Bologna conference to examine role of IT in car sharing
6 February 2002 - 6 February 2002
A conference on 'Car sharing in practice: intelligent service for sustainable personal mobility' will take place in Bologna, Italy, on 6 February 2002.
The event is the final conference of the TOSCA project, which is funded under the Fifth Framework programme's Information Society Technologies (IST) programme.
The TOSCA project supports the take-up of IT-based car sharing in Europe. Pilot studies have shown that sharing car transport can complement public transport and provide a credible alternative to car ownership. Innovative technologies, such as smart cards for customer identification and on-board computers, can further increase the flexibility and intermodality of this form of travel. The TOSCA project partners have developed and implemented a pilot car sharing service in Bologna, and aim to promote best practice for car sharing in the EU.
The conference in Bologna will provide an opportunity to learn first-hand about the use of leading-edge car sharing technologies, and will address the future role of this form of transport in Europe's cities. Car sharing was recently pinpointed as a promising area in the EC's White Paper on a common transport policy.
The event is being organised by ATC Bologna, the Municipality of Bologna and Polis (European cities and regions networking for new transport solutions).For further information, please contact:
Jérôme Pourbaix
Communication and project officer
Polis
Rond-Point Schuman 6
Box 8
B-1040 Brussels
Tel: +32 2 282 8462
Fax: +32 2 282 8466
E-mail: jpourbaix@polis-online.org
http://www.polis-online.org/tosca.html(opens in new window)
http://www.atc.bo.it/tosca(opens in new window)
The event is the final conference of the TOSCA project, which is funded under the Fifth Framework programme's Information Society Technologies (IST) programme.
The TOSCA project supports the take-up of IT-based car sharing in Europe. Pilot studies have shown that sharing car transport can complement public transport and provide a credible alternative to car ownership. Innovative technologies, such as smart cards for customer identification and on-board computers, can further increase the flexibility and intermodality of this form of travel. The TOSCA project partners have developed and implemented a pilot car sharing service in Bologna, and aim to promote best practice for car sharing in the EU.
The conference in Bologna will provide an opportunity to learn first-hand about the use of leading-edge car sharing technologies, and will address the future role of this form of transport in Europe's cities. Car sharing was recently pinpointed as a promising area in the EC's White Paper on a common transport policy.
The event is being organised by ATC Bologna, the Municipality of Bologna and Polis (European cities and regions networking for new transport solutions).For further information, please contact:
Jérôme Pourbaix
Communication and project officer
Polis
Rond-Point Schuman 6
Box 8
B-1040 Brussels
Tel: +32 2 282 8462
Fax: +32 2 282 8466
E-mail: jpourbaix@polis-online.org
http://www.polis-online.org/tosca.html(opens in new window)
http://www.atc.bo.it/tosca(opens in new window)