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Urban Transport Telematics Fora - Proceedings

The European Digital Cities initiative, funded by the Community's Telematics Applications programme, has published the proceedings of the first two Urban Transport Telematics Fora. The first forum, held in Hampshire, UK, in November 1996, focused on "Cities' and regions' requ...

The European Digital Cities initiative, funded by the Community's Telematics Applications programme, has published the proceedings of the first two Urban Transport Telematics Fora. The first forum, held in Hampshire, UK, in November 1996, focused on "Cities' and regions' requirements and policies in transport telematics". A number of presentations were given which outlined the actions being taken by the members of the European Digital cities initiative in the field, in particular POLIS, the Car Free Cities Campaign and Eurocities. Other presentations demonstrated the results of initiatives in practice, and looked at means of evaluating demonstration projects. Mr. Michel Richonnier, Director of the Telematics Applications programme, presented the main lines of the programme and, in particular, its interest for the field of urban transport. The second forum, held in Vienna, Austria, in April 1997, addressed "Policy objectives and telematics applications for transport and the environment". This second event was more targeted on specific policy fields, including sustainable mobility, teleworking, safety, and demand management and pricing. The programme included a number of presentations of case studies from member cities and regions.