Thursday 18 March


10h-10h15 Introduction

10h15- 11h45 Public economics, financing and programming

Chair: Claude Abraham, Ingénieur Général Honoraire des Ponts et Chaussées

“Financing and Organization of Urban Mobility”
José Viegas, Tech. University of Lisbon

“The social rate of discount for transport infrastructure projects”
Werner Rothengatter, University of Karlsruhe

Which amendments to public economics?”
Alain Bonnafous, Université de Lyon

11h45-12h45 Road pricing in urban areas

Chair: Rosario Macario, Tech. University of Lisbon

“Road pricing in urban areas: barriers and ways forward”
Anthony May, Institute for Transport Studies, Leeds

“Is congestion charging efficient? An assessment of experiences in Europe”
Charles Raux, Université de Lyon

Thursday 18 March

14h-14h45 Young researchers, new research directions

Chair: Charles Raux, Université de Lyon

“Transport pricing and fairness: are we prisoner of a dilemma?”
Stéphanie Souche, Université de Lyon

“Accessibility as a key concept to understand urban transport policies : two examples in Strasbourg and Lyon”
Aurélie Mercier, Université de Lyon

“LET’s have a look on the geographic concentration of activities”
Florence Puech, Université de Lyon

14h45-16h15 Transport sustainability

Chair: Jack Short, International Transport Forum

“Diagnosis and prescriptions for making transport in developing countries sustainable beyond COP15”
Yoshitsugu Hayashi, Nagoya University

“Cost Benefit Analysis and Global Warming Issues”
Emile Quinet, ENPC, Paris

“From Cost Benefit Analysis to Land Use Transport Interactions: the Odyssey of Urban Accessibility”
Yves Crozet, Université de Lyon

16h30-17h30 Table ronde « Les ingénieurs et l’économie des transports : quelles complémentarités ? »
Président :Yves Crozet, Université de Lyon
Claude Abraham, Ingénieur Général Honoraire des Ponts et Chaussées
Guy Bourgeois, Directeur de l’INRETS
Hubert du Mesnil, Président de Réseau Ferré de France

Friday 19 March

9h30-10h30 High speed rail, new mobility patterns

Chair: Olivier Klein, Université de Lyon

“Changing concepts of High-Speed rail”.
Roger Vickerman, University of Kent at Brussels

“The TGV is like a low flying Airbus, why Bonnafous is right not to be a 'gricer'”
Kenneth Button, George Mason University

10h30-11h45 Freight transport
Chair: Alain Bonnafous, Université de Lyon

“Future challenges for the port and shipping sector: a research agenda”
Hilde Meersman, University of Antwerp

“Critical issues in port competition”
Eddy van de Voorde, University of Antwerp

“Traffic and CO2 emissions of urban goods deliveries under contrasted scenarios of retail location and distribution”
Jésus Gonzales-Feliu, Université de Lyon

11h45-12h45 Table ronde « La formation par la recherche est-elle utile pour la pratique professionnelle ? »
Président : Gérard Brun, Conseil Général du Développement Durable
Rosario Macario, Tech. University of Lisbon
Julien Lévêque, Réseau Ferré de France
William Roy, Communauté urbaine du Grand Nancy
Lionel Clément, Transae Consultants Transport

12h45-13h Conclusion
André Tiran, Président de l’Université Lyon 2