[sustran] fwd: Transitways and Busways Conference

[SUSTRAN Resource Centre]

A conference that may be of interest to sustran-discussers, forwarded from
the Transportation Communications Newsletter, Monday, June 5, 2000  --
ISSN: 1529-1057

For more information on the Transportation Communications newsletter see
the bottom of this message.

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10) "Smart Urban Transport - Using Transitways and Busways" Conference to
be held in Australia
Use of ITS and passenger information part of meeting agenda.
  
The need to dramatically revamp urban public transport in particular the
image 
of buses is attracting considerable attention around the world including
Australasia 
and the Pacific.  Dedicated transitways or busways along with new, clean bus 
designs and use of intelligent transport systems (ITS) offer much potential
as 
cost-effective mass rapid transit systems as part of a strategy to attract
new 
ridership.
  
Transitways/busways are under development in three Australian cities at
present. 
Two other cities are planning for new busways.  Adelaide, Australia,
constructed 
a busway using O-Bahn technology in the early 1980s and this has operated
successfully 
since that time. The new busways which are under development are planned as
part 
of a wider network of busways, light rail systems and revamped public
transport 
services. 
  
Transport Roundtable Australasia are organising a four day conference
focussing 
on busway operations, management and associated technologies.  The conference 
will be held in Brisbane, Australia between 17 and 20 October 2000. The first 
section of the new South East Busway will be in operation by the conference
and 
a tour of it will be available for conference attendees.
  
The conference objective is to provide a forum where the transport
professionals, 
operators and contractors can learn of the latest international developments, 
share experiences and lessons learned and develop solutions. 
  
An invited group of international and Australasian experts will make
presentations 
on the following topics:
- Planning for better urban transport;
- Global developments in transitways and  busways;
- Design of services to meet market needs;
- Transitway station design, design and operations;
- Track design for desired operations;
- Intelligent busways and transitways;
- Passenger information and ticketing;
- Institutional issues; and
- Evaluation and monitoring.
  
The conference will be held the week following the UITP conference on light
rail 
to be held in Melbourne, Australia.  
  
For details of the "Smart Urban Transport - Using Transitways and Busways"
conference 
please contact: 
Ozaccom Conference Services 
PO Box 164, Fortitude Valley QLD Australia 4006 
Tel: +617-38541611 Fax: +617-38541507 
Email: ozaccom at ozaccom.com.au 
  
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A. Rahman Paul BARTER
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