Implementing Sustainable Urban Travel Policies in Russia & other
CIS Countries

Workshop, Moscow, 30 September-1 October 2004

The aim of this workshop was to examine how the historical, economic, institutional, and policy-making specificities of Russia and other CIS countries impact the implementation of sustainable urban travel policies.

Programme

• European Conference of Ministers of Transport
  Jack Short, Secretary General, ECMT

• Steering Committee of the UNECE-WHO/Europe Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP)
  Jaroslav VOLF, Chairperson

• Implementing Sustainable Urban Travel Policies: How Can National Governments Help?
  Mary CRASS, ECMT

• Policies ensuring the sustainable development of urban transport systems in Russia -- Slides
  Vadim DONCHENKO, Deputy Director of NIIAT, Russia

• Overview of the environmental and health impacts of urban transport in Russia, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia -- Slides -- Slides in Russian
  Plamen Stoianov DIMITROV, Consultant to the UNECE-WHO/THE PEP

• Mitigating the environmental and health effects of motor vehicles and fuels in Russia and CIS  -- Slides
  Michael P. WALSH, International Consultant, USA

• Improving public transport in Russia: Strategy and actions of the World Bank -- Slides
  Ben EIJBERGEN, World Bank and A. IVANOV, Ministry of Transport, Russia

• Reforming public transport in Central and Eastern European Cities: 17 years down the transitional road
  Wojciech SUCHORZEWSKI, Warsaw University of Technology

• Developing public transport in large CIS cities [in Russian only]
  Valerij MILENKIJ, Ministry of Transport, Belarus

• Working to improve public transport in Russia and other CIS cities: the UITP experience
  Hans RAT, Secretary General, UITP

• Experience of Dresden in the implementation of an efficient, intermodal system of public transport traffic management -- Slides 1: Dresden Transport Plan --
  Slides 2: Restructuring Agreement -- Slides 3: SMS Info
  Franck MÜLLER-EBERSTEIN, CEO, Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe, Germany

• Use of telematics for public transport traffic management in Russia [in Russian only]
  Vladimir VLASOV, Ministry of Transport, Russia

• Financing Public Transport Projects in Eastern Europe and Russia -- Slides
  Guido BRUGGEMAN, EBRD, London

• Regulatory and fiscal tools to manage demand for car use in cities -- Slides
  Anthony MAY, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

• Prospects for parking policy in Moscow [in Russian only]
  Yu BABENKO, City of Moscow

• Mitigating car traffic in Dutch cities
  Michiel BECK, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Netherlands

• Managing car use through the Berlin City Transportation Development Plan (STEP Verkehr) -- Slides
  Friedemann KUNST, Senate Department of Urban Development, Berlin, Germany

• Managing Traffic in Moscow [in Russian only]
  L. LIPSITS, Traffic Management Centre, Moscow

• Decision-Making in Traffic Management -- Slides
  Michael A. WALSH, Department for Transport, United Kingdom

• Traffic Engineering and Management in Turin, Italy
  Giancarlo GUIATI, Gruppo Torinese Trasporti, Torino