Academy of Sustainable Urban Mobility (AoSUM)Vienna, 25 to 29 April 2017

Join the Academy of Sustainable Urban Mobility

Learn about innovative public transport solutions from around the globe.

Exchange your experience with like-minded.

Date 25 – 29 April 2017Venue University of Economics and Busi-

ness, Vienna

Application

» Apply until 20 January 2017

» Submit an email expressing your interest to stefanie.holzwarth@unhabitat.org

Note

» All costs of the stay in Europe will be covered by the organizers.

» Flight costs should be covered by participants (subject to discussion).

The need for Sustainable Urban Mobility

Cities are engines of socio-economic develop-ment. Yet, in many developing and emerging economies, urban dwellers are facing increasing transport challenges. Widespread congestion and traffic gridlock have now become the norm in many cities, impacting urban life through negative externalities such as pollution, noise stress, and accidents. There is need for a paradigm shift to-wards more sustainable transport systems.

Objectives

» Equip officials to assess current mobility problems and prepare participatory and feasible strategies;

» Orient decision-makers to develop an alternative paradigm for urban mobility that seeks to improve accessibility by introducing more efficient, inclusive, safe, affordable and clean public transport;

» Introduce decision-makers to innovative mobility such as BRT, Cable Cars, NMT, Electric Mobility in conjunction with compact city planning;

» Develop capacity to conduct feasibility studies and monitor interventions.

The academy provides a combination of class-room and web-based training linked with tar-geted study tours to Vienna, Austria and Ko-blenz, Germany. After successful application, target countries and cities will be taken through a pre-training preparation before they are par-ticipating in a 5-day workshop incl. field visits to innovative public transport projects. Trainees will be asked to develop a “Performance Improve-ment Plan (PIP)” for their cities. On return of train-ees to their cities, participants will be expected to put their learning into practice for implementing sustainable mobility projects. Continuous learning and sharing will be facilitated after the training.

You are eligible to apply only if you are a representative of a local, regional or national government, transport operator or transport authority.