In Brief - About the Sustainable Cities/New Mobility Policy Dialogues 2007

Monaco 2007 - In Brief

Program background

Highlighted exhibits

The Politics of Sustainable Transport

Site organization:
This website has been compiled with two main goals in view. First, to present a full set of background information on the Monaco sessions, so that intending participants will be able to inform themselves as to coverage and overall organization of the various events, and then to sign up o- line to reserve their place.

But the site has also been laid out to provide more in-depth information on the technical, strategic and policy matters which constitute the main underpinnings of the March sessions. We have taken some pains with the menuing and Search structure in the hope that this will make it easier for you also to access these materials.

If you have any questions or wish to discuss any of the events or issues set out here, you will also find a full set of easy contact information which you can access by clicking the Contact link on the top menu just above.

Accelerated Learning for City Managers and Decision-makers

What? Three tightly focused expert sessions, each organized around a single "hot" New Mobility topic -- prepared and supported by a high level international group with extensive hands-on experience in leading cities and successful implementations world-wide.

Each session focuses on policy and planning considerations from the specific vantage of city government, local leaders, and other concerned groups who are in a position to make these policies and measures happen in their cities and/or to support them so that they happen in a way that will benefit the entire community.

This year we are looking at

Carsharing Strategies for Cities

Road pricing/Congestion charging

Sustainable Cities/New Mobility Leadership Forum

And because few cities are as yet taking full advantage of the many, proven, low-cost, high-impact measures and policies that they can put to work and get visible results without delay - on the condition that the decision makers at the top put their minds to it. (The politics of sustainable transportation.)

Who? Mayors, city managers, elected officials, decision makers and their supporting staffs charged with making decisions about the transportation system of their city. And local environmental action and transport groups, consultants and university researchers. (> > > more.)

Where? Monaco. The Grimaldi Forum (> > > more.)

When? 29 March -1 April 2007 (> > > more.)

Why? Because the tough truth is that we have arrived at a point of major discontinuity in the daily transport arrangements, in our cities and in our lives. Look out the window this morning and what do you see -- despite all the hard work you have done and hard-earned taxpayer money you are spending on the sector? Increasing traffic congestion. Lost time. Mounting pollution and public health problems. Accidents. Poorly served groups and areas. Swelling subsidy costs. City centers in economic duress. Declining tax base. And now fears of $100 oil, global warming and suddenly the chilling prospect of energy blackmail. The old system may once have worked, but today it is clearly no longer doing its job. And in case you haven't noticed it, the voters are starting to. Sustainability and sustainable transportation are now emerging as major election issues.

Languages: The Dialogues will be supported by simultaneous translation into English and French. (Provision for additional languages can be negotiated with the organizers.) And to facilitate access to these materials for non-English language speakers, each page of the site provides one-click machine translation buttons for rough instant translations into Dutch, German, French, Italian Portuguese, Spanish and Russian. (> > > more.)

The Exhibition In addition to the Dialogues, EV/ER 2007 is supported by exhibits of outstanding cities, suppliers, agencies and others working to advance these important sustainability tools and concepts. (> > > more.)

Registration opens 1 November 2005. > > > more.

Additional background Check out the New Mobility Advisory/Briefs for more on both the general approach and on the developing details of all three tracks. > > > more.

Have any questions? > > > more.