Sustainable Development
• Neil Irwin, Canadian Work on Sustainable Urban Transport
• Jean-Pierre Orfeuil, Personal Mobility in High-Density Cities in the Context of Sustainable Development
• Michel Labrecque, Cycling: An Efficient Mode of Transportation
• Charles Vlek, Social Dilemmas and Policy Strategies for Behavior Change in Reducing the Use of Motor Vehicles: A Behavioral-Science Perspective and Some Empirical Data

Rapporteurs' report and ongoing discussion of session topic(s).

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