Conference
Urban Mobility in Russian cities Perspectives for sustainable urban and transport planning in Irkutsk
Location September 22nd /23rd 2014 Conference Hall Irkutsk Irkutsk Technical State University Lermotov Street 83 664074 Irkutsk
Organized by Irkutsk State University (ISTU) in collaboration with Karlsruhe Institute of Technoloy (KIT) and city administration of Irkutsk supported by German House for Research and Innovation, Moscow with budget of Federal Foreign office of Germany
Contact Prof. Barbara Engel, [email protected] Doz. Alexandr Levashev, [email protected] Sofia Rabievskaia, [email protected] Background and aims Programme
The transport situation in Irkutsk, city with around Monday, September 22nd 2014 Tuesday, September 23rd 2014 600.000 inhabitants, located in Eastern Siberia close to the lake Baikal, is in a bad condition. Incre- 9.30 am Registration 9.30 am Registration asing number of cars causes true traffic and pro- 10.00 am Welcome Flexible mobility in attractive urban blems of car parking in the city center. Immissions Alexander Afanas’ev spaces of noise and pollution have bad impact on quality Bulat D. Dugarov 10.00 am New streets classification for of life in the central part of the city. The public Eugene A. Kharitonov Russian Federation transport system – with tramway, trolleybuses, Alexey A. Almukhamedov Alexander Mikhailov, Prof. Transport Planning, Irkutsk / Russia buses and minibuses is far too ineffiecient and not Urban Multimodality – State of the Art comfortable and offers therefor no alternative to 10.30 am Tools for increase parking spaces in Irkutsk. 10.30 am Walkability. International best practices the private car. There is no approved conception for Transportation hubs development strategy of Marcia Tuerk and Philip Floegel, future urban mobilty in Irkutsk. the urban center of Irkutsk students KIT, Karlsruhe Sergey Alexandrov, Irkutsk / Russia 11.30 am Multimodal planning Doz. Alexey Levashev, ISTU, Irkutsk / Russia Hence this development is a contradiction to the 11.00 am Short distances mobility – Strategies and planning aims of the city which wants to remain challenges 12.00 am Mobility in an urban environment. as an economical and cultural centre of the region Dr.-Ing. Walter Vogt, Stuttgart / Germany Requirements and perspectives and therefor attractive for inhabitants and visitors. Prof. Valeri Kozlov, Irkutsk / Russia There is a strong need for multimodal and environ- 11.30 am Mobility Culture - towards sustainable urban transport planning Coffee and Contacts mental friendly conceptions for urban mobilty in Prof. Barbara Engel, Karslruhe, Germany order to save and use ressources of energy, space 2.00 pm Public Lecture and time in an effective, sustainable way. 12.00 am Corrections of the local master plans of Martin Gitsels, vice president Siemens Russia considering the development of multimodality Ruslan Khotulev, Irkutsk / Russia 4.00 pm Panel Discussion– lessons learnt? Content of the conference will be the discussion Alexey Almuchamedov, deputy Mayor how to improve the situation of short-distance mo- Discussion Sergej Alexandrov, chief architect of Irkutsk bilty in Irkutsk. How can strategies of public trans- Lunch Break Sophia Rabievskaya, member of Irkutsk chamber port, pedestrian and bike traffic be developed and Prof. Alex Michailov, ISTU Short distance mobility – Pedestrians+Byclist Ton Daggers, Movilization, Netherlands implemented? Are there best practices from other 2.00 pm Biking – in Irkutsk impossible? Tatiana Kopylova, Master of Urban Planning, cities – in Russia and abroad - and how could they Oleg Yatcenko, Irkutsk / Russia Irkutsk be adopted for the situation in the Siberian city? 2.30 pm Cycling development in Irkutsk Which requirements do exist? Irina Iftodiy, Irkutsk / Russia
The conference brings experts from Irkutsk, other 3.00 pm Chances for bikers in Russia Russian cities and from abroad on a „Round Table“. Ildus Iljasovich Galyautdinov Different experiences from other cities should be Coffee and contacts discussed as well as the possibilites for adopting it to the Irkutsk situation. Is there a chance for gene- 4.00 pm How cycling improves traffic safety Location Dipl. Geogr. Ton Daggers, Utrecht / NL rating and implementing a conception for mobility Conference Hall and accessibility in Irkutsk in the near future? 4.30 pm Public and individual urban transport Irkutsk Technical State University - experiences from Munich Lermotov Street 83 Christine Weis-Hiller, Munich / Germany 664074 Irkutsk