[sustran] Call for papers : The taxi, urban mobility solution of the future

[Richard Darbéra]

(with apologies for any cross-posting)

The Institut pour la ville en mouvement / Cities on the Move  
Institute organises an international colloquium and world taxi  
festival, September 20-22, 2007 in Lisbon

http://www.ville-en-mouvement.com/taxi/uk/index.html

This colloquium is aimed at professionals, urban transport experts,  
researchers, municipal officials and politicians. Through a  
resolutely innovative, forward-looking and cross-disciplinary  
approach, it seeks foster the exchange of experiences and to bring  
out new ideas for sustainable mobilities that are consistent with  
lifestyles in the modern city, where the taxi has a key role to play.

The objective of this colloquium is to analyse the factors that  
inhibit the growth of taxi services, to evaluate the potential of the  
taxi, and to propose technical, social, organizational and economic  
solutions …

Three topics for the international colloquium

We would like contributions which take as their starting point the  
analysis of the success or difficulties of projects and innovations,  
and focus on three types of innovation :
• New demand and new services in urban mobility
• Improvements in performance and productivity through new technologies
• Integrating the taxi into the city

Calendar

Closing date for receipt of proposals: Thursday, October 26, 2006
Notification of acceptance and establishment of the program: Monday,  
January 8, 2007
Closing date for receipt of final contributions: Monday, May 14, 2007
Colloquium dates: Thursday, September 20 - Friday September 21, 2006

The detailed call for papers and submission forms available from the  
website:
http://www.ville-en-mouvement.com/taxi/uk/index.html


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Richard Darbera
ENPC-LATTS
Ecole Nationale des Ponts & Chaussees
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77455 Marne la Vallee
France
<darbera at enpc.fr>
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