>> The range of topics and the multi-seminar approach makes ETC unique among transport conferences held in Europe. The Conference programme covers supranational issues, national and local policy, and the implementation of projects at a local level. Issues of key importance are picked out each year for special examination and will be introduced in daily plenary sessions.
>> Themes running through ETC 2013
- Big data
- Bus Rapid Transit and Personal Rapid Transit
- Challenges faced in providing for leisure and tourism in an economic downturn
- Challenges in the movement of goods and people across long distances
- Changes in travel behaviour and demand patterns during changing economic times
- City logistics
- Climate change and extreme weather conditions
- Design, procurement and management of major transport projects
- Future mobility services
- How to minimise social exclusion in times of economic hardship
- Low Emission Vehicles
- New approaches and applications in modelling
- Proactive transport management
- The response of transport planning to the rise of social media
30 September - 02 October 2013
Campus Westend- Goethe Universität
Grüneburgplatz 1
Frankfurt
Germany
[Organizer: Association for European Transport]